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When counseling women with kidney disease about pregnancy, nephrologists and women’s health providers must emphasize intentionality.

Patients with increased levels of negative pain thoughts may have poor patient-reported outcomes, knee function and general health after arthroscopic meniscectomy, according to published data.

Tofacitinib’s benefits in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis extend through at least 48 months, with no new safety findings, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Results showed patients with postoperative negative pain thoughts after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair may have worse patient-reported outcomes vs. patients without negative pain thoughts or preoperative negative pain thoughts.

SAN DIEGO — The recent approvals of belimumab, golimumab, tofacitinib, secukinumab and ustekinumab in children with rheumatic diseases, all within the past 4 years, have changed the landscape in pediatric rheumatology, noted a speaker here.

Up to 25% of cancer survivors are affected by persistent symptoms of cognitive dysfunction.

Delivery at 39 weeks gestation among pregnancies conceived with infertility treatment was associated with the lowest perinatal risk when comparing delivery risk at a given vs. subsequent gestational week, researchers reported.

Stool from long-term survivors of pancreatic adenocarcinoma had an increased relative abundance of the bacterial species Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and Akkermansia mucinophilia, according to data published in Cancer.

Analyzing psychosocial health and patient-reported outcomes is necessary when treating people with diabetes, and practices should incorporate screening into routine care, according to a review article published in Current Diabetes Reports.

Patients with COPD who experience breathlessness and exertional desaturation may see improvements with use of an oral positive expiratory device, according to study results published in Respiratory Care.