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How Safe is Anti–IL-6 Therapy During Pregnancy?

Author:: Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

Publish date: August 9, 2024

Transient neonatal cytopenia was the only possible adverse outcome that could be related to anti–IL-6 therapy.

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Why Is Mom’s Type 1 Diabetes Half as Likely as Dad’s to Pass to Child?

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Publish date: August 7, 2024

Individuals with type 1 diabetes were almost twice as likely to have a father with the condition than a mother.

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Psychiatric, Autoimmune Comorbidities Increased in Patients with Alopecia Areata

Author:: Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

Publish date: August 6, 2024

Overall, patients with AA showed a greater prevalence of any psychiatric disease and any immune-mediated or autoimmune disease.

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High Prevalence of Anxiety, Depression, Fibromyalgia With RA and OA Signals Need for Screening

Author:: Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

Publish date: August 2, 2024

Patients with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis who had an overall poorer patient status reported a greater prevalence of anxiety, depression,...

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Most Potentially Hepatotoxic Meds Revealed: Real-World Data Analysis

Author:: Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

Publish date: July 16, 2024

Patients initiating a medication with a high rate of severe acute liver injury might require closer monitoring of liver-related laboratory tests.

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Combat Exposure Increases Chronic Pain Among Women in the US Military

Author:: Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

Publish date: July 10, 2024

“The potential for higher rates of chronic pain in women veterans has been theorized to result from differences in support structures, family confl...

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Vocacapsaicin Could Lessen Pain, Opioid Use Post Surgery

Author:: Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

Publish date: July 9, 2024

Versus placebo, vocacapsaicin reduced opioid consumption by 50% in first 4 days and pain by 37% in first week post surgery.

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Quitting Smoking Boosts Life Expectancy at Any Age

Author:: Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

Publish date: July 9, 2024

“These findings may be valuable for clinicians seeking scientific evidence to motivate their patients who smoke to quit.”

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Sustained Low Lupus Disease Activity May Give Lower Risk for Flares, Organ Damage

Author:: Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

Publish date: July 9, 2024

Achievement of a sustained low disease activity state for ≥ 3 months protected against damage accrual and flares in patients with SLE in a large pr...

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Functional Limitations in Axial Spondyloarthritis Benefit From Long-term Exercise Therapy

Author:: Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

Publish date: July 8, 2024

Long-term exercise therapy for 1 year should be recommended to patients with axial spondyloarthritis and severe functional limitations.

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Urticaria Linked to Higher Cancer Risk, Study Finds

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Publish date: July 3, 2024

Researchers compare the incident cancer risk between patients with urticaria and the general population using data from Danish healthcare registrie...

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Reducing Unnecessary Antibiotics for Conjunctivitis

Author:: Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

Publish date: July 2, 2024

Study: Additional antibiotics or follow-up care was uncommon in pink eye, suggesting initial antibiotics may not be needed.

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Study Links Suicide to Missed Early Care After Discharge

Author:: Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

Publish date: July 1, 2024

Evidence of discharge communication between the inpatient facility and primary care clinician was infrequent, highlighting a gap in continuity of c...