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Virologically suppressed adults can now receive HIV treatment as few as six times per year.The FDA this week approved a 2-month dosing regimen for Cabenuva — which includes shots of cabotegravir (ViiV Healthcare) and rilpivirine (Janssen Pharmaceuticals) — for virologically suppressed adults on a stable regimen with no history of prior treatment failure or resistance to either drug.

TAMPA, Fla. — In his presidential address at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, Peter C. Amadio, MD, FAAOS, said it was an honor to have been the third individual from the Mayo Clinic to serve as the organization’s president.“It has been an honor and a privilege to be your president,” Amadio said.

Obesity was associated with an increased risk for reproductive disorders among women, according to findings published in PLoS Medicine.“Our understanding is that the causal role of obesity in female reproductive disorders is heterogeneous in its effect and may be driven by different types of obesity,” Samvida S. Venkatesh, a doctoral student in genome sciences and genetics at the

A new study linked the Air Quality Index with an increase in exacerbations requiring an ED visit or hospitalization among children with asthma living in Pennsylvania.“There is a wealth of data demonstrating that outdoor air pollution harms children with asthma, but how to incorporate this data into clinical practice is less clear. Guidelines appropriately recommend that health care

Although most oncologists did not object to patients recording consultations, a quarter of those surveyed had reservations, with several indicating they decline some or all requests to record, according to study results published in Cancer.The findings highlight disparities in access to recording and the need for policy solutions to create equity for patients who wish to record visits,

Patients with axial spondyloarthritis demonstrate significant differences in peripheral and extra-musculoskeletal manifestations based on geographic region, according to data published in Rheumatology. “The most frequent [axial SpA (axSpA)] symptom is chronic, often inflammatory back pain that might be difficult to distinguish from other causes of chronic back pain (CBP),” Denis

The majority of liver transplant recipients are able to produce a functional antibody response to COVID-19 infection, according to data published in Gut.

Environmental exposures heightened by climate change adversely affect maternal and newborn health, and women are “particularly vulnerable” to these effects, according to a speaker at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Gay and lesbian adults in the United States reported higher levels of COVID-19 vaccination and vaccine confidence than heterosexual adults, according to a new study published in MMWR. Authors A.D. McNaghten, PhD, MPH, a branch chief in the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention, and colleagues said LGBT people are at an increased risk for severe COVID-19 illness because of a higher prevalence of

Between 2013 and 2018, geographic disparities in the prevalence of chronic kidney disease increased in the Southeastern region of the U.S., according to data published in Kidney Medicine.Further, increases appeared to be magnified regardless of whether patients had type 2 diabetes.