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FISH panel may improve Barrett’s surveillance

Posted on: 28/05/2014 - 17:45

CHICAGO – Fluorescence in situ hybridization testing for aneuploidy and loss of the tumor suppressor gene P16 can be useful in predicting progression to high-grade dysplasia and adenocarcinoma in...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

RA’s heterogeneity poses challenge to ‘personalized medicine’

Posted on: 28/05/2014 - 15:10

DESTIN, FLA. – Personalized medicine – picking the right patient for the right drug – is a hot topic in medicine in general, but the approach is challenging for rheumatoid arthritis because of its...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Risk alleles linked to thiopurine-induced pancreatitis

Posted on: 27/05/2014 - 19:45

CHICAGO – A genomewide association study has identified specific alleles that may pinpoint those at risk for thiopurine-induced pancreatitis in inflammatory bowel disease. Patients heterozygous at...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Activity program staves off mobility disability

Posted on: 27/05/2014 - 18:10

A structured physical activity program reduced the rate of major mobility disability among sedentary men and women aged 70-89 years who were at high risk for the condition, in a randomized clinical...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Activity program staves off mobility disability

Posted on: 27/05/2014 - 18:10

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Strep infection linked to death after liposuction at ‘spa’

Posted on: 27/05/2014 - 18:00

Four confirmed and nine suspected cases of invasive group A Streptococcus infection, including one fatality, developed after liposuction at a chain of "medical spas" in Maryland and...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Hepatitis B screening recommended for high-risk patients

Posted on: 27/05/2014 - 15:55

Physicians should screen all asymptomatic but high-risk adolescents and adults for hepatitis B virus infection, according to an updated recommendation

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Hepatitis B screening recommended for high-risk patients

Posted on: 27/05/2014 - 15:55

Physicians should screen all asymptomatic but high-risk adolescents and adults for hepatitis B virus infection, according to an updated recommendation

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

FDA approves dalbavancin for acute bacterial skin infections

Posted on: 23/05/2014 - 22:20

Dalbavancin is the first drug with a Qualified Infectious Disease Product designation to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. On May 23, the agency approved dalbavancin (<link...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Etrolizumab leads to clinical remission in some patients with refractory ulcerative colitis

Posted on: 23/05/2014 - 19:35

The investigational monoclonal antibody etrolizumab effected clinical remission in significantly more patients with refractory ulcerative colitis than did placebo, an industry-sponsored trial...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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