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Emergency physicians may be overprescribing PPIs

Posted on: 23/07/2014 - 21:00

DALLAS – The frequency at which U.S. emergency department physicians prescribed proton pump inhibitors more than doubled during 2001-2010, despite mounting safety concerns surrounding this class of...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

ERAS program for colorectal surgery cut length of stay, costs in community setting

Posted on: 23/07/2014 - 21:00

A hospital’s program to enhance recovery after colorectal surgery cut length of stay by 3 days and saved up to $4,800 per patient without increasing postoperative morbidity or 30-day readmission...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Early biologics may halt ankylosing spondylitis progression

Posted on: 23/07/2014 - 20:15

NEW YORK – Late initiation of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in patients with ankylosing spondylitis more than doubles their risk of radiographic worsening, according to a prospective study that...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Patients with psoriatic arthritis perform accurate joint counts

Posted on: 23/07/2014 - 18:55

NEW YORK – After instruction by a nurse, patients with psoriatic arthritis do at least as well as nurses but better than physicians in counting tender and swollen joints, according to a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Genotype 3 HCV linked to greater risk of cirrhosis, liver cancer

Posted on: 23/07/2014 - 17:45

Veterans with genotype 3 hepatitis C virus infection were 31% more likely to develop cirrhosis and 80% more likely to develop liver cancer than were patients with genotype 1 infection, reported the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

New ACOG opinions address gynecologic concerns in young cancer patients

Posted on: 22/07/2014 - 22:00

Cancer treatments in children and adolescents can adversely affect reproductive health and future pregnancy outcomes, so gynecologists should be aware of these effects and be involved in patient...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

FDA needs convincing on nonradiologic axial spondyloarthritis

Posted on: 22/07/2014 - 21:35

NEW YORK – There appears to be progress in the effort to convince the Food and Drug Administration that nonradiologic axial spondyloarthritis is a viable disease entity that deserves to be the target...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Body wash offers alternative to bleach baths for atopic dermatitis

Posted on: 22/07/2014 - 20:45

COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO – Daily use of an over-the-counter 2-minute body wash by children and adolescents with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis resulted in marked improvement in symptoms and quality...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

First comorbidity guidelines drafted for psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 22/07/2014 - 18:05

NEW YORK – For the first time, the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis is preparing evidence-based treatment recommendations for the diagnosis and management of the...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Early results show promise of topical tamoxifen for women with DCIS

Posted on: 21/07/2014 - 18:30

The encouraging results of a small study of women with ductal carcinoma in situ comparing oral tamoxifen to a gel formulation of a tamoxifen metabolite support further testing of local transdermal...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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