JIA Cancer Rates Not Linked to MedicationFamily Practice News Digital Network… TNF inhibitors (etanercept, infliximab, or adalimumab); and other immunomodulatory agents (abatacept, alefacept, anakinra, azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine, ef…
Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma With Radiologic Appearance of a MeningiomaArchives of NeurologyThe patient was initially treated with corticosteroids and an antiepileptic medication. Figure. Gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted and T2-weighted magnetic reso…
Corticosteroids for Bacterial Keratitis: The Steroids for Corneal Ulcers Trial …Archives of OphthalmologyEducational Objective: To determine whether use of topical corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy in treatment of bacterial corneal ulcers results…
Little Risk With Leflunomide in Early Pregnancy?MedscapeThose with active disease can be switched to safer medications like hydroxychloroquine, sulfasalazine, or azathioprine, which have more human data to back up their safety. Corticosteroids can be u…
Comment on "Trends in the Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients …Archives of Internal MedicineWhile acute kidney injury (AKI), a newer term for acute renal failure, has long been recognized as a common and serious complication of hospital…
BigPond NewsDerryn Hinch to sing for organ donation awarenessNEWS.com.auThe "human headline" will team up with five other organ transplant recipients in a performance by The Transplants to raise awareness of organ donation. Liver transplant r…
Watertown Resident Spreads the Word About Organ DonationPatch.comContributed Danielle Allain saw what impact an organ donor can make when a friend died and his organs help dozens of people. Today, the 25-year-old Watertown resident volunteers with the …
SeniorJournal.comHeart failure patients have new hopeMedical Xpress"Despite the increasing number of people affected, the prognosis for patients with heart failure has steadily improved," said Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, chairman of American Heart …
HealthNewsDigest.comVitamin E Tocotrienol Supplement Delays Progression of Advanced Liver DiseaseHealthNewsDigest.com… Center suggests an alternate form of natural vitamin E delays the progression of disease in patients awaiting liver transplantation…
19 year-old transplant patient sees new face for the first timemsnbc.comThe real impediment would have to be major transplant rejection… "95% chance you'll love your new hair… 4% chance you'll hate the lifelong rejection meds… 1% cha…