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Christopher R. Blagg, MD, FRCP, who was integral in standardizing outpatient dialysis care in the 1960s, died on March 31. He was 91 years old.

CHICAGO — A higher rate of urinary tract infection and longer length of stay were seen in patients who received routine indwelling catheterization during total hip arthroplasty, according to findings of a retrospective study.

In 2019, experts at Harvard and other health organizations in the United States declared physician burnout a public health crisis.

In patients with cystic fibrosis, lower preoperative BMI was linked to lower likelihood for BMI recovery within 1 year of lung transplant, but those who achieved BMI recovery within 1 year after transplant had improved survival, researchers reported.

In a new study, survival of ICU hospitalization for acute respiratory failure and discharge without severe cognitive dysfunction in early childhood was associated with significantly lower subsequent IQ scores compared with matched siblings.

An analysis published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology showed global progress in decreasing diabetes mortality in those younger than 25 years, with less pronounced reductions in low and low-middle sociodemographic countries.

The Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium has announced new leadership.

Four body fat-related biomarkers are linked to risk for type 2 diabetes for parous women; for one of these, the association differs by gestational diabetes status, researchers found.

Only 30% to 50% of U.S. adults achieved sustainable BP control over 18 months after BP-lowering drug initiation, according to results of an electronic health record-based longitudinal cohort study.

Though sometimes complex, treat-to-target strategies for psoriatic arthritis can lead to lower symptom states, better physical functionality and less structural damage to joints, according to Philip Mease, MD, a clinical professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Director of rheumatology research at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle.