The Impact of Chronic Inflammation in Psoriasis
Evidence indicates that psoriasis is associated with increased systemic and vascular inflammation,...
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Author: Rebecca Shover
Visceral Adiposity & COVID-19 Severity
Data indicate that, depending on the degree of obesity, patients with obesity who are infected...
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Estimating Shortages of Continuous Kidney Replacement Therapy During COVID-19
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a surge in patients requiring intensive care...
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Imaging Methods for Differentiating Pediatric Papilledema from Pseudopapilledema
Papilledema is an urgent ophthalmologic finding, as it indicates increased intracranial pressure,...
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Vets With Pain-PTSD Comorbidity Showed Worse Outcomes Than Those With Pain Alone
“There are important reasons to study chronic pain and PTSD together,” says Matthew J. Bair, MD,...
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Integrated Fragility Hip Fracture Program Improves Outcomes
While hip fracture carries a high risk of associated morbidity and mortality, previous studies of...
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AHA 2020: Transgender people have unaddressed heart disease risks
A retrospective study of transgender people using gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) found...
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AHA 2020: Lowering LDL cholesterol in older patients is beneficial
In patients aged ≥75 years, lipid-lowering was as effective in reducing cardiovascular events as...
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AHA 2020: Cardiovascular disease on outcomes among hospitalized COVID-19 patients
A study of nearly 30,000 COVID-19 patients revealed that cardiovascular disease or risk factors...
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AHA 2020: No benefit from high-dose omega-3 for AF high-risk patients
A large randomized controlled trial comparing high-dose omega-3 with placebo corn oil did not find...
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AHA 2020: Obese patients 50 years or younger have worse COVID-19 outcomes
Patients with a body mass index (BMI) of ≥40 had more than double the risk of being put on a...
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AHA 2020: Finerenone lowers CV events in diabetic CKD patients
Finerenone treatment lowered the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression, as well as...
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AHA 2020: Extra imaging for women with heart attacks without blockage
In a series of over 300 women who had a heart attack without any major artery blockages,...
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AHA 2020: Children exposed to tobacco smoke have worse heart function as adults
Childhood passive smoke exposure, independent of whether the individual smokes themselves, was...
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AHA 2020: Sotagliflozin shows cardiorenal benefits in diabetes patients: 2 trials
Although both trials ended early due to the COVID-19-related loss of funding, data from 2 large...
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AHA 2020: AF screening benefit: the mHealth Screening to Prevent Strokes (mSTOPS) study
The 3-year results of the prospective mSTOPS study support the clinical value of early screening...
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AHA 2020: PIONEER III trial: Drug-eluting stents are comparable
Among patients with acute and chronic coronary syndromes undergoing PCI, the new Supreme...
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AHA 2020: Clever trial design gets patients back on statins: the SAMSON trial
Patients who had previously quit taking a statin due to side effects were randomized to...
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In-stent Restenosis Common in PCI
In-stent restenosis (ISR) represents approximately 10% of all PCIs in the United States and is...
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Improving Patient & Family Knowledge of Oral Immunotherapy
“My colleagues and I believe that oral immunotherapy (OIT) is a massive shift for families in the...
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