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Stroke risk rose in autoimmune disease patients after herpes zoster

Posted on: 08/11/2015 - 00:30

Stroke risk was 50% higher in the month after patients with autoimmune diseases developed herpes zoster, compared with the next 2-6 years, according to Dr. Leonard H. Calabrese. “These data provide...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Shingles vaccine protection lasted 5-6 years in autoimmune disease patients

Posted on: 08/11/2015 - 00:30

Protection against shingles appeared to wane between the fifth and sixth years after patients with autoimmune diseases received the live herpes zoster vaccine, according to a large retrospective...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Omega-3 plus physical, mental training prevented cognitive decline for 3 years

Posted on: 07/11/2015 - 22:31

BARCELONA – A combination of cognitive and physical training plus omega-3 fatty acid supplements boosted cognitive performance significantly in a group of people with subjective memory...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

ACS: No clear answers to black patients’ worse rectal cancer outcomes

Posted on: 07/11/2015 - 17:17

CHICAGO – Access to equal care decreases but does not eliminate the survival disparities between black and white patients with rectal cancer, according to investigators from the University of...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

ACS: No clear answers to black patients’ worse rectal cancer outcomes

Posted on: 07/11/2015 - 17:17

CHICAGO – Access to equal care decreases but does not eliminate the survival disparities between black and white patients with rectal cancer, according to investigators from the University of...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

HPV vaccinations not linked to CRPS and POTS in young women

Posted on: 07/11/2015 - 16:28

Human papillomavirus vaccines do not increase risk of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) in young women, according to a review by the European...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Transcription factor loss linked to worse colorectal cancer outcomes

Posted on: 07/11/2015 - 16:19

BOSTON– Colorectal cancers arising in the hindgut are more likely to have loss or mutation of the transcription factor SMAD4 than are tumors arising in the proximal two-thirds of the colon, and that...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Transcription factor loss linked to worse colorectal cancer outcomes

Posted on: 07/11/2015 - 16:19

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Flibanserin debuts with strings attached

Posted on: 07/11/2015 - 15:31

Physicians who treat premenopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder now have a Food and Drug Administration–approved option in flibanserin. But the centrally acting daily medication comes...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Can bariatric surgery ease psoriasis too?

Posted on: 06/11/2015 - 18:53

LOS ANGELES – A provocative study opens the door for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis to be added to the growing list of benefits following bariatric surgery. “Although the natural history of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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