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Systemic therapy is warranted in patients with moderate-to-severe involvement of specific sites or in those refractory to topical therapy, according to Dr April Armstrong.

Dementia risk is significantly higher in women than in men worldwide, and social and economic disadvantages among women could be to blame, a new study suggests.

A subgroup analysis also showed that intubation risk was reduced for patients supported by high-flow nasal cannula or noninvasive ventilation.

Objective: Comorbid eating disorders (EDs) and substance use disorders (SUDs) are common. Most research has explored substance use among individuals with an ED. Few studies describe the prevalence of EDs in samples of women with SUD who are attending treatment. This study is a systematic review and meta-analysis of the point and lifetime prevalence of comorbid ED among treatment-seeking female patients with SUD. Method: Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis...

Purpose: Temporal self-regulation theory was developed to address an observed intention-behaviour gap across behaviours. However, a synthesis of studies has not yet been conducted to investigate the theory's utility to explain behaviour and bridge the intention-behaviour gap. This review aimed to evaluate the predictive ability of temporal self-regulation theory to understanding behaviour and pre-registered at PROSPERO (ID: CRD42021253174). Method: Forward citation searches on the original ...

The study estimated the proportion of SJS/TEN cases associated with antibiotic use, and broke down the cases by antibiotic class.

A study documents the steep financial burden of breast cancer care for women in high and low/middle income countries and offers avenues for intervention.

A large meta-analysis raises more questions about the benefit of low-dose aspirin in people who dont have atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

A real-world analysis of the impact of biosimilar switches over 3 years of follow-up addresses the limitations of formal trials in assessing discontinuation rates.

Extrapolating to the more than 374 million adults worldwide who have prediabetes suggests that inexpensive vitamin D supplementation could delay the development of diabetes in more than 10 million people.