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Updated AMA maintenance of certification policy raises red flags

Posted on: 04/12/2014 - 21:42

The American Medical Association’s updated policy on maintenance of certification is raising concerns, particularly as it relates to maintenance of certification’s role in licensure and...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Vasopressor terlipressin helped patients with cirrhosis, shock

Posted on: 04/12/2014 - 21:34

BOSTON – Terlipressin proved noninferior to noradrenaline as a vasopressor for patients with cirrhosis and septic shock in an open-label study that randomized 84 patients. Terlipressin also seemed...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Palliative consult helps geriatric trauma patients avoid futile interventions

Posted on: 04/12/2014 - 21:00

SAN FRANCISCO – Obtaining palliative medicine consultations for geriatric trauma patients may help avoid futile interventions, suggests a retrospective cohort study reported at the annual clinical...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Preventing, treating HBV reactivation during immunosuppressive therapy

Posted on: 04/12/2014 - 18:32

Patients who are to undergo immunosuppressive therapy but are at high risk for reactivation of hepatitis B infection should receive antiviral prophylaxis, rather than being monitored for reactivation...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Recommendations mixed on oral contraceptives for female migraineurs

Posted on: 04/12/2014 - 16:22

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Experts have not reached consensus on prescribing oral contraceptives for women with migraine, revealing the need for better studies of stroke risk in these patients, said Dr....

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Polypharmacy linked to increased AFib bleeding

Posted on: 04/12/2014 - 15:49

CHICAGO – Atrial fibrillation patients treated with an anticoagulant plus four or more other medications had significantly more bleeding complications than did those on fewer medications in a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

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Randomized trial assesses behavioral weight loss as migraine treatment

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 22:33

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. - The first randomized, controlled trial of behavioral weight loss as a treatment for migraine in women is underway, with results expected in mid-2016. The trial “provides an...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

FDA issues new pregnancy/lactation drug label standards

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 21:23

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a final rule requiring content and format changes to pregnancy and lactation labeling information for prescription drugs and biologic products. The...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Psoriasis is independently associated with advanced liver fibrosis

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 19:16

AMSTERDAM – Older psoriasis patients have an increased risk of advanced hepatic fibrosis even if they have mild skin disease that has never required systemic therapy. This finding from the...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

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Psoriasis is independently associated with advanced liver fibrosis

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 19:16

AMSTERDAM – Older psoriasis patients have an increased risk of advanced hepatic fibrosis even if they have mild skin disease that has never required systemic therapy. This finding from the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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