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Is better reporting to blame for the rise maternal mortality rates?
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- Whitney McKnight
Although rising rates of obesity and other chronic illness are often theorized as possible factors in the spiking maternal death rates, a new...
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Spike in Colombian microcephaly cases linked to Zika infection early in pregnancy
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- Whitney McKnight
Colombia experienced a fourfold increase in cases of microcephaly following the Zika virus outbreak in 2016, with evidence suggesting that...
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Landmark psychosocial guidelines for diabetes spark debate over the ideal vs. the practical
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- Whitney McKnight
The American Diabetes Association has issued its first-ever guidelines addressing the psychosocial needs of persons with diabetes.
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Serious mental illness gets serious attention in 21st Century Cures Act
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- Whitney McKnight
WASHINGTON – While the mental health care reforms in the 21st Century Cures Act are intended to broadly impact mental health care, they originate...
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Rising injectable drug use among whites may reverse declining HIV infection rates
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- Whitney McKnight
Shifts in injectable drug use behaviors among whites could threaten years of declining HIV rates in the U.S., according to a federal report.
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Skin cancer a concern in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients
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- Whitney McKnight
As survival rates among pediatric organ transplant recipients grow, so do the rates of cutaneous malignancy later in life for this population, who...
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FDA sunscreen guidance calls for maximal use trials
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- Whitney McKnight
The FDA has released final industry guidance for nonclinical sunscreen manufacturers, but comments from a top agency official bring into question...
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Early TIPS effective in high-risk cirrhosis patients, but still underutilized
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- Whitney McKnight
BOSTON – A new study confirms that high-risk cirrhosis patients treated early with a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt have increased...
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Time to consider cirrhosis medical homes
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- Whitney McKnight
Currently, there are no value-based models for hepatology in the United States. Cirrhosis medical homes could be one way to cut costs and improve...
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Surgeon general’s addiction report calls for better integrated care
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- Whitney McKnight
Physicians must step up prevention efforts and the use of state-of-the-art medicine when treating addiction, according to a new surgeon general’s...
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Direct-acting antiretrovirals in genotype 1 HCV patients with mental health conditions safe, well tolerated
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- Whitney McKnight
Clinicians can feel confident treating genotype 1 hepatitis C virus patients with comorbid psychiatric conditions using direct-acting...
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Treatment withdrawal without prior liver biopsy found safe in well-controlled autoimmune hepatitis
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- Whitney McKnight
Liver biopsy prior to treatment withdrawal in patients with well-controlled autoimmune hepatitis may be unnecessary, contrary to current...
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Medicaid restrictions loosening on access to HCV therapies
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- Whitney McKnight
BOSTON – Some state Medicaid directors have started to drop or loosen restrictions on access to direct-acting antiviral treatments for the...
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Lack of health literacy and normal routine implicated in hepatitis B virus treatment nonadherence
- Author:
- Whitney McKnight
BOSTON – Attention to health literacy, overcoming language barriers, and educating patients about the importance of maintaining a treatment...
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Topical tofacitinib shows promise in atopic dermatitis
- Author:
- Whitney McKnight
Topical tofacitinib showed significant improvements across all endpoints and for pruritus at week 4, compared with vehicle, results of a phase IIa...