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VIDEO: Lasers – The scar treatment tools you already have

Posted on: 11/07/2014 - 15:55

DANA POINT, CALIF. – When you think of lasers, do you consider them as the standard of care for treatment of a range of scars, from dog bites to burns? If not, Dr. Jill Waibel, director of the Miami...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Stems cells may offer more equipoise in traumatic scar treatment

Posted on: 11/07/2014 - 14:40

DANA POINT, CALIF. – It’s possible that burn victims and others with traumatic scarring will no longer need to have skin grafted from one part of their body, thus adding new scars, to mend the deeper...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Does obesity’s effect on RA support different treatment goals?

Posted on: 08/07/2014 - 20:15

PARIS – Treat-to-target goals for obese patients with rheumatoid arthritis should take into account new research indicating that they already have a higher level of systemic inflammation and higher...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Slow tapering worked best for stopping SLE immunosuppression

Posted on: 30/06/2014 - 15:10

PARIS– When physicians withdrew immunosuppressant treatment from lupus patients in long-term remission, a gradual tapering down of their immunosuppressant treatment produced a lower rate of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Sarilumab shows RA safety, efficacy in phase III trial

Posted on: 26/06/2014 - 21:45

PARIS – Treatment with the interleukin-6–blocking drug sarilumab led to statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a multicenter,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Gene profiling could signal start of personalized medicine in RA

Posted on: 19/06/2014 - 14:00

PARIS – A set of genetic polymorphisms is beginning to allow researchers to predict which patients with rheumatoid arthritis will have a severe disease course, as well as determine their response to...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Cranial ultrasound better than temporal artery biopsy for GCA

Posted on: 12/06/2014 - 18:35

PARIS – Cranial ultrasound was more sensitive and just as specific as was temporal artery biopsy for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis, based on the results of a retrospective cohort study...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Micro RNA biomarkers hint at potential for predicting OA

Posted on: 12/06/2014 - 16:10

PARIS – Newly discovered micro RNA molecules found in the blood of patients before they developed severe osteoarthritis may help predict the disease and potentially identify those who would most...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Erectile dysfunction may often occur in men with gout

Posted on: 12/06/2014 - 14:20

PARIS – Men with gout are significantly more likely to experience erectile dysfunction than are those without the disorder, Dr. Naomi Schlesinger said at the annual European Congress of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: ACR, EULAR collaborate on first polymyalgia rheumatica treatment guidelines

Posted on: 11/06/2014 - 21:35

PARIS – New guidelines aim to narrow the wide variation that has been observed across specialties and countries in the treatment of patients with polymyalgia. The <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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