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Telemedicine helps SCD patients survive COVID, but more need access
The second COVID-19 wave brought zero deaths and fewer complicated hospitalizations at the largest U.S. adult sickle cell disease center, but care...
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Life-threatening paradoxical bronchospasm may escape recognition in patients with COPD or asthma
Greater recognition and more education is needed, according to an investigator who conducted a study of spirometry tests at a VA medical center....
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9-step ladder may kids with allergies return to eggs
Attempts to reintroduce egg into the child’s diet can start at the age of 12 months or 6 months from the last reaction.
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Refined heart rate cutoffs may improve prognostic value of acute PE scoring systems
In an observational registry-based study, dropping the 110-bpm heart rate threshold improved sensitivity for low-risk PE, while increasing it...
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‘Praise Diabetes’: Support programs in Black churches yield lasting A1c changes
Statistically significant reductions in A1c and diabetes distress were seen in the Praise Diabetes Project, a 33-month randomized trial, an...
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Anti-VEGF injections for diabetic retinopathy linked to mortality risk
Results suggest a need to be “very careful” with treatment choice in certain patients, investigator says, though much more research is needed to...
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'Full throttle': 'Diabetes Garage' workshops boost Mexican American men's self-management
Infusing diabetes education with concepts and lingo from car culture is a promising approach to improving self-management behaviors, and might...
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Intervention opens access to care for minority youths with type 1 diabetes
Program adds support for children with diabetes and their families who are struggling because of lack of resources or marginalization in the...