Patients who use teach-back have fewer diabetes-related complications, hospitalizations, health expenditures
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 4, 2020. …
Cancer Risk Up Into Adulthood for Those With Birth Defects
Risk for cancer increased for individuals with nonchromosomal birth defects, chromosomal birth anomalies
NHLBI Updates Guidance for Management of Asthma
Guidance focuses on tailored treatment interventions for specific age groups based on disease severity
Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Diabetes Outcomes Limited
Number of foot exams increased, but no improvements seen in other important care continuum measures
Baby Girl Born From Embryo Frozen for 27 Years
Birth was the result of an embryo being frozen in October 1992 and thawed in February 2020
Teens Benefit From Bariatric Surgery, Regardless of Weight Loss
Obesity-related complications decline whether or not major weight loss is sustained
Teens Still Able to Access E-Cigarettes During COVID-19 Pandemic
Some report changing their point-of-purchase to access products during the pandemic
CERKL is Upregulated in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Maintains Cellular Sphingolipids and Resistance to Oxidative Stress.
Ceramide Kinase-Like Protein (CERKL) was originally described in retinal tissue. CERKL has been shown to protect cells from oxidative stress, and mutations in CERKL underlie the inherited disease, retinitis pigmentosa. …
Risk factors for melanoma by anatomical site: an evaluation of aetiological heterogeneity.
Melanoma aetiology has been proposed to have two pathways – determined by naevi and type of sun exposure – and related to the anatomical site where melanoma develops.We examined associations …