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[EBV-positive MTX-associated lymphoproliferative disorder and Ig M myeloma in rheumatoid arthritis].

Feb 18, 2021

 An 80-year-old female patient arrived with a pronounced lymphadenopathy and weight loss. 6 years ago she had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. At the time of arrival, she was administered M...

Factors Other Than Workplace Tied to COVID-19 Positivity in HCWs

Feb 17, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Demographic and community risk factors are more strongly associated with COVID-19 positivity than workplace exposure among health care workers (HCWs), accord...

Factors Other Than Workplace Tied to COVID-19 Positivity in HCWs

Feb 17, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Demographic and community risk factors are more strongly associated with COVID-19 positivity than workplace exposure among health care workers (HCWs), accord...

High-Intensity Strength Training No Added Benefit for Knee Osteoarthritis

Feb 17, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- High-intensity strength training does not significantly improve knee pain with osteoarthritis compared with low-intensity strength training or a control cond...

Many Health Care Workers Report Vaccine Hesitancy

Feb 15, 2021

FRIDAY, Feb. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many health care workers (HCWs) report they may delay getting the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a research letter published online Feb. 9 in the Annals of In...

Supreme Court Should Uphold Affordable Care Act: Biden Administration

Feb 12, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The entire Affordable Care Act should be upheld, the U.S. Justice Department says in a letter filed with the Supreme Court Wednesday. That stance under the ...

Sexual-Minority Medical Students Have Higher Burnout

Feb 11, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Medical students in sexual-minority groups report increased symptoms of burnout regardless of their perceived experiences of mistreatment, according to a s...

Model Predicts Persistent Opioid Use After Total Knee Replacement

Feb 05, 2021

FRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A model with 10 predictors can identify persistent high-dose opioid use in the year following total knee replacement (TKR), according to a study published onli...

Racial Disparities Seen in Excess Mortality Early in Pandemic

Feb 05, 2021

THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Adjusted excess all-cause mortality in April 2020 varied by race/ethnicity and by state, according to a study published in the February issue of Health Affai...

Factors associated with exercise adherence to prevent or treat neck and low back pain: A systematic review.

Feb 04, 2021

Much attention has been paid to the evaluation of the efficacy of exercise therapy or increasing physical activity with the aim to prevent or alleviate neck and low back pain. However, exercise adhere...

Evaluation of the role of peripheral artery plaque geometry and composition on stent performance.

Feb 04, 2021

Peripheral stent fracture is a major precursor to restenosis of femoral artery atherosclerosis that has been treated with stent implantation. In this work, we validate a workflow for performing in sil...

About Four in 10 U.S. Adults Skipped Medical Care During Pandemic

Feb 03, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- More than four in 10 U.S. adults report forgoing medical care early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Jan. 21 in JAMA Network ...

Full Functionality After Hip Fracture Takes Two to Three Years

Feb 03, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Hip fracture survivors experience notable declines in function and well-being in the first year after a hip fracture compared with peers without fracture, a...

Many Physicians Have Negative Attitudes About Disability

Feb 03, 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many physicians have negative attitudes about patients with disability, with just over half strongly agreeing that they welcome patients with disability into ...

High Tibial Osteotomy May Delay, Prevent Need for TKR

Feb 02, 2021

MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Most patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee who undergo medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) do not undergo total knee replacement (TKR) wit...

Telemedicine Use Increased Considerably During COVID-19

Feb 02, 2021

MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Telemedicine use increased considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic, with lower use in communities with higher rates of poverty, according to a study publishe...

Fracture at Certain Ages May Prompt Child Abuse Evaluation

Jan 29, 2021

FRIDAY, Jan. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Routine evaluation for child abuse is recommended for children aged younger than 3 years presenting with rib fractures and for children aged younger than 18 m...

Biden Signs Orders to Expand Health Care Access

Jan 29, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order to reopen enrollment in Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces and also signed oth...

U.S. Drug Prices 256 Percent Higher Than in 32 OECD Countries

Jan 29, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2018, prices for drugs in the United States were 256 percent higher than those in 32 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) compar...

Many Adults Do Not See Link Between Racism, Poorer Health

Jan 28, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Less than half of U.S. adults see a connection between systemic racism and poorer health outcomes, according to a report released Jan. 13 by the RAND Corpo...

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