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January 10th 2025
Respiratory patterns and submental surface electromyography may be a reliable indicator of dysphagia among patients with myasthenia gravis.
Health Care Fragmentation and Blood Pressure Control Among Adults Taking Antihypertensive Medication
Among older Black adults taking antihypertensive medication, fragmented ambulatory health care was associated with an increased likelihood of apparent treatment-resistant hypertension with uncontrolled blood pressure.
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Potential Link Found Between Thrombotic Events, Mortality in Patients With PV, ET
March 13th 2022Patients with polycythemia vera (PV) or essential thrombocythemia (ET) had a higher risk of thrombotic events than the general population, which was associated with mortality in a recent study.
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Elevated Repolarization Dispersion Linked With LV Diastolic Discoordination in Pediatric PAH
March 12th 2022Repolarization dispersion has been linked to echocardiographic measures of diastolic dysfunction in past research, and a recent study found it potentially indicative of pulmonary arterial hypertension severity.
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Study Finds Better Outcomes When Patients Admitted With ARF Have Quick Inter-ICU Transfers
March 11th 2022A retrospective, quasi-experimental study found that patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for acute respiratory failure (ARF) saw better outcomes when an inter-ICU transfer came within the first 2 days of admittance.
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Addressing Low Vitamin D Levels May Reduce Risk of Peripheral Neuropathy in MM
March 11th 2022Researchers found that low levels of vitamin D and the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy were common in patients with multiple myeloma, suggesting that addressing the former could help prevent the latter.
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Dr David Penberthy on ACCC Presidential Theme, Discussions for Next Year’s Meeting
March 10th 2022David Penberthy, MD, MBA, medical director of radiation oncology at Southside Regional Medical Center, discusses his theme as president-elect of the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) and what initiatives and discussions he looks forward to addressing over the next year.
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HIV-1 Virulence Appears More Potent Among Heterosexual Individuals
March 10th 2022This new study evaluated the influence of transmission bottlenecks on HIV-1 infection virulence by comparing outcomes between penile-vaginal intercourse and anal intercourse, and found more severe disease among heterosexual individuals compared with men who have sex with men.
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Worsened Heart Failure Mortality Seen in Presence of Hyperlactatemia
March 8th 2022A new study of patients receiving care for acute heart failure at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, investigated how their clinical outcomes might be affected by elevated lactate levels and primary acid-base disorders.
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Data from 2015 show approximately half of US-born adults were exposed to harmful levels of lead as children; Florida’s Department of Health to advise against COVID-19 vaccination for "healthy" children; Black patients remain underrepresented in clinical trials for newly approved drugs despite FDA efforts.
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Dr Robert Fante: More Data Will Provide More Insight Into Use of Teprotumumab for TED
March 7th 2022As more data are gathered on teprotumumab for use in thyroid eye disease (TED), we’ll have a better understanding of which subgroups respond better or worse to the treatment, explained Robert G. Fante, MD, FACS, president of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and facial plastic surgeon and cosmetic surgeon, Fante Eye & Face Centre in Denver, Colorado.
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PD-1/PD-L1 Pathway May Hold Promise in MDS/AML, Questions Remain
March 7th 2022A new review article outlines the latest research and results into programmed cell death-1/programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-1/PD-L1) inhibitors for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
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CAR T-Cell Therapy in Hematological Cancers: Current Challenges and Future Potential
March 6th 2022Although chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell treatments have shown efficacy in certain cancers, targeting multiple antigens and overcoming production limitations may advance the field and make this therapy more effective and accessible.
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