Author: Janine Anthes

For adults with psoriatic diseases, the likelihood of developing bone fractures is increased, although they have no increased risk for osteoporosis, according to a review published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine....

For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), immunoreactivity against Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans serotype b (anti-Aa) and Aa leukotoxin A (anti-LtxA) is associated with atherosclerosis, according to a study published...

For adults with severe COVID-19 pneumonia, no signifi cant diff erences are seen in clinical status or mortality for those receiving convalescent plasma versus placebo, according to a study published in the New England Journal...

For children with exercise-induced respiratory symptoms (EIS), diagnosis at an outpatient clinic often differs from that proposed by the referring physician, according to a study published in Pediatric Pulmonology. Investigators...

Breastfeeding is associated with fewer parent-reported behavioral difficulties, which decrease further with longer duration of breastfeeding, according to a study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Investigators...

Almost all cases of abusive head trauma (AHT) in young children occur in private homes, with the usual child care arrangement in most cases by a single adult in charge of one or more children, according to a study published in...

Cirrhosis disease burden in women has increased substantially since 2000, according to a study presented at The Liver Meeting, the 2020 annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Study...

Genetic variants in some patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are associated with a signifi cantly increased risk for developing thromboembolic disease (TED), according to a study published in Gastroenterology....

Kids given antibiotics before their second birthday may have a heightened risk for chronic conditions like allergies and obesity, a new study suggests. The drugs’ effect on the microbiome might play a role in a baby’s future...

New cannabinoid use is associated with elevated rates of adverse outcomes among older adults with COPD, according to a study published in Thorax. Researchers used administrative data (2006 to 2016) to identify 185,876...

Q: A patient made a completely baseless complaint about me to the state medical board.  The complaint was rapidly dismissed by the board after it requested and reviewed the relevant parts of her records. But the patient told...

After 8 hours of back-to-back virtual engagement with parents, I found myself with a kind of telemedicine fatigue that’s hard to describe. I’m going to continue to dig deeper into this, but I suspect that it represents a couple...

PET-Guided Radiation Reduces Post-op Failure Rates in Recurrent Prostate Cancer The decision to offer radiation after prostatectomy for patients with recurrent prostate cancer has been shown to be complex, and significant...

PET-Guided Radiation Reduces Post-op Failure Rates in Recurrent Prostate Cancer The decision to offer radiation after prostatectomy for patients with recurrent prostate cancer has been shown to be complex, and significant...

I take ER calls as a plastic surgeon. The ER doctor performs the primary repair on cases for which they determine don’t warrant calling me and tells the patients to see me for follow-up. If the patient never calls, am I liable...