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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
OBESITY MAY NOT AFFECT UNPLANNED HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION, SAFETY OF THERAPY IN IBD
SAN DIEGO - Obesity was not linked to hospitalization, surgery or serious infection among a subset of biologic-treated patients with...
Stroke, Obesity, Digestion, Hospital
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
GENOMIC SURVEILLANCE UNCOVERS CLUSTERS OF MRSA CAUSING BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS
Genomic surveillance identified clusters of MRSA among strains cultured from bloodstream infections in two Philadelphia hospitals,...
Hospital
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
MACGILLIVRAY NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHAIRMAN OF CARDIAC SURGERY AT MEDSTAR WASHINGTON
MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute announced Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD, has been named physician executive director and chairman...
Hospital
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
BONESUPPORT RECEIVES FDA MARKET AUTHORIZATION FOR ANTIBIOTIC-ELUTING BONE GRAFT
BoneSupport has announced FDA market authorization of the Cerament G bone graft for patients with osteomyelitis, according to a press...
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
HEALTH TECHNOLOGY MAY HELP PEOPLE WITH CANCER QUIT SMOKING
The inclusion of a smoking cessation tool into electronic health records increased self-reported patient quit rates by more than 5...
Cancer
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
GH LEVELS HIGHER FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN VS. MEN WITH CONTROLLED ACROMEGALY
Among adults with controlled acromegaly, postmenopausal women had higher growth hormone levels than men despite similar insulin-like...
Hospital, Senior
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
DIABETES SCREENING ALONGSIDE COVID-19 TESTING FEASIBLE IN LOW-INCOME LATINX COMMUNITY
Integrating rapid HbA1c testing within a COVID-19 testing program helped identify previously undiagnosed adults with prediabetes and...
Diabetes
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
OCULAR RECONSTRUCTION ALWAYS WORTH TRYING IN SEVERELY TRAUMATIZED EYES
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - In eyes with severe injury, even when there is no light perception vision, there is no justification for primary...
Eye
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
CHLORMETHINE GEL MAY BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN OINTMENT FOR MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES
A post-hoc analysis of a key data set for chlormethine in mycosis fungoides showed that the gel formulation of the drug may be safer...
Regard, Lymphoma, Drugs, Cancer
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY FACTORS LINKED BETWEEN OPIOID PRESCRIPTION, SKIN CANCER TREATMENT
Data show that certain characteristics can determine the likelihood of opioid prescriptions following Mohs micrographic surgery, but...
Cancer, Skin
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
INEQUITIES OBSERVED IN TELEMEDICINE USE FOR CANCER CARE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
As telemedicine use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, Black patients with cancer had lower usage levels than white patients,...
Cancer
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
HISPANIC CHILDREN WITH HIGH-RISK NEUROBLASTOMA HAVE WORSE SURVIVAL OUTCOMES
Hispanic children with high-risk neuroblastoma had worse survival outcomes than other children with the disease despite receiving treatment...
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
ED VISITS FOR SEIZURES, EPILEPSY DECREASED DURING PANDEMIC, ESPECIALLY IN YOUNG CHILDREN
Seizure- and epilepsy-related emergency department visits decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-pandemic levels,...
Drop
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN C. DIFFICILE TRENDS EARLY IN PANDEMIC
Despite the changes and disruptions to care caused by COVID-19, researchers found that there were no significant changes in the incidence...
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
VIDEO: HEALTHY VISION TIPS WITH ALISON D. EARLY, MD, PART 5
In the final part of a five-part series, Alison D. Early, MD, discusses the importance of preventive care.
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
OCTA DEFINES SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF EPIRETINAL MEMBRANES IN RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Epiretinal membranes, or ERMs, in retinal vein occlusion do not share the same OCT angiography characteristics...
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
FDA GRANTS FAST TRACK STATUS TO ERVOGASTAT PLUS CLESACOSTAT FOR NASH
The FDA has granted fast track designation to Pfizer for ervogastat in combination with clesacostat for treatment of patients with...
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
VIDEO: MANAGE SLEEP CARE IN PATIENTS WITH DEPRESSION, ANXIETY
NEW ORLEANS - The American Psychiatric Association added a clinical update track on sleep this year, according to Eric R. Williams,...
Depression, Sleep
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
VIDEO: CONSIDER SPECIAL MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF FEMALE VETERANS
NEW ORLEANS - Healio/Psychiatry peer perspective board member Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH, discussed the mental health of female...
Hospital
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By Healio
- May 28, 2022
FDA GRANTS PRIORITY REVIEW FOR FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA TREATMENT
The FDA has granted priority review to Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s new drug application for omaveloxolone to treat patients with Friedreich's...
Drugs
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