The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in populations at increased risk. This recommendation forms the basis of a draft recommendation statement, published ...
Nov 23, 2022
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Since their first publication in 2010, the EULAR recommendations for the use of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic treatments (DMARDs) in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have become a most important publication in the ...
Nov 11, 2022
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A new one-stop guideline takes a 360-degree approach to managing heart disease in Canadian patients, with 83 recommendations in one easy-to-use reference. The guideline is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Nov 7, 2022
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SARS-CoV-2 continues to circulate among us. Although some governments have moved on, a new study published today in the journal Nature says that specific efforts and resources are still required to save lives. This is one ...
Nov 3, 2022
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COVID-19 vaccines are making the list of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention's recommended immunization schedules for both children and adults. Dr. Jody Terranova, assistant professor of pediatrics at the UConn ...
Oct 27, 2022
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the evidence is currently insufficient for assessing the balance of benefits and harms of screening asymptomatic adolescents and adults for skin cancer. These ...
Oct 25, 2022
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Environmental pollutants can seriously harm human health, says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new position paper published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, titled "Environmental Health: A Position ...
Oct 24, 2022
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We developed a new method for assessing health risks that our research suggests should make it a lot easier for people to determine which health advice to follow—and which to ignore. The approach, recently published in ...
Oct 21, 2022
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Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, costing US$ 27 billion annually, if governments ...
Oct 20, 2022
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Autistic individuals interact with the justice system at high rates as both victims and offenders. Drexel University's A.J. Drexel Autism Institute explored ways to improve interactions between autistic individuals and the ...
Oct 13, 2022
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