ACAAI 2020: With Telemedicine, No-Show Asthma Visits Significantly Reduced During COVID-19
With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in many patients using telemedicine to attend regular doctor...
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Meeting Coverage
ACAAI 2020: Children With Food Allergies & Their Parents Are Often Bullied
In prior research, parents of children with food allergies have reported that their children are...
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ACAAI 2020: COVID-19 Outcomes Similar With or Without Allergies
With many in the field of allergy and immunology focusing attention during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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AHA 2020: Mavacamten effective in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Results from the multicentre, phase 3 EXPLORERHCM trial highlight the benefits of a...
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AHA 2020: Sotatercept improves right ventricular-pulmonary arterial coupling and right ventricular function
New cardiac and pulmonary function data from the ongoing phase 2 PULSAR trial of sotatercept in...
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AHA 2020: Dapagliflozin reduces renal risk independent of CV disease status
A new analysis from the DAPA-CKD trial found that the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin reduced...
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AHA 2020: IV Iron slashes HF hospitalizations by 26%
The results of the AFFIRM-AHF trial showed that addressing iron deficiency in patients with heart...
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AHA 2020: Polypill plus aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events
Participants without cardiovascular disease but who were at increased risk were randomly assigned...
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AHA 2020: Monkey model of COVID-19 myocardial injury
Using rhesus macaques infected with SARS-CoV-2, researchers have observed that acute heart...
Read MoreAHA: Polypill Plus Aspirin Improves Cardiovascular Outcomes
Aspirin enhances treatment effect of multi-ingredient tablet DALLAS — Individuals without overt heart disease who are being treated for multiple risk factors appear to reduce their risk of cardiovascular events by taking a...
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ACR Convergence 2020: Steroid Injections Do Not Advance the Need for Joint Replacement
A recent cohort study suggested a three-fold higher risk for knee osteoarthritis (OA) progression...
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ACR Convergence 2020: Osteoporosis in Men Often Overlooked, Rarely Treated
Current recommendations for testing of male osteoporosis patients are rather inconsistent, leading...
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ACR Convergence 2020: SARDS Associated With Worse COVID-19-Related Outcomes
Data are lacking on whether patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs)...
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ACR Convergence 2020: Increased Long-Term Cardiovascular Event Risk in Children With Kawasaki Disease
Despite research showing Kawasaki disease (KD) is associated with coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs)...
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ACR Convergence 2020: In-Hospital Vasculitis-Associated Mortality Rates Declining
With few population-based studies assessing vasculitis-related mortality, most of which are...
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IDWeek 2020: Physicians Taking a Hit in the Wallet by COVID-19
To evaluate the impacts of COVID-19—such as job loss, increased work hours, and the compensation...
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IDWeek 2020: Acute HIV Cases Discovered Upon COVID-19 Screening
Although evidence indicates that undiagnosed cases of HIV are often found during routine screening...
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IDWeek 2020: Dr. Fauci “Cautiously Optimistic” for COVID-19 Vaccine by Year’s End
Anthony Fauci, MD, said during a presentation at IDWeek that he is “cautiously optimistic” that a...
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IDWeek 2020: Multidisciplinary Approach Curbs Opioid Use in Patients With IV Drug Use- Associated Infections
In 2018, University of Kentucky (UK) HealthCare reported 400 cases of endocarditis, of which 73%...
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IDWeek 2020: Device Eliminates Blood Culture Contamination
Lucy S. Tompkins, MD, PhD, reported zero blood culture contamination events (0.0% contamination...
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