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CT measurements may support patient satisfaction along the continuum of COPD phenotypes, and imaging phenotypes could explain a proportion of COPD heterogeneity, researchers reported in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Use of menthol cigarettes was associated with increased smoking frequency and nicotine dependence among youths in the U.S., according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

My inspiration not only for rheumatology, but also for how to be a better doctor overall, was Martin D. Lidsky, MD. When I was an internal medicine resident at Baylor University, he was a rheumatologist there. He was a consummate professional, and the consummate professor of rheumatology.

DESTIN, Fla. — An ever-increasing array of treatment options is allowing rheumatologists to target specific disease domains in their patients with psoriatic arthritis, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

Atezolizumab administered before and during chemoradiation appeared safe and demonstrated immune-modulating activity among women with node-positive locally advanced cervical cancer, according to study results.

Compared with other first-line osteoporosis treatments, alendronate therapy yielded an increased risk for depression and anxiety, according to an analysis of adverse events reports.

Older adults with higher levels of saturated bone marrow lipids have a higher risk for fractures, whereas those with more unsaturated marrow lipids have a lower fracture risk, according to study findings.

Histrelin implants are effective in sustaining pubertal suppression for more than 1 year in most transgender adolescents and children with central precocious puberty, according to study results published in Transgender Health.

SAN FRANCISCO  — A novel risk-prediction tool based on 290 genetic variants correctly identified men with high or low lifetime risks for developing metastatic or fatal prostate cancer, according to a study presented at ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

Social isolation and loneliness are independently associated with an 11% to 16% higher risk for CVD among older women, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.