Rare Diseases

Coffee consumption affects cancer risk differently for liver vs. pancreatic cancers

Publish date: November 1, 2013

Major finding: Neither total coffee intake (whether decaffeinated or caffeinated, analyzed separately) nor tea intake appears to influence the...

Publish date: September 4, 2013

Major finding: Transcutaneous biopsy was 51%-84% sensitive for adrenocortical carcinoma, depending on where it was done, and caused complications...

Publish date: August 13, 2013

Major finding: Disease completely resolved in one patient and was stable or improved in a majority of patients 6 months after starting 131I-MIBG...

Publish date: June 21, 2013

Major finding: In 20 Friedreich’s ataxia patients, 45% had osteoporosis at the femur and 20% had osteopenia at the same site, while bone mineral...

Publish date: June 13, 2013

Publish date: June 21, 2012

Major Finding: Metformin use reduced the risk of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by nearly 60%, compared with nonmetformin use.