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New teaching tool could help doctors screen for PsA

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 21:38

A new teaching tool based on the acronym mnemonic PSA may help doctors to screen for psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis or a strong family... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis incidence underestimated

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 17:35

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The incidence of leukocytoclastic vasculitis in the general population is 1.5 to 3 times higher than previously reported, based on... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Tocilizumab shows promise as systemic sclerosis treatment

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 17:10

MANCHESTER, U.K. – Tocilizumab showed signs of improving skin and other symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in an ongoing proof-of-co... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Tocilizumab shows promise as systemic sclerosis treatment

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 17:10

MANCHESTER, U.K. – Tocilizumab showed signs of improving skin and other symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in an ongoing proof-of-co... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Exercise may lower risk for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 15:35

Vigorous physical activity may help lower the risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Terry Boyle, Ph.D., and his coauthors reported in Cancer Epidemiology,... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Statin use associated with reduced lung cancer mortality

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 13:05

Lung cancer patients who used statins in the year before being diagnosed with lung cancer had a 12% reduction in lung cancer-specific deaths (adjusted... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Acid exposure time found most useful in pH-impedance testing

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 06:01

pH-impedance testing best predicted response to reflux treatment when patients were off proton pump inhibitors, and abnormal acid exposure time was th... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Capsule colonoscopy improved, but limitations persist

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 06:01

When compared with conventional colonoscopy, capsule colonoscopy had a sensitivity of 88% and a specificity of 82% for detecting adenomas of at least ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Inpatient cirrhosis mortality has dropped, except when patients had sepsis

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 05:01

Hospital mortality among patients with cirrhosis fell by 41% in the United States between 2002 and 2010, far outpacing improvements in survival among ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Oxidized low-density lipoprotein predicted chronic HCV interferon response

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 05:01

Oxidized low-density lipoprotein prevented hepatitis C virus from entering liver cells and predicted interferon response among patients with chronic H... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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