Obesity Impacts Outcomes Following Liver Transplant
Liver transplant recipients with obesity experience similar survival compared with recipients who...
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Biopsy-Proven Rejection Predicts Poor Liver Transplant Outcomes
Early, biopsy-proven acute cellular rejection (EBPR) following liver transplant is associated with...
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Risk for Breast Cancer Examined After False-Positive Mammogram
The risk for developing breast cancer after a false-positive mammography result varies with age,...
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Mortality Higher for Black Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemo for Breast Cancer
For patients with early-stage breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT), Black...
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ASTRO Issues Guidance Related to Partial Breast Irradiation
In a clinical practice guideline published in Practical Radiation Oncology, the American Society...
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Liver Cancer Odds Higher in Mexican Americans With Each New Generation
The risk for developing liver cancer appears to be rising in each successive generation of...
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Visual Disability in IRD Is Common & Begins Early
Patients with inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) experience significant visual disability,...
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Wide Spectrum of ABCA4-Associated Disease Complicates Diagnoses
ABCA4-associated retinal degeneration (ABCA4-RD) encompasses a wide phenotypic spectrum that can...
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Zoonotic Spillover Likely to Continue Increasing Worldwide
The number of zoonotic spillover events and reported deaths have increased at an annual rate of...
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Doxycycline Combo Shows 17% Lower Risk of Infection in Pneumonia Treatment
For patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), doxycycline is associated with a reduced...
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Willingness to Use PrEP Varies Among Black Cisgender Women
Individual, interpersonal, and structural factors influence the willingness to use PrEP among...
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Patient Characteristics Influence Rates of PrEP Discontinuation
Adherence to daily PrEP is high among patients with commercial insurance, but most patients...
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Disparities Found in Rates of PrEP Discontinuation
Disparities exist in rates of PrEP reversal and abandonment, according to findings published in...
Read MoreCombining Measures May Improve Detection of Poor Neurocognition in HIV
Combining frailty measures may the improve detection of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND), according to findings published in AIDS. David Moore, PhD, and colleagues assessed the best measure for predicting HAND in...
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Functional Development Generally Stabilizes After Epilepsy Surgery
Children with focal epilepsy generally achieve stabilization of intellectual and developmental...
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Beneficial in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) improves the performance of global psychomotor functions for...
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ASTRO Issues Guidance Related to Partial Breast Irradiation
In a clinical practice guideline, the ASRO presented recommendations to inform best clinical practices on using partial breast irradiation
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Fixed-Ratio Spirometry Underdiagnoses COPD in African Americans
The fixed-ratio spirometric criteria for COPD underdiagnoses potential COPD in African American patients.
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Almost 3,000 Cases of West Nile Virus Reported in U.S. in 2021
In 2021, there were 3,035 reports of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) in the United States, including 2,911 caused by West Nile virus
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Exploring the Link Between Severe Hypoglycemia and Dementia
The risk for dementia associated with hypoglycemia was consistently more than doubled in both...
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