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• New Tool May Offer Diagnostic Edge for Diabetic Neuropathy Researchers adapted optical diffusion technology in a low-cost portable device to assess microvascular blood flow in human skin and showed proof of concept in early detection of diabetic neuropathy.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• Intermittent Energy Restriction Tied to Gut, Brain Changes Losing weight via intermittent energy restriction can curb brain activity related to eating behavior and increase microbial diversity in the gut in individuals with obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
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• Gastric Cancer Survival Differs by Race and Ethnicity Overall, Asian and Hispanic patients demonstrated better survival than White and Black patients.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• The Microbiome: It's What's Inside That Counts   The microbiome is the constellation of microscopic organisms that call the human body home, and its clinical implications are becoming increasingly clear to physicians.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, January 05, 2024
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• Active Surveillance for Low-Risk PCa: Sprint or Marathon? No easy algorithm for men who prefer to watch, rather than treat, their prostate cancers.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
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• Long-term Clopidogrel Has Advantages After Coronary Stenting Clopidogrel after PCI was noninferior to aspirin for net adverse clinical events but superior in reducing secondary endpoints of stroke and MI, in 5-year STOPDAPT-2 results.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
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• 5 Things to Know About Antifungal Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Antifungal therapeutic drug monitoring is a useful but underutilized tool in antifungal stewardship, experts say.
  CDC Expert Commentary, January 03, 2024
• AI Shows Potential for Detecting Mucosal Healing in UC Use of standardized, shared AI training data could improve new machine learning algorithms even more.
  Medscape Medical News, January 03, 2024
• Artificial Sweeteners Alter the Duodenal Microbiome Nonsugar sweeteners affected the stool and small bowel microbiomes differently, and the type of sweetener consumed proved relevant to which microbiome changes occurred.
  Medscape Medical News, January 03, 2024
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• Triple Negative Breast Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 3: PD-L1 Negative TNBC with Homologous Recombination Deficiency   This case focuses on a patient with metastatic triple negative breast cancer which was initially HER2-positive.
  Medscape, January 02, 2024
• New Research Points to a Better Biomarker for MSI mCRC   David J. Kerr, CBE, MD, DSc, discusses the potential for identifying patients who are likely to be more responsive to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
  Medscape Oncology, January 02, 2024
• Diagnosing Adrenal Insufficiency: The 'Quick and Dirty' Method   The Curbsiders share an endocrinologist's tips on recognizing, diagnosing, and treating adrenal insufficiency.
  The Curbsiders, January 02, 2024
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• Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: A 'Silver Lining'? While they can be fatal upon rupture or dissection, ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms are also associated with apparent protection against atherosclerosis.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2024
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• H pylori Infection Linked With Increased Alzheimer's Risk Data suggested that clinically apparent Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with an 11% increase in risk, but an expert urges caution in interpreting the findings.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2024
• Who Is Helped by AI Use During Colonoscopy? The evidence is conflicting but suggests overall that using AI devices during colonoscopy will help endoscopists at every level, particularly as the technology is refined going forward.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
• Amoxicillin Short Course Effective for Febrile UTIs Children treated with oral antibiotics for 5 days showed similar UTI recurrence rates at 30 days posttreatment to those who received the standard 10-day course.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
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• High-Sensitivity Troponin Offers AMI Diagnostic Edge The study showed that a new HEART pathway involving high-sensitivity troponin outperformed conventional troponin in ED chest pain evaluations, detecting acute myocardial infarction more effectively.
  Medscape Medical News, December 29, 2023
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• How Do Patients View Their Cancer Test Results? With electronic patient portals, patients see their test results sooner and more frequently before their clinician, a recent analysis found.
  Medscape Medical News, December 28, 2023
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• 'World's Healthiest Arteries' Found to Be the Most Elastic Members of an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon have arteries that age more gradually than those of healthy, urban patients.
  Medscape Medical News, December 28, 2023
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• Benzos Linked to 70% Increased Risk for Miscarriage More research pointed benzo use during early pregnancy increases the odds of miscarriage, though physicians said the decision to prescribe these drugs should be weighed with the potential benefits.
  Medscape Medical News, December 28, 2023
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• Are You Employing Genetic Testing Correctly for CRC?   The latest guidelines and data support wider use of germline testing for certain patients, says Dr David Johnson.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, December 27, 2023
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• Device-Detected Atrial High-Rate Episodes Tied to Mortality Atrial high-rate episodes are associated with more than twice the risk for mortality in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator.
