Rare Diseases
News
Stem cell divisions help dictate cancer risk
Key clinical point: Only a third of the variation in cancer risk among tissues is because of the environment or inheritance, and this has...
News
Inadequate vaccination to blame for measles outbreak
Key clinical point: Inadequate measles vaccine coverage caused the ongoing outbreak linked to Disneyland Resort. Major finding: Vaccination rates...
News
Stem cells from sickle cell disease patients used to generate gene-corrected cells
News
Hypothyroidism less common with preemptive levothyroxine after Graves’ treatment
Key clinical point: Don’t wait 8 weeks to see Graves’ patients after radioactive iodine treatment. Major finding: Eight weeks following...
Conference Coverage
Acute anterior uveitis? Consider axial spondyloarthritis
Article
Environmental factors could increase U.S. anthrax cases
News
Lentiviral gene therapy could prove useful for adults with hemophilia
News
Bladder cancer ‘no longer one single disease’
Key clinical point: Gene expression profiling can predict clinical responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for bladder cancer. Major finding:A...
Photo Rounds
Plaques on dorsal hands & arms
This patient’s slow-growing lesions hadn’t responded to topical steroids or antifungals. Careful consideration of her work environment led us to a...