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Physician’s adenoma detection rate predicts patient’s cancer risk

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 22:00

A physician’s adenoma detection rate – the proportion of screening colonoscopies he or she performs that detect at least one histologically confirmed colorectal adenoma or adenocarcinoma – strongly...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Investigational acne treatment targets the sebaceous gland

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 21:31

DENVER – In the not-so-distant future, a treatment option for patients with moderate to severe acne may involve destruction of the sebaceous gland, according to Dr. R. Rox Anderson, director of the...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Substantial delay seen in melanoma surgery for Medicare patients

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 20:15

DENVER – As many as 25% of Medicare patients with melanoma will experience treatment delays of up to 1.5 months, and 18% may have treatment delays as long as 3 months after a lesion is biopsied,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Substantial delay seen in melanoma surgery for Medicare patients

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 20:15

DENVER – As many as 25% of Medicare patients with melanoma will experience treatment delays of up to 1.5 months, and 18% may have treatment delays as long as 3 months after a lesion is biopsied,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Challenge-test physical urticaria patients to verify triggers

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 19:30

SAN DIEGO – Approximately one-quarter of patients diagnosed with physical urticaria actually responded when challenged, based on data from a study conducted at the National Institutes of Health....

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

FDA panel backs approval of inhaled insulin for type 1 and 2 diabetes

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 17:40

HYATTSVILLE, MD. – Inhaled insulin will probably become available as a treatment option again, with a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel’s recommendation to approve an orally administered...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Too much or too little sodium may boost cardiovascular risk

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 14:25

Patients who had notably high or notably low sodium intake levels were at an increased risk of both all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, compared with patients who had usual sodium intake...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Prophylactic tadalafil ineffective after prostate cancer radiotherapy

Posted on: 01/04/2014 - 21:00

Daily tadalafil failed to preserve erectile function among men undergoing radiotherapy for prostate cancer, according to investigators. The report was published online April 1 in JAMA. In what they...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Bariatric surgery’s benefit persists in type 2 diabetes

Posted on: 01/04/2014 - 14:30

WASHINGTON – Bariatric surgery combined with intensive medical therapy had a significantly greater impact on glycemic control, compared with medical therapy alone, in a <link...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

FDA panel endorses antibacterial dalbavancin

Posted on: 01/04/2014 - 14:20

SILVER SPRING, MD. – A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted unanimously to support the approval of the antibacterial drug dalbavancin for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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