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In a cohort of children with refractory immune thrombocytopenic purpura, researchers compared effects of a combination therapy vs dexamethasone alone.
<p>A new study suggests that smoking may be responsible for 60,000 to 120,000 more deaths in the U.S. each year than previously thought.</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.
Geriatricians and other healthcare professionals who care for older adults with dementia are often confronted with difficult questions and issues.
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.
<p><span>Functional overconnectivity between brain regions may underlie the sensory overresponsivity seen in young people with ASD.</span></p>
<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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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.
In addition to seeing improvements in cholesterol levels, older men taking statins may notice some positive effects from the medication in the bedroom as well.
Researchers have discovered a new class of lipids called fatty-acid esters of hydroxyl fatty acids (FAHFAs) that may be a useful tool in the battle against type 2 diabetes.
Because of the way that technology keeps moving forward Clinical Geriatrics® will become an online-only publication starting with the May 2013 issue.
A new study examined the effects of a walnut-enriched diet on learning skills, memory, anxiety, and motor coordination in Alzheimer’s disease.
A team of researchers have published a core outcome set (COS) that consists of the 9 most critical outcomes in bariatric and metabolic surgery clinical trials.
A study examined the role of time of onset of niacin-related facial adverse events in patient-reported perception of symptom severity.