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Hyaluronic acid injection for knee OA as effective as NSAIDs in short term

Posted on: 31/01/2014 - 20:15

Treatment of osteoarthritis with intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid over a 5-week period provided symptomatic relief that had noninferior efficacy and was safer than treatment with an oral...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Hyaluronic acid injection for knee OA as effective as NSAIDs in short term

Posted on: 31/01/2014 - 20:15

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

New knee osteoarthritis guidelines differ slightly from some previous recommendations

Posted on: 31/01/2014 - 18:30

New knee osteoarthritis guidelines from Osteoarthritis Research Society International, an update of the group’s 2010 guidelines, recommend weight loss, education, exercise, and much more that’s...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

New knee osteoarthritis guidelines differ slightly from some previous recommendations

Posted on: 31/01/2014 - 18:30

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

New website provides guidance on treating hepatitis C, with regular updates

Posted on: 30/01/2014 - 16:35

A new website has been launched that provides the latest information to help guide clinicians on treating patients with chronic hepatitis C and will be updated regularly with developments in this...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

WOEST results guide antithrombotic therapy in PCI

Posted on: 30/01/2014 - 13:55

SNOWMASS, COLO. – A recent randomized trial provides physicians with important new guidance on how to manage antithrombotic therapy in patients requiring oral anticoagulation who develop an acute...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

CoreValve holds size advantage for U.S. TAVR

Posted on: 28/01/2014 - 21:10

When the Food and Drug Administration in January granted marketing approval to a second transcatheter aortic valve replacement system for inoperable patients with aortic stenosis, the CoreValve...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

The politics of food addiction: Who wins, who 'loses'

Posted on: 28/01/2014 - 17:15

ATLANTA – It’s too soon to disrupt current obesity treatment by declaring food addiction to be a clinical condition, according to Dr. Paul Fletcher. "If we are to employ [the term] food...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Former JNC 8 hypertension panel issues minority report

Posted on: 28/01/2014 - 17:15

The controversial hypertension-management guidelines released by the former JNC 8 panel in December was not the group’s last word. There was a minority report, too, published almost a month later in...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Exam-room posters cut inappropriate antibiotics prescriptions

Posted on: 27/01/2014 - 21:00

Exam-room posters declaring a clinician’s commitment to make appropriate antibiotics prescriptions may be a simple, low-cost approach to reducing inappropriate use of antibiotics for acute...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

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