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Stigma Affects Quality of Life in Children With Chronic Skin Conditions

Stigma correlates with depression and differs based on level of severity and visibility

USPSTF Recommends Breast Cancer Screening for Women Aged 40 to 75 Years

Insufficient evidence seen for screening older women and for supplemental screening for women with dense breasts

More Medical Lab Tests Will Soon Face Federal Scrutiny, FDA Says

By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Laboratory tests used by millions of Americans are soon to be classified as...

Doctors Seeing More Atypical, Severe Symptoms in Patients With Syphilis

Patients are presenting with headache, hearing or vision issues

People With Acute Calcium Pyrophosphate Face Doubled Risk for Fracture

Findings seen for first fracture at the humerus, wrist, hip, or pelvis

Pandemic Reignited Debate Regarding Physician’s Obligation to Treat

Unreasonable risks to self/family, labor rights/workers' protection were reasons for refusal to treat during COVID-19

Warning Letters Can Reduce Quetiapine Overprescribing

Letters reduce quetiapine use among nursing home patients, community-dwelling patients with dementia

Home Vision Tests Offer Limited Diagnostic Accuracy for Neovascular AMD

Hospital eye service follow-up clinics maintain better diagnostic accuracy for active lesions

Cabozantinib Promising for Metastatic Pheochromocytomas, Paragangliomas

Overall response rate was 25.0 percent in phase 2 study involving 17 patients

Intensive HTN Treatment Cuts Early T2D Diagnosis-Linked CVD Event Risk

Intensive therapy reduces excess risk for CVD events associated with earlier diagnosis in women, but not men