News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 22, 2016
Combination therapy with sulindac and erlotinib reduced the burden of duodenal polyps in a preliminary study involving 92 patients with familial adeno...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 21, 2016
Key clinical point: Multidisciplinary care integrating urology, medical oncology, and radiation oncology is the key to providing the best care for...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 21, 2016
Young transgender women have a high prevalence of psychiatric disorders that is two to four times higher than that in the general population.
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 16, 2016
Placement of a pessary to support a short cervix failed to prevent preterm delivery, compared with expectant management, in an international open-labe...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 16, 2016
Key clinical point: The closer adults come to meeting “ideal” American Heart Association targets for seven factors related to cardiova...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 16, 2016
Key clinical point: The closer adults come to meeting “ideal” American Heart Association targets for seven factors related to cardiova...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 15, 2016
Only sparse, low-quality evidence supports using fumaric acid esters as a treatment for psoriasis.
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 15, 2016
Key clinical point: In approximately 42% of recent U.S.
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 15, 2016
Compared with data available before the policy change, afterward there was an immediate and substantial reduction. Inpatient diagnosis rates declined ...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 15, 2016
In approximately 42% of recent U.S. measles cases, the patients were intentionally unvaccinated for nonmedical reasons.
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 14, 2016
Key clinical point: Quitting cigarette smoking abruptly rather than gradually leads to higher abstinence rates in the short and long term.
Major f...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 14, 2016
Key clinical point: Immunizing surgical patients against seasonal influenza before they leave the hospital appears safe. Major finding: Patients re...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 9, 2016
Key clinical point: Both a low BMI and a high percentage of body fat are independently associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality in...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 9, 2016
Key clinical point: The STS and ACC developed a new tool for predicting the risk of in-hospital mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replace...
News Author: Mary Ann Moon Publish date: March 8, 2016
A new tool – a clinical risk score – may help identify which children and adolescents who recently sustained a head injury are at risk for persistent ...
