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Psoriatic pruritus improves with TrkA-blocking drug

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 20:05

An investigational topical drug that targets a nerve sensitization pathway showed good efficacy against chronic itch in patients with pruritic psoriasis. CT327 works by inhibiting the kinase pathway...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Adding HbA1c doesn’t improve CVD risk assessment

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 20:00

Adding hemoglobin A1c level to traditional cardiovascular risk factors doesn’t improve the prediction of incident cardiovascular disease among middle-age and older adults who don’t have...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Outcomes linked to distance from liver transplant center

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 20:00

Eligible patients who live farther away from a liver transplant center are less likely to be put on a waiting list, less likely to receive a transplant, and more likely to die within 5 years than are...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Outcomes linked to distance from liver transplant center

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 20:00

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Tofacitinib found noninferior to etanercept for treating psoriasis

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 17:10

DENVER – Key results from a phase III trial found that an investigational Janus kinase inhibitor was noninferior to a biologic agent for treating psoriasis. During a late-breaking session at the...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Half of stroke survivors returned to driving

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 15:40

SAN DIEGO – Only 6% of 162 stroke survivors underwent a formal driving evaluation, but 51% returned to driving within a year,

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

I-125 brachytherapy for prostate cancer linked to small increase in bladder cancer risk

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 14:45

Second primary malignancies affected 10.8% of men who received I-125 brachytherapy as monotherapy for prostate cancer, researchers reported in the April issue of Clinical Oncology. But only bladder...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

No benefit from androgen deprivation therapy in localized prostate cancer

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 14:00

For most men with localized prostate cancer who defer surgery or radiation, primary androgen deprivation therapy offers no mortality benefit, Dr. Arnold L. Potosky reported. Dr. Potosky of...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Postmastectomy radiotherapy improves survival with one to three positive nodes

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 13:10

Radiotherapy after mastectomy for women with one to three positive nodes significantly reduces the risk of recurrence and breast cancer mortality, researchers found in a meta-analysis. With...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Postmastectomy radiotherapy improves survival with one to three positive nodes

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 13:10

Radiotherapy after mastectomy for women with one to three positive nodes significantly reduces the risk of recurrence and breast cancer mortality, researchers found in a meta-analysis. With...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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