Kidney Week 2020: Intensive Nutritional Supplementation Questionable in Patients on Hemodialysis
New research was presented at Kidney Week 2020 Reimagined, the virtual annual meeting of the...
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Meeting Coverage
CHEST 2020: In-Hospital Mortality Lower With Marijuana Use in Patients With COPD
Research suggests that use of marijuana in the inpatient population is on the rise due to its...
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CHEST 2020: Trends in Foreign Body Aspiration
Data indicate that foreign body aspiration can be potentially life threatening, accounts for...
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CHEST 2020: Prognostic Tool May Help Improve COVID-19 Care
The MuLBSTA score—which incorporates multilobe infiltrate, absolute lymphocyte count ≤0.8 x 109/L,...
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CHEST 2020: Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines Miss High-Risk African Americans
Recommendations for screening with low-dose computed tomography in the 2013 lung cancer guidelines...
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CHEST 2020: Questions Remain Around Link Between Vitamin D and ICU Outcomes
With low levels of vitamin D in critically ill patients with COVID-19 reported in numerous recent...
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Phase III ADAURA Trial: CNS Recurrences slashed for NSCLC
Physician’s Weekly interviews principle investigator, Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, Ensign...
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FMX 2020: Pediatric Supracondylar Fractures of the Humerus & Playground Equipment Safety
New research was presented at FMX 2020, the 2020 American Academy of Family Physicians virtual...
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FMX 2020: Are Marijuana & Obesity Linked?
New research was presented at FMX 2020, the 2020 American Academy of Family Physicians virtual...
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FMX 2020: Structured Yoga Program Decreases Dysmenorrhea-Associated Pain
New research was presented at FMX 2020, the 2020 American Academy of Family Physicians virtual...
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FMX 2020: Involving Adolescents in Medical Decision Making
New research was presented at FMX 2020, the 2020 American Academy of Family Physicians virtual...
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FMX 2020: Project Improves Parent-School-Provider Communication
New research was presented at FMX 2020, the 2020 American Academy of Family Physicians virtual...
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ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS: Ofatumumab Shows Efficacy in New MS Patients
Once-monthly injections allows patients to control their treatment schedule In a group of...
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AAP: Racial Disparity Observed in Child Abuse Reporting
New research was presented at AAP 2020, the 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics Virtual National...
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AAP: Widespread Pre-Sports ECG Screening Is Feasible
New research was presented at AAP 2020, the 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics Virtual National...
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AAP: Firearm Deaths Most Common in Poorest Counties
New research was presented at AAP 2020, the 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics Virtual National...
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AAP: Protocol Reduces Flu Vaccine Hesitancy
New research was presented at AAP 2020, the 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics Virtual National...
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AAP: Risk Behaviors Relatively Common in Gender Diverse Youth
New research was presented at AAP 2020, the 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics Virtual National...
Read MoreECTRIMS 2020 Encore Event: NG-Specific Biomarkers Can Quickly Differentiate NMOSD from MS
Neutrophil granulocyte (NG)-specific biomarkers have high sensitivity and specificity for rapid differentiation between acute neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), anti-MOG-antibody associated disease (MOGAD), and...
Read MoreECTRIMS 2020 Encore Event: Interrupting DMT Due to Pregnancy Increases NfL Levels in MS
During pregnancy and the disease-modifying treatment (DMT)-free postpartum period, serum neurofilament-light (sNfL) levels were augmented [1]. This increase was independent of relapses, suggesting increased subclinical disease...
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