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New AI tool may help predict best treatments for colorectal cancer
The tool is not yet ready for clinical use. When it is, the tool has the potential to provide timely, accurate decision support based on tumor...
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Metformin linked to reduced osteoarthritis risk
Though the findings were in observational studies, one of which did not reach significance, the results line up with the findings of other...
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Answers sought for mental health challenges in pediatric rheumatology patients
One study found a tremendous increase in screening by automating the process while another found remote delivery of a 6-week cognitive-behavioral...
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Spinal cord stimulation may help diabetic neuropathy
Patients who received high-frequency stimulation for painful diabetic neuropathy showed sustained improvements in nerve function at 2 years.
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Parents of patients with rheumatic disease, MIS-C strongly hesitant of COVID vaccination
A single-center study and a survey of rheumatologists revealed similar levels of hesitancy among parents of both these populations.
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Pretransfer visits with pediatric and adult rheumatologists smooth adolescent transition
The time from the last pediatric visit to the first adult visit was substantially shorter for patients who had a dual provider pretransfer visit...
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Childhood lupus severity linked to social determinants of health
Social determinants of health were linked to lupus disease severity in children, but it will take more than awareness among doctors to address the...
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Little change in rheumatology faculty coverage in pediatric residency programs in nearly 20 years
There has been little improvement in addressing the shortage of pediatric rheumatologists over the past 2 decades, boding poorly for future...
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Metabolic syndrome linked to knee pain in middle adulthood
Metabolic syndrome that develops in middle age had a greater association with osteoarthritis knee symptoms and pain than metabolic syndrome that...
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Osteoarthritis adjunctive therapies offer negligible added benefit to exercise
Interventions such as electrophysical stimulation and acupuncture don’t appear to offer much benefit in reducing pain or improving physical...
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Antidepressants benefit some patients with osteoarthritis pain
Although some patients benefit from antidepressants for osteoarthritis pain, it’s difficult to know which patients will benefit and which will be...
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Link between knee pain, sleep disturbance related to daily activities
Findings suggested that it’s only knee pain, not the severity of knee osteoarthritis, that’s significantly associated with sleep disturbances, and...
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Presurgical expectations may influence patients’ attitudes, experiences after knee replacement
It may be worthwhile to discuss patients’ expectations about what they will be able to do with their knees postoperatively, but it’s unclear...
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New hope for MDS, with AML treatments
Slow progress in treating myelodysplastic syndrome is coming mostly with therapies first developed for acute myeloid leukemia.
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Early exercise intervention improves knee osteoarthritis
Even patients whose symptoms have lasted less than a year experience improvements in pain and physical function when they initiate exercise...