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Research Summaries

Lung cancer
Lung cancer
09/12/2014
Researchers examined the results from the National Lung Screening Trial, looking at rates of false-positive screenings.
09/12/2014
Hormone Therapy
Hormone Therapy
09/11/2014
NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc's hormone replacement therapy Natpara appears effective, though data from one clinical trial site was excluded due to manufacturing violations, according to a preliminary report...
09/11/2014
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer
09/10/2014
A new set of guidelines provides treatment recommendations for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
09/10/2014
Kidney Disease
Kidney Disease
09/08/2014
A new test uses protein detected in the urine to accurately predict the risk of acute kidney injury.
09/08/2014
Melanoma
Melanoma
09/05/2014
The FDA has approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for the treatment of advanced or unresectable melanoma in patients that are no longer responding to other drugs.
09/05/2014
FDA Alerts
FDA Alerts
09/03/2014
Elderly Patients
Elderly Patients
09/03/2014
Melatonin does not reduce the incidence of delirium among patients aged 65 and older who are hospitalized with hip fracture, researchers from the Netherlands report.
09/03/2014
Diabetes Q&A
Diabetes Q&A
08/22/2014
A newly approved test used blood samples to accurately detect signs of type 1 diabetes.
08/22/2014
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis
08/19/2014
Primary care practitioners should be aware of 3 new FDA approvals that may be useful when treating patients with cervical cancer, multiple sclerosis, and insomnia.
08/19/2014
Neurologic disorders
Neurologic disorders
08/18/2014
Children who receive growth hormone to treat short stature or hormone deficiency may be at an increased risk of ischemic stroke as young adults, suggests a new European study.
08/18/2014