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The time is now for physicians to ride the digital disruption wave
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
CHICAGO – Physicians can shape the outcome of a trend that’s about to explode.
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Patients frequently drive too soon after ICD implantation
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
Many patients didn’t recall ever receiving instruction about when to drive again.
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Cancer overtakes CVD as cause of death in high-income countries
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
PARIS – The balance is shifting because cardiovascular deaths are way down in high-resource nations.
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GALACTIC: Early vasodilation strategy no help in acute heart failure
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
PARIS – The pragmatic study’s neutral results can inform care of most acute heart failure patients.
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Bringing focus to the issue: Dr. Elizabeth Loder on gender in medicine
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
Sexual harassment, hurtful sex-based comments, gender-based barriers to career advancement – and salary – top the list.
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#MyFirstNameIsDoctor: Why it matters, and what you can do
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
Putting a name to persistent and insidious gender bias helps address the problem, say female physicians.
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In patients with CIS, combined omics predicts conversion to clinically definite MS
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
STOCKHOLM – Oligoclonal band status is helpful for diagnosis, but cannot predict who will go on to develop clinically definite MS.
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Intensive cognitive training may be needed for memory gains in MS
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
STOCKHOLM – Patients with MS saw the best results with the most intensive memory strategies.
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Baseline neurofilament light levels track with brain volume loss in MS
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
STOCKHOLM – Ten-year data strengthen neurofilament light’s potential prognostic role.
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Tocilizumab beat azathioprine for NMOSD
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
STOCKHOLM – The first-ever head-to-head trial compared the two drugs in highly relapsing neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.
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Beyond the lips: Guidance for intraoral procedures
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
NEW YORK – A gentle hand and good patient education are keys to oral mucosal techniques.
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Rivaroxaban bests combo therapy in post-PCI AFib
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
PARIS – Though dosing questions remain, the Japanese AFIRE study affirms current U.S. and European practice.
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Even with no disease activity, recurrence risk near 50% when stopping DMTs for MS
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
STOCKHOLM – Younger patients had a significantly higher risk of recurrence when stopping disease modifying therapy.
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Inebilizumab looks good for neuromyelitis optica in phase 2/3 trial
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
STOCKHOLM – Attacks were significantly reduced and a marker for tissue damage dropped, but IgG levels will likely have to be tracked long term.
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In highly active MS, is skipping gadolinium an option?
- Author:
- Kari Oakes
STOCKHOLM – Though skipping contrast missed a small number of lesions, most patients would still have been classified and treated correctly.