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Azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil ‘equally ineffective’ for lupus nephritis

Posted on: 24/11/2014 - 18:03

BOSTON – It took 10 years to find out that mycophenolate mofetil and azathioprine are comparable as maintenance therapies for patients with lupus nephritis, at least in a European population. Or as...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Bariatric surgery an opportunity to screen for endometrial cancer

Posted on: 21/11/2014 - 19:34

MELBOURNE – Bariatric surgery may provide a useful opportunity to screen morbidly obese women for endometrial cancer, according to the presenter of a study showing a 15% prevalence of occult...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Bariatric surgery an opportunity to screen for endometrial cancer

Posted on: 21/11/2014 - 19:34

MELBOURNE – Bariatric surgery may provide a useful opportunity to screen morbidly obese women for endometrial cancer, according to the presenter of a study showing a 15% prevalence of occult...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Epidemiological update: Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa21 Nov 2014

Posted on: 21/11/2014 - 17:23

An update on the current epidemiological situation of the ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa. -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Biomarker may reveal lymphoma risk in Sjögren’s syndrome

Posted on: 21/11/2014 - 16:12

BOSTON – Low expression of protein A20 in minor salivary gland tissue appears to be associated with lymphomas in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome. In an interview after his late-breaker...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Biomarker may reveal lymphoma risk in Sjögren’s syndrome

Posted on: 21/11/2014 - 16:12

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Experimental antibodies target cytokines to calm SLE

Posted on: 21/11/2014 - 14:43

BOSTON – Two investigational monoclonal antibodies, each targeting a different cytokine, showed good activity against systemic lupus erythematosus in two separate studies presented at the annual...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Medicare beneficiaries in hospice care get better care, have fewer costs

Posted on: 20/11/2014 - 20:47

Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries suffering from poor-prognosis cancer who received hospice care were found to have lower rates of hospitalizations, admissions to intensive care units, and...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Radioactive iodine may boost survival in papillary thyroid cancer

Posted on: 20/11/2014 - 20:30

CORONADO, CALIF. – The use of radioactive iodine in patients with papillary thyroid cancer showed a small but statistically significant survival benefit for all tumor size categories, a long-term...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Axial spondyloarthropathy guidelines: NSAIDs and PT first

Posted on: 20/11/2014 - 16:57

BOSTON – A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug and exercise may be enough to control active axial spondyloarthritis in some patients, suggest authors of draft guidelines on the management of patients...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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