Month: December 2022

Rheumatology joined six other Medicine specialties that filled more than 95% of fellowship positions in 2022. The National Resident Matching Program in its 2022 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match reported that rheumatology filled 123 of 127 certified programs (96.9%) along with 265 certified positions (97.8%). Matched applicants for adult rheumatology programs included 40 U.S. foreign applicants (15.1%),
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How Tim Solved His Painful Diabetic Neuropathy With Spinal Cord Stimulation – Diabetes Daily Learning Center Learning Center: LearningCenter Diabetes Daily does not provide medical advice,diagnosis or treatment.Get additional information.© 2005 – 2022 Everyday Health, Inc., a Ziff Davis company. Everyday Health is among the federally registered trademarks of Everyday Health, Inc. and may not
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Healthcare workers treat a Covid-19 patient on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) floor at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Allison Dinner | Bloomberg | Getty Images Covid and flu hospitalizations are increasing, while respiratory syncytial virus appears to be retreating in some states, the Centers for Disease Control and
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The dire shortage of pediatric hospital beds plaguing the nation this fall is a byproduct of financial decisions made by hospitals over the past decade, as they shuttered children’s wards, which often operate in the red, and expanded the number of beds available for more profitable endeavors like joint replacements and cancer care. To cope
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Multiple doses of STK-001, an investigational antisense oligonucleotide to treat Dravet syndrome, were well tolerated and showed trends toward fewer seizures, interim analyses of phase I/IIa trial data showed. In a combined analysis of the early U.S.-based MONARCH and U.K.-based ADMIRAL studies, the drug showed mild or moderate adverse effects and no significant safety problems,
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Learn the basic principles behind how the body works – and see how this knowledge translates to patient care – in HMX Physiology, led by Harvard Medical School professor Richard Schwartzstein. Course details: http://bit.ly/hmxphys HMX courses cover fundamental medical concepts through detailed visualizations, real-world scenarios, and genuine patient interactions. Courses are appropriate for those considering or
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This is the good, bad, and ugly when it comes to study techniques. The ugly includes the passive forms of studying we all default to – what we were taught in grade school. This includes re-reading your class notes or powerpoint, or highlighting in a textbook and re-reading those highlights, or passively listening to lecture
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A recent study published in Frontiers in Public Health evaluated the associations between adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet), cognitive risk, and functional ability in older Australian adults. Study: Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet is associated with physical and cognitive health: A cross-sectional analysis of community-dwelling older Australians. Image Credit: Antonina Vlasova/Shutterstock Aging is associated
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Sunscreens marketed to individuals with skin of color are generally more expensive than products broadly marketed to consumers, and more than 40% contain a UV blocker that may create a white cast. Those are among the findings from a study by Michelle Xiong, a medical student at Brown University, Providence, R.I., and Erin M. Warshaw, MD, of the
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Two years ago, Ashley Hingston had a miscarriage. The 35-year-old Floridian and her husband had been going through in vitro fertilization when they received the news no one wants to get, but which many in their position reflexively expect: “You are going to lose the pregnancy.”  On the other end of the line was Hingston’s
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New data from the ONS reveals that a third of unpaid carers are experiencing depressive symptoms. Will Donnelly, co-founder of Lottie, shares his thoughts Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that as many as one in three unpaid carers in the UK are experiencing depressive symptoms following the rising cost of
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2022 Diabetes Holiday Gift Guide – Diabetes Daily Learning Center Learning Center: LearningCenter Diabetes Daily does not provide medical advice,diagnosis or treatment.Get additional information.© 2005 – 2022 Everyday Health, Inc., a Ziff Davis company. Everyday Health is among the federally registered trademarks of Everyday Health, Inc. and may not be used by third parties without
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Promising findings from various clinical trials at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) have the breast cancer research community buzzing about the future of treatment in metastatic disease. As we close out 2022, what are some of the most exciting therapies we should expect to change practice in 2023? In this exclusive MedPage Today
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Michelle Mitchell, chief executive of Cancer Research UK Michelle Mitchell, chief executive of Cancer Research UK Flashback to February 4th, the start of Cancer Research UK’s 20th anniversary year. The then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, declared a ‘War on Cancer’, committing to publish a 10-year plan, which promised to
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The CICE (International Center for Endoscopic Surgery) in Clermont-Ferrand, France, an internationally renowned endoscopic training center and the first in Europe to implement the European certification (GESEA), has inaugurated a training room using VirtaMed LaparoS™ Gynecological Laparoscopy and GynoS™ Hysteroscopy simulators. CICE and VirtaMed will partner to integrate the VirtaMed mixed-reality simulators into the CICE training program, developing a comprehensive training approach
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