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Researchers have identified an antibody that is present in the serum of most patients who have autoimmune pancreatitis and may eventually help in the differential diagnosis of the disorder, according to a report in the Nov. 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Chronic musculoskeletal pain raises elderly peoples risk of falling, independent of their underlying pathologies or the medications they may be taking for the pain, according to a study of more than 700 elders living independently.

The British Health Protection Agency has confirmed five patients with oseltamivir-resistant pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus on a hospital ward in Wales.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists announced Nov. 20 that it is now recommending delaying the start of cervical cancer screening until age 21 and then screening most patients every other year instead of annually.

BETHESDA, Md. (EGMN) A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted on Nov. 18 in favor of recommending Pfizers 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease.

The U.S. Senates Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Nov. 17 to determine why vaccine for pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus is taking so long to reach the 159 million Americans in the designated high-risk groups.

The first substantial revisions in the American Society of Clinical Oncologys clinical guideline for the treatment of stage IV nonsmall cell lung cancer in 6 years acknowledges the burgeoning role for individualization of therapy according to patient characteristics, including epidermal growth factor receptor mutation status and performance status rather than age.

The Food and Drug Administration on Nov. 13 approved Lysteda, a proprietary form of tranexamic acid, for the treatment of menorrhagia.