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Anal, colorectal, liver cancer rising among HIV positive

Posted on: 05/10/2015 - 22:00

The cumulative rates of anal, colorectal, and liver cancers are increasing among HIV-positive patients, mainly because in the antiretroviral era they are living long enough for these malignancies to...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Skip vasoreactivity testing in connective tissue disease PAH work-up

Posted on: 05/10/2015 - 20:07

LAS VEGAS – It’s okay to skip vasoreactivity testing when working up connective tissue disease patients for suspected pulmonary artery hypertension. “If you are in a smaller town and your...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Women dogged by unplanned readmissions after aortic surgery

Posted on: 05/10/2015 - 19:38

CHICAGO – Women undergoing aortic surgery have a 30% higher chance of unplanned readmission within 30 days than men. This occurs despite a significantly longer length of stay (6.4 vs. 4.8 days;...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Anti-TNFs for IBD may double relative risk of demyelinating diseases

Posted on: 05/10/2015 - 16:00

Anti-TNF therapy for inflammatory bowel disease appears to double the relative risk of developing central demyelinating disease, though the absolute risk remains small, according to a preliminary...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Summary of public health threats, CDTR week 40, 201505 Oct 2015

Posted on: 05/10/2015 - 12:23

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 27 September to 3 October 2015, and includes updates on West Nile virus, measles, MERS and Ebola virus disease. --... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Gout treatment lore doesn’t hold up to evidence

Posted on: 03/10/2015 - 20:00

LAS VEGAS – It’s okay to start urate lowering therapy during a gout attack, according to Dr. Brian Mandell, a rheumatology professor at the Cleveland Clinic. “I was taught that you don’t treat a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Chronic insomnia afflicts one in three perimenopausal women

Posted on: 03/10/2015 - 15:57

LAS VEGAS – Sleeplessness is both common and distressing for women in midlife, according to a new analysis of data from a large observational study. One-third of women at all stages of the...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Progress in treating diabetic foot osteomyelitis

Posted on: 02/10/2015 - 22:53

SAN DIEGO – The evidence-based treatment of diabetic foot osteomyelitis has jumped up to the next level as a result of two recent randomized clinical trials, the first-ever to address a couple of key...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Planned Parenthood funding remains intact, attacks continue

Posted on: 02/10/2015 - 14:12

Planned Parenthood Federation of America has survived the latest attempt to cut its federal funding, but the organization isn’t out of the woods yet. On Sept. 30, the leadership of the House Energy...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

FDA approves nivolumab-ipilimumab combination for melanoma

Posted on: 01/10/2015 - 23:17

Nivolumab, a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)–blocking antibody, has been approved for use in combination with ipilimumab for treating people with BRAF V600 wild-type, unresectable or metastatic...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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