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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
EOSINOPHILIC DISEASES OFTEN OVERLAP, RAISING COSTS
Overlap was less common in eosinophilic esophagitis but more common in eosinophilic gastritis/eosinophilic gastroenteritis.
Medscape...
Gastroenterology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
RACE-, ETHNICITY-BASED CLINICAL GUIDELINES MISS THE MARK: STUDY
Race-based recommendations and clinical algorithms may be doing more harm than good, according to a systematic review of databases...
Gastroenterology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
SHUNT THERAPY FOR HF HINTS AT HEART STRUCTURAL, FUNCTIONAL GAINS
With new findings suggesting a reverse-remodeling effect from implantation of an interatrial shunt device, researchers debate the quality...
Cardiology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
INDEX CHOLECYSTECTOMY CUTS READMISSIONS AFTER ACUTE CHOLANGITIS
Cholecystectomy is considered an elective procedure, and surgeons may delay it if the patient is very sick or simply for scheduling...
Gastroenterology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
WHEN DOES AN ELITE ATHLETE NEED MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT?
Nearly all athletes experience anxiety before a competition. But persistent symptoms, such as difficulty falling asleep, may indicate...
Psychiatry, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION LOOKS PROMISING IN CROHN'S DISEASE
A combination of mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy showed promise for pain, fatigue, and productivity associated with Crohn's...
Fatigue, Gastroenterology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
STEROID USE MAY INCREASE RELAPSE RISK IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS
Steroid use may increase relapse risk in patients who have histologically active ulcerative colitis with a Mayo endoscopic subcore...
Gastroenterology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
DOUBLE THE PLEASURE: STIM PATCH DELAYS EARLY EJACULATION: STUDY
Intravaginal ejaculatory latency time doubled for men who used a perineal stimulator, researchers reported at AUA 2022.
Medscape Medical...
Urology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
DISTAL RADIAL ACCESS DOES NOT IMPAIR HAND FUNCTION: RATATOUILLE
Transradial access is typically used for percutaneous coronary procedures, but positive data are generating excitement for this alternative...
Hands, Cardiology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
NUMBER OF US MONKEYPOX CASES GROWS TO 10, CDC SAYS
Health officials identified two cases in Florida, two cases in Utah, and one case each in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New...
Infectious Diseases, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
H PYLORI ANTIBIOTICS BRIEFLY DISRUPT GUT MICROBIOME
Researchers compared antibiotic resistance following either levofloxacin quadruple therapy or bismuth quadruple therapy.
Medscape Medical...
Gastroenterology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
ESG'S CARDIOMETABOLIC BENEFITS LAST 5 YEARS
Bariatric surgery's benefits have been well described, but endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty is relatively new, so its outcomes haven't...
Gastroenterology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
DON'T EQUATE MASS SHOOTINGS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
Dinah Miller speaks about the frustration and sadness around mass violence among psychiatrists.
Medscape Psychiatry
Psychiatry, Commentary
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
INCREASED SOCIAL SERVICES SPENDING UPS CANCER SURVIVAL OF BLACKS
States that increased investments by 10% in services for socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals showed improved 5-year overall...
Cancer, Hematology-Oncology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
'UNLIMITED' CANCER COSTS: THE MEDICARE PART D DILEMMA
One expert highlights the high cost of cancer drugs under Medicare Part D, and how somewhat arbitrary variations in a patient's cancer...
Cancer, Drugs, Hematology-Oncology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
NEW TEST MIGHT TRANSFORM MALE INFERTILITY
Using epigenetics to assess sperm can better identify patients likely to have problems conceiving, a new study found.
Medscape Medical...
Infertility, Urology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
EARLY LIVER TRANSPLANT OUTCOMES NOT IMPACTED BY NEW US ALLOCATION SYSTEM
A new system for allocating liver allografts in the United States, implemented in 2020, has been associated with procurement-related...
Gastroenterology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
NUTRIENTS AND EXERCISE AFFECT TUMOR DEVELOPMENT
At a recent conference, researchers reviewed the data on the effects of diet and exercise on cancer. These factors have different effects...
Diet, Tumors, Cancer, Hematology-Oncology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION BIRTHS EBB IN WOMEN WITH UNDERWEIGHT
Among women receiving fertility treatment by intrauterine insemination, underweight associated with a significantly lower live birth...
Overweight, Diabetes & Endocrinology, News
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By Medscape
- May 28, 2022
AFTER TEXAS SCHOOL SHOOTING, PARENTS SEARCH FOR NEW ANSWERS
"I want to visit with our school about that " and find out whether "they have individual class protocols" to deal with the what-ifs.
WebMD...
Family Medicine, Primary Care, News
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Pregnant women are being exposed to more dangerous industrial chemicals...
Research suggests that exposure to harmful chemicals can cause many health problems in people of all ages. And according to a recent study published in the journal...
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Researchers identify factors linked between opioid prescription, skin cancer...
Data show that certain characteristics can determine the likelihood of opioid prescriptions following Mohs micrographic surgery, but these prescriptions may not be necessary...
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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 on clinical trials with standardized...
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Soaring Rates of Cancer Mortality in the U.S. - Need for Policy Changes
Despite the U.S. spending twice as much on cancer care as the average high-income country, the cancer mortality rates of the country are only slightly better than average.
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After Texas School Shooting, Parents Search for New Answers
Besides asking schools for specifics about safety protocols, some parents are reaching out to lawmakers, and others asking for gun legislation changes.
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Sweet Spot Chocolate Shop recalls peanut butter-containing chocolates over...
Sweet Spot Chocolate Shop is recalling certain Sweet Spot Chocolate Shop brand peanut butter-containing chocolates because of possible Salmonella contamination.
The recalled...
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Covid cases fall across most of UK but one nation sees rise
Total infections have now fallen by 78% since the peak of the recent Omicron BA.2 wave in late March, when a record 4.9 million were estimated to have Covid-19
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Mother trying to save children at Uvalde was handcuffed by federal marshals
After it was revealed on Thursday that not only did police delay their response to sending tactical teams into the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex. amid a school shooting...
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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 veterans, or “invisible veterans,” at the...
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CDC panel recommends monkeypox vaccine for lab workers, health responders...
ACIP, the CDC's top advisory panel in regards to vaccines and immunization, has made its first recommendation for monkeypox vaccines.