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Simple screening tool can help detect psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 30/08/2015 - 22:36

PARK CITY, UTAH – Since most people with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) develop psoriasis before joint symptoms, it’s helpful to have a simple screening test for the condition. One of Dr. Philip Mease’s...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Vulvar lichen sclerosis often overlooked in women of reproductive age

Posted on: 30/08/2015 - 22:31

NEW YORK – A delayed diagnosis of vulvar lichen sclerosis is common, and the risk of this delay is permanent scarring and structural genital changes, cautioned an expert who holds teaching...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Vulvar lichen sclerosis often overlooked in women of reproductive age

Posted on: 30/08/2015 - 22:31

NEW YORK – A delayed diagnosis of vulvar lichen sclerosis is common, and the risk of this delay is permanent scarring and structural genital changes, cautioned an expert who holds teaching...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Early intervention may forestall menopause-related skin aging

Posted on: 30/08/2015 - 19:36

NEW YORK – Evidence is mounting that early intervention in the menopausal transition could help forestall some of the skin aging associated with estrogen decline. Estrogen supplementation and...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Early intervention may forestall menopause-related skin aging

Posted on: 30/08/2015 - 19:36

NEW YORK – Evidence is mounting that early intervention in the menopausal transition could help forestall some of the skin aging associated with estrogen decline. Estrogen supplementation and...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Less posttransplant primary biliary cirrhosis with preventive UDCA

Posted on: 29/08/2015 - 16:02

Only 21% of liver transplantation patients who received ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) after surgery developed recurrent primary biliary cirrhosis, compared with 62% of patients who did not receive the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Cirrhosis in HCV often goes unreported

Posted on: 29/08/2015 - 15:57

More than 28% of patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) virus infection met at least one criterion for cirrhosis, while only 7% had biopsy confirmation of the condition, investigators reported in...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

ACR urges ABIM to modify MOC program

Posted on: 28/08/2015 - 15:56

The American Board of Internal Medicine’s current Maintenance of Certification program does not meet the educational needs of rheumatologists and should be modified to include more relevant...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Osteoporosis trends collide for Mexican American women

Posted on: 26/08/2015 - 21:17

Among adults aged 65 years and over, women were 4.4 times as likely as men to have osteoporosis, and Mexican Americans were 2.4 times more likely than were blacks to have osteoporosis from 2005 to...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Pruritus in the elderly often linked to atopic-like dermatosis

Posted on: 25/08/2015 - 20:45

PARK CITY, UTAH – When an otherwise healthy 75-year-old patient presents with persistent pruritus as the chief complaint, the first thing to do is rule out specific dermatologic disorders, according...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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