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Artificial pancreas improved glycemia after islet cell transplant

Posted on: 20/11/2015 - 05:01

A closed-loop insulin pump with continuous glucose monitor produced significantly better blood glucose control in patients who have received islet cell transplants after pancreatectomy, compared with...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

USPSTF annual report highlights gaps in women’s health research

Posted on: 19/11/2015 - 23:17

Research must be increased and improved in five key areas of women’s health before any kind of recommendations for screening can be made, according to the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force’s <a...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

ACR: Investigational lupus drugs test new or reworked approaches to treatment

Posted on: 19/11/2015 - 20:39

SAN FRANCISCO – A variety of new, repurposed, and reformulated compounds have made their way into clinical trials for systemic lupus erythematosus, as evidenced by an abstracts session devoted to...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Reoperation risk doubled in Roux-en-Y over sleeve gastrectomy

Posted on: 19/11/2015 - 18:42

CHICAGO – Patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are twice as likely to need a reoperation as those having sleeve gastrectomy, according to ACS NSQIP data. Reoperation among Roux-en-Y patients...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: U.S. hepatitis C treatment capacity falls short of need

Posted on: 19/11/2015 - 18:04

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. health care system’s capacity to treat patients who need hepatitis C treatment has improved since 2014, but it still falls far short of what’s needed, according to an...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

ACR: Criteria enable prompt diagnosis and treatment of CAPS

Posted on: 19/11/2015 - 17:37

SAN FRANCISCO – Valid diagnostic criteria for cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes are sorely needed, and a new model of CAPS diagnostic criteria enables rapid diagnosis of this rare,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

ACR: Adalimumab best TNFi for anterior uveitis in ankylosing spondylitis

Posted on: 19/11/2015 - 17:21

SAN FRANCISCO – Adalimumab was the clear winner over infliximab and etanercept for anterior uveitis in a Scandinavian database study of 1,365 patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Office visits for...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

New bladder cancer drug fails first hurdle

Posted on: 19/11/2015 - 16:16

Two Food and Drug Administration advisory panels voted 18-6 against use of Mycobacterium phlei cell wall-nucleic acid complex (MCNA), an intravesical drug being evaluated for the treatment of...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Myth of the Month: Does Colace work?

Posted on: 19/11/2015 - 13:19

Myth: Docusate is a stool softener and helps with constipation. A 60-year-old man is injured in a fall and breaks four ribs. He is in severe pain and is prescribed oxycodone and naproxen for...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Immune-related events with checkpoint inhibitors are manageable

Posted on: 18/11/2015 - 22:48

BOSTON– Immune-related adverse events associated with checkpoint inhibitor therapy are generally mild to moderate and transient, but some less common side effects can be serious or even fatal,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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