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Diet’s impact on the microbiome: It’s real, and broad
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- Christine Kilgore
Diet’s impact on the microbiome is exceedingly difficult to tease apart and characterize in human studies.
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‘Extensive’ evidence for altered brain-gut-microbiome system in IBS
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- Christine Kilgore
Analyses have shown differences in the gut microbiome between patients with IBS and healthy controls, as well as among IBS subgroups.
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Probiotics of the future: Precision medicine and rational design
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- Christine Kilgore
Precision medicine – which aims to tailor treatments to defined subgroups of patients – needs to take into account “much more than the human...
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What’s the future of microbiome therapies in C. diff, cancer?
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- Christine Kilgore
Preventive treatments for C. diff recurrence are in phase 3 trials, and oncologists are investigating microbiome-based differences in...
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What’s the future of microbiome therapies in C. diff, cancer?
- Author:
- Christine Kilgore
Preventive treatments for C. diff recurrence are in phase 3 trials, and oncologists are investigating microbiome-based differences in...
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Spironolactone not linked to increased cancer risk in systematic review and meta-analysis
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- Christine Kilgore
The data are “reassuring,” the authors reported.
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Ear tubes not recommended for recurrent AOM without effusion, ENTs maintain
- Author:
- Christine Kilgore
Guideline update reaffirms importance of attention to at-risk children with otitis media with effusion.
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Derms in survey say climate change is impacting their patients
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- Christine Kilgore
“Physicians, including dermatologists, are starting to understand the impact of the climate crisis on both their patients and themselves.”
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PAH care turns corner with new therapies, intensified monitoring
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- Christine Kilgore
“I don’t know if management of these patients has ever been more complicated, given the treatment options and...
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A dermatologist-led model for CVD prevention in psoriasis may be feasible
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- Christine Kilgore
The researchers see their findings as an early but promising step in finding better models to improve cardiovascular outcomes for patients with...
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Antibiotic choices for inpatients with SSTIs vary by race
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- Christine Kilgore
Clindamycin was more often prescribed for Black patients than White patients.
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Prurigo nodularis has two disease endotypes, a cluster analysis shows
- Author:
- Christine Kilgore
Black patients with PN appear more likely to have a distinct systemic inflammatory signature.
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Lung transplantation in the era of COVID-19: New issues and paradigms
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- Christine Kilgore
There may be long-term risk of chronic lung allograft dysfunction and shortened longevity of transplanted lungs...
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Coping with a shattered immune system: COVID and beyond
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- Christine Kilgore
Questions abound about vaccine timing and the immune response in hematologic malignancies.
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Hair follicle miniaturization common in persistent chemo-induced alopecia, case series suggests
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- Christine Kilgore
Defined as absent or incomplete hair regrowth 6 months or more after completion of chemotherapy, pCIA has been increasingly reported in the...