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ISSTDR 2009: Internet-Based Testing Improves Screening for Chlamydia Among Men

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:55:32 EDT

Internet-based chlamydia testing at home widens access to young people, and new DNA hybridization technology provides results at point of care.
Medscape Medical News

ASCO 2009: Oncology Insights

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:33:49 EDT

In this fascinating exclusive video interview, Dr. Maurie Markman talks with Dr. David Alberts about some of the greatest challenges facing oncologists in the current environment.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology

Prostate Cancer Patients Should Not Take Selenium Supplements

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:02:31 EDT

Higher blood levels of selenium were associated with aggressive prostate cancer, particularly in men with a certain variant of the superoxide dismutase gene.
Medscape Medical News

Congressional Committee Hears of "Erratic" Placement of Radiation Seeds in Prostate Cancer Patients

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:06:58 EDT

Implantation of radiation seeds for the treatment of prostate cancer at 1 center in Philadelphia was "substandard," but this appears to be an isolated situation.
Medscape Medical News

FDA Safety Changes: Prevpac, Arava, Treanda

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:05:50 EDT

The FDA has approved safety labeling revisions for a prepackaged regimen of lansoprazole, amoxicillin, and clarithromycin tablets; leflunomide tablets; and bendamustine HCl intravenous infusion.
Medscape Medical News

New Hemoglobin Target Levels in Chronic Kidney Disease Suggested

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:39:29 EDT

A meta-analysis shows that targeting hemoglobin levels higher than 12.0 g/dL leads to small and not clinically meaningful improvements in health-related quality of life, despite safety concerns.
Medscape Medical News

Enalapril, Losartan May Have Retinal, but Not Renal, Benefits in Type 1 Diabetes

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:38:52 EDT

In a controlled trial, early blockade of the renin-angiotensin system did not slow the progression of nephropathy but slowed the progression of retinopathy in patients with type 1 diabetes.
Medscape Medical News

Oncology Practice By “Paparazzi”?

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:51:10 EDT

Commenting on the frenzy created by short news cycles and anxious patients, Dr. John Marshall cautions oncologists to use critical thinking when evaluating newly reported data.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology

ASCO 2009: Expert Video Perspective on Prostate Cancer

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:53:27 EDT

Find out why Dr. Christopher Logothetis reports that we are on the "threshold of major change" in our understanding of prostate cancer, in this report from ASCO 2009.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology

Sperm-Washing Achieves Pregnancy in HIV-Serodiscordant Couples Without Viral Transmission

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:09:05 EDT

Sperm washing and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) with intracytoplasmic sperm infection (ICSI) can safely achieve pregnancy in couples in which the male is HIV-positive, while the female is not, according to findings from a study at Columbia University in New York.
Reuters Health Information

Asia's Party-Drug Carries Incontinence Risk

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:56:06 EDT

Revelers across Asia who snort the animal tranquilizer ketamine for a hallucinogenic high may face incontinence and other health problems as new dangers of this cheap party drug start showing up in long-term studies.
Reuters Health Information

Azithromycin Effective Against M. Genitalium

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:56:05 EDT

Men with nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) due to Mycoplasma genitalium appear to be most effectively treated with azithromycin.
Reuters Health Information

5α-Reductase Inhibitor Treatment of Prostatic Diseases: Background and Practical Implications

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:43:46 EDT

This literature review discusses the theoretical background of 5 alt=alpha minmax_bound=true>-reductase inhibitor (5ARI) treatment for prostatic diseases, and the resulting clinical implications.
Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Recent Advances in the Pathophysiology of Nephrolithiasis

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:09:05 EDT

This review explains the pathogenetic link between uric acid nephrolithiasis and several metabolic pathways and conditions.
Kidney International

Health-Care-Associated Infections: The Legislative Perspective and the Pharmacist's Role

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:09:05 EDT

Pharmacists are integral to the development of proactive methods to help prevent health-care-associated infections.
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy