Previously undiagnosed cancer is frequent in patients with an unprovoked VTE and is more often detected with an extensive cancer screening strategy than with a limited screening strategy.
Lubiprostone, the new drug for idiopathic constipation, improved PEG-based colonoscopy preparation.
Approximately 50% of b-cell function has been lost at the time of initial diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
Ongoing safety review of tiotropium; raloxifene reduces the risk of endometrial cancer; one-day treatment with famciclovir may be as effective as 3-day treatment with valacyclovir; new Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians regarding pharmacologic treatment for low bone density and osteoporosis; FDA Actions.
Moll and colleagues from Amsterdam performed a subgroup analysis within their randomized clinical trial of women with polycystic ovary syndrome comparing metformin plus clomiphene treatment with clomiphene alone.
Glinert and colleagues from Israel report the use of photodynamic therapy to successfully ablate single feto-placental implantations in rats.
July of this year represented the 5-year anniversary of the publication of Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) protocol 178, a pivotal trial demonstrating the significant impact of 9 additional months of paclitaxel chemotherapy to women who had achieved a complete clinical response to primary therapy.
In the Issue: Ongoing safety review of tiotropium; raloxifene reduces the risk of endometrial cancer; one-day treatment with famciclovir may be as effective as 3-day treatment with valacyclovir; new Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians regarding pharmacologic treatment for low bone density and osteoporosis; FDA Actions.
