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ACC 21 looks to repeat success despite pandemic headwinds
Plans for a hybrid meeting this year have pivoted again to fully virtual, but the focus on connection, education, and late-breaking science...
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What to know about COVID-19 vaccines and skin reactions
These manifestations can appear several days after an injection but tend not to be serious.
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Two treatments show early promise for hypothalamic obesity
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High body fat tied to slowed breast maturation in girls with obesity
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Hypertension worsened by commonly used prescription meds
Close to 20% of U.S. adults with hypertension are on a prescription drug, such as NSAIDs, known to raise blood pressure, creating an opportunity...
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Prioritize goals of older patients with multimorbidities, gerontologist says
Physicians advocate offering ‘patient priorities care.’
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Success in LGBTQ+ medicine requires awareness of risk
Cross-sex hormone therapy is a life-sustaining treatment that should be viewed analogously with any other long-term management strategy, such as...
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Psoriasis associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 in real-world study
Those treated with TNF-alpha inhibitors, methotrexate, and apremilast had statistically lower risks of COVID-19 vs. those on topical therapy.
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Hispanic diabetes patients receive less guideline-based care
A new study highlights disparities in health care.
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Cushing’s death rate ‘unacceptable,’ triple that of general population
Death rates among patients with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome have dropped since 2000 but are still threefold that of the general population.
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Fit-for-Fertility program boosts births, is cost effective
The cost in Canadian dollars per additional newborn achieved with the Fit-for-Fertility program was similar to the willingness-to-pay for in vitro...