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Tinea incognito is a dermatophyte infection that has been altered by use of topical or systemic corticosteroids. It lacks the classic features of a ringworm infection due to corticosteroid suppression of inflammation and altered local immune response. | |
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| AACE: Islet Cell Transplants for Type 1 Diabetes Promising
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Majority of transplant recipients had near-normal metabolic control
| | May 16, 2008 | Individuals with type 1 diabetes who undergo islet cell transplant have near-normalization of metabolic control and fewer episodes of hypoglycemia, according to research presented this week at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 17th Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress held in Orlando, Fla. |
| | Etanercept Can Be Safely Used for Up to Eight Years
| Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis treatment remains effective over the long-term
| | May 15, 2008 | | Patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis can be safely and effectively treated with etanercept for up to eight years, according to the results of a study published in the May issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism. |
| | Physician Suicide Rate Higher Than in General Population
| Stigma of mental illness deters doctors from seeking help
| | May 15, 2008 | | The stigma of mental illness among physicians is preventing the profession from facing the fact that the suicide rate among physicians is higher than that of the general population, according to an article published in the May/June issue of the Annals of Family Medicine. |
| | Doctors' Misuse of Antibiotics Is a Hard Habit to Break
| Brief, consistent message needs to get out to multiple stakeholders
| | May 14, 2008 | | Using physicians' offices as the venue to promote judicious use of antibiotics is an effective way to get the information into the right hands, but a multi-pronged approach may be more effective at getting doctors to take a more judicious approach to over-prescribing, according to an article published in the May/June issue of the Annals of Family Medicine. |
| | Potential Role for Sildenafil in Cardiomyopathy Treatment
| Drug protects heart contractility in mouse model of dystrophin-related cardiomyopathy
| | May 14, 2008 | | Enhancing cyclic guanosine monophosphate signaling via genetic avenues as well as with sildenafil protected cardiac contractile function in a mouse model of dystrophin-deficient cardiomyopathy, according to an article published in the May 13 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
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