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Stable response in sickle cell disease patient treated with gene therapy
A case study reveals clinical remission and ongoing healthy hemoglobin production 15 months after treatment for sickle cell disease.
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Oral contraceptive use confers long-term cancer protection
A new analysis of the General Practitioners’ Oral Contraception Study offers reassurance about the use of combined oral contraceptives and cancer...
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Overweight, obesity linked to pelvic organ prolapse risk
A new meta-analysis suggests there may be a modifiable risk factor for pelvic organ prolapse – excess weight.
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Thigh muscle weakness predicts knee osteoarthritis in women only
Sex-based differences in intramuscular adiposity may potentially be the key to why weakness in the lower thigh muscles is a stronger risk factor...
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Subcutaneous high-dose methotrexate controls psoriasis
A little-studied route of methotrexate delivery produces rapid and sustained responses in moderate to severe psoriasis patients.
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Chikungunya arthritis symptoms reduced with immunomodulatory drugs
A mouse study finds abatacept, tofacitinib, and fingolimod – all of which change T-cell response – effective in checking arthritis symptoms in...
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Lung cancer screening a challenge to implement
Screening for lung cancer resulted in few cancers detected but more than half of patients needing follow-up.
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Hypothermia confers no benefits in children with cardiac arrest
Survival and neurobehavioral function did not differ at 1 year following cardiac arrest.
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FDA approves topical oxymetazoline for rosacea
A topical cream containing the vasoconstrictor oxymetazoline has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat symptoms of rosacea,...
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FDA approves ibrutinib for refractory MZL
The Food and Drug Administration has approved ibrutinib for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory marginal zone lymphoma, the drug...
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Prominent clinical guidelines fall short of conflict of interest standards
Two recent clinical practice guidelines – one for cholesterol management and another for treatment of chronic hepatitis C – did not meet the...
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Two-thirds of patient advocacy groups receive industry funding
About two-thirds of patient advocacy organizations report receiving funds from for-profit firms, including pharmaceutical, device and...
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Nailfold analysis can predict cardiopulmonary complications in systemic sclerosis
Nailfold videocapillaroscopy can help to predict which patients with systemic sclerosis may develop serious cardiopulmonary complications,...
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Enthesitis seen in 35% of PsA patients
About one-third of people with psoriatic arthritis have clinical enthesitis, according to results from a prospective cohort study of more than 800...
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Pain after hernia repair shows improvement at 6 months
Patients who have undergone open ventral abdominal hernia repair see significant improvements in some self-reported pain measures at 6 or more...