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Patients become full partners in inflammatory arthritis and psoriasis research

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 15:15

NEW YORK – Improvements in clinical trial design for psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and other inflammatory diseases are being credited to a decision to enlist patients as full partners, not just...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Cerebral microbleeds’ depth may reveal dementia type

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 22:05

COPENHAGEN – The location of cerebral microbleeds appears to be strongly associated with dementia subtypes, perhaps reflecting the disorders’ underlying pathologies. "This regional association...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Children’s psychiatric disorders linked with moms’ infertility

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 21:20

MUNICH – Children born to mothers who had fertility problems had a 33% increased incidence of psychiatric disorders as children or young adults, compared with the offspring from mothers without...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Specialists drive overtreatment of low-risk prostate cancer

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 21:00

Low-risk prostate cancer in older men is still being overtreated, according to two separate studies that examined the issue from different perspectives, both of which were published online July 14 in...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Aspirin’s benefits may be blunted in African American women

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 20:50

CHICAGO – Postmenopausal African American women with subclinical atherosclerosis appear to be more resistant to the anti-inflammatory effects of daily aspirin than their white counterparts. In a...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 18:55

The use of minimally invasive surgery for appendectomy, colectomy, hysterectomy, and lung lobectomy varies widely in the United States, even though the complication rates were lower from each...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 18:55

The use of minimally invasive surgery for appendectomy, colectomy, hysterectomy, and lung lobectomy varies widely in the United States, even though the complication rates were lower from each...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 18:55

The use of minimally invasive surgery for appendectomy, colectomy, hysterectomy, and lung lobectomy varies widely in the United States, even though the complication rates were lower from each...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Smelling test makes progress in identifying preclinical Alzheimer’s

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 18:20

COPENHAGEN – A test that measures how well patients recognize scents was highly correlated with progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease as well as neurodegeneration...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Testicular tumors increasing in Hispanic teens and young adults

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 05:01

Testicular germ cell tumors are on the rise among Hispanic adolescents and young men, a new study has shown. From 1992 to 2000, the incidence among Hispanic whites increased 58% – significantly more...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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