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The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has officially classified processed and red meat products like bacon and salami "carcinogenic to humans".

Researchers from the University of Edinburgh lead the large-scale Eurotherm3235 Trial, which found that although hypothermia worked well in reducing pressure, it actually contributed to worse disability and more deaths six months later. The findings were significant enough that investigators halted the study early for safety reasons.

Forty percent of workers surveyed reported significant symptoms of depression. But more than 50 % of those with symptoms never recognized the need to seek help, Canadian researchers found.

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Belbuca (buprenorphine) buccal film (developed by Endo Pharmaceuticals and BioDelivery Sciences) for treating chronic pain in patients for whom existing alternatives don't work.

Researchers investigated cerebral activation in patients with fibromyalgia (FMS) using functional near-infrared spectroscopy, and discovered altered central nervous processing in patients with FMS, as well as a distinction between FMS and major depression.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved meloxicam (Vivlodex/ Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC), a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), for the treatment of osteoarthritis pain.

A meta-study of randomized controlled trials indicates that older TNF-inhibitors such as etanercept or infliximab treat psoriatic arthritis more effectively than newer TNF-inhibitors.

A clinical trial with a choline-rich structured lipid found that daily intake can significantly reduce choline depletion in cystic fibrosis patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency.

Raised lesions of dysplatic Barrett's esophagus (BE) are treated with endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) before ablation. But the procedure causes bleeding in 10% of cases.Mayo Clinic researchers said they found a way to reduce those adverse events.

Treatment with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) in patients with IBD is associated with more hospitalizations, operations, and corticosteroid use.

Adding opioids or skeletal muscle relaxants to traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) treatment for acute lower back pain (LBP) provides little improvement in pain management,

For patients with underlying advanced liver disease, the hepatitis C infection treatments Viekira Pak (AbbVie) and Technivie (AbbVie) may increase the risk for serious liver injury, according to the FDA.

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Patients with pancreatic cancer get surgery and other treatment at an earlier stage, but five-year survival has not improved.

Getting a liver transplant for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) comes with an increased chance of getting inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) researchers reported at the American College of Gastroenterology Scientific Meeting in Honolulu, Oct. 16 to 21.

Earlier education, better understanding of pain guidelines, and better agreement among those guidelines are needed to prevent significant disparities in how certain types of pain are treated.

A retrospective review suggests that patients who have cervicofacial rhytidectomy (face lift) after radiotherapy are likely to have increased complication rates over patients who have not had radiotherapy.

Incidences of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have grown in patients also suffering from autism spectrum disorders (ASD), a neurocognitive disorder characterized by an impaired ability to communicate and interact.

Cultures grown outside the body can promote and restore gut feelings, according to research published in the Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.

There are now medications on the market which can help patients with hepatitis C treat their condition successfully. One of the biggest obstacles in the field now is getting those medications to the people who need them most.

The FDA has approved Tris Pharma's extended-release amphetamine oral suspension (Dyanavel XR) for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children aged 6 years and older.

Telemedicine is becoming a more accepted practice across the medical community and as people become more spread out geographically it is becoming more popular in newer areas of the field including infectious disease.

A growing problem in the healthcare community, particularly in hospitals is the risk of antibiotic resistance and antimicrobial stewardship programs. This is an effort that will take the work of many dedicated people and effective products for a difficult problem.

One of the biggest challenges hospitals today face is winning the battle of antimicrobial stewardship and infections like MRSA. Work continues to develop medications to help treat these patients and keep others in the hospital system safe.

ELISA yields more consistent quantitative and qualitative results when measuring adalimumab and infliximab levels.

Canadian researchers suggest that quality-controlled herbal cannabis, if used by cannabis-experienced patients as part of a monitored treatment program over one year, appears to be reasonably safe for the treatment of chronic pain.

Researchers investigating the link between chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have found convincing evidence to support the co-occurrence of COPD and PTSD.