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Moderate wine intake may benefit kidneys, curb heart disease risk

Posted on: 06/05/2014 - 15:40

LAS VEGAS – Moderate intake of wine was associated with a 37% lower prevalence of chronic kidney disease in healthy adults, compared with no wine consumption at all, according to an analysis of data...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Women’s Health Initiative study netted $37 billion in savings

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 22:00

The massive Women’s Health Initiative estrogen plus progestin clinical trial netted more than $37 billion in savings in the 10 years after it was published, largely by curtailing postmenopausal...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Interferon-free regimen improves response in HCV

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 21:25

CHICAGO – Treating patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1a or 1b with 12 weeks of an experimental interferon-free, triple-drug oral regimen produced good sustained virologic response rates with...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Interferon-free regimen improves response in HCV

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 21:25

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Yearly monitoring does not predict fractures after bisphosphonate cessation

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 21:00

Fracture risk in women who discontinue therapy with bisphosphonates can be assessed by measuring bone mineral density at the time of discontinuation, but subsequent frequent monitoring appears to...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: When to screen for celiac disease in hypothyroidism

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

CHICAGO – Patients with hypothyroidism who needed higher doses of levothyroxine were more likely to have celiac disease, according to a study released at the annual Digestive Disease Week. In a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: When to screen for celiac disease in hypothyroidism

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

CHICAGO – Patients with hypothyroidism who needed higher doses of levothyroxine were more likely to have celiac disease, according to a study released at the annual Digestive Disease Week. In a...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Significant improvements in adherence, blood pressure, and LDL cholesterol with polypill

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 20:25

MELBOURNE – A polypill combining aspirin, simvastatin, and two antihypertensive drugs has shown a significant improvement in adherence as well as reductions in blood pressure and LDL cholesterol in...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Low FODMAP diet reduced kids’ IBS pain

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 20:10

CHICAGO – A diet that restricts wheat, beans, dairy, and fruit juice in children with irritable bowel syndrome reduced the frequency and severity of abdominal pain, according to a study presented at...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Step-down etanercept fails to control ankylosing spondylitis

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 19:55

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – Reducing the once-weekly maintenance dose of etanercept from 50 mg to 25 mg was associated with worsening control of ankylosing spondylitis in an open-label, multicenter, pilot...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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