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VIDEO: Secukinumab rapidly effective against ankylosing spondylitis

Posted on: 20/11/2014 - 14:59

BOSTON – Secukinumab showed enduring efficacy in ankylosing spondylitis after 52 weeks of treatment, based on data reported at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology. The...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Mastectomies, reconstruction, on the rise for women with early stage disease

Posted on: 19/11/2014 - 21:00

Significant increases in the mastectomy rate among women with early breast cancer who were candidates for breast conservation surgery during a recent 14-year period in the United States were...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Mastectomies, reconstruction, on the rise for women with early stage disease

Posted on: 19/11/2014 - 21:00

Significant increases in the mastectomy rate among women with early breast cancer who were candidates for breast conservation surgery during a recent 14-year period in the United States were...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Updated rapid risk assessment on Ebola virus disease in West Africa18 Nov 2014

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 22:53

ECDC has updated its rapid risk assessment on Ebola virus disease in West Africa. This is the eighth update since the start of the outbreak in March this year. -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Repeat BMD screening not helpful for women under 65

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 22:15

Postmenopausal women without osteoporosis on their first bone mineral density test are unlikely to fracture before age 65, and are therefore unlikely to benefit from regular or repeated screening...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Up to 90% of gout hospitalizations might be preventable

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 21:13

BOSTON – Nearly all hospitalizations of people who were discharged with a primary diagnosis of gout were likely preventable, based on the results of a retrospective analysis of 79 cases at a single...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Dupilumab advances for severe atopic dermatitis

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 19:45

AMSTERDAM – The novel biologic agent dupilumab showed strong dose-dependent efficacy in adults with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis not adequately controlled with topical medications in a...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Early nasoenteric feeding not beneficial in acute pancreatitis

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 18:48

Early nasoenteric tube feeding was not superior to an oral diet introduced at 72 hours in decreasing infection or death among patients with acute pancreatitis who were at high risk for complications,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Collaborative clinic aims at heart of CVD prevention in rheumatic diseases

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 18:34

BOSTON – A multidisciplinary clinic of rheumatologists and cardiologists at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is focused on spreading awareness of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatic...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Total thyroidectomy more likely with younger thyroid cancer patients

Posted on: 18/11/2014 - 17:46

CORONADO, CALIF. – Patients with differentiated thyroid cancer who were younger than age 45 years were more likely to undergo total or near-total thyroidectomy and to receive radioactive iodine,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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