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Researchers say that identifying HCV transmission hotspots and gaining a more comprehensive understanding of exactly how hepatitis C virus is transmitted during times of significant spread could facilitate public health initiatives to reduce the prevalence of HCV in people who contract it through intravenous drug use.

The much buzzed about Evaluation of Lixisenatide in Acute Coronary Syndrome (ELIXA) trial has been tracking the medication in patients with type 2 diabetes. An update on the outcomes was provided at the 10th Annual Cardiometabolic Health Congress (CMHC 2015) in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Food and Drug Administration expanded the approved use of ipilimumab so that it will include a new indication as adjuvant therapy for patients with stage III melanoma. The approval is big news, because it's the first new FDA-approved adjuvant option for late-stage melanoma in two decades.

Study results suggest that balneotherapy and physical therapy can not only reduce nocturnal pain for patients who suffer from knee osteoarthritis, but can also improve sleep quality.

An analysis of 35 years of cohort data provides fresh information about the biggest risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients with psoriatic arthritis.

Don't eat in the barn is the takeaway from an E.coli outbreak that hospitalized children in Washington State. Sixty cases were identified after a school field trip to a dairy farm where food was served in a cattle barn.

A study in BMC Psychiatry is among the first to report a relationship between childhood abuse, personality, adulthood life stresses, and the severity of depression.

Everyone is constantly awaiting "the next best thing." This concept also holds true in the arena of skin cancer treatment.

A review in the British Journal of Pain examined some recent research testing the effectiveness of CBT in treating chronic headache and migraine.

A joint panel of liver disease experts recently updated industry guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) to remove priority tables and stick with a recommendation that nearly all patients with chronic infection of the virus be treated with direct-acting drugs.

The British health agency in charge of approving costs for drugs has given the thumbs up to Bristol-Myers Squibb to market its hepatitis C drug to include an indication for patients with genotype 3, reversing its recommendation from earlier this year.

A combination of two drugs can combat one type of pancreatic cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In the treatment of sleep apnea Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines are among the most common options available to patients. While there are other forms of the machine available as well there is also work being done to find other ways to handle the condition.

Sudoku puzzles may serve as a "brain workout" but in a case reported in Germany, the exercise proved too strenuous. Solving the puzzles gave a 25-year-old man seizures.

More than 3.7 billion individuals below the age of 50 carry the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1/oral herpes), often catching it in childhood.

A study by a Manhattan plastic surgeon found that while patients thought they looked much younger after a facelift, their self esteem tended to drop if had been relatively high before the surgery. It improved if self-esteem was low prior to surgery.

Tocilizumab associated with left ventricular dysfunction in RA patients, correlating with a reduction in RA disease activity.

A New Zealand study announced in Trials will examine whether the antidepressant nortriptyline can safely and effectively treat knee osteoarthritis. The medication is inexpensive and readily available, and it is well-tolerated in patients treated for depression.

Study results indicate a novel combination of the BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib plus cediranib, an investigational drug that targets the mitogen-activated protein kinase enzymes MEK1 and MEK2, may be effective in treating malignant melanoma.

Autism risk may be linked to epigenetic differences in paternal sperm.

Animal studies have shown that young animals subjected to anesthesia show signs of neurological impairment as they grow. What about human infants? An Australia study offers new evidence that less than an hour of general anesthesia seems not to harm children.

Women with multiple sclerosis who breastfeed their infants exclusively may have a lower risk of disease relapse for up to 6 months postpartum compared to women with MS who do not breastfeed exclusively.

Physical activity declines over time in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), independent of disease severity. This decline is also associated with worsening lung function and loss of quality of life and health status.

Successful clinical response to treatment with tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) was maintained even during reduced dosages in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Research suggests support groups help teenagers with diagnosed allergies adhere consistently to guidelines that protect them against anaphylaxis and other reactions.

How expensive? Study results show that families with children who are allergic to staple food items pay out thousands of extra dollars each year in direct and indirect costs.

Although asthma increases the risk of anaphylaxis in children with milk allergies and reduces the chance that immunotherapy will prove fully successful, study results show that the majority of patients who undergo immunotherapy for a milk allergy can achieve a protective dose.

Earlier this year, a skin patch designed to reduce the risk of anaphylaxis and other severe reactions to peanuts became the first allergy treatment ever granted a Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the FDA.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-in-class oncolytic immunotherapy talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC; lmlygic) to treat unresectable cutaneous, subcutaneous, and nodal lesions in patients with melanoma recurrent after initial surgery.

A new analysis of 17 studies of dietary interventions to promote weight loss and a cardiac benefit found that low-carb diets "were 98 percent more likely to lower the risks of heart attack or stroke" in people who are overweight.