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Type 1 diabetes diagnoses, DKA increase during COVID-19 pandemic
More children were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and experienced diabetic ketoacidosis at presentation, in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic than in the previous 5 years, according to data published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Hormone deficiency may negatively alter response to statin therapy
Vitamin D and thyroid hormones are important modulators in the treatment of cardiometabolic disease and should be incorporated into clinical decision making, according to a speaker.
Going the extra mile — or 26.2, to be exact — to fulfill a promise to a patient
Three weeks after Christmas, James H. Flint, MD, set an alarm a bit earlier than normal for a Sunday.
Despite abundance of biologics for PsA, disease domains 'dictate treatment'
Although a range of biologic options are available to clinicians treating psoriatic arthritis, it crucial to know which disease domains are involved as this will “dictate treatment,” according to a presenter at the Biologic Therapies Summit.
UC San Diego Health appoints Susan Bukata, MD, as chair of orthopedic surgery
The University of California San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Health announced Susan Bukata, MD, as chair of the department of orthopedic surgery.
Association elects 25 fellows of AACR Academy
American Association for Cancer Research elected 25 scientists as fellows of the AACR Academy.
Active surveillance not linked to higher mortality for Black men with prostate cancer
Black men with low-risk prostate cancer had a significantly higher 10-year cumulative incidence of disease progression and definitive treatment than white men, according to results of a retrospective cohort study published in JAMA.
Young and female patients with cancer may not respond as well to immunotherapy
The immune cells of young and female individuals typically are very potent due to genetic and hormonal factors.
Family history-based screening could improve detection of early-onset colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer could have been diagnosed earlier or possibly prevented among adults aged 40 to 49 years had these individuals undergone screening in accordance with family history-based guidelines, according to results of a retrospective analysis published in Cancer.
50-year-old woman with ulnar-sided wrist pain
A 50-year-old right-hand-dominant woman with a history of a left distal radius fracture presented to the orthopedic clinic 5 weeks after a ground-level fall. She was told at the time of her initial injury that she had sustained a distal radius fracture, but she did not feel an urgency to follow up because she had a low-demand occupation. At her initial visit, there was no gross motion at the fracture site and the patient was not interested in operative intervention. Subsequently, she was lost to follow-up until 3 months post-injury. At that time, she reported a pain-free period after her last visit followed by new onset ulnar-sided left wrist pain that occurred mostly during pushing and pulling activity. On exam, the patient was noted to have minimal radial- sided tenderness. On the ulnar side, there was significant tenderness over the extensor carpi ulnaris. Range of motion testing revealed 20° less wrist extension compared with the contralateral side.