  Medscape Medical News, December 27, 2023
• ICIs in Melanoma: Predicting Immune-related Adverse Events Melanoma histopathology predicted which patients were most likely to develop immune-related adverse events while taking checkpoint inhibitors.
  Medscape Medical News, December 26, 2023
• Can a Healthy Gut Microbiome Prevent Kidney Stones? Patients with kidney stones show key alterations in gut and urinary microbiota compared with those without.
  Medscape Medical News, December 22, 2023
• Your Patient Has a Drug Addiction, What's After Screening? Primary care clinicians can play a pivotal role in helping patients with substance abuse disorders achieve long-term recovery from addiction, through frequent checkup visits.
  Medscape Medical News, December 22, 2023
• Infographic: Can Doctors Meet Retirement Finances Goals? Physicians revealed how big of a retirement nest egg their families want. Doctors, on average, have met 77% of that goal already, so most of them are confident in funding their retirement.
  Medscape, December 21, 2023
• ECG Deep-Learning Algorithm Predicts Mortality Post Surgery A novel deep-learning algorithm outperformed a conventional risk score in predicting post-surgery mortality.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• Parkinson's Disease Highlights 2023   Neurologists Kathrin LaFaver and Alberto Espay review the top Parkinson's disease research in 2023, including biomarkers and what the data on GLP-1 receptor agonists may mean for future research.
  Medscape Neurology, December 15, 2023
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• Top 10 Fictional Docs on Streaming TV Both tried-and-true and out-of-the-ordinary holiday gift ideas are offered to those seeking a great present for a physician.
  Medscape News Slideshows, December 15, 2023
• Infographic: Female Physicians Close Their Wealth Gap Female physicians' survey answers about their net worth show a gender gap vs male doctors (although it's narrowing) and reveal their saving and borrowing habits.
  Medscape, December 15, 2023
• All In: Two Cancers, One Surgical Team Who's Not Giving Up   Surgeons know not to count on miracles, but sometimes they can happen. Our cameras follow a surgical team as they work together to treat a patient with an uncertain outcome.
  Medscape Oncology, December 14, 2023
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• Medscape Physicians Eye Retirement: 2023 Report Physicians of various ages reveal their financial goals for retirement and the personal and professional lifestyles they want to lead after practicing medicine.
  Medscape News Slideshows, December 14, 2023
• Medscape Nurse Career Satisfaction Report 2023 Several categories of nurses describe what makes them happiest and unhappiest with their career, how the abuse they experience shapes their views, and other facets of career satisfaction.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 12, 2023
• Why Are Prion Diseases on the Rise?   Remember the outbreak of "mad cow disease" in the 1990s? Creutzfeldt-Jakob is increasing again, but this time, we don't know why.
  Medscape, December 11, 2023
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• Alert FDA Clears Becton's Less-Invasive Blood Collection Device Becton Dickinson said on Thursday the FDA cleared its finger-prick blood collection device that could provide a less-invasive option for some commonly ordered lab tests.
  Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
• Gastric Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 4: Superficial Adenocarcinoma   This case focuses on a 76-year-old gentleman with a history of colonic adenocarcinoma who underwent sigmoidoscopy in the past. He was referred to MSK after an antral lesion was detected on an upper endoscopy. The team discusses surgical options.
  Medscape, December 08, 2023
• Change Makers: Bill Meury on Transformative Medicines Bill Meury, president and CEO of Karuna Therapeutics, speaks with WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte, MD, about the differences in drug development in psychiatry and the importance of innovation.
  Medscape, December 06, 2023
• Medscape Female Physician Wealth & Debt Report 2023 Female physicians discuss their track record in building family net worth and reveal how they feel about their savings, spending, investing, and other aspects of personal finance.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 05, 2023
• Gastric Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 3: Moderately Differentiated Adenocarcinoma with Pelvic Metastasis   This case focuses on a 56-year-old woman who experienced relatively non-specific symptoms for about 4 months and was being treated for H. pylori gastritis. The team discusses therapeutic options, the importance of cross-sectional imaging, and multidisciplinary discussions.
  Medscape, December 05, 2023
• How the New Outbreak in China Is Hitting Clinics Elsewhere A rise in respiratory illnesses in China, clusters of pneumonia in children, and resistance to common antibiotics have specialists on alert looking for changes locally.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
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