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Breaking bacterial communication may heal EB wounds
LONDON – Disrupting how microorganisms communicate with each other could potentially help heal chronic wounds in patients with epidermolysis...
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‘Natural is not always good’ when it comes to treatments for alopecia
ORLANDO – Biotin unlikely to help with a patient’s alopecia, a high intake of biotin can interfere with certain assays that use streptavidin-...
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Bevacizumab/pembrolizumab deemed safe and active in mRCC
The combination produced responses in 42% of relapsed/refractory patients and 61% of previously untreated patients.
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First guidelines to address thyroid disease surgery
Recommendations include the addition of new cytologic and pathologic diagnostic criteria, molecular profiling tests, and operative techniques.
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Putting diabetes tools ‘in the pocket’ improves HbA1c control
Patients with greater clinical need benefited most from having mobile access to a portal housing diabetes-management tools.
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Osilodrostat gets FDA go-ahead for Cushing’s disease in adults
The oral cortisol synthesis inhibitor is the first therapy approved by the agency to address the overproduction of cortisol.
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Stillbirth linked to end-stage renal disease
There was also an association between stillbirth and risk for chronic kidney disease.
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Frequent tooth brushing may reduce diabetes risk
Presence of periodontal disease and an increased number of missing teeth may be augmenting factors.
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Flu activity declines again but remains high
Number of deaths in children at this point in the season is the highest seen since the 2009 pandemic.
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Arsenic levels in infant rice cereal are down
Seventy-six percent of samples of infant rice cereal tested in 2018 had levels of arsenic at or below 100 parts per billion.