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Current gout guidelines stress ‘treat to target’

Posted on: 04/02/2014 - 15:25

SNOWMASS, COLO. – The current American College of Rheumatology gout guidelines contain a number of recommendations that may come as a surprise to rheumatologists and primary care physicians alike....

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Fecal immunochemical tests detect most colorectal cancers

Posted on: 03/02/2014 - 22:00

Fecal immunochemical tests have an overall diagnostic accuracy of 95% for the detection of colorectal cancer, according to the results of a meta-analysis just published in the Annals of Internal...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Anti-PD-L1 therapy yielded durable responses in early NSCLC trials

Posted on: 03/02/2014 - 18:35

SAN DIEGO – Results from studies conducted to date indicate that anti-PD-L1 therapy is well tolerated in patients with non–small cell lung cancer, with rapid response rates. In fact, responses are...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Expert calls pegloticase a powerhouse gout drug not to be feared

Posted on: 03/02/2014 - 14:25

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Pegloticase (Krystexxa) is a gout drug that’s expensive, inconveniently administered by intravenous infusion every 2 weeks, and saddled with a substantial rate of immunogenicity,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Early anti-TNF-alpha treatment found effective in children with Crohn’s

Posted on: 01/02/2014 - 05:01

Children with Crohn’s disease who received antitumor necrosis factor-alpha within 3 months of diagnosis experienced better overall clinical and growth outcomes at 1 year, compared with their...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Hyaluronic acid injection for knee OA as effective as NSAIDs in short term

Posted on: 31/01/2014 - 20:15

Treatment of osteoarthritis with intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid over a 5-week period provided symptomatic relief that had noninferior efficacy and was safer than treatment with an oral...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Hyaluronic acid injection for knee OA as effective as NSAIDs in short term

Posted on: 31/01/2014 - 20:15

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

New knee osteoarthritis guidelines differ slightly from some previous recommendations

Posted on: 31/01/2014 - 18:30

New knee osteoarthritis guidelines from Osteoarthritis Research Society International, an update of the group’s 2010 guidelines, recommend weight loss, education, exercise, and much more that’s...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

New knee osteoarthritis guidelines differ slightly from some previous recommendations

Posted on: 31/01/2014 - 18:30

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

New website provides guidance on treating hepatitis C, with regular updates

Posted on: 30/01/2014 - 16:35

A new website has been launched that provides the latest information to help guide clinicians on treating patients with chronic hepatitis C and will be updated regularly with developments in this...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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