Early Screening Critical to Address Comorbidities in Older Patients With HIV
As the earliest patients to be diagnosed with HIV age, early screening has become critical to address the impact of comorbidities in older patients with HIV. This is the second in a two-part series on...
View ArticleHow Physicians Can Set Themselves Up for Financial Success
What physicians need to be aware of when it comes to tax breaks for alternative forms with physician employment. Side gigs and the pursuit of extracurricular, non-medical passions are growing to be...
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Some Women in Their 40s Prefer to Delay Breast Cancer Screening
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A considerable proportion of women aged 39 to 49 years prefer to delay breast cancer screening, especially after a decision aid (DA) intervention, according to...
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Hospital-Onset SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Omicron Linked to Morbidity
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — During the omicron era, hospital-onset severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection remained associated with increased morbidity and...
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Psychological Risks Increased for Transgender Youth at Gender Identity...
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Transgender youth have an increased risk for attempting suicide or running away from home in association with gender identity milestones, with the association...
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Metformin, SGLT2 Inhibitors Exhibit Significantly Lower Dementia Risk
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Compared with other antidiabetic classes, metformin and sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) exhibit significantly lower dementia risk,...
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Total Dietary Quality Score Improved for U.S. Children During 2005 to 2020
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Total dietary scores improved for U.S. children during 2005 to 2020, with increases for all diet adequacy components, apart from dairy, according to a research...
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Low Quantity of Opioids Used After ED Discharge for Acute Pain
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For patients presenting with acute pain, the quantity of opioids consumed during two weeks after emergency department discharge is low and varies across pain...
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PREVENT Equations Show Lower ASCVD Risk Than Pooled Cohort Equations
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The 10-year predicted atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk estimated by the Predicting Risk of cardiovascular disease EVENTs (PREVENT) equations...
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Hospital Admissions for Epilepsy Change With Climatic Factors
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Changes in climate are possible trigger factors for seizure-related hospitalizations in patients with epilepsy, according to a study published online June 11 in...
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Transcatheter PDA Closure Increasingly Used for Very Low Birth-Weight Infants
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For very low birth-weight (VLBW) infants, transcatheter closure of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is increasingly used, with selected short-term outcomes...
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Modifiable Risk Factors Account for Many Cancer Cases, Deaths
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An estimated 40.0 percent of all incident cancer cases and 44.0 percent of cancer deaths are attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors among U.S....
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Successful Pregnancy Possible for Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Successful pregnancies are feasible for female allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (alloHCT) recipients, with most pregnancies occurring spontaneously,...
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Out-of-Pocket Costs Considerable, Increasing for Prostate Cancer Diagnostic...
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For patients with private insurance undergoing diagnostic testing after prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening, out-of-pocket costs are considerable...
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Global Childhood Vaccination Rates Still Haven’t Recovered from Pandemic...
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than four years after the pandemic began, childhood vaccination rates worldwide have yet to recover, a new report shows. The latest data, issued Monday by...
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Five Cases of Bird Flu Reported in Colorado Poultry Workers
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Five poultry workers in Colorado have been diagnosed with bird flu, state health officials reported Sunday. “In coordination with the Colorado Department of...
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Late Cancer Diagnosis Biggest Health Concern for Most, Poll Shows
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to health worries, cancer leads the way, a new poll shows. The University of Cambridge poll included 2,000 adults who said their biggest concern...
View ArticleInvestigating the Role of GPT in Pediatric Stroke Research
The following is a summary of “GPT for Pediatric Stroke Research: A Pilot Study,” published in the July 2024 issue of Pediatrics by Fiedler et al. Pediatric stroke poses significant morbidity in...
View ArticleExploring the Efficacy of Virtual Reality in Managing Postsurgical Pain
The following is a summary of “Virtual Reality for Postsurgical Pain Management: An explorative randomized controlled study,” published in the July 2024 issue of Surgery by Lier et al. Virtual reality...
View ArticleImpact of Organ Involvement, Sex, Race, and Duration of Symptoms...
The following is a summary of “Sarcoidosis Diagnostic Score (SDS) System: Impact of Race, sex, organ involvement and duration of symptoms prior to Diagnosis,” published in the July 2024 issue of...
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