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VIDEO: How to handle pregnancy in lupus

Posted on: 24/09/2015 - 17:41

LAS VEGAS – Pregnancy outcomes can be excellent in women with lupus, but they need help to make sure everything goes okay. Rheumatologist Dr. Jennifer Grossman, director of lupus clinical...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Simple skin finding differentiates diffuse scleroderma from limited disease

Posted on: 24/09/2015 - 16:10

LAS VEGAS – Scleroderma treatment is evolving quickly. Newer classification criteria from the American College of Rheumatology and the...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Simple skin finding differentiates diffuse scleroderma from limited disease

Posted on: 24/09/2015 - 16:10

LAS VEGAS – Scleroderma treatment is evolving quickly. Newer classification criteria from the American College of Rheumatology and the...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Meta-analysis confirms no OS benefit from antiangiogenics for NSCLC patients

Posted on: 24/09/2015 - 13:32

DENVER – Once again, angiogenesis inhibitors have been examined for benefit against advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and have been found wanting. Results of a meta-analysis limited to...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Don’t rely on ANCA to diagnose primary vasculitis

Posted on: 23/09/2015 - 22:48

LAS VEGAS – Vasculitis isn’t always the final diagnosis, even with a positive ANCA. A wide range of conditions – even bacterial endocarditis and adulterated cocaine – can set up secondary...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Annual chlamydia screening fails to show significant benefit

Posted on: 23/09/2015 - 19:18

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – A 3-year randomized, controlled trial of annual chlamydia screening in 16- to 29-year-olds has shown that despite a significant increase in testing rates and diagnoses,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Smokers with lower back pain must quit to alleviate symptoms

Posted on: 23/09/2015 - 19:13

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Before considering treatments and surgical options to mitigate lower back pain, physicians should counsel affected patients that quitting smoking is a more effective – and...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Memantine for pain control in fibromyalgia

Posted on: 23/09/2015 - 17:57

The prevalence of fibromyalgia in our clinical practices is about 2%-3%. But it may feel much higher, because some of these patients use a lot of staff and office time. Vacillations in our certainty...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Sofosbuvir-velpatasvir combo effective in all HCV genotypes

Posted on: 23/09/2015 - 16:54

A once-daily, fixed-dose combination of sofosbuvir (SOF) plus velpatasvir (VEL) had high success rates for the treatment of all six genotypes of hepatitis C virus, manufacturer Gilead Sciences...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Recent quitters win big in lung screening trials

Posted on: 22/09/2015 - 17:13

DENVER – It’s never too late to quit smoking, results of lung cancer screening trials confirm. Among more than 3,300 heavy smokers over age 50 who took part in two low-dose CT (LDCT) screening...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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