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Senate OKs sunscreen bill

Posted on: 18/09/2014 - 18:03

The Senate unanimously approved a bill designed to speed up Food and Drug Administration approval of sunscreen ingredients, adding to the likelihood that the legislation will become law. The full...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: New diagnostic criteria catch systemic lupus earlier

Posted on: 18/09/2014 - 17:37

LAS VEGAS – New diagnostic criteria from the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics make the difficult task of diagnosing systemic lupus easier. SLICC’s criteria are meant to supplant...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: New diagnostic criteria catch systemic lupus earlier

Posted on: 18/09/2014 - 17:37

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Rethink using single-envelope CFLs in photosensitive patients

Posted on: 17/09/2014 - 14:15

EDINBURGH – Physicians may want to avoid exposing their photosensitive patients to single-envelope compact fluorescent lamps. Better to use the double-envelope variety, Dr. Harry Moseley suggested....

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

UTIs in type 2 diabetes can be costly

Posted on: 16/09/2014 - 21:35

VIENNA – Urinary tract infections are relatively common and can be quite expensive among patients with newly diagnosed diabetes. In a large patient database, the infection rate was about 128/1,000...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Minimal disease activity in psoriatic arthritis is a realistic target

Posted on: 16/09/2014 - 20:33

LAS VEGAS – A number of drugs are showing promise for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis, but broader improvements are needed with respect to treatment strategies, according to Dr. Iain...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Minimal disease activity in psoriatic arthritis is a realistic target

Posted on: 16/09/2014 - 20:33

LAS VEGAS – A number of drugs are showing promise for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis, but broader improvements are needed with respect to treatment strategies, according to Dr. Iain...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Switch ANCA-associated vasculitis patients to maintenance therapy after 6 months

Posted on: 16/09/2014 - 20:18

LAS VEGAS – After 3-6 months of remission induction therapy with high-dose steroids and cyclophosphamide, it’s time to switch ANCA-associated vasculitis patients to maintenance therapy. Recent...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: A fib screening finds 5% of elderly undiagnosed

Posted on: 16/09/2014 - 19:07

BARCELONA – Roughly 5% of people aged 75 years or older have undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, based on a population-based screening study in Sweden

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Researchers deem tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes valid prognostic biomarker in TNBC

Posted on: 15/09/2014 - 05:01

Evidence continues to accumulate that a breast cancer patient’s immune system plays a role in the outcome from aggressive disease. According to recently published studies, the presence of...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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