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VIDEO: Trial points to using non-TNF biologic when first anti-TNF drug fails

Posted on: 10/11/2015 - 22:19

SAN FRANCISCO – Rheumatoid arthritis patients who did not respond to the first tumor necrosis factor inhibitor they tried had a higher rate of good or moderate response when they switched to a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Sofosbuvir plus velpatasvir effective at treating HCV genotype 1 and 3 patients

Posted on: 10/11/2015 - 20:55

Patients with genotype 1 or 3 hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection responded well to therapy with 400 mg of sofosbuvir combined with 100 mg of velpatasvir for 12 weeks, in a randomized, phase II,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Sofusbuvir-velpatasvir combo effective in treatment-naive HCV patients

Posted on: 10/11/2015 - 19:17

A combination of sofosbuvir and velpatasvir effectively treated all six hepatitis C virus genotypes in treatment-naive patients without cirrhosis, according to Dr. Gregory T. Everson and his...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Experimental LOXO-101 induces regression in several hard-to-treat cancers

Posted on: 10/11/2015 - 18:03

BOSTON – An experimental agent that targets the byproducts of gene fusions has shown surprising clinical activity against notoriously treatment-refractory cancers in early results from a phase I...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Sierra Leone declared free of Ebola10 Nov 2015

Posted on: 10/11/2015 - 17:38

Sierra Leone has been declared Ebola free by the World Health Organization after two Ebola virus incubation cycles (42 days) have passed since the last person confirmed to have the disease had a second negative blood test. -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Empagliflozin benefited type 2 diabetes patients with CKD

Posted on: 10/11/2015 - 17:07

SAN DIEGO – Empagliflozin used in conjunction with standard of care significantly improved renal outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes, results from a large randomized trial showed. “These...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis improve with bariatric surgery

Posted on: 10/11/2015 - 16:58

SAN FRANCISCO – It might be time to add psoriasis to the list of comorbidities bariatric surgery is likely to help. New York University investigators <a...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis improve with bariatric surgery

Posted on: 10/11/2015 - 16:58

SAN FRANCISCO – It might be time to add psoriasis to the list of comorbidities bariatric surgery is likely to help. New York University investigators <a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

ACS: Health, weight benefits of gastric bypass durable at 10 years

Posted on: 10/11/2015 - 16:20

CHICAGO – Weight loss and comorbidity reduction from Roux-en-Y gastric bypass remain durable at 10 years, according to a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

AHA: SPRINT’s results upend hypertension targets

Posted on: 10/11/2015 - 15:33

ORLANDO – Results from the SPRINT hypertension trial had been highly anticipated ever since the study stopped early in August and the sponsoring National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute <a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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