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February 25, 2022
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Remote 6-minute walk testing may be valid in pulmonary hypertension

Remote 6-minute walk testing may be valid in pulmonary hypertension

Remote 6-minute walk testing was consistent with standardized clinic walks and may be valid in pulmonary testing, researchers reported in the American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine.

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February 16, 2022
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Text messaging intervention improved outcomes in patients with unexpected surgical delays

Text messaging intervention improved outcomes in patients with unexpected surgical delays

Results showed psychological intervention delivered via automated mobile messaging robots improved function and outcomes in patients who experienced unexpected surgical delays during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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February 03, 2022
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Trial-ineligible patients more likely to receive immunotherapy despite lack of benefit

Trial-ineligible patients more likely to receive immunotherapy despite lack of benefit

Trial-ineligible patients with advanced cancer appeared nearly twice as likely as trial-eligible patients to receive immunotherapy, despite no evidence of a survival benefit compared with chemotherapy for this population.

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February 01, 2022
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Global analysis: Homozygous FH often undertreated

Global analysis: Homozygous FH often undertreated

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, although rare, is frequently undertreated, especially in non-high-income countries, and is sometimes diagnosed after atherosclerosis or aortic stenosis is already present, researchers reported.

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January 26, 2022
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Stopping SRIs in OCD may be noninferior to continuing, but monitoring needed

Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who were well after exposure/response prevention therapy often could discontinue a serotonin reuptake inhibitor and have similar outcomes to those who continued an SRI.

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January 24, 2022
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Town Hall: What to Know About Omicron, Quarantines, Outpatient Management and More

Town Hall: What to Know About Omicron, Quarantines, Outpatient Management and More

In this episode, Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE, is joined by Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, and Amesh Adalja, MD, FIDSA, as they discuss quarantine and isolation guidelines, emerging therapies to treat COVID-19, and the anticipated future of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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December 30, 2021
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DMARD interruptions rose 80% in early 2021 among autoimmune rheumatic patients

DMARD interruptions rose 80% in early 2021 among autoimmune rheumatic patients

DMARD interruptions in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases increased more than 80% between December 2020 and May 2021, leading to higher rates of self-reported flares, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

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December 21, 2021
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Melanoma specialist named ASCO’s 2023-2024 president

Melanoma specialist named ASCO’s 2023-2024 president

Lynn M. Schuchter, MD, FASCO, has been elected ASCO president for the 2023-2024 term.

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December 20, 2021
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Elevated spine symptoms in psoriatic arthritis linked to worse quality of life, disease activity

Elevated spine symptoms in psoriatic arthritis linked to worse quality of life, disease activity

Patients with self-reported elevated spine symptoms in psoriatic arthritis, with or without a diagnosis of axial disease, had worse quality of life and disease activity overall versus patients without axial manifestations, according to data.

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December 13, 2021
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Town Hall: Outpatient Management of COVID-19

Town Hall: Outpatient Management of COVID-19

In this episode, Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE, and Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, are joined by Paul E. Sax, MD, as they discuss advances in the outpatient management of COVID-19 and emerging information about the omicron variant.

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