Gastroenterology Doctors in Bladensburg, MD - Medicare Status, Address, Contact

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Dr. Asghar Shaigany, MD
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 5632 Annapolis Rd, #12, Bladensburg, MD 20710
Phone: 301-864-3888 Fax: 301-699-3007

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DFMO appears to protect against nonmelanoma skin cancers

An antiparasitic agent used to treat African sleeping sickness might someday be used to prevent nonmelanoma skin cancers. Researchers found that DFMO, or α-difluoromethylornithine, still appeared to protect against nonmelanoma skin cancers years after people stopped taking the drug, according to a poster presented at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Oct. 22-25, 2011.

Skin patch may be useful in treating children with milk-induced EoE

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A common high-blood-pressure medication appears to reverse the diabetes-related death of pancreatic beta cells, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham study published today in the journal Diabetes.