Tom Collins is a freelance writer in South Florida who has written about medical topics from nasty infections to ethical dilemmas, runaway tumors to tornado-chasing doctors. He travels the globe gathering conference health news and lives in West Palm Beach.
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Bacteria seen as potential lupus triggers
“These data suggest that Ro60 orthologs from human commensal bacteria may initiate and drive lupus pathogenesis,” researchers said.
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Speed mentoring returns to HM meeting
"I think that because we’re a relatively junior field, there is a lot of untapped talent out there – people who have energy and don’t know what to...
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New tracks bring focus to HM18 program
The HM18 schedule provides more flexibility than previous conferences, and attendees have more choices.
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Good definitions, research lacking for COPD-asthma overlap
ORLANDO – Review articles on ACOS outnumber research articles.
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New approaches needed for food allergies in minority children
ORLANDO – Programs need to be targeted to overcome food allergy among African American and Hispanic children.
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Swamp coolers not linked to dust mite sensitization in atopic children
ORLANDO – It may be unnecessary to recommend that atopic children remove their swamp cooler, from a dust mite and mold sensitization standpoint....
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Teleconference is effective in assessing penicillin allergy
ORLANDO - Teleconferencing saved money, physician time, and patient exposure to more potent antibiotics.
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Artificial intelligence hastens review for asthma risk
ORLANDO – “Whenever we do asthma research we need to collect asthma risk factors anyway, but we don’t want to do manual chart review anymore in...
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Unassigned school epinephrine used more than assigned injectors
ORLANDO – Twenty-two percent of the time, the epinephrine use involved the unassigned stock for children with no history of anaphylaxis or allergy...
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Peanut is most prevalent culprit in anaphylaxis PICU admits
ORLANDO – Peanut and dairy were main causes of death of all the food-induced cases.
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Climate change is worsening allergies, expert says
ORLANDO – The evidence of climate change’s contribution to increases in allergies and asthma should be alarming physicians and policy makers.
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App collects allergy symptoms in real time
ORLANDO – Researchers in Australia are using smartphone technology to capture information that could improve patient care and identify symptom...
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‘Modified rush’ immunotherapy delivers good results
ORLANDO – “The beauty of it is you’ve consolidated 3 months into a day.”
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Caring for transgender inpatients
Hospitalists will increasingly find themselves caring for patients who openly claim a gender identity outside the traditional gender categories....