Comorbidity

The burden of age-related comorbidities was greater in women compared with men, particularly among those with HIV, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found.

Prevalence of prurigo nodularis is higher than previously estimated and is associated with many comorbidities, according to a study.

SAN FRANCISCO — In a video perspective, Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH, professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine, discusses medical comorbidities associated with homelessness, namely of the feet.

SAN FRANCISCO — Among people with multimorbidity, those with greater religiosity or spirituality were more likely to seek out a religious or spiritual leader for their mental health concerns before looking to a mental health professional.

Among people with depression, the most common reasons for hospitalization were physical conditions rather than psychiatric ones, according to findings published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Anthony Lembo, MD, Director of Research for Cleveland Clinic's Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, discusses the diagnostic process for patients presenting with constipation; approaching management of patients with IBS-C and CIC; treatment options and recent therapeutic advances; health disparities; and important challenges of care.

SEATTLE — Among men aged at least 40 years who experienced a fracture, most with subsequent fractures in the next 2 years had cardiometabolic comorbidities and used medications linked to increased fall risk, according to researchers.

Women with HIV who had greater cumulative viremia had an increased risk of multimorbidity and developing five vascular-related non-AIDS comorbidities, according to a recent study.

A decline in lifestyle trajectory over time is associated with increased risk for incident ischemic heart disease, according to a study published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Patients with keloids and hypertrophic scarring were at a higher risk of developing atopic eczema, in addition to other comorbidities, across three major ethnic groups, according to a study.