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Short-term CVD risk rises with testicular cancer chemotherapy

Posted on: 03/08/2015 - 22:14

Patients with testicular nonseminoma who undergo chemotherapy experience a nearly fivefold increase in the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in the year following diagnosis, according to...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Melanoma twice as likely after CLL/SLL than other types of NHL

Posted on: 03/08/2015 - 21:00

Survivors of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma are twice as likely to develop melanoma as are survivors of other types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to a report published...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Melanoma twice as likely after CLL/SLL than other types of NHL

Posted on: 03/08/2015 - 21:00

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Summary of public health threats, CDTR week 31/201503 Aug 2015

Posted on: 03/08/2015 - 19:53

The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals about active public health threats. This issue covers the period 26 July to 1 August 2015 and includes updates on a fatal case of anthrax following animal exposure in Bulgaria,... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Anticoagulant therapy not contraindicated in brain metastases

Posted on: 03/08/2015 - 17:15

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common in cancer patients with brain metastases but therapeutic anticoagulation does not increase the risk for intracranial hemorrhage, according to new data. In a...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

WCD: Watch for these emerging infections

Posted on: 03/08/2015 - 13:46

VANCOUVER – Two serious emerging skin and soft tissue infections whose progress physicians will want to chart are melioidosis and <a...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

AAIC 2015: Approved drug combo cuts Alzheimer’s disease agitation

Posted on: 01/08/2015 - 19:30

WASHINGTON – Daily treatment with a combined formulation of dextromethorphan and quinidine led to a significant and clinically meaningful cut in agitation episodes among patients with Alzheimer’s...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Curcumin and mesalamine top mesalamine alone in ulcerative colitis

Posted on: 01/08/2015 - 06:01

More than half of patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis who had not responded to optimized mesalamine treatment achieved clinical remission with the addition of 3 grams of curcumin daily,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

No link found between vaccinations, IBD

Posted on: 01/08/2015 - 06:01

Neither childhood immunizations nor H1N1 influenza vaccination increased the risk of inflammatory bowel disease, according to a meta-analysis of 11 studies in the August issue of Clinical...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Pentoxifylline beat placebo in acute pancreatitis trial

Posted on: 01/08/2015 - 06:01

Patients with acute pancreatitis who received pentoxifylline had fewer ICU admissions and shorter ICU and hospital stays than placebo-treated controls, according to a small, randomized double-blind...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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