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GI physicians urge COVID-19 vaccines for all IBD patients
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- Marcia Frellick
"The [vaccines] leading the pack do not have any replicating virus and thus can be used in immunocompromised people," said Maria Abreu, MD.
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GI physicians urge COVID-19 vaccines for all IBD patients
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
"The [vaccines] leading the pack do not have any replicating virus and thus can be used in immunocompromised people," said Maria Abreu, MD.
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IBD: Fecal calprotectin’s role in guiding treatment debated
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- Marcia Frellick
"There's a lot of variation, which makes the cutoffs good on average for populations but a little bit more difficult to apply to individuals,"...
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IBD: Fecal calprotectin’s role in guiding treatment debated
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
"There's a lot of variation, which makes the cutoffs good on average for populations but a little bit more difficult to apply to individuals,"...
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Medical societies waive fees, weigh other options during pandemic
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- Marcia Frellick
Medical societies are straddling the line between needing income to provide resources for members but being...
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FDA authorizes baricitinib combo for COVID-19
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- Marcia Frellick
The combination treatment is meant for patients who need supplemental oxygen, mechanical ventilation, or...
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Painful ethical choices in 2020 vs. 2010: How has thinking changed?
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- Marcia Frellick
Several of the questions in the survey revolved around end-of-life decisions.
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Tofacitinib effective for ankylosing spondylitis in phase 3
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- Marcia Frellick
The oral JAK inhibitor was significantly more effective than placebo at primary and secondary endpoints. Safety risks were comparable to those for...
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Proposed RA guidelines: Maximize methotrexate before switching
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- Marcia Frellick
The guidelines, updated from 2015, recommend using methotrexate aggressively before switching to a biologic or JAK inhibitor. They also urge...
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Five pediatric heart health practices that may be unnecessary
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- Marcia Frellick
In all cases, family history is vitally important.
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Osteoporosis underdiagnosed in older men with fracture
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
Even men at high risk for the disease are overlooked for screening as osteoporosis has been thought of as a disease of White women.
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Methotrexate users need tuberculosis tests in high-TB areas
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
Those taking corticosteroids or other immunosuppressants are at particularly high risk, a systematic review of literature finds.
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Pregnancy can be safe with interstitial lung disease
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
Often women with ILD related to an autoimmune disease are advised to avoid conception or terminate their pregnancies. But the largest study to...
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COVID-19–related HCQ shortages affected rheumatology patients worldwide
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
Data from the Global Rheumatology Alliance Patient Experience Survey presented at ACR Convergence 2020 demonstrate that the severity of shortages...
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Primary care journals address systemic racism in medicine
- Author:
- Marcia Frellick
Each family medicine publication plans to implement different changes.