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Authoritative Oral Hygiene Videos'Drive Quality'
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (324+ words) Authoritative Oral Hygiene Videos Drive Quality Conexiant A majority of You Tube videos on the topic of oral hygiene were rated as useful with moderate to high reliability, but videos uploaded by dental professionals consistently scored higher for quality and…...
3 Medical Routines That Older People May Not Need
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1286+ words) The treatment may be more burdensome than the condition itself." Enough time had passed since the patient's previous colonoscopy that she met the criteria to undergo another, said Steven Itzkowitz, a gastroenterologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount…...
Gender Bias Found in Regional Surgery Survey
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (305+ words) Women surgeons were more often perceived as targets of workplace discrimination despite similar perceived clinical judgment and surgical skill Women surgeons were more often perceived as targets of workplace gender discrimination than men surgeons in a questionnaire study of a…...
Rotary Tiller Knee Dislocations Reconstructed
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (291+ words) Both patients had traumatic right knee dislocation with rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), medial collateral ligament, and lateral collateral ligament, along with lateral meniscus injury. The researchers noted that closed reduction is feasible in…...
JAK Monotherapy Shows Efficacy in RA Review
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (158+ words) A systematic review found Janus kinase inhibitor monotherapy improved outcomes vs methotrexate or placebo, but direct comparisons with combination therapy were limited. Baricitinib also improved outcomes compared with placebo among patients with inadequate response to methotrexate. In one phase 3 trial,…...
RA Outcomes Improved in KURAMA Cohort
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (212+ words) Ten-year observational data showed lower disease activity and functional disability coinciding with broader use of biologic and targeted synthetic therapies. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis had improved disease activity and functional disability measures over 10 years in a single-center Japanese cohort, coinciding…...
Sex Disparities May Persist in CF Despite Modulators
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Can Lower Music Levels Preserve Workout Intensity?
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (384+ words) Reducing music volume by approximately 3 A-weighted decibels in group fitness classes met a prespecified noninferiority threshold for perceived exercise intensity compared with louder sessions, according to a comparative effectiveness study. The researchers surveyed 189 participants who attended 1-hour group fitness classes…...
MRI May Define Two Distinct Migraine Phenotypes
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (346+ words) Conexiant Neuroimaging could help separate patients with migraine into two subgroups with distinct clinical and imaging profiles In a study, researchers analyzed structural and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from 111 patients with migraine and 51 controls The migraine cohort…...
Turning Medical Insights into Patient Impact
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (842+ words) Veeva research reveals a stark gap between the insights biopharma captures and the actions it takes " highlighting a missed opportunity to improve patient outcomes Biopharma has never generated more data, more innovation, or more scientific exchange. Yet, despite being one…...