January 17, 2025

Patient Care Declines After PE Acquisition

A recent study reveals that patient-reported care experience declined significantly at hospitals acquired by private equity firms, highlighting the potential impact of private equity acquisitions on patient care.

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January 16, 2025

Vertigo, Emesis, Auditory Impairment: What's Your Diagnosis?

A patient presents with sudden-onset right-sided otalgia accompanied by vertigo, emesis, and auditory impairment. Your otoscope reveals an unexpected finding. What's your diagnosis?

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January 16, 2025

USPSTF Adds Health Equity, Maternal Care Experts

New members, Alicia Fernandez, MD, and Ericka Gibson, MD, MPH, bring expertise in health equity and maternal health care to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, contributing to evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screenings, and counseling services.

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January 16, 2025

Nationwide Increase in Childhood Vaccine Exemptions

“The religious exemption is huge. That has allowed for an easy way for these kids to enter schools without vaccines.”

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January 16, 2025

EHR Systems Boost Depression Screening in cSLE

Discover how automated EHR-driven systems significantly improved depression screening rates for youth with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus in a pediatric rheumatology clinic.

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January 16, 2025

Bone Density Risks in Cancer Survivors

Discover how cancer treatments, lifestyle factors, and comorbidities contribute to long-term bone mineral density deficits in childhood cancer survivors.

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January 15, 2025

Bertagnolli to Exit NIH Director Role

NIH director, Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli, is stepping down after launching major initiatives in women's health and long COVID research, indicating optimism for their continuation under new leadership.

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January 15, 2025

Lung Cancer's Paradox: Never-Smokers Outlive Smokers?

New research challenges conventional wisdom as never-smokers with NSCLC present with more advanced disease but achieve median survival of 6.6 years versus 3.9 years in smokers, upending traditional prognostic assumptions.

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January 15, 2025

Achalasia: Candida's Role in Cancer Risk

New study links esophageal Candida infection to significant cancer risk increase in achalasia patients.

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