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Vedolizumab infection concerns diminish with growing data

Posted on: 27/10/2014 - 18:21

PHILADELPHIA – In long-term follow-up for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, the novel monoclonal antibody vedolizumab continues to remain free of serious infections or other signs of major...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Purified pollen extract for hot flashes did not inhibit tamoxifen’s efficacy

Posted on: 24/10/2014 - 17:28

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Relizen, a nonhormonal purified pollen extract with demonstrated efficacy in treating vasomotor symptoms of menopause, had negligible effects on the CYP2D6 enzyme at five times...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

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Purified pollen extract for hot flashes did not inhibit tamoxifen’s efficacy

Posted on: 24/10/2014 - 17:28

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Safe use of topical cidofovir as a weapon against stubborn warts

Posted on: 24/10/2014 - 14:02

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. – There is a role for topical cidofovir in the treatment of recalcitrant warts in children, Dr. James R. Treat said at Skin Disease Education Foundation’s Women’s &...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Regurgitation controlled by transoral fundoplication

Posted on: 24/10/2014 - 13:39

PHILADELPHIA – The first trial conducted in gastroesophageal reflux diseases that employed control of regurgitation as a primary endpoint found a significant advantage for transoral fundoplication...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Drug-induced liver injury characterized from U.S. registry

Posted on: 24/10/2014 - 13:31

PHILADELPHIA – A registry created by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to track idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) largely confirms the significant risks suggested by small studies...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: A practical protocol for monitoring discoid lupus

Posted on: 23/10/2014 - 22:06

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF.– Patients with discoid lupus should be checked routinely for systemic disease, but complete autoantibody studies aren’t necessary for those patients with a prior work-up and a...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Novel anticoagulants increase GI bleeds in elderly

Posted on: 23/10/2014 - 18:43

PHILADELPHIA – Dabigatran and rivaroxaban, which are rapidly replacing warfarin for anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation, appear to be associated with a greater risk of GI bleeding...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Lynch syndrome screening underperformed in high-risk patients

Posted on: 22/10/2014 - 21:38

PHILADELPHIA– Despite evidence that screening reduces morbidity and mortality, even patients at high risk for Lynch syndrome (LS) are not being routinely evaluated, according to a comprehensive...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Risk-reducing salpingectomy during surgery for benign indications

Posted on: 22/10/2014 - 18:05

Ovarian cancer is the most deadly gynecologic malignancy in the United States, with 14,270 deaths expected in 2014 (CA Cancer...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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