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Liver-related deaths decline after Medicaid expansion under ACA
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- Neil Osterweil
Investment in Medicaid expansions paid off in fewer liver-related deaths and a decrease in racial/ethnic disparities.
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Metapneumovirus infections clinically indistinguishable from flu, RSV
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- Neil Osterweil
Those at risk for severe or fatal metapneumovirus infections include frail elderly and patients with...
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Liquid biopsy captures key NASH pathology hallmarks
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- Neil Osterweil
Scanning for key proteins in serum identified fibrosis, inflammation, hepatocyte ballooning, and steatosis with high accuracy.
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Sjögren’s symptom clusters may identify treatment options
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- Neil Osterweil
Patients with Sjögren’s syndrome can be grouped into one of four symptom clusters that can inform research and potentially targeted therapies.
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JIA guideline calls for earlier use of targeted therapies
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- Neil Osterweil
Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis can benefit from earlier introduction of biologic DMARDs, an expert consensus panel said.
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RECIPE trial cooks up gout therapy improvement
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- Neil Osterweil
Serum uric acid levels were significantly lower at 12 and 24 weeks for patients with refractory gout who received pegloticase plus mycophenolate...
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Treatment sequence with romosozumab influences osteoporosis outcomes
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- Neil Osterweil
Administering anabolic agents followed by antiresorptives is associated with higher gains in bone mineral density and improved bone-turnover...
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Warfarin use linked to knee and hip replacement in osteoarthritis patients
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Results of a large nested, case-control study provide further evidence of the role of vitamin K in reducing osteoarthritis progression,...
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Lupus-specific predictors for CVD described in Black patients
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- Neil Osterweil
Discoid rash and renal disorder predicted stroke, and neurologic and immunologic disorder predicted ischemic heart disease in Black patients with...
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Aging with HIV adds to comorbidity burden
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- Neil Osterweil
Interventions need to focus on narrowing the gap in comorbidity-free years between aging populations with and...
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Preemptive CMV monitoring beats prophylaxis post liver transplant
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- Neil Osterweil
CMV disease incidence was lower among patients treated only when CMV viremia was detected compared with those...
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Potentially practice-changing bacterial therapy trials analyzed
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Intravenous fosfomycin could improve treatment of complicated UTIs, but adjunctive inhaled amikacin did not...
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Lower BP and better tumor control with drug combo?
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- Neil Osterweil
Angiotensin II receptor blockers were associated with better responses and survival in patients receiving immune...
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TDF preferred in PrEP for Blacks and women, studies indicate
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Significant weight gain with the newer prodrug of tenofovir, TAF, puts Black women at especially high risk for...
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Shared decision-making aids choice of PrEP
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- Neil Osterweil
Direct-to-consumer advertising has complicated the clinician-patient discussion regarding pre-exposure...