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Pruritus in the elderly often linked to atopic-like dermatosis

Posted on: 25/08/2015 - 20:45

PARK CITY, UTAH – When an otherwise healthy 75-year-old patient presents with persistent pruritus as the chief complaint, the first thing to do is rule out specific dermatologic disorders, according...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Physical activity, omega-3 supplements didn’t improve cognitive outcomes

Posted on: 25/08/2015 - 16:00

Neither a physical activity program nor omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplements improved cognitive function in two separate studies of high-risk elderly patients reported online...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

‘Troubling’ trend in narcotic prescribing for ankylosing spondylitis

Posted on: 25/08/2015 - 13:52

DENVER – Even as prescribing of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors for patients with ankylosing spondylitis climbed in the last half-dozen years, patients’ use of prescription narcotics increased as...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Alzheimer’s patients often had low cerebral amyloid

Posted on: 24/08/2015 - 16:00

One in four patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease dementia had only scant evidence of neuritic amyloid plaques, and the finding was almost three times more common among apolipoprotein E...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Exercise boosts medication’s benefits in ankylosing spondylitis

Posted on: 22/08/2015 - 17:54

DENVER – Recreational exercise and tumor necrosis factor–inhibitor therapy provide synergistic improvement in the functional status of patients with ankylosing spondylitis, according to an analysis...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

New treatment target for hypothyroid elderly

Posted on: 22/08/2015 - 17:52

ESTES PARK, COLO. – The latest major guidelines on management of hypothyroidism create a new, looser treatment target for older patients. “This is a departure from the message we’ve given many...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Picato adverse events prompt FDA warning

Posted on: 22/08/2015 - 17:24

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a Drug Safety...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Surgeons tout Essure fix without hysterectomy

Posted on: 21/08/2015 - 21:52

On Sept. 24, the Food and Drug Administration’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Panel will meet in Silver...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Cervical cancer screening guidelines slow to gain traction

Posted on: 21/08/2015 - 18:22

More than 3 years after the release of new cervical cancer screening guidelines, patients remain largely unaware of substantial changes in screening, and many physicians remain confused about or...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Aspirin, weight loss cut colorectal cancer risk in Lynch syndrome

Posted on: 21/08/2015 - 18:03

Losing weight and taking aspirin protect people who are genetically predisposed to colorectal cancer from developing the disease, according to a randomized study of 937 Lynch syndrome patients...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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