http://www.imng.com IMNG Medical News Group has provided physician specialists with authoritative coverage of medical meetings, breaking medical news and analysis, clinical trial results, updates on drug prescribing, pertinent summaries of clinical guidelines, and perspective and opinion from medicine thought leaders. Copyright 2013 IMNG Medical News. All rights reserved. en-us Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:00:05 GMT InfoDesk http://media.ny.idsk.com/multimedia/logos/rsslogo_imng.gif http://www.imng.com http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220132101469907.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 SAN FRANCISCO (IMNG) – The American College of Physicians released new, free, print handouts for patients and clinicians to help reduce the approximately 20% rate of readmissions after hospitalizations for acute coronary events. BY SHERRY BOSCHERT Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:01:46 GMT imn041220132101469907 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220131839069905.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 SAN FRANCISCO (IMNG) – Stand by for some unexpected and potentially nasty surprises when the health insurance exchanges start up in 2014. BY ALICIA AULT Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:39:06 GMT imn041220131839069905 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220131654549903.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 The American Society of Clinical Oncology has unveiled its prototype for an ambitious computer network that allows physicians to search patient records and clinical evidence in real time. BY MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:54:54 GMT imn041220131654549903 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220131605059901.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. (IMNG) – There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to selecting neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy for patients with gastric cancer, according to Dr. Daniel G. Coit. BY NEIL OSTERWEIL Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:05:05 GMT imn041220131605059901 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220131557389897.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 NEW ORLEANS (IMNG) – Dexamethasone was more effective than was placebo in relieving cancer-related fatigue in a double-blind randomized trial of patients with advanced cancer. BY PATRICE WENDLING Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:57:38 GMT imn041220131557389897 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220131542379891.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 Diana looked at her pill bottles and wondered why she was on all these medications when she did not feel any better. She looked at the five bottles: bupropion, paroxetine, diazepam, alprazolam, and zolpidem. She thought about the side effects she was experiencing. BY ALISON M. HERU, M.D. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:42:37 GMT imn041220131542379891 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220131505409889.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 INDIANAPOLIS (IMNG) – Obesity adds an estimated $164 million annually to the total hospital cost of major nonbariatric/nonobstetric operative procedures, Dr. Rodney J. Mason reported at the annual meeting of the American Surgical Association. BY BRUCE JANCIN Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:05:40 GMT imn041220131505409889 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220131458129886.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 BY JON O. EBBERT, M.D. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:58:12 GMT imn041220131458129886 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220131431059881.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 INDIANAPOLIS (IMNG) – Acute cholecystitis patients fared significantly better with early rather than delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the largest-ever randomized trial addressing surgical timing for this common condition. BY BRUCE JANCIN Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:31:05 GMT imn041220131431059881 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220131300359878.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 BY HEATHER LINDSEY Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:00:35 GMT imn041220131300359878 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220131227359874.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 WAILEA, MAUI (IMNG) – Dermatology is arguably the least technologically advanced specialty in medicine, but forces are at work to remedy that situation, according to Dr. Allan C. Halpern. BY BRUCE JANCIN Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:27:35 GMT imn041220131227359874 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220131149359872.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 A pilot study involving 16 people with osteoarthritis of the knee found that wearing specially designed shoes for 6 months significantly reduced knee loading, providing evidence that specialized footwear might be useful in the management of patients with OA of the knee, according to the investigators. BY ELIZABETH MECHCATIE Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:49:35 GMT imn041220131149359872 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220131142089868.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 A story titled “Cancer patients embrace pioneer assisted-suicide program” (published April 10, 2013) described findings from a study ((N. Engl. J. Med. 2013 April 11;368:1417-24 [doi:10.1056/NEJMsa1213398]) in the New England Journal of Medicine. That study misstated the percentage of Death with Dignity patients among all annual patient deaths reported at the Seattle Cancer Center Alliance.  The Death with Dignity participants accounted for 2.4% of all annual deaths at the Seattle Cancer Center. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:42:08 GMT imn041220131142089868 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220131027189864.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 WASHINGTON (IMNG) – Children whose mothers were exposed to air pollution during pregnancy may have a small, but significant, increase in pediatric cancer risk. BY MICHELE G. SULLIVAN Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:27:18 GMT imn041220131027189864 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220130956159862.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 WASHINGTON (IMNG) – Men who received androgen blockade therapy as part of prostate cancer treatment were less likely to develop a secondary lung cancer than were those who didn’t receive the hormone regimen. BY MICHELE G. SULLIVAN Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:56:15 GMT imn041220130956159862 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041220130948369858.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 SAN FRANCISCO (IMNG) – Tempted to “friend” a patient on your personal Facebook page? That’s probably not a good idea, according to new guidelines issued by the American College of Physicians and the Federation of State Medical Boards. BY ALICIA AULT Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:48:36 GMT imn041220130948369858 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041120131649439854.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 SAN DIEGO (IMNG) – A low level of HDL cholesterol and a high level of LDL cholesterol was associated with elevated cerebral amyloid-beta in a small sample of elderly individuals with high vascular risk, representing one of the best efforts yet to determine the relationship between cholesterol and susceptibility to brain amyloidosis seen in Alzheimer’s disease. BY DOUG BRUNK Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:49:43 GMT imn041120131649439854 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041120131511349851.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 LA JOLLA, CALIF. (IMNG) – More than 20 years ago Diana Lynn Barnes, Psy.D., then a new mom to a baby girl, found herself hospitalized four different times for stays that lasted 2-3 weeks each time. BY DOUG BRUNK Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:11:34 GMT imn041120131511349851 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041120131402369849.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 LA JOLLA, CALIF. (IMNG) – An estimated one in five pregnant and postpartum women have significant mental health problems, yet few seek help, Pec Indman, Ed.D., M.F.T., said at the annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. BY DOUG BRUNK Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:02:36 GMT imn041120131402369849 http://infoviewer.info/infodisplay/story/imn041120131347419847.html?APP=7&CU=imn5804 An article titled “Compounding the woes of cancer patients,” published April 10, 2013, was imprecise in how it attributed a statement expressing concern that frail, immunocompromised patients could be receiving contaminated products. That statement should have been attributed to the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:47:41 GMT imn041120131347419847