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Digital mental health training acceptable to boarding teens
The tablet- and workbook-based program aims to teach mental health skills ahead of psychiatric admission.
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Opioids leading cause of poisoning deaths in young children
As opioid poisoning deaths in young children have surged, strategies to prevent fatalities and reduce harm, including naloxone use, are...
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Mother-to-child transmission of SARS-CoV-2 may be underestimated
Mother-to-child transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection appears rare so far, but vaccination remains an important preventive tool.
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UC reaches remission with FMT plus anti-inflammatory diet: Study
This is a more practically applicable study where the dietary intervention could be continued for a longer period of time, one expert observed.
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Temper tantrums, bullying colleagues: How to avert physician misbehavior?
“Any human put in a position of power over other humans has the potential to be disruptive, harass, etc, if they have certain personality traits...
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Breakthrough COVID studies lend support to use of new boosters in immunosuppressed patients
The findings of two studies underscore the importance of booster vaccine doses in those with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases who are taking...
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Air pollution linked to increased IBS incidence
This study is the first to comprehensively investigate whether these associations might exist at all, according to the authors.
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Pandemic-related CRC screening delays affect older adults most
Since previously unscreened 65-year-olds lose the most benefit from delayed colorectal cancer screenings, they should be prioritized when access...
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Even small changes can make endoscopy more sustainable: Study
Though the reduction in carbon footprint was modest in this single department, it shows how small steps can contribute to climate change...
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10-year delay in one-third of EoE diagnoses has persisted for decades
Though non-GI physicians were responsible for some of the diagnostic delay, patients themselves played a role as well, suggesting a need for...
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State of the science in PCOS: Emerging neuroendocrine involvement driving research
Much of the more recent research into PCOS has focused on possible neural contributors to the condition, but these discoveries likely apply only...
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Large genetic study links 72 genes to autism spectrum disorders
While identifying genetic contributors to autism will not likely lead to a cure, it can illuminate the pathways causing symptoms to develop...
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What are growing pains? Turns out no one really knows
Although some studies have suggested that up to a third of children have growing pains, the term has long seemed more like folk medicine than an...
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Drug-resistant epilepsy needs earlier surgical referral
Despite strong evidence supporting the clinical importance of surgical evaluation in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, delays in referrals...
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ACR makes changes to adult, pediatric vaccinations guidance
The pneumococcal, recombinant zoster, and HPV vaccines are among those recommended for patients taking immunosuppressive medications.