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Remote electrical neuromodulation device helps reduce migraine days
The device decreased the number of migraine days by an average of 4 days per month.
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Brepocitinib improves symptoms of mild to moderate AD in phase 2b trial
In addition to AD, brepocitinib is currently being developed as a treatment for dermatomyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus, hidradenitis...
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ICD-10 code can identify patients with melasma for future study
“Overall, our results support the validity of using the ICD-10 code for melasma to identify patients with a diagnosis of melasma for future...
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Immediate skin-to-skin contact after cesarean section improves outcomes for parent, newborn
“One of the greatest take-home points from the study was that early skin-to-skin really promoted initiation of breastfeeding.”
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Health care providers should have higher suspicion for rare diseases
Learning to recognize when a cluster of symptoms doesn’t fit a pattern is important, as patients and their providers tend to gravitate toward...
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Headache for inpatients with COVID-19 may predict better survival
Headache arising secondary to COVID-19 infection may be a marker of enhanced likelihood of survival.
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Body-brain neuroinflammation loop may cause chronic ME/CFS, long COVID symptoms
ME/CSF and long COVID are biologically based and involve ‘much disturbed physiology.’
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Large study reaffirms rare risk of TNF inhibitor–induced psoriasis in patients with RA, IBD
Compared with conventional treatment, the risk of developing nonpustular psoriasis was twofold higher among patients receiving TNFi treatment.
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Therapeutic patient education can help with adherence to treatment
Therapeutic patient education is recommended for children and adults with moderate to severe AD in the 2020 European Task Force on Atopic...
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Steroid phobia drives weaker prescribing, nonadherence for AD
The source of these fears can be information from friends, relatives, media, the Internet, as well as doctors.
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Repurposed drug could revolutionize stem cell transplantation
Abatacept to prevent for acute graft-versus-host disease is a game changer for patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplants who lack...
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Early treatment may delay atherosclerosis in familial hypercholesterolemia
Cholesterol-lowering treatment early in life appeared to slow intima-media growth in a meta-analysis.
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Health disparities exist all over rheumatology: What can be done?
Health equity should be a “desirable goal” for patients who experience health disparities, but it needs to be a “continuous effort,” said Dr....
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Rheumatology patients seek guidance on CBD, cannabis products
Dr. Orrin Troum suggests putting away any personal biases you may have to learn how to best advise patients who are using or considering using...
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Treat-to-target in RA: Questions remain about adoption, measurement
Rheumatologists Jack Cush and Martin Bergman debate the value of using a treat-to-target approach in managing patients with RA, focusing on...