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Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Associated With Neuroinflammation in Patients With Alzheimer Disease

04/15/2024

Anthony Calabro, MA

Researchers set out to determine whether microglial activation, which can trigger neuroinflammation, is associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms that often accompany Alzheimer-associated dementias,...

04/15/2024

FDA ALERT

FDA Approves First Activin Signaling Inhibitor Therapy in Patients with PAH

04/12/2024

Jessica Bard

The FDA has approved sotatercept-csrk, the first activin signaling inhibitor therapy, for the management of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Based on the Phase 3 STELLAR trial,...

04/12/2024

Research Summary

Association Between Degree of Walking Ability and Bone Fracture Risk

04/12/2024

Jessica Ganga

A team of researchers sought to determine the association between walking ability as a predictor for bone fracture risk in certain adult populations.

04/12/2024

Research summary

The Association Between Patients With Diabetic Retinopathy and Quality of Life

04/10/2024

Jessica Ganga

A team of researchers sought to establish the association between patients with diabetic retinopathy and quality of life, including vision-related quality of life.

04/10/2024

research summary

New Oral Manifestation of Primary Hyperoxaluria

04/09/2024

Leigh Precopio

Researchers examined a new manifestation of primary hyperoxaluria that has rarely been described in previous literature and reviewed best approaches to managing dental complications in this patient...

04/09/2024

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Photo Essay

An Atlas of Lumps and Bumps, Part 37: Keratosis Pilaris

04/15/2024

Alexander K.C. Leung, MD^1,2, Benjamin Barankin, MD³, Joseph M. Lam, MD⁴, Kin Fon Leong, MD⁵

Alexander K.C. Leung, MD1,2, Benjamin Barankin, MD3, Joseph M. Lam, MD4, Kin Fon Leong,...

Keratosis Pilaris Keratosis pilaris, frequently referred to as “chicken skin” by patients, is a disorder of keratinization of the infundibulum of pilosebaceous follicles characterized by keratinous plugs...

04/15/2024

Radiology Quiz

New-Onset Groin Pain in an Elderly Woman

04/10/2024

Namita Bhardwaj, MD, MS, MPH^1,2 • Grant S. Pierre, MD³

Namita Bhardwaj, MD, MS, MPH1,2 • Grant S. Pierre, MD3

04/10/2024

Pop Quiz

Pop Quiz

Allergic Asthma Triggers

04/11/2024

Are you familiar with the common triggers for patients with allergic asthma? Test your knowledge with this pop quiz!

04/11/2024

Video

No Difference Between Hypotension-Avoidance and Hypertension-Avoidance Strategies for Reducing Post-Surgical Adverse Events

04/11/2024

In this video, Maura Marcucci, MD, MSc, discusses her study's surprising results, which showed no differences between hypotension-avoidance and hypertension-avoidance strategies for decreasing adverse...

04/11/2024

Pulmonary Pitfalls

Using and Interpreting Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity (Dlco) Correctly

05/10/2016

Lam-Phuong Nguyen, DO, Richart W. Harper, MD, and Samuel Louie, MD

Lam-Phuong Nguyen, DO, Richart W. Harper, MD, and Samuel Louie, MD

Authors: Lam-Phuong Nguyen, DO; Richart W. Harper, MD; Samuel Louie, MD UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California. Citation: Nguyen LP, Harper RW, Louie S. Using and...

Consultant. 2016;56(5):440-445.

05/10/2016

white sponge nevus

White Oral Lesions: How to Distinguish the Benign From the Deadly

04/09/2012

Author:William Lawson, MD, DDSProfessor of otolaryngology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Citation: Lawson W. White oral lesions: How to distinguish the benign from the deadly....

04/09/2012