Guidelines issued for managing hidradenitis suppurativa

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(HealthDay)—In a two-part guideline, published in the July issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, the United States and Canadian Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundations present recommendations for the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of hidradenitis suppurativa. Ali Alikhan, M.D., from Sutter Health in Sacramento, California, and colleagues reviewed the evidence related to diagnosis, evaluation, and management of hidradenitis suppurativa. […]

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Canada updates guidelines for hepatitis C virus infection

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(HealthDay)—A guideline published in the June 4 issue of CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association, provides updated evidence-based recommendations for the treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Hemant Shah, M.D., from the University of Toronto, and colleagues conducted a focused literature search to update the evidence base used in the 2015 guideline. The resulting […]

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First practice guidelines for clinical evaluation of Alzheimer’s disease

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Despite more than two decades of advances in diagnostic criteria and technology, symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) too often go unrecognized or are misattributed, causing delays in appropriate diagnoses and care that are both harmful and costly. Contributing to the variability and inefficiency is the lack of multidisciplinary ADRD evaluation guidelines to inform U.S clinicians in primary […]

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New guidelines to diagnose, manage rare endocrine disorders

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International guidelines have been published for the first time to help doctors around the globe diagnose and manage patients with a very rare set of endocrine diseases known as pseudohypoparathyroidism and its related disorders, including Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO). It’s the realization of a long-term goal for physician-scientist Dr. Emily Germain-Lee of the UConn School of Medicine and Connecticut Children’s […]

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