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ACOG guidance addresses cardiac contributors to maternal mortality
NASHVILLE, TENN. – The guidance has the potential to make strides toward eliminating preventable maternal death.
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Type 2 diabetes bumps up short-term risk for bone fracture
Evaluation of risk factors for short- and long-term fracture risk may help improve risk stratification in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Medical cannabis relieved pain, decreased opioid use in elderly
Medical cannabis was an effective and well-tolerated treatment in an elderly cohort of patients with chronic pain.
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‘Mammogram of the heart’: Inside coronary artery calcium scores
Cardiac risks varies widely in diabetes, cardiologist says, and CAC tests offer valuable insight
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Does BMI affect outcomes after ischemic stroke?
Overweight and obese patients have greater survival and less risk of disability after acute ischemic stroke, according to an analysis of the FAST-...
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In chronic pain, catastrophizing contributes to disrupted brain circuitry
MILWAUKEE – Brief cognitive-behavioral therapy holds promise to restore functional connectivity disrupted by pain and catastrophizing.
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Misleading information, reimbursement among the barriers to teledermatology progress
WASHINGTON – Apps can provide misleading information that can lead users “down a wrong diagnostic pathway.”
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CMS pushing primary care with two new payment models
“These models are intended to allow clinicians to focus on patient care, not billing, and to do what they’ve been trained to do,” CMS chief Seema...
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Factors emerge for mitigating CD19 CAR T toxicity
HOUSTON – Cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity are common complications related to CD19-directed CAR T-cell immunotherapies, but research...
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Anxiety can impact patient satisfaction after GERD surgery
Patients on antianxiety drugs have lower satisfaction rates after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.