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What Is the Clinical Course of Low Back Pain?
Patients with back pain lasting longer than 12 weeks showed less chance of pain reduction.
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Prehospital COVID therapy effective in rheumatic disease patients
Patients with rheumatic disease and SARS-CoV-2 infection who received outpatient treatment fared better than similar patients who did not receive...
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Mothers with disabilities less likely to start breastfeeding
The findings suggest the possible need for closer follow-up of a new mother who is breastfeeding and who has an intellectual disability or...
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Uncombable hair syndrome: One gene, variants responsible for many cases
A deficiency in the shaping and mechanical strengthening of the hair shaft occurs in the UHS phenotype, which is characterized by dry, frizzy, and...
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Cannabis industry cribs Big Tobacco’s social responsibility initiatives
“While [corporate social responsibility] activities may have some potential benefits or apparent legitimacy, we have to remember that CSR is also...
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Poor physician access linked with unplanned return ED visits
Difficulty in accessing primary care was associated with a higher rate of return visits to the ED.
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Black Americans’ high gout rate stems from social causes
Primary care providers need to address disparities through more comprehensive care and referrals to rheumatologists.
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Zoster vaccination does not appear to increase flare risk in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disease
For the study, investigators used medical claims from IBM MarketScan in patients aged 50-64 years, and data from the Centers for Medicare and...
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Updated pediatric uveitis recommendations advise on expanded treatment options
The recommendations represent an update of 2018 consensus-based recommendations from the SHARE Initiative and the 2019 American College of...
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Study provides new analysis of isotretinoin and risk for adverse neuropsychiatric outcomes
Although severe neuropsychiatric effects associated with isotretinoin therapy in patients with acne have been reported, “the evidence base ... is...
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Clinical chest images power up survival prediction in lung cancer
“The results of this study demonstrate promising results supportive of the notion that combining clinical and imaging data points can help build a...
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Long-term efficacy, safety data for ixekizumab in pediatric psoriasis reported
No new safety findings during weeks 48 to 108 of the trial were reported, including no new cases of inflammatory bowel disease or Candida...
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Can gram stains guide antibiotics for pneumonia in critical care?
Patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) were assessed.
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Dryness, conjunctival telangiectasia among ocular symptoms common in rosacea
"The study is a reminder that ocular rosacea is, like its facial counterpart, an inflammatory disease that can manifest in many ways."
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International panel backs energy-based devices as first-line treatment of acne scars
A panel of 24 international experts in dermatology and plastic surgery assembled to develop the recommendations for integrating EBDs into the...