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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: Oncology
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

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

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