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‘Round Face’: A Viral Term’s Real Diagnostic Implications
‘Moon face,’ usually refers to Cushing syndrome or treatment with prolonged high-dose glucocorticoids.
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IBS: Understanding a Common Yet Misunderstood Condition
Today, several dietary, pharmacologic, and psychological/behavioral approaches are available to treat patients with IBS.
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Can We Repurpose Obesity Drugs to Reverse Liver Disease?
A new retrospective observational study offers evidence that GLP-1 RAs may have a direct impact on MASLD,...
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The Pediatrician’s Role in Suicide Prevention
Awareness of pediatric and adolescent suicidality is relevant to all physicians who treat children.
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Ghost Fat: The Unseen Consequences of Weight Loss
The body dissatisfaction of some people who lose weight may be long-standing, predating the weight loss, or may be new because weight loss has...
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Diagnosing and Managing Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Tips for Practicing Clinicians
Healthcare providers should be familiar enough with Duchenne muscular dystrophy to provide timely diagnosis and early intervention as well as...
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Muscle fat: A new risk factor for cognitive decline?
“Increasing adiposity – or fat deposition – in skeletal muscles predicted faster cognitive decline, irrespective of demographics or other disease...
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Link between bipolar disorder and CVD mortality explained?
The findings “call for additional research focused on shared biological mechanisms linking vascular health and mood symptoms of BD,” said Dr....
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Bullying in academic medicine rife, underreported
“We found that bullies are commonly men and senior consultants, while more than half of their victims are women,” said Dr. Harriette G.C. Van...