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VIDEO: Endocrinology initiatives can improve transgender care

Posted on: 23/05/2014 - 19:15

LAS VEGAS – Dr. Joshua D. Safer is a man on a mission. He wants to incorporate transgender medicine into medical school curricula across North America to help increase the number of specialists who...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Study takes air out of pre–bypass intragastric balloon

Posted on: 23/05/2014 - 18:00

CHICAGO – Treatment with an intragastric balloon before bariatric surgery produces significant weight loss in the morbidly obese, but at the cost of more surgical complications, according to the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Early endoscopic follow-up nets dysplasia in 9.5% of Barrett’s

Posted on: 23/05/2014 - 17:10

CHICAGO – Early endoscopic follow-up within 24 months detected dysplasia in nearly one in 10 patients with nondysplastic or low-grade Barrett’s esophagus in a retrospective study at the Mayo...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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New atopic dermatitis therapies offer alternatives to topical steroids

Posted on: 23/05/2014 - 16:25

WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – Fresh approaches for treating atopic dermatitis are sorely needed, and several intriguing novel therapies are under study, according to Dr. Wynnis Tom. While topical...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

In diabetes, women far more likely to develop CHD than men

Posted on: 22/05/2014 - 23:00

Women with diabetes have a 44% greater chance of developing coronary heart disease than do men with diabetes, a large review and meta-analysis has shown. In a retrospective review of data...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Evolving nanotechnology reveals potential treatment advantages

Posted on: 22/05/2014 - 18:05

DENVER – As the nanotechnology field evolves, there are at least three reasons a clinician might prefer to use nanoparticles over conventional drugs, according to Dr. Jack L. Arbiser. The first is to...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Pasireotide decreases incidence of postoperative fistula

Posted on: 21/05/2014 - 22:55

The somatostatin analogue pasireotide reduced postoperative pancreatic fistula leak or abscess by 56%, compared with placebo, a randomized study has determined. Pasireotide (Signifor) was effective...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Treat systemic sclerosis early and aggressively

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

DESTIN, FLA. – Patients who present with what appears to be "puffy hand sign" should be carefully evaluated for systemic sclerosis, and if they also report Raynaud’s phenomenon and display...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Breast cancer fear contributes to prophylactic mastectomy rate

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

Fear seems to be a major driver of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy after initial breast cancer surgery. Almost two-thirds of those who had the procedure had no clinical indication for it,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Breast cancer fear contributes to prophylactic mastectomy rate

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

Fear seems to be a major driver of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy after initial breast cancer surgery. Almost two-thirds of those who had the procedure had no clinical indication for it,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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