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March 2012 - FRMC

Combination of Investigational Drugs Helps Alleviate Hepatitis C Symptoms
03/16/2012
The results from a small study of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection showed that a combination of 2 investigational drugs suppressed the virus for patients who previously had no response to treatment. The findings are...
The results from a small study of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection showed that a combination of 2 investigational drugs suppressed the virus for patients who previously had no response to treatment. The findings are...
The results from a small study...
03/16/2012
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Antigen Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes
03/16/2012
The onset of type 1 diabetes is manifested by the effects of inadequate insulin secretion due to the immunologic destruction of pancreatic-islet beta-cells. Even modest preservation of insulin secretion appears to reduce short- and long-term...
The onset of type 1 diabetes is manifested by the effects of inadequate insulin secretion due to the immunologic destruction of pancreatic-islet beta-cells. Even modest preservation of insulin secretion appears to reduce short- and long-term...
The onset of type 1 diabetes is...
03/16/2012
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Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Bevacizumab for HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
03/16/2012
When neoadjuvant chemotherapy agents (anthracyclines, taxanes, and agents directed against antihuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2 [HER2], if indicated), are used, approximately 30% to 40% of all breast cancers that are HER2-positive or...
When neoadjuvant chemotherapy agents (anthracyclines, taxanes, and agents directed against antihuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2 [HER2], if indicated), are used, approximately 30% to 40% of all breast cancers that are HER2-positive or...
When neoadjuvant chemotherapy...
03/16/2012
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Increased Risk of Falls, Fractures and Narcotics
03/16/2012
Chicago—Current guidelines that recommend short-term narcotic analgesics (NAs) as first-line treatment for managing chronic pain may need to be reevaluated based on new data that show an increased risk of falls and fractures in elderly...
Chicago—Current guidelines that recommend short-term narcotic analgesics (NAs) as first-line treatment for managing chronic pain may need to be reevaluated based on new data that show an increased risk of falls and fractures in elderly...
Chicago—Current guidelines that...
03/16/2012
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Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
03/16/2012
Chicago—In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the length of disease duration does not appear to aggravate or contribute to cardiovascular risk, but very low disease activity sustained over time may actually have a beneficial effect on...
Chicago—In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the length of disease duration does not appear to aggravate or contribute to cardiovascular risk, but very low disease activity sustained over time may actually have a beneficial effect on...
Chicago—In patients with...
03/16/2012
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Long-Term Treatment for Fibromyalgia with Milnacipran
03/16/2012
Palm Springs—Patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia experience widespread pain and other chronic conditions that often negatively affect function and lead to decreased health-related quality of life. A major therapeutic goal in the management...
Palm Springs—Patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia experience widespread pain and other chronic conditions that often negatively affect function and lead to decreased health-related quality of life. A major therapeutic goal in the management...
Palm Springs—Patients diagnosed...
03/16/2012
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Risk Factors for Developing Fibromyalgia
03/16/2012
Palm Springs—Fibromyalgia, a chronic condition characterized by chronic widespread pain, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and chronic fatigue, affects 3 million to 5 million people in the United States. Previous studies have linked fibromyalgia to...
Palm Springs—Fibromyalgia, a chronic condition characterized by chronic widespread pain, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and chronic fatigue, affects 3 million to 5 million people in the United States. Previous studies have linked fibromyalgia to...
Palm Springs—Fibromyalgia, a...
03/16/2012
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Type 2 Diabetes Treatment with Oral Antidiabetic Drugs
03/16/2012
New Orleans—With an increasing number of people with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, healthcare professionals are spending countless hours and dollars trying to figure out ways to prevent and treat the disease. At the ASHP meeting, 2...
New Orleans—With an increasing number of people with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, healthcare professionals are spending countless hours and dollars trying to figure out ways to prevent and treat the disease. At the ASHP meeting, 2...
New Orleans—With an increasing...
03/16/2012
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US Trends in Physician Referrals
03/16/2012
Patients who are referred to a specialist tend to incur greater healthcare spending compared with those who remain in primary care.
Patients who are referred to a specialist tend to incur greater healthcare spending compared with those who remain in primary care.
Patients who are referred to a...
03/16/2012
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TNF-α Antagonist Use in Autoimmune Diseases
03/16/2012
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α antagonists have proven successful in the treatment of autoimmune diseases; however, there have been concerns about the safety of these biologic drugs. New research found that the overall initiation of TNF-α...
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α antagonists have proven successful in the treatment of autoimmune diseases; however, there have been concerns about the safety of these biologic drugs. New research found that the overall initiation of TNF-α...
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α...
03/16/2012
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Projections of Hepatitis C and Advanced Liver Disease
10/22/2012
San Diego—Between 2008 and 2015, the number of patients with advanced liver disease is expected to increase from 195,000 to 601,000, with people born from 1945 to 1964 representing >75% of the cases, according to a study of adjudicated...
San Diego—Between 2008 and 2015, the number of patients with advanced liver disease is expected to increase from 195,000 to 601,000, with people born from 1945 to 1964 representing >75% of the cases, according to a study of adjudicated...
San Diego—Between 2008 and 2015,...
10/22/2012
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CMS to Investigate Improper Steering of Medicare, Medicaid Patients to ACA Plans
08/19/2016
The CMS told provider and provider-affliated organizations to stop steering Medicare eligible patients into insurance plans on the ACA Marketplace.
The CMS told provider and provider-affliated organizations to stop steering Medicare eligible patients into insurance plans on the ACA Marketplace.
The CMS told provider and...
08/19/2016
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Categorizing Disease Activity in Ankylosing Spondylitis: SASDAS vs ASDAS
09/09/2022
Researchers compared the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score to a simplified version of the tool to categorize patients’ disease.
Researchers compared the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score to a simplified version of the tool to categorize patients’ disease.
Researchers compared the...
09/09/2022
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Platelet Inhibition to Bridge Patients for CABG
03/16/2012
The use of cangrelor, an intravenous antagonist of the P2Y12 receptor, to bridge patients after they discontinue antiplatelet therapy in preparation for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, was shown to effectively provide platelet...
The use of cangrelor, an intravenous antagonist of the P2Y12 receptor, to bridge patients after they discontinue antiplatelet therapy in preparation for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, was shown to effectively provide platelet...
The use of cangrelor, an...
03/16/2012
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The Basic Health Program Option under Federal Health Reform: Issues for Consumers and States
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