Advertisement
Home Blog Page 2815
For children and adolescents

Serum γ-Glutamyltransferase Linked to MetS in Children, Teens

0
Increased odds ratios for metabolic syndrome for boys and girls after multivariable adjustment
For patients with atopic dermatitis

House Dust Mites May Be Carriers for IgE Sensitization in Dermatitis

0
IgE reactivity to bacterial antigens more frequent in atopic dermatitis patients sensitized to HDMs
Census reports have demonstrated an increase in the number of physicians and in the actively licensed U.S. physician-to-population ratio from 2010 to 2016

2016 Saw Increase in Number of Physicians Since 2010 Census

0
Increase in actively licensed U.S. physician-to-population ratio from 2010 to 2016
Tocilizumab (Actemra) combined with a 26-week prednisone taper is superior to either 26-week or 52-week prednisone tapering plus placebo with regard to sustained glucocorticoid-free remission in patients with giant-cell arteritis

Tocilizumab Effective for Treatment of Giant-Cell Arteritis

0
Longer follow-up called for to determine the durability of remission and safety
Distinguishing Alzheimer's disease from frontotemporal dementia may get easier using a transcranial magnetic stimulation approach

New, Noninvasive Method May Help Determine Dementia Type

0
Transcranial magnetic stimulation could help discern Alzheimer's from frontotemporal dementia
From 1991 to 2005

Benefit of Newer NICU Ventilation Strategies Questioned

0
No significant decline seen in oxygen dependence at 36 weeks or improvement in lung function at age 8
Data obtained from a pilot study

ENRGISE Pilot Study Will Inform Larger Trial of IL-6 in Seniors

0
Pilot study expected to provide data on recruitment yields, feasibility, meds tolerance, adherence
A mobile health intervention can improve adherence to infant safe sleep practices

Mobile Health Intervention Ups Infant Safe Sleep Practices

0
Nursing quality improvement campaign not linked to improved adherence to safe sleep practices
Recommendations for counseling adolescents about contraception are presented in a committee opinion published in the August issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

ACOG Issues Guidelines for Teen Contraception Counseling

0
Ob-gyns should address contraceptive needs, expectations, and concerns, regardless of patient age
Cardiovascular disease risk factors may be altered among transgender adults receiving cross-sex hormone therapy

CVD Risk Factors May Be Altered in Transgender Adults

0
Cross-sex hormone therapy linked to potential worsening of CVD risk factors in transgender adults