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Muscle weakness predicts poor outcomes in asthma patients
Lower muscle mass was associated with lower functional exercise capacity in adults with asthma.
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Novel nomogram distinguishes pneumonias
Adenovirus patients were more likely to be men, with bilateral lung lesions, than those with Chlamydia psittaci.
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Fluorescence-optical imaging may detect preclinical PsA
Identification of microscopic blood vessel changes may point to psoriatic arthritis before clinical symptoms appear.
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EMR screening in emergency department tags undiagnosed diabetes
Missed diabetes diagnoses identified by the EMR screening were especially common in racial and ethnic minorities.
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Severe health diagnoses drive suicide risk
The study included low-survival cancers, chronic ischemic heart disease, COPD, and degenerative neurological disease.
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Psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis show distinctive skin microbiomes
No significant microbiome differences were noted between lesional and nonlesional skin swab samples from patients with psoriasis and psoriatic...
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Depression guidelines fall short in characterizing withdrawal
A systematic review highlights the challenges in separating antidepressant withdrawal from depression relapse.
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Kids with concussions may benefit from early return to school
Prolonged school absence post concussion was associated with higher symptom burden 2 weeks after injury.
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Size of meals, not timing, linked to weight loss
More small meals were associated with weight loss, regardless of time between them, in a prospective cohort study.
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Anxiety sensitivity fuels depression in dissociative identity disorder
Patients’ fear of cognitive anxiety symptoms contributes to dissociation through depression.
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Emotional eating tied to risk of diastolic dysfunction
Cardiovascular disease prevention should include emotional regulation education, researchers suggest.
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Adverse events reported in one-quarter of inpatient admissions
The 1991 Harvard Medical Practice Study documented an adverse event rate of 3.7 events per 100 admissions.
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Components of coffee other than caffeine linked to reduced NAFLD severity
Consumption of regular or decaf coffee was negatively associated with fatty liver measures in overweight adults, including those with type 2...
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Borderline patients have longer time to depression remission
Severity of BPD symptoms could be an indicator of more severe depression.
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Low serum LDH shows potential as depression biomarker
Decreased LDH also was an independent risk factor for suicide in adults with major depressive disorder.