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Prenatal Sleep Problems, Depression Linked to Poorer Outcomes

"I think the national conversation around mental health in general will hopefully carry us forward to better supporting the patients who are coming in with preexisting conditions."

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program Benefits MS

Previous research has found that life stressors are linked to clinical MS flares.

Denver , Colorado , United-states , Ellen-mowry , Nicole-delcourt , Chris-hemond , Jon-kabat-zinn , Wasson-health-confidence , Consortium-of-multiple-sclerosis-centers , Johns-hopkins-university , Medscape-professional-network , University-of-massachusetts

'Paradigm Shift': Luspatercept for MDS

Luspatercept showed significant improvement over erythropoiesis-stimulating agent epoetin alfa in reducing dependency on red blood cell transfusions in patients with LR-MDS who are ESA naive.

United-states , Houston , Texas , American , Guillermo-garcia-manero , Andrew-artz , Medscape-professional-network , University-of-texas-md-anderson-cancer-center , Drug-administration , Hematologic-malignancies-research-institute , American-society-of-clinical-oncology , City-of-hope-national-medical-center

Cenerimod's Development Targets Severe SLE Disease Activity

Novel S1P1 receptor modulator cenerimod shows impact on disease activity in lupus, with more pronounced benefits in those with more severe disease.

Seoul , Soult-ukpyolsi , South-korea , Manila , Philippines , Santo-tomas , Pampanga , Sandra-navarra , Novartis , Idorsia-pharmaceuticals , Pfizer , Luke-medical-center

Analysis: 40% of Info About Cirrhosis on TikTok Is Incorrect

Study presented at DDW finds that patient-derived sources are usually trustworthy, but promotional sources are often misleading.

Utah , United-states , Salt-lake-city , American , Macklin-loveland , American-society-for-gastrointestinal-endoscopy , Medscape-professional-network , Journal-of-the-national-cancer-institute , American-college-of-gastroenterology , University-of-utah-huntsman-cancer-institute , Society-for-surgery-of-the-alimentary-tract , University-of-arizona

Survey Reveals Teen Substance Use Screening Inadequate

Current screening rates and practices among primary care pediatricians in the United States are unknown.

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Sex Trafficking Survivor Describes Impact of Tattoo Removal

Branding tattoo removal helps sex trafficking survivor close door on painful past.

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Drive, Chip, and Putt Your Way to Osteoarthritis Relief

If only there were a low-impact exercise that was incredibly popular among the generally older population who are likely to have arthritis.

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ctDNA Promising for Cancer Detection, but Faces Challenges

ctDNA tests have the potential to identify many cancer types but researchers must assess their efficacy across different racial/ethnic groups.

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One or Two High-Step Days May Reduce Mortality Risks

Adults who took roughly 4 miles of steps 1 or 2 days a week showed longevity benefits similar to those of adults with more days of similar step counts.

Massachusetts , United-states , Boston , Kyoto , Japan , James-sawalla-guseh , Josef-figueroa , Kosuke-inoue , Kyoto-university , Nutrition-examination-survey , Japan-agency-for-medical-research , Medscape-professional-network