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Isotretinoin users do not have higher suicide risk: meta-analysis
The analysis showed that the 1-year absolute risk from between two and eight studies of suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, completed suicides,...
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Saltwater gargling may help avoid COVID hospitalization
Hospitalization rates in the low- (18.5%) and high- (21.4%) saline groups were significantly lower than in the reference control population.
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Survey: 42% of PCPs not familiar with biologics for asthma
“The results of the survey point to the need to improve the communication between primary care physicians and asthma care specialists, including...
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Alpha-gal syndrome: Red meat is ‘just the beginning,’ expert says
“We are seeing increasing diagnoses of AGS in places that are not, perhaps, where we first thought this allergy existed.”
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Studies address primary care oral health screening and prevention for children
In one paper, the United States Preventive Services Task Force finds there’s not enough evidence for routine oral health screening in primary care...
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Black men are at higher risk of prostate cancer at younger ages, lower PSA levels
A large Veterans Affairs study finds that Black men with a prebiopsy PSA level of 4.0 ng/mL had the same risk of prostate cancer as White men with...
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Testosterone treatment helps correct anemia in men with hypogonadism
Researchers find it also may help prevent anemia in middle-aged and older men.
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COVID, no matter the severity, linked with urologic effects in men
“Clinicians should be aware of the significantly higher incidence of [lower urinary tract infection] complications with COVID-19 in this patient...
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FDA approves bimekizumab for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adults
With this approval, bimekizumab becomes the only interleukin (IL)-17A and IL-17F inhibitor approved for the treatment of these patients.
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Biomarkers may help women with RA to decide on medications in pregnancy
Researchers find differences in gene expression before pregnancy that could help women with rheumatoid arthritis choose to stop or continue...
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Maternal pertussis vax effective for infants in most vulnerable months
Large study also helps answer questions on duration of effectiveness and the potential “blunting” effect in infants.
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Should children know the severity of their disease? AAP weighs in with report
The default should be to include children in conversations about their illness in a developmentally appropriate way, AAP says.
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Creatine may improve key long COVID symptoms: Small study
A small randomized, controlled study finds a significant reduction in hallmark long COVID symptoms, but there are important unanswered questions...
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Minimally invasive surfactant shows some benefit in infants’ first 2 years
MIST, compared with sham treatment, did not reduce death or neurodevelopmental disability, but infants who received MIST had lower rates of poor...
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Hydroxychloroquine blood level ‘sweet spot’ may maximize efficacy in lupus
Researchers identified a blood-level reference range linked with 71% lower odds of active lupus.