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Summary of public health threats, CDTR week 36/201507 Sep 2015

Posted on: 07/09/2015 - 15:59

The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals about active public health threats. This issue covers the period 30 August to 5 September 2015 and includes updates on an outbreak of vaccine-derived poliovirus in Ukraine, Ebola... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Tabalumab development for lupus stops because of mixed phase III results

Posted on: 04/09/2015 - 21:23

The injectable investigational biologic tabalumab met its primary endpoint only at higher doses, and failed to meet secondary endpoints in phase III clinical trials for moderate to severe systemic...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Repeat uterine preservation procedures likely for women with fibroids

Posted on: 04/09/2015 - 19:56

Women who undergo a uterus-preserving procedure to manage uterine fibroids often have to have further procedures, according to Dr. Elisa Martin-Merino of the Spanish Centre for Pharmacoepidemiologic...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hepatitis E linked to 1 in 10 liver failure cases in Europe

Posted on: 04/09/2015 - 18:39

A significant number of cases of acute liver failure may be caused by the hepatitis E virus, which a new study suggests may not necessarily be identified or excluded using serologic tests. A...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Sexual well-being impaired in women with vulvar disease

Posted on: 04/09/2015 - 17:16

Women with vulvar disease experience impaired sexual well-being compared with their healthy counterparts, report Dr. Sophie Wylomanski and coauthors from the department of gynecology and obstetrics...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Use fiduciary duty to set pain medication boundaries

Posted on: 04/09/2015 - 15:53

ORLANDO – Physicians should use the concept of fiduciary duty to set appropriate boundaries with patients taking pain medications, explained Dr. Louis Kuritzky. Often, patients want treatments that...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Does childhood abdominal pain portend adult GI problems?

Posted on: 03/09/2015 - 22:57

CHICAGO – Functional abdominal pain (FAP) is one of the most common complaints seen in pediatric and pediatric gastroenterology practices – but does that pediatric condition put patients at risk for...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Head for oral contraceptives to target women’s acne

Posted on: 03/09/2015 - 22:16

NEW YORK – Almost all women with acne will have at least a fair response to therapy with oral contraceptive pills. Most should experience at least a 50% reduction in lesions, <a...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Head for oral contraceptives to target women’s acne

Posted on: 03/09/2015 - 22:16

NEW YORK – Almost all women with acne will have at least a fair response to therapy with oral contraceptive pills. Most should experience at least a 50% reduction in lesions, <a...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Higher risk of arrhythmia in psoriasis patients

Posted on: 03/09/2015 - 19:40

Patients with psoriasis are at increased risk of arrhythmia, with the risk even greater for younger patients and those with psoriatic arthritis, according to a population-based cohort study conducted...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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