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A new study examined how exercise can aid diabetic patients in reducing their waist circumference and body fat.
Researchers evaluated 635 children in the Project Viva Cohort to determine the effects of various early- to mid-childhood adiposity measures on measures of liver health.
In a cohort of children with refractory immune thrombocytopenic purpura, researchers compared effects of a combination therapy vs dexamethasone alone.
<p><span>A strategy focused on three key drivers significantly improved one hospital's adherence to guideline-recommended blood cultures in children hospitalized with pneumonia.</span></p>
<p>A small U.S. study raises new questions about whether using electronic cigarettes will lead people to quit smoking.</p>
<p>As Susan sits chatting to a nurse in a London clinic, a light tapping sound by her head signals that parts of her brain are being zapped by thousands of tiny electromagnetic pulses from a machine plugged into the wall.</p>
More than 30% of adults in the United States have hypertension, although more of the cases are uncontrolled than are controlled.
In this podcast, Bisharah Rizvi, MD, and Vijay Balasubramanian, MD, MRCP (UK), talk about their research paper that they presented at CHEST 2021, which examined hospital data to determine the burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension from 2007 to 2017.
Dr Krysko: I'm Kristin Krysko. I'm a neurologist and a multiple sclerosis/neuroimmunology clinical research fellow at the University of California, San Francisco, where I'm studying treatment of pediatric MS. This study is entitled “Real-world Effectiveness of Initial Treatment with Newer compared to Injectable Disease-modifying Therapies in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis.”
I humbly disagree with the authors of a Photoclinic case on bilateral clinodactyly of the fifth finger that was published in your January issue. Drs Alexander Leung and W. Lane M. Robson write: "In most cases, the condition is an isolated anomaly and is not of any medical significance.
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<p>In his recent editorial "Why We Need to Know the Limitations of Evidence-Based Medicine" (CONSULTANT, August 2006, page 963), Dr Gregory Rutecki questioned whether the findings of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can be extrapolated to patients in primary care practices, who often have multiple comorbidities. A sampling of the feedback we received appears below, along with Dr Rutecki's responses.<br />
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<p><span>Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning adolescents who face bullying and other types of abuse have been told in the media, "It gets better," and new research supports that claim.</span></p>
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<p>Women with anxiety disorders may be more likely to have babies who cry excessively, suggests a new German study.</p>
In this video, Paulina Haight, MD, discusses her team's study, which aimed to determine the association between platinum-free interval and the response to subsequent treatment for patients with recurrent endometrial cancer. Dr Haight lays out the four big conclusions that could be drawn from the study, including the patient response rates to repeat platinum vs lenvatinib/pembrolizumab, what is next for research on this topic, and what other physicians can take away from this study.