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A recent study aimed to identify the prevalence of pre-existing chronic conditions in older adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy compared to those without epilepsy. Utilizing a random sample of nearly five million Medicare...

Examining the impact of race/ ethnicity in PrEP care without considering structural racism and dis – crimination may miss certain factors that impact care, according to results published in AIDS and Behavior. Florence...

Researchers have identified significant sex imbalances in two autosomal macular dystrophies, suggesting sex may act as a modifier for nonABCA4 autosomal macular dystrophies. Results were published in Investigative Ophthalmology...

While most sexual minority men (SMM) had favorable reactions to “Undetectable=Untransmittable” (U=U) messaging about HIV transmission, there are many who remain skeptical, according to findings published in JAIDS. Sarah K....

The optimal BMI cutoff point appears to be 27 kg/m 2 for detecting obesity in middle-aged and older adults, according to a study presented at the 31st European Congress on Obesity. Marwan El Ghoch, MD, and colleagues used data...

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for cT4N0-1M0 NSCLC is safe, does not compromise survival rates, and results in shorter hospital stays compared with open surgery, according to a study in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic...

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) questionnaire demonstrated excellent test-retest reliability across different demographics and screening modalities, according to data in Alcohol Clinical &...

Black patients undergoing IBD surgery face higher rates of infections, morbidity, and mortality, and have longer hospital stays despite fewer comorbidities, according to research presented in the Annals of Gastroenterology. The...

Patients with psoriasis who screen positive for PsA may not be properly diagnosed with PsA, according to a study in Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. Carly Grant, MD, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional analysis of...

A new multi-network fusion object detection framework showed superior diagnostic performance for scalp psoriasis compared with dermatologists, according to a study in Skin Research and Technology. Honghai Ji and colleagues...

Intraoperative flow cytometry (iFC) was an effective tool for characterizing non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC), according to a study in Cancers. Georgios Markopoulos, PhD, and col – leagues designed a prospective clinical...

Black women hospitalized for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) bloodstream infections (BSI) face increased 30-day mortality, according to a study presented at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and...

Hyper-reflective foci in diabetic macular edema are closely associated with disease severity and progression, according to findings published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. Esther L. von Schulthess, MD, and...

RSV is often under-detected in adults because routine diagnostics typically rely on a single nasal/ nasopharyngeal swab (NPS), according to results presented at the 2024 American Thoracic Society International Conference. The...

Men with diabetes have a greater risk for complications than women irrespective of diabetes duration, according to a study in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. Alice A. Gibson and colleagues investigated sex...

Researchers recently assessed the effective – ness of a specialized inpatient rehabilitation program for patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy within a year of diagnosis. It was an open, prospective, controlled study...

Rapid PrEP initiatives were unanimously supported by both patients and clinicians at a sexual health center, indicating the potential of this approach for initiating PrEP, according to findings published in the Journal of the...