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Women with obesity may have a higher risk of heavier periods due to delayed endometrial repair. Although it is difficult to make strong recommendations based on this study alone, a common-sense approach would be to offer weight-loss support to women with a high BMI experiencing heavy periods, suggested lead author Jacqueline Maybin, MBChB, PhD, of the University of Edinburgh, in a statement. (
Journal of Endocrinology)
A new subgroup analysis of the phase III SONICS trial found that levoketoconazole (Recorlev) was effective at normalizing mean 24-h urinary free cortisol in people with Cushing s and improved glycemic control in those with comorbid diabetes. (
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For many of my patients, I am the first Asian and first Chinese person they have personally interacted with. I am placed in a unique situation at this point in time; being an Asian doctor (and the only Asian) working in a rural clinic in the middle of a pandemic that has often been blamed on people who look like me. Not one day goes by without me being acutely aware of the way I look, especially over the last year. Here are just some things that were said to me this past year: So, why d you guys bring corona over here?
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On a typical pandemic Thursday night, I found myself scrolling through TikTok. This has turned into the guilty pleasure of my life. Sometimes you need something to do that will make you forget about your own problems and work. On this particular day, I came across a young woman talking about her experience in the military. She appeared on my page, tears in her eyes, explaining her traumatic event with her alleged rapist. She details the military s inaction and goes on to discuss that this is why women in the military kill themselves.
I listened to her words, looking for clues. Buried in the language was her branch, a fake handle in the corner, possibly a first name at the top of the page, the fact that she had been in court that morning. I could hear the pain in her voice. As a mom and ob/gyn, I have learned the many sounds of pain. My kids have an entire symphony of tears, the I want to see friends crying, or the I miss school tears, the broken bone-piercin
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The FDA approved fosdenopterin (Nulibry) the first specific treatment for the rare metabolic disorder molybdenum cofactor deficiency type A.
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with low free T3 levels saw significantly higher rates of mortality, mechanical ventilation, and ICU admission. (
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Almost a quarter of patients with kidney stone disease also had osteoporosis or a fracture, according to a study of over 500,000 people. (
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research)
In related news, women with primary ovarian insufficiency who experience early menopause have a higher risk for osteoporosis. This study . underscores the importance of the use of hormone therapy at least until the natural age of menopause in order to reduce the significant morbidity and mortality associated with osteoporotic fractures, commented Stephanie Faubion, MD, North American Menopause Society medical director. (
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Before COVID-19, I left the practice of medicine for what would turn out to become an entire year. While away, I found a new way of seeing our hearts and bodies as humans in the medical profession, allowing me to return.
Here are five lessons I learned:
1. Perfectionism doesn t make you perfect
If perfectionism isn t an unwritten rule in our profession, it s, at minimum, a heavily reinforced personality tendency. When I first faced my perfectionism, I tried to argue it was a good thing.
Of course, I m a perfectionist I m a physician. We have to be perfectionists. If we re not, people die.