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Continuous glucose monitoring provides increased benefits in glycemic management compared with self-monitoring of blood glucose. According to a study published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, continuous glucose management...

Accelerated epigenetic aging is seen in women with HIV versus women without HIV, according to a study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Stephanie Shiau, PhD, MPH, from the Rutgers School of Public Health, and...

A study published in the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, evaluated how psychological predictors of subjective health factor into IBD-related disability. Anouk Teugels, a PhD-candidate, and coauthors conducted a cross-sectional...

A recently published study in the Journal of Translational Medicine showed that a newly developed, clinically applicable nomogram model effectively predicted treatment success in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis. To...

The optimal support vector machines model, integrating intratumoral and peritumoral radiomics features, showed promise in predicting brain metastasis in patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer, according to a study recently...

An EHR intervention guided by an HIV risk prediction model significantly boosted the uptake of PrEP care among patients of primary care providers (PCPs) who also treat individuals with HIV, according to a study published in...

Recent guideline recommendations from the Medical Board of the National Psoriasis Foundation suggest that while temporary vaccine cessation is recommended for adult patients with psoriasis receiving most live vaccines, those on...

Mobile health technology was positively evaluated by patients with MS and found to be feasible, according to a study published in Sclerosis. Annibale Antonioni, MD, and colleagues sought to synthesize “evidence about smartphone...

Researchers recently evaluated the relationship between visual function assessments and binocularly performed ADL task tests in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In a prospective casecontrol study, Claire L....

Researchers tested four headmounted displays—AceSight, eSight 3, IrisVision Live, and Jordy—for at-home visual rehabilitation of patients with Stargardt disease. Diana Chabané Schmidt and colleagues conducted the prospective,...

At 6 months, a smartphone-based asthma self-management app improved asthma control and QOL among patients with asthma compared to usual care alone. To assess the impact of a smartphone asthma app on asthma control and QOL,...

In young patients with polycythemia vera or essential thrombocythemia, molecular characterization can be used to determine the risk of thrombosis and disease progression, according to recent findings. Researchers studied data on...

General practitioner-led medication review intervention led to deprescribing and improved self-reported health status in primary care patients without worsening general condition or functional level, according to findings...