Obesity at Any Age Linked With Chronic Disease in Late Life
A connection has been found between obesity and chronic disease in later older adult life.
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Medical Assistant Health Coaching Enhances Care
Health coaching by medical assistants significantly improved outcomes such as LDL cholesterol and HbA1C for patients with type 2 diabetes in primary care settings.
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Use of Multiple Tests Improves RSV Diagnostic Yield
Paired serology testing, standard-of-care swabs, and separate testing of nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs improved RSV diagnosis in hospitalized adults.
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Virtual Simulation Planning Cuts Wait for Palliative Radiation Therapy
Researchers find that virtual simulation planning can reduce the time from consult to treatment for patients that need palliative radiation therapy.
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Evaluating Probiotics in Early MASH
A recent clinical trial showed that probiotic supplementation in patients with early-stage NASH/MASH did not significantly improve liver or clinical parameters.
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Coexistence of Psoriatic Arthritis, Atopic Dermatitis May Offer Treatment Insights
PsA and AD can coexist, and the presence of both conditions may mean special attention should be given to selecting optimal treatment.
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Soy Consumption in Children Tied to Better Thinking, Attention
School-aged children who consume more soy foods may have improved thinking and attention.
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Ofatumumab Effective for MS Across Racial, Ethnic Subgroups
For patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS), ofatumumab is more effective than teriflunomide across racial and ethnic subgroups.
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Plasma Protein Has Potential to Refine Mastocytosis Diagnoses
Plasma protein profiling can help discern systemic mastocytosis subtypes.
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Self-Management Intervention Effective for Chronic Pain in HIV
A pain self-management program for patients with HIV resulted in a significant difference in pain scores immediately and 3 months after the intervention.
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Physical Performance Predicts Survival in NSCLC
New findings suggest physical performance may be a key prognostic factor for overall survival in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
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Evaluating PIMSRA for HCM
Percutaneous intramyocardial septal radiofrequency ablation was efficacious and safe for patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Usher Syndrome Due to MYO7A Mutations Has Implications for Gene Therapy
Study in Usher syndrome due to MYO7A Mutations has implications for gene therapy.
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Seasonal Variations Identified for Asthma Hospitalizations
Researchers identified seasonal variations in asthma hospitalizations and found that Black patients were intubated more often than White patients.
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Subsequent Skin Cancer Risk Increased for Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
Risk factors for skin cancer include chronic graft-versus-host-disease, male gender, and voriconazole exposure.
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Analyzing Thrombotic Risk Factors
Recent findings underscore the need for clinicians to stratify arterial and venous thrombosis risks separately in patients with myelofibrosis.
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Herpes Infections Cost Up To $35 Billion Globally
Genital HSV-2 and HSV-1 were costly globally in 2016, with a large proportion of the economic burden borne by high- and upper middle-income countries.
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Point-of-Care Treatment Predicts Future PrEP Discontinuation
Point-of-care urine tenofovir rapid assay testing predicted pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) discontinuation among young men who have sex with men and transgender women more accurately than self-reported adherence.
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MRI Effectively Predicts Lymphovascular Space Invasion
The findings of this study suggest that MRI has moderate diagnostic efficacy for LVSI status in EC.
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Patient–PCP Language Concordance Tied to Better Outcomes
Patient-family physician language concordance is associated with a lower risk for adverse outcomes.
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