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Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging can add to mammography in predicting the extent of ductal carcinoma in situ

Pre-Op MRI Improves Accuracy for Predicting Extent of DCIS

Preoperative MRI adds to accuracy of mammography in predicting disease extent
Guidelines

Guidance Issued for Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies

Guidelines developed for management of upper gastrointestinal foreign body ingestion
A ketoanalogue-supplemented vegetarian very low-protein diet seems safe and may be able to slow chronic kidney disease progression

Ketoanalogue-Supplemented Very Low-Protein Diet May Benefit CKD

Four patients would need to adhere to diet to avoid primary end point in per-protocol analysis
Lipid-lowering therapy with ezetimibe plus simvastatin is associated with improved clinical outcomes

Ezetimibe/Simvastatin Ups Clinical Outcomes in IMPROVE-IT

Reduction in total primary end point events, driven by reductions in myocardial infarction, stroke
Halaven (eribulin mesylate) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first chemotherapy drug shown to improve survival in people with advanced liposarcoma.

FDA Approves Halaven for Advanced Liposarcoma

FDA says it's first liposarcoma drug to improve survival
Even when blood tests of HIV patients on antiretroviral drugs show no sign of the virus

HIV Can Replicate in Lymphoid Tissue Despite ART Success

Findings in patients who had no detectable virus in their blood
Alginate derivatives have been generated that can overcome the challenge of foreign body response in the use of implanted medical devices

New Approach Described for Type 1 Diabetes

Studies assess ways to overcome challenge of foreign body response with alginate derivative
The top four issues that will be promoted in state legislation in 2016 were discussed at the 2016 American Medical Association (AMA) State Legislative Strategy Conference

AMA Highlights Top Four Issues to Promote in State Legislation

Issues include physician-led team-based care, improving patient health, reducing rx drug overdose
For warfarin-treated patients

Carbamazepine Affects Warfarin Anticoagulation

Carbamazepine co-treatment linked to subtherapeutic anticoagulative effect of warfarin
Video-assisted ablation of pilonidal sinus seems safe and efficacious

Minimally Invasive Surgery Safe for Pilonidal Sinus

Less time off work, higher patient satisfaction with video-assisted ablation of pilonidal sinus