Exploring the Link Between Psoriasis & Colorectal Cancer
Data indicate that psoriasis is one of the most common immune-mediated disorders, affecting...
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Author: Rebecca Shover
Exploring Sex-Specific Links of CV Risk Factors, Biomarkers With Incident Heart Failure
Cardiovascular (CV) risk factors are strongly and similarly associated with incident heart failure...
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Disparities in Outpatient Ophthalmologic Care
Research indicates discrepancies in access to healthcare and prevalence of ophthalmologic...
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ACR Convergence 2020: Steroid Injections Do Not Advance the Need for Joint Replacement
A recent cohort study suggested a three-fold higher risk for knee osteoarthritis (OA) progression...
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ACR Convergence 2020: Osteoporosis in Men Often Overlooked, Rarely Treated
Current recommendations for testing of male osteoporosis patients are rather inconsistent, leading...
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ACR Convergence 2020: SARDS Associated With Worse COVID-19-Related Outcomes
Data are lacking on whether patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs)...
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ACR Convergence 2020: Increased Long-Term Cardiovascular Event Risk in Children With Kawasaki Disease
Despite research showing Kawasaki disease (KD) is associated with coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs)...
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ACR Convergence 2020: In-Hospital Vasculitis-Associated Mortality Rates Declining
With few population-based studies assessing vasculitis-related mortality, most of which are...
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Reopening Allergy & Immunology Services During COVID-19
Patients and providers alike were caught by surprise with the sudden change required for social...
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Testing Visual Acuity Via Telemedicine
“Telemedicine has been brought to the forefront of everyone’s practice during the COVID-19...
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Promising Outcomes With Telemedical Asthma Education for School-Age Children
Asthma affects nearly 6 million children in the United States, with annual school absences of 13.8...
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Assessing Interventions for Enhancing Components of Wisdom
“Wisdom is a complex multicomponent human personality trait that confers benefits at the...
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Cutanous Squamous Cell Cancer Rates Are Increasing
Incident rates are expect to continue to increase over the next decade The incident rate of...
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IDWeek 2020: Physicians Taking a Hit in the Wallet by COVID-19
To evaluate the impacts of COVID-19—such as job loss, increased work hours, and the compensation...
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IDWeek 2020: Acute HIV Cases Discovered Upon COVID-19 Screening
Although evidence indicates that undiagnosed cases of HIV are often found during routine screening...
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IDWeek 2020: Dr. Fauci “Cautiously Optimistic” for COVID-19 Vaccine by Year’s End
Anthony Fauci, MD, said during a presentation at IDWeek that he is “cautiously optimistic” that a...
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IDWeek 2020: Multidisciplinary Approach Curbs Opioid Use in Patients With IV Drug Use- Associated Infections
In 2018, University of Kentucky (UK) HealthCare reported 400 cases of endocarditis, of which 73%...
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IDWeek 2020: Device Eliminates Blood Culture Contamination
Lucy S. Tompkins, MD, PhD, reported zero blood culture contamination events (0.0% contamination...
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ACEP20: Violence Protection in the ED
The best strategy for addressing extreme violence, including a shooter, in the ED is preparation...
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ACEP20: Advice on Treating Genitourinary Emergencies
In a presentation from Lauren Westafer, DO, MPH, MS, advised emergency physicians to not treat...
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