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Bariatric surgery improved liver histopathology in NAFLD

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 14:15

CHICAGO – Grade 2 or 3 hepatic fibrosis in the setting of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease resolved or improved in 56% of affected patients following their bariatric surgery for severe obesity,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Laparoscopic-assisted colonoscopic polypectomy means shorter hospital stays

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 14:00

Laparoscopic-assisted colonoscopic polypectomy works as well as standard laparoscopic hemicolectomy to remove difficult to reach polyps in the right colon, with fewer complications and shorter...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

NAFLD mortality higher in normal weight patients

Posted on: 04/05/2014 - 20:45

Lean patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease had a higher overall mortality than did overweight or obese patients with NAFLD, according to a review of 1,090 biopsy-confirmed patients in the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

CDC confirms first U.S. case of deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

Posted on: 03/05/2014 - 00:10

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first case of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus in the United States. The patient, a health care worker who...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Six factors predict 1-year survival after TAVR

Posted on: 02/05/2014 - 19:45

WASHINGTON – Patient gender was the only factor that significantly affected stroke risk during the first year following transcatheter aortic valve replacement, according to an analysis of data from...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Anti-TNFs linked to lower heart attack risk in RA patients

Posted on: 02/05/2014 - 17:35

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – A new analysis of data from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Registers’ Rheumatoid Arthritis Register confirms that anti–tumor necrosis factor treatment decreases...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Anti-TNFs linked to lower heart attack risk in RA patients

Posted on: 02/05/2014 - 17:35

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

OA-related walking disability on par with diabetes as CVD risk factor

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 21:20

PARIS – Greater walking disability is an independent predictor of all-cause death and major cardiovascular events in patients with symptomatic hip or knee osteoarthritis, according to a...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

OA-related walking disability on par with diabetes as CVD risk factor

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 21:20

PARIS – Greater walking disability is an independent predictor of all-cause death and major cardiovascular events in patients with symptomatic hip or knee osteoarthritis, according to a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Panel recommends against low-dose CT for lung cancer in Medicare patients

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 14:45

Evidence is insufficient to support lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography in the Medicare population, members of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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