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VIDEO: PALBI score sharpened liver cancer prognosis

Posted on: 16/11/2015 - 18:50

SAN FRANCISCO – The PALBI liver function score measuring platelet count, albumin, and bilirubin was more effective than Child-Pugh score at predicting survival in hepatocellular carcinoma...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Summary of public health threats, CDTR week 46/201516 Nov 2015

Posted on: 16/11/2015 - 12:08

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 8 to 14 November 2015 and includes updates on seasonal influenza, West Nile fever, MERS and Ebola virus disease. --... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases
Type: News Item

Invasive candidiasis hospitalizations down overall

Posted on: 15/11/2015 - 16:37

SAN DIEGO – The incidence of hospitalizations associated with invasive candidiasis decreased between 2007 and 2012, but both elderly and black patients remain at greatest risk for the infection,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

Tocilizumab effective in giant cell arteritis

Posted on: 14/11/2015 - 21:02

SAN FRANCISCO – Mounting evidence supports the use of tocilizumab in giant cell arteritis (GCA), and a new study supports use of the drug for induction and maintenance therapy in patients with newly...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

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