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Physicians Believe in Reporting Errors but Rarely Do

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Most physicians support the concept of reporting medical errors, but few have actually reported an error, investigators here have found. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/PublicHealth/dh/7981

Gene Variations Predict Beta-Interferon Response in Multiple Sclerosis

SAN FRANCISCO -- Small variations in certain genes were more common in multiple sclerosis patients who showed good responses to beta-interferon and variations in other genes were associated with poor response, researchers here said. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/MultipleSclerosis/dh/7983

FDA Says Food Products From Cloned Cattle, Pigs, and Goats Are Safe
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Meat and dairy products from cloned animals are as safe as those from animals bred the old-fashioned way, according to the FDA. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/PublicHealth/dh/7980

Rituximab Plus CHOP Boosts Survival in Older Lymphoma Patients

HOMBURG, Germany -- Older patients with aggressive B-cell lymphomas had significantly better outcomes when rituximab (Rituxan), the anti-CD20 antibody, was added to CHOP chemotherapy, researchers here found. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/Chemotherapy/dh/7979

Smoking Worsens Odds in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

LONDON -- Current and former smokers with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis have much the same odds of survival once disease severity is taken into account, researchers here said. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/Smoking/dh/7978

Fish-Oil Supplements Get Caution Light with ICDs

TORONTO -- The purported benefits of fish-oil supplements in preventing arrhythmias may need to be scaled back a bit, researchers here said. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Arrhythmias/dh/7972

Mediterranean Diet During Pregnancy Prevents Child’s Asthma and Allergy

HERAKLION, Greece -- A Mediterranean diet during pregnancy may be more protective against childhood asthma and atopy than the child’s own diet, researchers here found. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/DietNutrition/dh/7976

Dietary Supplement Tied to Metastatic Prostate Cancer

DALLAS -- When two patients developed unusually aggressive metastatic prostate cancer within months of starting the same muscle-building dietary supplement, researchers here started investigating. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/AlternativeMedicine/dh/7960

Poor Ischemic Stroke Outcomes Linked to Poor Nutrition

SEOUL, South Korea -- Undernourished stroke patients are more likely to have complications and a poor outcome than those who are well nourished. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Strokes/dh/7973

Hormone Therapy Linked to Lobular Breast Cancer Risk

SEATTLE -- Postmenopausal women who take combination hormone therapy for as little as three years have a fourfold increased risk of invasive lobular breast cancer, researchers here said. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/BreastCancer/dh/7926

Family Practices with NPs Provide Better Diabetes Care

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Patients with diabetes fare better in family practices that employ a nurse practitioner than in practices with a physician’s assistant or those without a mid-level provider, investigators here found. full story

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Diabetes/dh/7971

New phase 3 trials may dramatically alter the management of newly diagnosed myeloma.
This activity reviews these trials as well as new developments in transplantation and relapsed/refractory therapies.
Source: Curatio CME Institute [more]
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Primary Care Initiative for Improved Diagnosis and Outcomes.
The RAPID program is a comprehensive series of activities, which identify and address barriers to improved outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, including early diagnosis, appropriate screening methods, payor barriers, earlier treatment, and appropriate patient management through a multidisciplinary team approach.
Source: Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education [more]

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