Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Amyloidosis: Growing Recognition, New Approaches to …Cancer NetworkCorticosteroids, alkylating agents, immunomodulatory drugs, and proteasome inhibitors all have shown activity in this disorder, and combinations are current…
OSN SuperSiteExperts weigh in on the latest ocular surface disease diagnoses and treatmentsOSN SuperSiteCyclosporine and mast cell stabilizers may play a role in long-term management, but steroids are obviously needed for the short term. There are thre…
CRT: Japanese data show promise for Promus Element in small vesselsCardiovascular BusinessWASHINGTON, DC—The 2.25 mm Promus Element everolimus-eluting stent demonstrated safety and effectiveness in the PLATINUM Japan Small Vessel (SV) study, presente…
First Possible Drug Therapy for Angiomyolipoma ReportedRenal and Urology NewsSAN FRANCISCO—Everolimus is the first potential pharmacologic treatment option for patients with angiomyolipoma (AML), a benign tumor that usually occurs in the kidney, rese…
Japanese Pharma Must Face Antitrust ActionCourthouse News ServiceA group of consumers who bought Prograf, Astellas' brand-name version of the immunosuppressant drug tacrolimus, claims the company filed a "sham" petition to the Food and Dr…
Same Lung Injury Risk With Pre-Hospital SteroidsMedPage Today"We did not have data on steroid use, including the dose or duration of therapy or whether patients continued to receive systemic corticosteroids in the hospital," Karnatovskaia sai…
Center for LAM Research and Clinical Care at BWH to conduct phase I …News-Medical.netThe drugs that will be tested are hydroxychloroquine and sirolimus. Patients will be given different doses of the medications to find out which are deemed safe and e…
TCTMDStent Thrombosis Risk Lower with Xience vs. First-Generation DESTCTMDBy Yael L. Maxwell Newer-generation everolimus-eluting stents (EES) are associated with a lower risk of stent thrombosis—in particular very late stent thrombosis—compared wit…
Topical drug for inflammatory skin conditions banks on natural, safe profileMedCity News… household staples like basil and nutmeg, it relieves pain and itching without the potentially toxic side effects associated with topical corticosteroids and imm…
BWH Center for LAM Research and Clinical Care awarded $1 million grant from …EurekAlert (press release)The drugs that will be tested are hydroxychloroquine and sirolimus. Patients will be given different doses of the medications to find out which are…