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Researchers evaluated 370,672 admissions across 797 US hospitals to determine whether oral anticoagulant prescribing patterns and clinical outcomes change based on patients’ chronic kidney disease status. The study was presented at ACC.19.
A physician-reported registry of adults with rheumatic diseases and with confirmed or presumed cases of COVID-19 indicates that some therapies, as well severity of disease, are associated with higher death rates.
The Wilderness Medical Society recently released new clinical practice guidelines for tickborne illnesses.
In this Q&A, Brittany A. Davidson, MD, discusses navigating goals-of-care conversations in gynecologic oncology, including how to identify patients at high risk of death who might benefit from a timely goals-of-care conversation, how to have a goals-of-care conversation, and how the conversations impact clinical practice. Dr Davidson also discussed these topics during a session at The Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2023 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer titled "Navigating High Stakes Conversations in Gynecologic Oncology: Goals of Care Conversations."
In this 2-part guest commentary, you will learn several tactics and skills that will make your next presentation go better than your last.
A new study investigated the association between omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the development of type 2 diabetes.
By Reuters StaffNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Thermal vapor ablation for lung volume reduction in emphysema improves lung function and quality of life, 12-month results from the STEP-UP study confirm.
In a special session, Clinton announced the launch of the AAP's updated early literacy toolkit for pediatricians and parents, and described the Clinton Foundation's Too Small to Fail program.
By Will Boggs MDNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The gut microbiome is more metabolically active in athletes than in sedentary people, researchers report.
<p>A<span>fter adolescents have gastric bypass surgery, their bone density decreases, but after 2 years it returns to within normal range, new research suggests.</span></p>
<p>The amount of time children spend playing video games is linked to small differences in their mental and social health, according to a new study.</p>
Researchers have produced a vaccine that neutralizes the synthetic painkiller fentanyl and can help to protect against drug overdoses.
David Hudesman:  Hi, my name's Dr. David Hudesman. I am co‑director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone. I'm going to summarize and give some key takeaways from the talk I gave at the AIBD regionals at UNC Chapel Hill on postoperative Crohn's disease. Some of the key takeaways is first, knowing the risk of postoperative Crohn's. Anywhere from over 70% as high as 90% of patients may have endoscopic recurrence of Crohn's disease after surgery, after they're reconnected.
By Will Boggs MDNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with anterior trunk pain tend to have worse pain and disability from their chronic low back pain, according to a database study.
Clostridioides difficile infection can present much like an IBD flare. Getting to the right diagnosis is critical in controlling this condition, which was the topic of a session presented by Jessica Allegretti, MD, at AIBD virtual regional meeting on September 12.