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Maladaptive coping predicts less weight loss for patients with increased levels of anxiety and depression, while interpersonal coping predicts more weight loss for those with low levels of anxiety and depression, according to a...

In a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Francesco Negri, MD, and colleagues evaluated the use of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) feature tracking to assess myocardial strain in subclinical HCM. They studied...

An increase in PrEP prescriptions from 2014 to 2022 in New York City correlated with a decrease in new HIV diagnoses, but racial and ethnic inequalities remained, ac – cording to findings published in AIDS. Benjamin Katz,...

Isolated nervous system involvement on initial presentation with histiocytic neoplasms occurs in up to 5% of patients, according to results published in Blood Cancer Journal. Ronald S. Go, MD, and colleagues examined the...

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (SM) bloodstream infections pose a significant mortality risk in patients with hematologic malignancy and those undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In a single center cohort study...

Rates of prediabetes and progression to diabetes remain high among patients with HIV who are virally suppressed and on ART, according to findings published in AIDS. Mary Clare Masters, MD, and colleagues used hazards regression...

A recent study analyzed 191 patients with IRD using targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS), to identify 359 variants, including 44 novel ones, across 340 genes. Study findings were published online in Genes. The overall...

Among patients evaluated for a mpox-compatible rash, the preva – lence of mpox is 1.5%, according to research published in MMWR. Carl T. Berdahl, MD, and col – leagues screened for mpox reemergence and examined...

Alcohol misuse contributes to global cognitive deficits in people with HIV, particularly those aged 50 and older, according to results published in Alcoholism Clinical And Experimental Research. Scott Edwards, PhD, and...

In a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, Hayley Lewthwaite, PhD, and colleagues investigated the burden of breathlessness in severe asthma versus mild-to-moderate asthma. The...

For a study published in Advances in Medicine, investigators aimed to evaluate the impact of obesity on various cardiovascular parameters in adults with suspected heart diseases. A cross-sectional analysis of 105 patients at a...

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are marked by the overproduction of myeloid cells, driven by JAK2, CALR, and MPL mutations. A recent study aimed to explain how these mutations result in various MPN phenotypes by sequencing...

Authors of a study published in Heart Rhythm aimed to develop electrocardiogram (ECG) deep learning (DL) models to identify high risk imaging features in patients with HCM, potentially reducing the need for resource-intensive...

Patients on PrEP commonly exhibited immunity to hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV), but HPV vaccination remains un – common, according to results pub – lished in Sexually Transmitted Infections....

The prevalence of hereditary thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (hTTP) is considerably higher than current estimates, according to findings published in Blood Advances. Flora Peyvandi, MD, PhD, and colleagues aimed to provide a...

Researchers recently explored the relationship between sarcopenia and phase angle in patients with hematologic malignancies undergoing chemotherapy and exercise therapy. The study, published in Nutrition and Cancer, included 108...

A survey published in the British Journal of Visual Impairment that examined patients with IRD assessed the adoption and perceptions of mobility aids. The findings revealed a notable reliance on traditional aids like long canes,...

Artificial intelligence accurately predicted metastatic events in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. “Whilst rates of metastatic cSCC are...