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Older adult patients who received antibiotic prophylaxis for UTIs experienced an increased risk for hospitalization, sepsis and bloodstream infection, according to a study in Clinical Infectious Diseases.“Older patients have a higher risk of infection than younger patients due in large part to immunosenescence, but at the same time they are more prone to the harms of antibiotics such as

Emphasizing that race is not a biological construct, but rather a social construct, a speaker contended that the “multifaceted nature” of disparities impacting outcomes for children with kidney disease must be explored.“Many studies, primarily in adults, have highlighted the impact of socioeconomic status on chronic kidney disease outcomes,” Keisha L. Gibson, MD, MPH, of

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a draft recommendation encouraging physicians to screen for chlamydia and gonorrhea in all sexually active women aged 24 years and younger. The USPSTF also recommended screening sexually active women aged 25 years and older who are at increased risk for chlamydia and gonorrhea. The task force stated the evidence was insufficient to decide if men,

These reports include updates on pancreatic cancer, chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cysts.

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Ixekizumab is efficacious in patients with psoriatic arthritis for up to 1 year, with or without concomitant methotrexate use, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.“Ixekizumab has been demonstrated to improve the signs and symptoms of PsA in patients who were biologic-naive (SPIRIT-P1) or had previous inadequate response or intolerance with TNF inhibitors

The FDA has issued a safety communication to inform health care providers and the public that pulse oximeters have limitations and a risk for inaccuracy under certain circumstances.The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an increase in the use of pulse oximeters. A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine suggested that the devices may be less accurate in people with dark skin

Cardiology Today | Novel healing-targeted drug-eluting stent (HT-DES; BuMA Supreme, Sinomed) vs. durable polymer everolimus-eluting stents for PCI.

A text messaging program showed more than half of opioids prescribed to patients went unused after orthopedic surgery, according to published results.Using an automated, HIPAA-secure text messaging platform, Anish K. Agarwal, MD, MPH, and colleagues sent messages to 2,444 patients who underwent orthopedic surgery from September 2018 to January 2020 and had received a prescription for an acute

The humidity created inside face masks may offer additional protection against COVID-19, according to NIH researchers. “We show that face masks strongly increase the effective humidity of inhaled air, thereby promoting hydration of the respiratory epithelium which is known to be beneficial to the immune system,” NIH investigators Joseph M. Courtney, PhD, and Adriaan Bax, PhD, wrote in