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SLIT: Guidelines in progress and practical concerns

Posted on: 10/03/2015 - 15:57

HOUSTON – Sublingual immunotherapy, or SLIT, long used by clinicians worldwide, is newly approved for use in the United States, and practice guideli... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Microbiome research is decades away from benefiting human health

Posted on: 10/03/2015 - 14:20

MAUI, HAWAII – Don’t look for findings about the human microbiome to have any imminent impact on health, said rheumatologist Peter Lipsky. The hu... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

IBD patients have significantly higher risk of DVT, pulmonary embolism

Posted on: 10/03/2015 - 12:05

The risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients developing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism was 1.98-fold and 1.80-fold higher, respe... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Summary of public health threats, CDTR week 10/201509 Mar 2015

Posted on: 09/03/2015 - 21:38

The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals about active public health threats. This issue covers the period 1 to 7 March 2015, and includes updates on monitoring the 2014–2015 influenza season, the Ebola virus disease in... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Vasculitis patients need up-front protection from steroid side effects

Posted on: 09/03/2015 - 21:19

MAUI, HAWAII – When vasculitis patients are started on corticosteroids, they should also be started on treatments to protect them from the adverse e... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

FDA panel backs injectable treatment for chin fat

Posted on: 09/03/2015 - 21:03

SILVER SPRING, MD – A less-invasive alternative to liposuction and other cosmetic treatments for submental fat will likely become available in the U... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Study identifies factors for minimizing the impact of Alzheimer’s genetic risk

Posted on: 09/03/2015 - 20:37

Participants in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study who carried the apolipoprotein E–epsilon 4 allele had some degree of protection from t... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Stepped-care intervention beats usual care in veterans with chronic pain

Posted on: 09/03/2015 - 18:20

A stepped-care intervention balancing pain relief, self-management strategies, and cognitive-behavioral therapy achieves significant improvements in c... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Vegetarians less likely to develop colorectal cancer

Posted on: 09/03/2015 - 15:00

A vegetarian diet reduced the risk of colorectal cancer, according to an analysis of a large, prospective study. Among 77,659 participants in the Adv... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Vegetarians less likely to develop colorectal cancer

Posted on: 09/03/2015 - 15:00

A vegetarian diet reduced the risk of colorectal cancer, according to an analysis of a large, prospective study. Among 77,659 participants in the Adv... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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