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Guidelines update best practices for hemorrhoid treatment
The American Society of Colorectal Surgeons advises on identification and treatment.
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Social recovery therapy, early intervention ‘superior’ in first-episode psychosis
Young adults with extreme social withdrawal get better outcomes when they participate in programs with broad aims.
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Lung scan often not requested for new SSc patients
Approximately half of rheumatologists order high-resolution CT chest scans for new systemic sclerosis patients.
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Major depression identified in almost 21% of U.S. adults
About one-third of patients with MDD in the United States go untreated.
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USPSTF: Routine screens for ovarian cancer not recommended
USPSTF issues final recommendation against routine screens, citing risk for unnecessary surgeries.
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Patients want information on religious hospitals’ restrictions
Women may not recognize possible limitations to reproductive care in religious hospitals.
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Prazosin falls short for veterans’ PTSD-related sleep problems
Prazosin did appear to reduce suicidal ideation, and subgroups of veterans with PTSD might benefit from the drug.
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Tune in to cardiovascular risk in psoriasis
Treatment of psoriasis also improves markers of vascular inflammation.
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Macrophage activation syndrome’s impact in childhood SLE felt mostly early
MAS remains a concern for children with SLE, but many outcomes were not significantly different from those without the complication.
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Children with sickle cell anemia fall short on antibiotic adherence
Identify barriers to prophylactic antibiotics for sickle cell patients at the time of health care interventions.
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Postcolonoscopy cancer rates persist despite quality protocols
Colonoscopy quality measures fail to improve disease rates in population-based study.
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Multidisciplinary care improves surgical outcomes for elderly patients
Interdisciplinary perioperative care associated with fewer complications, rehospitalizations for seniors.
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Comparing arterial ratios may aid risk assessment in IPF
When researchers divided IPF patients into two groups based on pulmonary artery diameter to ascending aorta diameter ratios, they observed a...
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Shorter walk test predicts IPF outcomes
Researchers compare IPF patients’ 1-minute walk test and 6-minute walk test results.
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Cesarean delivery reduces some risks, raises others
Incontinence, prolapse are less likely after cesarean, but children have increased chance of asthma, obesity.