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Clinical phenotypes in COPD lead to better diagnosis, more targeted treatments
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Antimalarials prove protective against long-term lupus damage
Major finding: Patients with recently diagnosed SLE and no significant organ damage at baseline were 71% more likely to develop irreversible organ...
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Discharge protocols cut 30-day bariatric surgery readmissions
Major finding: 30-day readmissions after bariatric surgery fell 46% after implementation of discharge protocols.Data source: Review of single...
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New psychoactive drug nomenclature system devised
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First U.S. TAVR experience fares well post-market
Major finding: The 30-day death rate was 7.6% and stroke rate 2.8%.Data source: A retrospective analysis of 7,710 patients undergoing post-...
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Apremilast’s positive study results made it the talk of ACR 2013
Major finding: After 16 weeks of treatment, the investigational drug apremilast achieved an ACR20 response of 29.2% at 20 mg twice daily as first-...
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Depression accounts for psoriatics’ increased MI risk
Major finding: Patients with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis who developed comorbid depression had a highly significant 80% increased risk of...
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Cyclophosphamide and rituximab combo reduced severe lupus flares
Major finding: Patients with severe recurrent systemic lupus erythematosus collectively had 38 lupus flares, including 26 with renal involvement,...
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Ceftaroline fosamil cleared over 80% of bacterial skin infections
Major finding: In patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections who were treated with ceftaroline fosamil, the overall clinical...
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Novel topical agent reduces chronic itch
Major finding: Treatment of chronic pruritus using various doses of CT327, a novel topical tyrosine kinase inhibitor, resulted in pruritus score...