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Olokizumab showed promise for RA patients nonresponsive to antitumor necrosis factor therapies

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: March 26, 2014

Major finding: Olokizumab at all dose levels produced a greater reduction in DAS28-CRP than did placebo (P less than .001).Data source: A phase II...

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Evidence needed on obesity definition, treatment, AACE declares

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: March 26, 2014

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VIDEO: Getting payers to cover obesity treatment

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: March 26, 2014

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Is Bariatric Surgery the Right Treatment Model for Obesity?

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: March 25, 2014

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Choice vs. regulation: the role of public policy in obesity management

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: March 25, 2014

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What causes ‘weight fate,’ and is it really inevitable?

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: March 25, 2014

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TNFR1 shown as marker for mortality risk in type 2 diabetes with kidney disease

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: March 20, 2014

Major finding: Increased rate of death correlated with increased rates of TNFR1 across quartiles: 4.7% patient years; 7.7%; 9.3%; 15.9%.Data sourc...

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New tanning bed technology no safer than the old

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: March 20, 2014

Major finding: Exposure to tanning bed technology, new or old, led to a 16% increased risk of melanoma worldwide.Data source: A meta-analysis of 3...

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Genomic testing refined accuracy of melanoma risk prediction

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: March 20, 2014

Major finding: Adding genetic testing for MC1R and other novel, common genomic variants, to nongenetic screening methods improved melanoma risk pr...

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Obesity-hunger paradox prevalent in low-income cancer survivors

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: March 18, 2014

Major finding: Three-quarters of low-income, minority women cancer survivors who were either overweight or obese reported food insecurity.Data sou...

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First guidelines on pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease released

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: March 15, 2014

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First guidelines on pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease released

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: March 15, 2014

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Hospital crossover high in people with epilepsy

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: March 7, 2014

Major finding: More than 20% of people with epilepsy engaged in hospital crossover.Data source: A cross-sectional study of data gathered through h...

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Laboring women preferred epidural to patient-controlled remifentanil analgesia

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: February 28, 2014

Major finding: Time-weighted, overall satisfaction scores for women who received an epidural were 36.8, compared with 25.7 for women using remifen...

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Obesity does not interfere with accuracy of noninvasive preterm birth monitoring

Author:: Whitney McKnight

Publish date: February 28, 2014

Major finding: No significant differences in BMI were found in the false negative group (range, 26.13 plus or minus 1.03) and the combined true po...