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Budesonide safe, effective for microscopic colitis

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 05:01

Oral budesonide is effective and safe for short-term treatment of collagenous colitis. Indeed, the finding supports the recent recommendation by the European Microscopic Colitis Group to make...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Vast majority of ED visits for acute heart failure become admissions

Posted on: 30/04/2014 - 20:30

Nearly six of every seven patients presenting to U.S. emergency departments with acute heart failure are admitted. This means acute heart failure is "a major challenge" to emergency...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Early look: Localized cryolysis reduced sebum by 40%

Posted on: 30/04/2014 - 20:12

PHOENIX – One cycle of selective transepidermal cooling on the backs of 11 men with healthy, normal skin produced a transient 40% reduction in sebum production by sebaceous glands in a controlled...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Three laser/light devices lead injury reports

Posted on: 30/04/2014 - 16:46

PHOENIX – Radiofrequency devices, diode lasers, and intense pulsed light devices had the most reports of suspected injuries from 1991 through 2013, based on data from a Food and Drug Administration...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: HPV testing predicted to displace most Pap smears

Posted on: 30/04/2014 - 15:35

CHICAGO – Dr. Laurie J. McKenzie, who is a member of the ACOG Committee on the Scientific Program and the medical faculties of the University of Texas and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

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VIDEO: HPV testing predicted to displace most Pap smears

Posted on: 30/04/2014 - 15:35

CHICAGO – Dr. Laurie J. McKenzie, who is a member of the ACOG Committee on the Scientific Program and the medical faculties of the University of Texas and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Laser therapy improved severe hyperhidrosis

Posted on: 30/04/2014 - 14:40

PHOENIX – Laser treatment of severe hyperhidrosis significantly reduced underarm sweating after 6 months in two separate but similar studies of 20 and 13 patients. Patients with scores of 3 or 4 on...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

HS cardiac troponin T shows MI rule-out potential

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 22:30

WASHINGTON – Patients presenting with chest pain with a negative ECG and an undetectable blood level of cardiac troponin T on a high-sensitivity assay had virtually no risk of a myocardial infarction...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

AUDIO: Challenges, rewards face creators of pediatric oncofertility clinics

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 21:20

PHILADELPHIA – Few templates exist for creating a pediatric oncofertility clinic, particularly in the context of the nascent trend of pediatric oncologists treating adults with pediatric cancers....

Field of Interest: Oncology

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AUDIO: Challenges, rewards face creators of pediatric oncofertility clinics

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 21:20

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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