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- 7/7/2011
Canadian study suggests MRI scans prior to starting active surveillance in prostate cancer patients
Failure to fully recognize the amount of disease at baseline may be cause for active surveillance (AS) failure, according to new data from researchers at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. They reported at the American Urological Association (AUA) 2011 Annual Meeting that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) discovered large volume disease in up to 22% of patients with low-risk prostate cancer who were managed with AS - 7/7/2011
Nurses urge Toronto Mayor to put public health and well-being ahead of ideology
More than 2,000 nurses write letters urging Ford to accept Ontario's offer to pay for two public health nurses. - 7/7/2011
Ottawa focused on children, says MP Dr. Kellie Leitch
But CPS president argues changes needed as Canada ranks poorly in many international child-welfare surveys - 7/7/2011
Prescribing of antipsychotics for schizophrenia slows in Canada
Are doctors tuning in to research about drugs’ metabolic effects? - 7/6/2011
Psychotropic scripts increasing for Canadian kids
Second-generation antipsychotic use growing—all of it, off-label - 7/6/2011
Entecavir prevents hep B reactivation when starting chemo
Researchers suggest that patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who must undergo cancer chemotherapy may avoid reactivation of HBV if they receive prophylaxis with entecavir (Baraclude). If HBV is reactivated because of chemotherapy-related immunosuppression, the patient’s treatment may be complicated by subsequent liver damage, hence the need to keep the virus in check. - 7/6/2011
Vitamin D deficiency common among IBD patients
Even in sunshine-rich Florida, vitamin D deficiency was frequently observed among patients diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), researchers reported at the Digestive Disease Week meeting here.