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Tired knees
Weight loss as we look toward joint replacement is a good idea for both our orthopedic colleagues and our patients.
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Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Following Gadolinium Administration
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is an emerging medical entity in patients with renal disease, which results in progressive cutaneous and...
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A serious catch-22 for doctors prescribing pain meds
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RBAC500 safe, effective for elderly patients with mantle cell lymphoma
Key clinical point: Reducing the dose of cytarabine from 800 mg/m2 to 500 mg/m2 allowed a regimen of rituximab, bendamustine, and cytarabine to be...
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No signal for the superiority of autologous versus allogenic stem-cell transplants in T-cell lymphoma
Key clinical point: Survival rates did not significantly differ for autologous versus allogenic stem cell transplant in patients with peripheral T...
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Bendamustine regimen may be induction-therapy option in mantle cell lymphoma
Key clinical point: Rituximab plus bendamustine may prove to be an option for induction therapy prior to autologous stem cell transplant in...
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Benefit of extended anticoagulation is temporary, study shows
Results of the PADIS-PE trial suggest that patients with a first episode of pulmonary embolism (PE) benefit from extended anticoagulation therapy...
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Novel mAb targeting CD70 shows activity in TCL
Photo by Linda Bartlett LUGANO—The defucosylated monoclonal antibody (mAb) ARGX-110, which is active against CD70-bearing tumor cells and CD70-...
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NICE wants more info on PI3Kδ inhibitor
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has opened a consultation on a preliminary draft guidance for the PI3Kδ...
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Drug may fight cancer by suppressing inflammation
Intermittent dosing with the immunosuppressant rapamycin can break an inflammatory loop that fuels cancer relapse, according to researchers. The...