Sharon Worcester is an award-winning medical journalist for MDedge News. She has been with the company since 1996, first as the Southeast Bureau Chief (1996-2009) when the company was known as International Medical News Group, then as a freelance writer (2010-2015) before returning as a reporter in 2015. She previously worked as a daily newspaper reporter covering health and local government. Sharon currently reports primarily on oncology and hematology. She has a BA from Eckerd College and an MA in Mass Communication/Print Journalism from the University of Florida. Connect with her via LinkedIn and follow her on twitter @SW_MedReporter.
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Negative symptoms, community integration affect hallucinations in schizophrenia
Major finding: Four baseline factors were found to be predictors of hallucinations: the presence of hallucinations (odds ratio, 9.66);...
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Propranolol safely clears most infantile hemangiomas
Major finding: Among children treated with propranolol, 60% had complete or nearly complete resolution of hemangiomas after 24 weeks, compared...
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Cognition predicts functional ability in older adults with schizophrenia
Major finding: Three cognitive function tests were found to predict function in older adults. Mean scores in the patients vs. controls on MSCEIT,...
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Vismodegib shrinks BCCs, reduces Mohs defect size
Major finding: Vismodegib reduced tumor size by an average of 46% after 3 months.Data source: Interim results from an open-label single-arm...
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For overweight children, inject epinephrine in lower thigh
Major finding: 82% of obese children and 25% of nonobese children had inadequate upper thigh skin surface to muscle depth.Data source: A...
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For overweight children, inject epinephrine in lower thigh
Major finding: 82% of obese children and 25% of nonobese children had inadequate upper thigh skin surface to muscle depth.Data source: A...
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Collaborative care improves response in late-life depression
Major finding: Six-month PHQ-9 scores were significantly lower with collaborative care vs. usual care (6.42 vs. 13.19).Data source: Review of...
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Escitalopram during cancer treatment reduces depression risk
Major finding: During cancer treatment 10% of the treatment group developed depression, versus 24.6% of the placebo group.Data source: A...
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Executive function moderates emotion regulation in MDD
Major finding: Lower Trails B scores were associated with lack of benefit from use of emotion-regulation strategies in depressed older adults.Data...
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NHANES follow-up characterizes asthma/allergy patient mortality
Major finding: The long-term risk of death was significantly increased among NHANES 1 subjects with asthma who were aged 40-75 at baseline (hazard...
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EBSOS implementation improves asthma guideline compliance
Major finding: Before order set implementation, 55.4% of patients received at least one dose of ipratropium bromide, compared with 90.9% after...
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EBSOS implementation improves asthma guideline compliance
Major finding: Before order set implementation, 55.4% of patients received at least one dose of ipratropium bromide, compared with 90.9% after...
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Actual acne treatment lasts longer than studies suggest
Major finding: The mean duration of acne treatment was approximately 9 months in clinical practice vs. 3 months in clinical trials.Data source: A...
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Apremilast improves psoriasis, shows strong safety profile
Major finding: A total of 33.1% of apremilast patients achieved PASI-75, compared with 5.3% of placebo patients.Data source: A phase III,...