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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
TOP IN GI: ENDOSCOPY-RELATED INJURIES, MENTORSHIP FOR BLACK PHYSICIANS
While endoscopic-related injuries are common among physicians in gastroenterology, men and women report differences in injury sites...
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
CAUSE OF CHRONIC COUGH UNKNOWN IN 37% OF PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS
The cause of chronic cough remained unexplained in more than one-third of patients 3.5 years after they first presented to a primary...
Asthma, Allergies
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
Q&A: STEPS CLINICIANS CAN TAKE TO EASE ANXIETY, FEAR ABOUT PELVIC EXAMS
Addressing patients' anxiety about pelvic exams could help prevent them from delaying or avoiding the procedure, according to a paper...
Contraception
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
CASE STUDY: VOGT-KOYANAGI-HARADA SYNDROME IN PATIENT WITH ONE EYE
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome is a rare autoimmune multiorgan disease that is characterized by granulomatous uveitis with a spectrum...
Skin, Neurology, Eye
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
DAWN OF THE DED: TIME TO KEEP CRITTERS AWAY FROM THE OCULAR SURFACE
In honor of the popular horror movie Dawn of the Dead, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss the newest frontline treatment...
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
MAN PRESENTS WITH DAILY HEADACHES AND BLURRY VISION
A 39-year-old man presented to the comprehensive ophthalmology service at the New England Eye Center with 6 weeks of daily headaches...
Nausea, Eye
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
REIMBURSEMENT ISSUES HOLD UP WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF ISBCS
Doctors worldwide are debating the risk-benefit ratio for immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery, or ISBCS, vs. performing...
Plan, Eye, Cataract
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
SHOULD RESULTS FROM THE FIRST CATARACT SURGERY BE USED TO GUIDE SECOND EYE SURGERY?
Eye, Cataract
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
STUDY SHOWS IMPACT OF AGE ON SMILE OUTCOMES
Even though small incision lenticule extraction is deemed a safe, effective and reliable procedure in patients older than 40 years,...
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
SURGEONS ADDRESS PROS, CONS OF IMMEDIATE SEQUENTIAL BILATERAL CATARACT SURGERY
Immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery can provide comparable outcomes and efficiencies as traditional cataract surgery, but...
Cataract
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
SURGEONS FACE CHOICE OF WHETHER TO IMPLANT IOL IN PEDIATRIC CATARACT SURGERY
Pediatric cataract continues to be a leading cause of childhood blindness.
Early detection of pediatric cataracts, appropriate surgical...
Face, Cataract, Child
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
THE PANDEMIC GAMES: A HALFTIME REVIEW
“The most insignificant score is the score at halftime.” - Gresham Barrett
“Cross country: No halftimes, no timeouts, no substitutions....
Sport
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH COVID-19, GI SYMPTOMS HAVE REDUCED MORTALITY
Patients with COVID-19 who presented with gastrointestinal symptoms had reduced mortality, according to research published in Gastroenterology.
Saurabh...
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
SPEAKER: CONSIDER HAMSTRING GRAFT AS PRIMARY CHOICE FOR PCL RECONSTRUCTION
When choosing a graft for PCL reconstruction, a presenter noted surgeons should save the extensor apparatus, which is protecting the...
Sport, Knees
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
FDA CLEARS IND APPLICATION FOR CELL THERAPY TO TREAT CONGENITAL PSEUDARTHROSIS OF THE TIBIA
The FDA cleared an investigational new drug application for NVD-003, a stem cell therapy for treatment of children with congenital...
Drugs
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
ABROCITINIB PLUS TOPICAL THERAPY EFFECTIVE IN ADOLESCENTS WITH ATOPIC DERMATITIS
Abrocitinib combined with a medicated topical therapy was effective, well tolerated and improved quality of life in adolescents with...
Allergies, Asthma, Adolescence
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
UPADACITINIB MATCHES, EXCEEDS ADALIMUMAB FOR IMPROVING PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES IN RA
Upadacitinib is equivalent or superior to adalimumab in improving patient-reported outcomes among those with rheumatoid arthritis and...
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Arthritis
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT OCCURS IN 25% OF PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER
About one of four patients with breast cancer experienced cognitive impairment, and it was “not exclusively related” to the patient's...
Cancer, Breast, Psycho, Breasts
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
STUDY FINDS ‘LIMITED' SARS-COV-2 TRANSMISSION IN NC SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Investigators determined that just 32 SARS-CoV-2 infections occurred in 11 North Carolina school districts during a 9-week period of...
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By Healio
- Mar 5, 2021
STUDY FINDS PREGNANCY A CONTRAINDICATION FOR REFRACTIVE SURGERY
A study investigating the outcomes of LASIK and PRK in women who underwent refractive surgery while unaware of their pregnancy found...
Pregnancy, Cataract, Eye, Pregnant