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Compared with patients who had urgent-start temporary hemodialysis, patients who underwent urgent-start peritoneal dialysis during the transition of kidney failure to chronic dialysis showed fewer complications up to 6 weeks after dialysis.“The transition from chronic kidney disease to dialysis commencement is both crucial and challenging. Unfortunately, more than half of kidney failure

Four papers offer new insight into long COVID symptoms, duration, onset and prevalence, with one paper documenting more than 200 symptoms of long COVID. The findings were published shortly before President Joe Biden announced efforts to protect patients with long COVID from discrimination.

Diagnostic mammography performance appeared to vary across racial and ethnic groups, according to study results published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.Some of these disparities may be reduced through interventions that address characteristics associated with imaging facility and access instead of personal characteristics, researchers noted.

The COVID-19 virus created several complications for patients within the systemic and ocular health care systems, including increased ocular manifestations and delayed treatments, according to a review in Clinical Ophthalmology.

National survey data showed that children who consume more ultraprocessed foods have poorer locomotor skills and cardiovascular fitness, according to results presented at the Nutrition 2022 meeting.

SAN FRANCISCO — Surgeons should treat patients with first-time shoulder dislocations critically by identifying risk of recurrence, the risk of delaying surgery and the relative success and risk of surgery, according to a presenter here.Previously published literature has shown factors that increase a patient’s risk of recurrence include age, male sex and hyperlaxity, while greater

World Sickle Cell Day is observed each year on June 19.The observation is intended to raise awareness of sickle cell disease, as well as the challenges patients encounter.

HHS and the United States Department of Agriculture are accepting nominations for an advisory committee that will review evidence and develop recommendations for the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Rates of overprescribing of short-acting beta agonist asthma inhalers remain high and vary significantly among practices, according to new data published in the British Journal of General Practice.Researchers conducted a cross-sectional study to quantify the prevalence of SABA overprescribing and identify predictors that lead to overprescribing. The researchers evaluated 30,694 primary care

Researchers from the National Eye Institute found TIMP3 variants cause atypical presentations of Sorsby fundus dystrophy, potentially indicating a different type of macular dystrophy not previously classified.