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Prioritize goals of older patients with multimorbidities, gerontologist says
Physicians advocate offering ‘patient priorities care.’
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Preventing endoscopist injuries starts with ergonomics
Up to 89% of gastroenterologists report musculoskeletal symptoms - most often back pain, followed by neck pain and hand pain.
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Formal geriatric assessment should be routine
Experts also give alternatives for evaluating older patients with cancer.
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For cervical cancer screening, any strategy is acceptable
Plus, an expert explains why increased rates of HPV vaccination may affect future screening guidelines.
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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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How does fragmented care affect IBD outcomes?
“Health care in the United States is marked by substantial fragmentation, with patients pursuing and receiving care from multiple clinicians,...
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How does fragmented care affect IBD outcomes?
“Health care in the United States is marked by substantial fragmentation, with patients pursuing and receiving care from multiple clinicians,...
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Failure to rescue occurs more often among women of color
Failure-to-rescue rate advances focus from complications themselves – which can occur when care is appropriate and may stem from patient...
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Stethoscope and Doppler may outperform newer intrapartum fetal monitoring techniques
Intermittent auscultation outperformed all other techniques in terms of emergency cesarean deliveries and emergency cesarean deliveries due to...
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Low-risk adenomas may not elevate risk of CRC-related death
The authors of the meta-analysis suggested that the screening interval for patients with LRAs be 10 years to match recommendations for patients...
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Surveillance endoscopy in Barrett’s may perform better than expected
In a low dysplasia prevalence setting, basic techniques such as careful white light inspection along with targeted and Seattle protocol biopsies...
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Lasting norovirus immunity may depend on T cells
The investigators therefore identified seven immunodominant CD8+ epitopes, which they considered “valuable targets for vaccine and cell-based...
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Low-risk adenomas may not elevate risk of CRC-related death
The authors of the meta-analysis suggested that the screening interval for patients with LRAs be 10 years to match recommendations for patients...
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Surveillance endoscopy in Barrett’s may perform better than expected
In a low dysplasia prevalence setting, basic techniques such as careful white light inspection along with targeted and Seattle protocol biopsies...
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Lasting norovirus immunity may depend on T cells
The investigators therefore identified seven immunodominant CD8+ epitopes, which they considered “valuable targets for vaccine and cell-based...