COPD: CT Biomarkers Outperform Traditional Predictors of Disease Exacerbations
Prediction of COPD exacerbations was significantly better with a CT biomarker-based model than either exacerbation history or BODE index.
How to Keep Patients Engaged with Primary Care
The pandemic has altered how patients access and use health care. Now is the time for primary care clinicians to rebuild important connections with them.
Daily Dose: Artifically-sweetened Drinks and Urinary Incontinence in Women
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Top 10 Heart-Healthy Diets for 2023
The DASH diet, Mediterranean diet, and Flexitarian diet top the list of 10 best diets for cardiovascular health as ranked by US News and World Report.
One Office Visit, Multiple Vaccines: When is it OK?
Administering multiple vaccines at the same visit is shown to increase vaccination rates but is not always advisable. Try this quiz on 2 clinical scenarios.
Cash for Vaccination: Is it Effective? Is it Good Policy?
Lotteries with cash incentives and other giveaways are just one example of ways the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way US health care is handled.
Daily Dose: Pediatric Depression and Exercise
Patients on the Vaccine Fence? Framing Vaccination as a Social Norm Can Help, Says Expert
Educating patients this flu season on prevention may not be sufficient to change their behavior. Framing vaccination as a social norm can help, says Dr William Schaffner.
Long COVID: US States with the Highest and Lowest Prevalence
Which states have the most residents reporting long COVID symptoms? Which ones have the least? Scroll through our new slideshow for answers.
New Analysis Shows Exercise Can Alleviate Symptoms of Depression in Children and Adolescents
Reductions in depressive symptoms were greater in adolescents aged ≥13 years and in those with a mental illness and/or depression diagnosis, according to systematic review and meta-analysis.
USPSTF Draft Recommendation Targets Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
All pregnant persons should have BP measured at each prenatal visit to prevent complications of hypertension disorders, says the USPSTF.
FDA Grants Zuranalone Priority Review for Major Depressive Disorder, Post-partum Depression
The novel oral agent is administered once daily for 14 days and has demonstrated rapid and sustained improvement in symptoms across trials.
Daily Dose: Fertility Treatment & Cardiometabolic Health in Offspring
Immunization Levels Disheartening This Flu Season, Says William Schaffner, MD
Vaccine uptake this respiratory virus season is lagging compared to previous years, says Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
Endotypes of Severe Asthma: 5 Questions on Pathways, Biomarkers, Biologics
Check your knowledge of mechanistic features of severe asthma, specific biomarker level cut offs, and impact of comorbid disease on choice of biologic treatment.
Artificially-sweetened Beverages May Increase Risk for Urinary Incontinence in Women: New Findings
The findings come from an analysis of data related to more than 80 000 participants in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.
Body Weight Related to Beneficial Effects of SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in New Analysis
The beneficial effects of SGLT-2 inhibitors in reducing CV death and heart failure hospitalization in patients with T2D are related to body weight, suggest new data.
Daily Dose: Migraine and Pregnancy Complications
Fertility Treatment Impact on Cardiometabolic Health in Offspring Found Extremely Small
Differences in cardiometabolic health between IVF- and naturally-conceived children were small and not statistically significant in the largest study of its kind.
Eptinezumab Significantly Reduced Patient-reported Migraine Impact on HRQoL in Medication Overuse Headache and Chronic Migraine
Study participants with medication overuse headache reported quality of life improvements as early as study week 4 that were sustained at week 24.
