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Mashup Score: 0Higher self-reported stress linked to poorer respiratory health, quality of life in COPD - 8 hour(s) ago
Former smokers with COPD reporting higher perceived stress had poorer scores on respiratory health assessments, according to results published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.“These findings show that perceived stress that often results from psychosocial stressors plays a role in the manifestation of disease,” Obiageli Offor, MD, MPH,
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ORLANDO — The use of a disinfectant foam intervention in the sinks in patient rooms led to fewer positive cultures and less sink contamination, researchers found.
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🦠 #Sinks in patient rooms are not designed with #InfectionPrevention in mind allowing them to harbor & spread #pathogens. Data presented at #SHEASpring2025 shows a foam disinfectant intervention may help prevent this problems. @DukeAdultID @DICON_duke https://t.co/BZFAQFAraX
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Over the years, there have been significant changes to the dyslipidemia medication management guidelines, alongside increasing evidence for novel cholesterol-lowering medications, including PCSK9 inhibitors. All dyslipidemia management decisions begin with determining primary or secondary prevention of atherosclerotic CVD. The focus of primary prevention is to reduce ASCVD risk by targeting an
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Did you miss our latest #PharmacologyConsult on how to optimize access and use of PCSK9 inhibitors? We've got it right here: https://t.co/kzNkU1Teun #cardiology https://t.co/VMSaZ2YXH0
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Patients who underwent PCI at an ambulatory surgery center had similar safety outcomes as those who had their procedure in a hospital, researchers reported at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Sessions. Katerina Dangas, BMBCh, research fellow at the Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, presented findings an analysis
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Patients who underwent PCI at an ambulatory surgery center had similar safety outcomes as those who had their procedure in a hospital, researchers reported at #SCAI2025 @SCAI @SmithBIDMC #cardiology https://t.co/NCqsqtsEZM
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Mashup Score: 0Dermatology Myth Busters: Navigating Social Media Skincare Trends with Srimanasi (Mani) Javvaji, MD - 10 hour(s) ago
In this episode, guest Srimanasi (Mani) Javvaji, MD, discusses the mental and physical impact social media skincare trends can have on young patients, and popular myths surrounding skincare. Intro 2:34 Mani Javvaji, MD 2:46 Can you give us a little bit of background about how you got into dermatology? 3:30 There is a huge trend in skincare in young teens and preteens […] Have you noticed this in your practice? 5:12 How can trending skincare products or routines affect the mental health of teens? 8:37 Do
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On episode 15 of Physicianary, guest and #dermatologist, Mani Javvaji, MD, discusses ways #online #skincaremyths can affect #womenconsumers with #podcast host @hansabhargavamd. #socialmedia #dermatology Listen now: https://t.co/eU1i5p4lBX https://t.co/oFDqaHYVTR
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Mashup Score: 2FDA advisors will meet to discuss COVID-19 vaccine makeup - 10 hour(s) ago
An FDA advisory committee is scheduled to meet to discuss the formula for the next COVID-19 vaccines after being sidelined during recent discussions about the makeup of next season’s influenza vaccines.
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💉 An FDA advisory committee meets next week to discuss the formula for the next #COVID19 vaccines, which comes after being sidelined during recent discussions about flu #vaccines. We asked @AmeshAA about the meeting. Here's our rundown & what he said. https://t.co/xkEGQxP9Hb
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Mashup Score: 2Consider complications when treating pediatric uveitis with surgery - 12 hour(s) ago
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In some cases of pediatric pars planitis, surgical intervention may be necessary, but possible complications must be considered, according to a speaker.At the Retina World Congress, Lisa J. Faia, MD, discussed a case in which a 12-year-old patient with inflammation secondary to pars planitis initially showed improvement after treatment with difluprednate followed by
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#RetinaWorldCongress continues! Surgical intervention for pediatric pars planitis may be necessary if immunosuppression is ineffective. Lisa J. Faia, MD, overviews possible complications to be aware of. 👇 #OcularSurgeryNews https://t.co/qEKMEAmW3b https://t.co/YWy3Kv5SvD
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Mashup Score: 5Academic medical researchers face the reality of federal cuts - 13 hour(s) ago
President Donald J. Trump’s administration has announced major federal cuts in the name of efficiency, but this has massive repercussions for academic medical researchers and the patients who rely on their work, according to experts.The NIH has canceled hundreds of grants in the past few months, prompting public outcry and litigation.
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🩺Academic researchers are reeling from the impact of their pulled grants and stalled research. 💡“I’ve seen junior faculty — the upstarts with brilliant new ideas, the classic Hollywood movie young geniuses — ... face unprecedented delays." 🔗More: https://t.co/vgayTIVz0R
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Stem cell injections, platelet rich plasma and ivermectin do big business despite dubious or no evidence supporting their use in rheumatology. However, far from being a recent development, this type of “quackery” has a long history in medicine.
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🎧Listen to @KenSaag discuss the proliferation of dubious and unproven treatments in medicine and #rheumatology. 📰Read the full story at the link below 👇 https://t.co/Vja1Ltnz5n https://t.co/ekz1F4FX8e
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Mashup Score: 1Rheumatologists ‘could have written the book’ on frailty, sarcopenia - 14 hour(s) ago
DESTIN, Fla. — Rheumatologists are uniquely positioned to define and manage sarcopenia and frailty, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East annual meeting.“We as rheumatologists could have written the book on frailty before the geriatricians,” said Nancy E. Lane, MD, director of the Center for Musculoskeletal Health, and principal investigator of the
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📢 “As patients get older, you see the #frailty index go up,” Dr. Nancy Lane @UCDavisMed. Read here👇 https://t.co/6urXXf2H6j
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Published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the @COPDFoundation: Former smokers with #COPD reporting higher📈 perceived #stress had poorer scores on respiratory health assessments. https://t.co/MRcN80vegf