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Social media use may promote depression in pregnancy
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Health care providers should discuss social media use in addition to other risk factors for depression in pregnant women.
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Benralizumab hits target for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Topline results of a head-to-head comparison showed noninferiority on remission rates between benralizumab and mepolizumab.
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Comorbidities, CV risk factors common in early PsA
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Data illustrated increased odds of metabolic burden in adults newly diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.
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Nurses maintain more stigma toward pregnant women with OUD
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Clinical experience and training may affect differences in attitudes toward women who use opioids during pregnancy.
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Adaptive treatment aids smoking cessation
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Patches for smoking cessation were more successful with added bupropion for nonresponders.
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Fracture risk factors described in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Individuals with a history of fracture were five times more likely to develop an additional fracture.
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Screen bipolar patients for eating disorders
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Lifetime eating disorders were identified in 20% of patients with type 2 bipolar disorder.
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‘Missed opportunities’ for accurate diagnosing of women with vaginitis
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Study suggests that clinicians are not engaging the standard of care for testing and diagnosing vaginitis.
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Mepolizumab improves asthma after 1 year despite comorbidities
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Patients with asthma and comorbid chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps showed especially significant benefits.
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Weight loss linked to mortality risk in older women
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Women whose 5% or greater weight loss was unintentional were even less likely to survive to older age.
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Interstitial lung disease plus pulmonary hypertension equals poor outcomes in systemic sclerosis
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Female sex and higher body mass index were associated with lower mortality risk.
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One in five women report mistreatment during maternity care
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Approximately 40% of Black, Hispanic, and multiracial mothers report discrimination.
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Self-managed medication abortion shows success at 9-16 weeks’ gestation
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Most women who self-managed a medication abortion at 9-16 weeks’ gestation had no need for further intervention.
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Sleep disturbance may predict increased risk of suicidal thoughts
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Adding sleep disturbance questions to assessments could promote early intervention for active and passive suicidal ideation.
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Structural changes may separate axial psoriatic arthritis from axial spondyloarthritis
- Author:
- Heidi Splete
Approximately two-thirds of patients met criteria for both conditions, but imaging data show distinctions.