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Stage esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemo

Posted on: 28/07/2014 - 21:00

Among patients with resectable esophageal adenocarcinoma, tumor stage after completion of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a much more important predictor of survival than is initial tumor stage at...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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New insights emerge from pediatric chronic cutaneous lupus

Posted on: 28/07/2014 - 14:55

COEUR D’ALENE, ID. – Pediatric chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus transforms into systemic disease in one-quarter of cases, and if it’s going to do so, it’ll typically be within the first year...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

New insights emerge from pediatric chronic cutaneous lupus

Posted on: 28/07/2014 - 14:55

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Women are not seeking care for urinary incontinence, and physicians can be a barrier

Posted on: 25/07/2014 - 21:05

WASHINGTON – Women are not seeking care for even moderate to severe urinary incontinence because they have a fear of treatment and lack knowledge of the etiology of the condition and available...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Bariatric surgery results may include improved sexual function for female patients

Posted on: 25/07/2014 - 21:05

WASHINGTON – Obese women experienced significant improvements in sexual function over 6-24 months after bariatric surgery in a multistudy review, indicating that this outcome should be listed among...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Depression may run with opiate use in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Posted on: 25/07/2014 - 19:15

NEW YORK – Patients with ankylosing spondylitis who used opiate analgesics were five times more likely to report depression than were those who did not, in a retrospective case-control study of 611...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Most kneecap pain can be managed conservatively

Posted on: 24/07/2014 - 21:00

SEATTLE – In about 80% of patients, patellofemoral knee pain is due to muscular dysfunction and often responds to strengthening and other conservative measures, according to Dr. Christian Lattermann...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Cardiovascular risk remains difficult to characterize in ankylosing spondylitis

Posted on: 24/07/2014 - 18:20

NEW YORK – Consistent evidence for a substantial increase in cardiovascular events remains elusive for patients with ankylosing spondylitis who have a broad range of CV risk factors. "We can...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

New guidelines proposed for nail involvement in psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 23/07/2014 - 21:45

NEW YORK – A consensus group has developed evidence-based treatment recommendations for patients with psoriatic arthritis and nail involvement and raised the possibility of issuing them independent...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

New guidelines proposed for nail involvement in psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 23/07/2014 - 21:45

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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