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Worse melanoma outcomes found in pregnant women

Posted on: 08/04/2015 - 14:05

SAN FRANCISCO – Pregnancy increases the risk of poor outcomes in melanoma, according to a review of melanoma cases at the Cleveland Clinic. The ef... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Antimalarial drugs reduced instances of metabolic syndrome in lupus patients

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 22:01

The antimalarial drug chloroquine (Aralen) reduced the frequency of metabolic syndrome in young adult premenopausal systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Vesicovaginal fistulas after hysterectomy linked to urinary tract injury

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 21:46

ORLANDO – Injuring the bladder during a hysterectomy is associated with a greater likelihood of developing a postoperative vesicovaginal fistula, ac... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Penalties for high infection rates expected to be unfair

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 21:36

ORLANDO – Financial penalties designed to induce hospitals with high surgical site infection rates to improve this aspect of quality of care are lik... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Corticosteroid use by lupus patients increased risk of organ damage

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 21:00

Larger doses of the corticosteroid prednisone increased the risk of developing organ damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), accor... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

CDC: LARC should be preferred contraceptive method for sexually active teens

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 20:18

Despite birth rates among American teenagers continuing to decrease in recent years, not enough sexually active teens know of and use LARC, which the ... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

MMF and CYC treat different aspects of SLE

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 17:09

There are important differences in how mycophenolate mofetil and cyclophosphamide treat patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, according to Dr. T... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

KOH solution, AK treatment both improve genital warts

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 16:52

MIAMI BEACH – Two novel therapies have potential for the treatment of genital warts, according to Dr. Theodore Rosen. The first of these “way-off... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Type, location of BRCA mutations influence risk

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 16:00

Among women who carry BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, the type and exact location of the mutation influences the risk it confers for breast and ovarian canc... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Type, location of BRCA mutations influence risk

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 16:00

Among women who carry BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, the type and exact location of the mutation influences the risk it confers for breast and ovarian canc... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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