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By Robert Pearl, MD from KevinMD.com Among the questions I’m asked most often as host of the podcast Coronavirus: The Truth are: “How have other nations effectively contained the pandemic?” and “Why can’t the United States copy...

For children with exercise-induced respiratory symptoms (EIS), diagnosis at an outpatient clinic often differs from that proposed by the referring physician, according to a study published in Pediatric Pulmonology. Investigators...

Breastfeeding is associated with fewer parent-reported behavioral diffi culties, which decrease further with longer duration of breastfeeding, according to a study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Investigators...

Almost all cases of abusive head trauma (AHT) in young children occur in private homes, with the usual child care arrangement in most cases by a single adult in charge of one or more children, according to a study published in...

Certain patient factors may affect the clinical response to electroacupuncture treatment for low back pain, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers evaluated the effect of real electroacupuncture (59...

There is an association between surgical technical skill and long-term survival following colon cancer surgery, according to a research letter published in JAMA Oncology. Researchers recruited surgeons participating in the 2016...

For patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who have resectable liver metastases, survival outcomes at 5 years do not differ signifi cantly for treatment with laparoscopic versus open liver resection, according to a study...

At repeat screening, digital breast tomosynthesis plus synthetic mammography (DBT+SM) identifies more cancers than full-field digital mammography (FFDM), according to a study published in Radiology. Researchers conducted a...

Universal multigene panel testing for patients with solid tumor cancer increases detection of heritable variants over the predicted yield of guideline-based testing, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology. Study...

The need for continued self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) testing remains important for all intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM) system users and may affect overall cost-effectiveness of isCGM,...