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VIDEO: Hepatitis C screening recommendations falling on deaf ears

Posted on: 11/11/2014 - 20:43

BOSTON – The call to screen Baby Boomers for hepatitis C virus infections appears to have gone unheeded so far, results from a Chicago primary care clinic show. Screening increased by only 2% among...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

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VIDEO: Hepatitis C screening recommendations falling on deaf ears

Posted on: 11/11/2014 - 20:43

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Most baby boomers didn’t know their hep C status

Posted on: 11/11/2014 - 19:49

BOSTON– Almost two-thirds of baby boomers presenting to Alabama emergency departments were unaware of their hepatitis C virus status, despite having such high-risk factors as past intravenous drug...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Most baby boomers didn’t know their hep C status

Posted on: 11/11/2014 - 19:49

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Vigorous exercise better in PCOS

Posted on: 11/11/2014 - 17:22

HONOLULU – An hour of vigorous exercise per week decreased the risk for metabolic syndrome in women with polycystic ovary syndrome by 22%, a retrospective study of 326 women found....

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

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Interferon-free regimen benefits HCV-infected liver transplant recipients

Posted on: 11/11/2014 - 14:00

An oral, interferon-free drug regimen produced a 97% rate of sustained virologic response in liver transplant recipients who had recurrent hepatitis C viral infection – “an historically...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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CMS proposes lung cancer screening with low-dose CT for high-risk patients

Posted on: 10/11/2014 - 22:41

Medicare patients who are at high risk for lung cancer would be able to get screening using low-dose computed tomography under a proposed national coverage decision announced Nov. 10. “The evidence...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Managing healthcare workers returning from Ebola affected areas: new ECDC report10 Nov 2014

Posted on: 10/11/2014 - 22:08

Since December 2013 and as of 2 November 2014, WHO has reported 13 042 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in six affected countries (Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Spain and the United States of America) and two previously affected countries (Nigeria and... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Multitarget induction therapy superior over short term for lupus nephritis

Posted on: 10/11/2014 - 22:00

A multitarget therapy of mycophenolate mofetil and tacrolimus for lupus nephritis induction therapy led to almost twice as many complete remissions as did intravenous cyclophosphamide in an...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Who will get cancer treatment-induced cardiotoxicity?

Posted on: 10/11/2014 - 19:07

LAS VEGAS – The search is on for predictors of which cancer patients will experience treatment-induced cardiotoxicity, and an initial report from the PREDICT study has identified several. One...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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