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Better blood pressure, glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes on CPAP for apnea

Posted on: 21/04/2014 - 20:34

Treatment with continuous positive airway pressure leads to significantly better diabetes and blood pressure control at 5 years among diabetics with obstructive sleep apnea, according to results from...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

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A fib–associated stroke jumped 42% in 2000s

Posted on: 21/04/2014 - 19:57

WASHINGTON – A third more Americans were hospitalized for ischemic stroke in 2010 than 7 years before, and the incidence of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation grew even more sharply, up by...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

CO2 laser works best for hypertrophic scars

Posted on: 21/04/2014 - 14:00

PHOENIX – A fractional carbon dioxide laser at 10,600 nm was the only one of three laser treatments for hypertrophic scars that produced significant overall improvements in a comparison of data on...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Pulsatile tinnitus looms large in fibromuscular dysplasia

Posted on: 18/04/2014 - 20:30

WASHINGTON – Think cerebrovascular fibromuscular dysplasia in a middle-aged woman who presents with a complaint of pulsatile tinnitus. That’s the take-home message from a new analysis of the <link...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

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Even mild preop sepsis boosts postop thrombosis risk

Posted on: 18/04/2014 - 19:50

WASHINGTON – Preoperative sepsis proved to be an important independent risk factor for both arterial and venous thrombosis during or after surgery in an analysis of nearly 1.75 million U.S. surgical...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

All-oral, triple-acting HCV regimen cures more than 90% of cirrhotic cases

Posted on: 18/04/2014 - 18:50

LONDON – More than 90% of patients with chronic hepatitis C and compensated cirrhosis treated with a triple-acting, all-oral, direct-acting antiviral (DAA) regimen achieved sustained virologic...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Elderly suicide prevention: Focus on housing transition

Posted on: 18/04/2014 - 17:45

ORLANDO – Transition to an assisted-living facility or nursing home is a period of high risk for suicide among the elderly – as well as an opportunity for preventive intervention. That was the key...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

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VIDEO: Overcoming barriers to discussing sexual dysfunction

Posted on: 18/04/2014 - 15:35

CHICAGO – "We’re often not very well educated in medical school or in our residencies about how to talk to patients about sexual functioning and dysfunction," according to Dr. Anita H....

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

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Sprifermin injections showed some benefits for cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis

Posted on: 17/04/2014 - 19:09

In patients with knee osteoarthritis, intra-articular injections of 100 micrograms sprifermin led to significant benefits in measures of lateral femorotibial cartilage loss and joint space narrowing...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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Better blood pressure, glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes on CPAP for apnea

A fib–associated stroke jumped 42% in 2000s

CO2 laser works best for hypertrophic scars

Pulsatile tinnitus looms large in fibromuscular dysplasia

Even mild preop sepsis boosts postop thrombosis risk

All-oral, triple-acting HCV regimen cures more than 90% of cirrhotic cases

Elderly suicide prevention: Focus on housing transition

VIDEO: Overcoming barriers to discussing sexual dysfunction

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Sprifermin injections showed some benefits for cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis

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