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Conditional recommendations rule in new SARD-associated interstitial lung disease guidelines
“Clinicians must retain the latitude to prescribe medications based on individual patient factors and preferences.”
Conference Coverage
Risks quantified in medically optimized pregnancy with lupus
Patients who were not medically optimized for pregnancy were three times more likely to experience preterm birth and preeclampsia.
Conference Coverage
‘Smart’ stethoscope spots peripartum cardiomyopathy
Finding that 4% of the women in the intervention arm had reduced ejection fraction is “absolutely startling ... and speaks to how important...
Conference Coverage
Chest pain with long COVID common but undertreated
“Our current analysis indicates that chest pain continues on for years in many individuals, suggesting that COVID-related chest pain may be...
From the Journals
Study confirms link between red meat and diabetes risk
Those who consumed more red meat had a higher BMI, higher total energy intake, and greater likelihood of being a smoker.
Feature
Why don’t doctors feel like heroes anymore?
“None of us are invincible,” and it’s dangerous to forget that “the people behind the symbols are also human.”
From the Journals
Intense exercise may lead to colds. A new study tells us why
“Physicians can use this study’s findings to provide individualized exercise recommendations.”
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At-home blood pressure monitoring is cost effective over long term
Home measurement appeared to be economical over a minimum 10-year period compared with usual care – higher expenditures for equipment and training...
From the Journals
Childhood immunization schedule includes new RSV, mpox, meningococcal, and pneumococcal vaccines
Experts say the updates are timely and necessary, while noting that pediatricians should become familiar with the changes to discuss the topic...
Opinion
Fatal and nonfatal injuries
Recent pediatric fatality statistics reveal some troubling trends.
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Parent concerns a factor when treating eczema in children with darker skin types
For the parent, the pigmentation changes, rather than the inflammation, might be the governing issue and the reason that he or she brought the...