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Anorexia nervosa during pregnancy was associated with several adverse neonatal outcomes, such as preterm and small for gestational age birth, compared with women without eating disorders, researchers reported.

Electronic health records appear to pose a considerable burden for oncologists, according to study results.

Patients with opioid use disorder, or OUD, who were treated with buprenorphine during an ED visit had greater odds of continued treatment engagement 30 days later, a study in JAMA Network Open showed.

Economic insecurities are “highly prevalent” among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, and those with more insecurities demonstrate worse self-reported outcomes regardless of poverty or education, according to data.

Diagnostic errors, including problems with patient assessments and test interpretations, were common and harmful among hospitalized patients, sometimes leading to death, a study in JAMA Internal Medicine found.

Homeless veterans with lung or colorectal cancers had higher mortality rates than housed veterans, study data published in JAMA Network Open showed.

C. Benjamin Ma, MD, has been appointed as chair of the department of orthopedic surgery at the University of California San Francisco, according to a press release.

Modifiable risk reduction strategies improved cognitive scores as well as dementia risk factors and quality of life for older adults at risk for dementia, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

SAN DIEGO — Reduced-intensity dosing of talquetamab may improve tolerability without compromising efficacy among patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, according to study results.

Among routinely screened women, annual vs. biennial screening was not a strong risk factor for advanced breast cancer and accounted for a small proportion of diagnoses, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Oncology.