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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

Ask, listen, help: Pearls to treat sexual dysfunction in menopause

Posted on: 01/10/2015 - 19:58

LAS VEGAS – The first step is to ask. A menopausal woman may be struggling with a female sexual disorder (FSD), but unless her clinician asks, the patient may never volunteer information about her...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Narrow-band colonoscopy faster, as sensitive as white light in ulcerative colitis

Posted on: 01/10/2015 - 18:01

Among patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), narrow-band imaging colonoscopy with targeted and segmental biopsy specimens was faster, needed fewer specimens, and was as sensitive for detecting...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Narrow-band colonoscopy faster, as sensitive as white light in ulcerative colitis

Posted on: 01/10/2015 - 18:01

Among patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), narrow-band imaging colonoscopy with targeted and segmental biopsy specimens was faster, needed fewer specimens, and was as sensitive for detecting...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

ESC: Heart failure patients have increased cancer incidence

Posted on: 01/10/2015 - 16:42

LONDON – Adult patients with chronic heart failure had an average 51% increased incidence of all forms of cancer, compared with the general population in an analysis of more than 9,000 Danish...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Clindamycin–benzoyl peroxide combo effective in moderate and severe acne

Posted on: 01/10/2015 - 15:31

A fixed combination of clindamycin phosphate 1.2% and benzoyl peroxide 3.75% (clindamycin-BP 3.75%) aqueous gel was effective and well tolerated in the treatment of moderate and severe acne vulgaris,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

PsA confers higher risk of cardiovascular disease, events

Posted on: 01/10/2015 - 13:28

Cardiovascular disease and major adverse cardiovascular events are significantly more common in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) than in those without, according to two case-control studies...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

PsA confers higher risk of cardiovascular disease, events

Posted on: 01/10/2015 - 13:28

Cardiovascular disease and major adverse cardiovascular events are significantly more common in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) than in those without, according to two case-control studies...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Shorter colonoscopies tied to higher colorectal cancer rates

Posted on: 01/10/2015 - 06:01

Risk of interval colorectal cancer (CRC) more than doubled when average withdrawal times during routine colonoscopy were less than 6 minutes, investigators reported in the October issue of...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

High death rates for IBD patients who underwent emergency resections

Posted on: 01/10/2015 - 06:01

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were about five to eight times more likely to die after emergency intestinal resection as opposed to elective surgery, a large meta-analysis...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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