Q&A: Inhalants Other Than Personal Smoking and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jeffrey Sparks, MD, MMSc, says it’s difficult to single out environmental risk factors for RA because of the intersectional nature of patients’ conditions and exposures.
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Reducing Social Isolation Is Key to Successful Aging
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, that more than 60% of US adults were lonely; these numbers only increased during the pandemic. Clinicians should focus more time on the psychological and social factors of aging to improve the quality of life of the elderly.
Underdosing in Patients With Cancer and Obesity: A Thing of the Past?
New guidelines recommend using the full approved doses of immunotherapy and targeted therapies for patients with cancer and obesity.
What Does the Future of the Mental Health Pandemic Hold?
With health experts across the country agreeing we are in the midst of a mental health pandemic, psychiatrist Aaron M. Hawkins, MD offers his view about the current state and the future of mental health in the United States.
Multispecialty Perspectives on Long COVID-19
Experts in infectious disease, pulmonology, cardiology, neurology, and psychiatry share their perspectives on the phenomenon that is long COVID-19.
Life After Medicine: Doctors on How They’ve Tackled Retirement
We speak to two doctors about life after hanging up their white coats.
Systematic Pain Review Sets the Stage for a Gold Standard of Patient Care
Three types of musculoskeletal pain and differences in diagnostic evaluation and treatment were evaluated in an in-depth systematic review to create a gold standard of care.
Universal Genetic Testing Is Far From a Reality in Patients With Ovarian Cancer
A new review points to low rates of genetic testing in patients with ovarian cancer.
Addressing Sleep Disturbances of Parkinson Disease
Sleep disturbances may affect 40% to 90% of patients with PD, and a 2020 study found that about half of patients with PD had multiple sleep disorders.
Calciphylaxis Prevention and Treatment Strategies
Calciphylaxis treatment should include a multimodal approach with a focus on supportive care, infection prevention, pain management, and wound healing.
Complex Interaction Between Migraine Symptoms and Gastrointestinal Comorbidities
Researchers searched publication databases for studies of the gut-brain connection, migraine, and gastric disorders.
Clinical Challenge: Traumatic Eye Injury
A 22-year-old man is brought to the emergency department for the management of facial trauma sustained during an assault at a nightclub.
Systemic, Biologic Psoriasis Treatment and Low COVID-19 Infection Rate
Anne-Claire Fougerousse, MD, elaborates on a recent study regarding psoriasis, SBTs, and COVID-19.
Low FODMAP Diet and IBD: A Potential Option?
Current research indicates that short-term utilization of an LFD may help ameliorate some mild IBS symptoms associated with quiescent IBD, while further long term studies are still needed.
Discrimination and Harassment in the Cardiology Workplace
Cardiologists around the world report experiencing harassment and discrimination in the workplace.
How Artificial Intelligence Is Primed to Change Ophthalmology
Innovators and educators including Michael D. Abràmoff, MD, T.Y. Alvin Liu, MD, Aaron Lee, MD, and Aazim A. Siddiqui, MD, speculate about how deep learning technologies are primed to expand ophthalmology’s capabilities.
Why Are Referrals to Palliative Care Delayed?
APP discusses the benefits of early integration of palliative care in patients with cancer as well as chronic heart, lung, and neurologic diseases.
Postexercise Recovery for Endurance Athletes With Type 1 Diabetes: Consensus Statement
To understand the requirements of individuals with T1D in a population of endurance or high-performing athletes, it is crucial to understand the physiologic mechanisms that occur following exercise.
Expert Q/A: Suicide Deaths Between 2019 and 2020
Data from the CDC on suicide deaths indicate a 5.6% decline in suicide deaths between 2019 and 2020 in the United States. We spoke with Christine Yu Moutier, MD, Chief Medical Officer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) about this data.
Spare, Don’t Tear, the Trabecular Meshwork
David Richardson, MD, of San Marino Eye explains an approach to glaucoma care that maintains the eye’s drainage system, rather than destroys it.
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