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National Health Service England recently recommended that professionals ask all patients their sexual orientation at every opportunity

Professionals Disagree About Asking Patients About Sexuality

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Article offers opposing views about recommendation in England to ask patients about sexual orientation
A case of remission of psoriasis after treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus has been described in a research letter published online Jan. 16 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Psoriasis Remission Described After Hepatitis C Virus Treatment

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Case report: After initiation of ledipasvir-sofosbuvir, HCV RNA decreased, and skin lesions improved
Patients with desmoplastic melanoma have a high level of objective tumor response to treatment with antibodies to block programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) or PD-1 ligand

High Response of Desmoplastic Melanomas to PD-1 Blockade

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Higher percentage of PD-L1-positive cells in the tumor parenchyma of desmoplastic melanomas
Children with psoriasis have an increased risk of comorbidities compared to children without psoriasis

Psoriasis Is Independent Risk Factor for Comorbidity in Children

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Those with psoriasis at higher risk for diabetes, liver disease, elevated lipid levels independent of obesity
There is a positive association between long-term night shift work and the risk of several common cancers for women

Long-Term Night Shift Work Linked to Cancer Risk in Women

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Dose-response pattern seen, with increased risk of breast cancer for every five years of night shift work
Hospitals that volunteered to be under financial incentives for more than a decade as part of the Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration do not have better process scores or lower mortality than hospitals where these incentives were implemented later under the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program

For Hospitals, No Benefit for Early Adoption of Financial Incentives

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Hospitals with early adoption do not have better process scores, lower mortality than late adopters
Fluorouracil application can reduce the risk of surgery for squamous cell carcinoma for one year among patients with a history of keratinocyte carcinomas

Fluorouracil Tied to Reduced Surgery for Squamous Cell CA

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Reduced risk of squamous cell carcinoma, but not basal cell carcinoma, for one year in at-risk veterans
Although patients with pre-existing autoimmune disease who receive checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) are at risk for exacerbation of their disease

Immune-Related Adverse Events Up With Checkpoint Inhibitors

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Most patients with cancer, autoimmune disease have improvement in events without discontinuing therapy
The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders appears to be high for at-risk physicians

Higher Risk of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Some Physicians

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Increasing risk for work-related musculoskeletal disorders, particularly in procedural specialists
Black women with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia have increased likelihood of uterine leiomyomas

Uterine Leiomyomas, Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia May Be Linked

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Higher odds of uterine leiomyomas for black women with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia