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Low-FODMAP diet reduced IBS symptoms

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

Diets low in fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols reduced functional gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. The finding, published...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Golimumab maintains response in UC

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

Subcutaneous golimumab induces and maintains clinical response in ulcerative colitis, according to two studies in the January issue of Gastroenterology. <link...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Opportunities to boost cardiovascular disease awareness

Posted on: 30/12/2013 - 21:25

DALLAS – A mere 28% of 1,013 surveyed New York–area women correctly identified cardiovascular disease as the No. 1 killer of women. And two-thirds of those women said their primary care provider is...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

New analysis does not link high-potency statins with acute kidney injury

Posted on: 30/12/2013 - 20:30

DALLAS – High-potency statin therapy given post acute coronary syndrome did not raise serum creatinine or cause more risk of acute kidney injury than low-potency statin regimens did in a new analysis...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Mild coronary artery disease is gender blind

Posted on: 30/12/2013 - 19:55

CHICAGO – Men and women may not really be all that different when it comes to mild coronary artery disease. A prospective, multinational registry analysis found that 1.2% of women and 1.1% of men...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Antipsychotics boosted CVD events in elderly

Posted on: 27/12/2013 - 19:15

DALLAS – Elderly patients who started treatment with an antipsychotic drug had a substantially increased risk for a major adverse cardiovascular disease event, especially during the first month on...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Evidence and expertise in writing medical guidelines

Posted on: 26/12/2013 - 18:20

With timing that defies coincidence, the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) and International Society of Hypertension (ISH) posted on Dec. 17 new <link...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Misdiagnosis, noncompliance often culprits in refractory celiac disease

Posted on: 18/12/2013 - 20:10

HOLLYWOOD, FLA. – Refractory celiac disease is often the result of patients having either received an incorrect diagnosis, or their noncompliance, according to Dr. Joseph Murray of the Mayo Clinic in...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

‘JNC 8’ relaxes elderly systolic target below 150 mm Hg

Posted on: 18/12/2013 - 18:25

The group of experts who had constituted the JNC 8 panel, a team assembled in 2008 by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to update official U.S. hypertension management guidelines, set the...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

FDA advisers back vedolizumab approval to treat moderate to severe inflammatory bowel disease

Posted on: 18/12/2013 - 17:10

SILVER SPRING, MD. – The benefits of vedolizumab, an integrin antagonist, outweigh the potential for progressive multifocal encephalopathy and other possible risks as a treatment for moderate to...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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