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FDA proposes stricter review of surgical mesh products for prolapse repair

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 20:20

Surgical mesh products used for transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse would be reclassified as high-risk devices, and manufacturers would have to submit approval applications, under a proposed...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Contraception 2014: What you need to know

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 20:05

CHICAGO – From advances in long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) to emergency contraception, Dr. Eve Espey and Dr. Tony Ogburn of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, give you a quick...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Approval of mercaptopurine suspension will facilitate pediatric dosing

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 18:30

More than 60 years after it first became available as a 50-mg tablet, an oral suspension formulation of mercaptopurine has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The oral suspension...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Uterine perforation rare with levonorgestrel and copper IUDs

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 17:45

CHICAGO – Uterine perforation rates are low for both the levonorgestrel intrauterine device and copper devices, and do not differ significantly between the two, according to the multinational...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Intraoperative wound anesthetic cut chronic pain after hip replacement

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 19:05

PARIS – Adding local anesthetic to the wound during total hip replacement surgery for osteoarthritis reduced chronic pain, according to a double-blind, randomized controlled trial. At 12 months...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

PCPs waffle in referrals for total joint replacement

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 18:15

PARIS – Primary care physicians are only moderately confident about which patients to refer for total hip or knee replacement, according to cross-sectional survey of 218 physicians. One-quarter...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Hepatitis C drugs pricey, but cure is priceless

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 18:05

It was almost as if someone decided April would be hepatitis C month. In case you hadn’t notice, April saw publication of six separate articles in the New England Journal of Medicine on what were...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Hepatitis C drugs pricey, but cure is priceless

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 18:05

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Chronic kidney disease may raise cancer risk

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 16:00

LAS VEGAS – Patients with chronic kidney disease appear to be at increased risk for cancer, a study showed. A retrospective analysis of data on 31,896 participants in <link...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Men have more major complications after hip, knee replacement

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 22:05

PARIS – After total hip or knee replacement, men are at higher risk than women for heart attack, infection, and revision surgery, according to a large database analysis. The elevated risk was...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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