Q&A: Addressing Recreational Exercise & AF Risk Per Recently Updated Guidelines
Matthew Budoff, MD, reviews key points from the 2024 HCM guidelines, including recreational exercise, AF, and ICD risks, and discusses the possible impacts.
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Author: Teresa Sellinger
Q&A: Self-Administered Tool Significantly Improves Cognitive Impairment Detection
SAGE and BrainTest are free, self-administered, and efficiently help primary care providers with early cognitive impairment detection.
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Can Depression Plus Comorbid Anxiety Help Predict Cognitive Dysfunction in MS?
Patients with MS performed worse on cognitive tests when they had anxiety and depression compared with patients with only anxiety, only depression, or neither.
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Altered Serum Metabolites in Primary MF Present Opportunities for Antioxidant Therapy
Altered serum metabolites in primary MF present opportunities for antioxidant therapy, as patients with PMF have a different metabolic makeup.
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Which Surgical Techniques Yield the Best Outcomes for Early Endometrial Cancer?
Researchers compared surgical outcomes among patients with early endometrial cancer who underwent laparoscopic, robotic-assisted, or open surgery.
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Optimizing Surgery for Complex Head and Neck NMSCs: Basal and Merkel Cell Carcinomas
Researchers explored risk factors and surgical margins for treating nonmelanoma head and neck cancers such as basal cell carcinoma and Merkel cell carcinoma.
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Machine Learning Expands FAF Image Analysis for Various IRDs
AI-enhanced FAF improves detection and analysis of features of degeneration in retinal images, which may help monitor, predict progression in, and treat IRDs.
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Q&A: First-of-its-Kind Risk Assessment Model Predicts VTE in Patients With Lymphomas
A new risk assessment model predicts VTW, developed to address heterogeneity in lymphoma types and presentations, and the generalizability of existing models.
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Q&A: Addressing Social and Psychological Reasons Women Avoid Health Screenings
Physician’s Weekly spoke with several experts to better understand why women skip vital health screenings and what physicians can do to reduce this gap in care.
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How Clinicians Can Address Factors Influencing Exercise Capacity in COPD
A recent review outlines the factors influencing activity and exercise capacity in COPD, and offers clinicians practical recommendations for improved care.
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Core Set of PROMs Established for Measuring QOL in Patients With Obesity
The SQOT Initiative determined a core set of patient-reported outcome measures for clinicians to measure quality of life while treating patients with obesity.
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Monitoring Platelet Abnormalities to Improve IBD Diagnosis and Prognosis
A recent systematic review and meta-analysis shed light on the significant alterations in platelet parameters among patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
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Comorbidities, Cardiovascular Burden Already Elevated in Early PsA
New findings suggest that even in early disease stages, patients with psoriatic arthritis already have greater multimorbidity and cardiovascular burden.
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Work Productivity Losses Increase With Employee BMI
New research has found that loss of work productivity has increased with privately insured U.S. employees that have high BMIs.
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Most Americans Would Welcome Hospital Care at Home, Survey Shows
Many Americans like the idea of receiving hospital-level care at home, believing they would recover from their ills faster and without safety risks.
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Activity Linked With Lower Stroke Risk in Cancer Survivors
Physical activity and movement has been linked to a lower risk of stroke in patients with cancer.
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Air Pollution Exposure Tied to New Psoriasis
Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with the development of new psoriasis.
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Steatotic Liver Disease Has No Impact on Outcomes in ET, PV
Steatotic liver disease shows no impact on clinical outcomes for patients with essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia.
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Research Examines Impact of Sex, Diabetes and ART on Viremia
Findings published in AIDS suggest an interaction between diabetes control, ART adherence, and viremia, particularly in women.
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Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Recommended for Locally Advanced Lung Cancer
Findings in JAMA Oncology suggest intensity-modulated radiotherapy improves outcomes among patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
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