Massachusetts General Hospital
Fibromyalgia diagnosis may be confounded by small fiber neuropathy
Small fiber neuropathy, a pain-inducing condition that resembles and overlaps with fibromyalgia, may be significantly under-diagnosed in the U.S., according to a presenter at the 2021 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West.
Clearer guidelines needed for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder diagnosis
The prevalence of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder varied significantly based on how the disorder was defined, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
‘Reassuring’: No link between mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and serious side effects
An interim analysis of 6.2 million individuals who received more than 11.8 million doses of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines revealed no significant link between the vaccines and serious adverse events, according to researchers.
New, worsening HF most common causes of type 2 MI
New and worsening chronic HF were the most common causes of type 2 MI, and 20% of patients with a type 2 MI event were readmitted for HF within 1 year, according to data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
For two oncologists, workout accountability partnership becomes lifelong friendship
Over 3 years ago, Suzanne Cole, MD, and Aparna Parikh, MD, joined an online 30-day workout challenge with fitness goals in mind. But they each ended up walking away with much more.
In veterans with COPD, pain highly prevalent and tied to lower exercise capacity
Among veterans with COPD, pain was highly prevalent and was significantly associated with lower exercise capacity, according to findings published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine.
‘Time to get serious’: Rate of gestational diabetes increases in US
In the United States, the rate of gestational diabetes in pregnant patients aged 15 to 44 years with a singleton first live birth increased across all racial and ethnic subgroups during a recent 8-year period, data showed.
Researchers identify skin darkening enzyme that could help prevent skin cancers
Novel pacing system confers favorable clinical response in certain patients with HF
In patients with HF requiring cardiac resynchronization therapy, a left ventricular endocardial pacing system conferred favorable clinical response, according to data presented at Heart Rhythm 2021.
Remote patient monitoring platform to link smartwatches for arrhythmia monitoring launched
Cardiologs announced it has launched a remote patient monitoring platform designed to enable data from smartwatches to be included in remote arrhythmia monitoring systems.