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Nanotherapies make inroads in wound regeneration

Posted on: 21/03/2014 - 22:00

DENVER – Move over, gauze, bandages, and moist wound-healing techniques. Nanomaterials are making significant inroads in wound regeneration. Dr. Adam Friedman, director of dermatologic research at...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

FDA approves PDE-4 inhibitor for treating psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 21/03/2014 - 21:50

Apremilast, an oral phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, has been approved for treating adults with active psoriatic arthritis, based on the results of three studies of 1,493 patients, the Food and Drug...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

FDA approves PDE-4 inhibitor for treating psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 21/03/2014 - 21:50

Apremilast, an oral phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, has been approved for treating adults with active psoriatic arthritis, based on the results of three studies of 1,493 patients, the Food and Drug...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

FDA approves omalizumab for chronic idiopathic urticaria

Posted on: 21/03/2014 - 21:30

The Food and Drug Administration has approved omalizumab (Xolair) for chronic idiopathic urticaria in people 12 years of age and older who remain symptomatic despite treatment with...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Tuberculosis rate drops, disparity continues

Posted on: 21/03/2014 - 20:20

Despite the overall decline in tuberculosis, there continues to be a large disparity in incidence between U.S.-born and foreign-born U.S. residents, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

‘Culture of Safety’ best defense against sharps injury

Posted on: 21/03/2014 - 18:10

DENVER – Of all the procedures and behaviors that place dermatologists at risk for occupational exposure, needlestick injuries rank at the top. According to 1999 data from the National Institute...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

New cholesterol guidelines would add 13 million new statin users

Posted on: 20/03/2014 - 22:20

Strict adherence to the new risk-based American College of Cardiology–American Heart Association guidelines for managing cholesterol would increase the number of adults eligible for statin therapy by...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

New cholesterol guidelines would add 13 million new statin users

Posted on: 20/03/2014 - 22:20

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

TNFR1 shown as marker for mortality risk in type 2 diabetes with kidney disease

Posted on: 20/03/2014 - 21:05

Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 is an effective marker for all-cause mortality in type 2 diabetes with kidney disease, according to results of a French study. Additionally, TNFR1 was found to add...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Corporate health care is here

Posted on: 20/03/2014 - 16:40

Hospital mergers have been accelerating in the last few years, and doctors and other health care workers have been swept up in the process. The last time merger mania took place in the 1990s,...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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