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Patient selection can keep the lid on esophagectomy costs

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 13:30

PHOENIX, ARIZ. – Cost and quality are not always synonymous, particularly when it comes to complex surgical procedures such as esophagectomy. A review of records on more than 6,700 patients who...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

ECT quells dementia-associated agitation

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 13:10

ORLANDO – Electroconvulsive therapy was safe and effective for treatment of refractory agitation in patients with dementia, including those with multiple medical comorbidities, in the largest case...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Melanomas were less invasive at diagnosis in patients with established dermatologist

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 13:00

People diagnosed with melanoma were significantly more likely to have melanoma in situ and to have thinner invasive melanomas if they had a regular dermatologist, compared with those who did not have...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Melanomas were less invasive at diagnosis in patients with established dermatologist

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 13:00

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Vortioxetine establishes credentials for late-life depression

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 21:25

ORLANDO – The novel antidepressant vortioxetine proved safe, effective, and well tolerated for treatment of major depressive disorder specifically in elderly patients in a combined analysis of nine...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Pediatric information added to label of hepatitis B antiviral entecavir

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 19:30

Information on the use of entecavir in children down to age 2 years has been added to the prescribing information for the chronic hepatitis B drug, the Food and Drug Administration has announced....

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Pediatric information added to label of hepatitis B antiviral entecavir

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 19:30

Information on the use of entecavir in children down to age 2 years has been added to the prescribing information for the chronic hepatitis B drug, the Food and Drug Administration has announced....

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Say goodbye to ‘dementia’

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 18:50

ORLANDO – This May, the hallowed term "dementia" is supposed to be tossed onto the scrapheap of discarded psychiatric nomenclature, replaced by "major neurocognitive disorder."...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Most health care–associated infections aren’t device associated

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 18:30

An estimated 4% of inpatients at U.S. acute care hospitals have at least one health care–associated infection on any given day, according to a report published online March 26 in the New England...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Methylphenidate for ADHD in early pregnancy

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 16:05

It is estimated that 30%-70% of children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder will continue to experience symptoms as they grow older. The prevalence of the disorder in adults is...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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