Family Medicine

New scoring model is based on an eight-point threshold to accurately predict patients at a low risk of adverse outcomes.

AI can help make up for missed appointments and screening.

There is a higher chronic kidney disease prevalence for individuals with lower educational levels.

New research finds a 13% higher mortality rate for every 5% reduction in REM sleep.

A two-week period of downward COVID-19 cases is needed before reigniting elective procedures.

The 8-7 decision allows Mallinckrodt to move forward with a Sept. 12 PDUFA date for the investigational agent.

Patients in the multidisciplinary-care group were more likely to experience a 50% or higher reduction in all Gastrointestinal Symptom Severity Index symptom clusters than the patients who were in the standard-care group.

Chronic kidney disease and kidney failure represent the most common comorbidities for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 infections.

Although a majority of pediatricians are aware of the guidelines, less than one-third of survey respondents report full implementation.

The practice of genetic testing has been useful in clinically addressing found cases of familial hypercholesterolemia, among other conditions, but no clinical practice guidelines currently exist for testing patients with suspected hereditary dyslipidemia.

The estimated two-year four-variable kidney failure risk equation for individual risk using predicted ACR from PCR had discrimination similar to that of using observed ACR.

The FDA is looking for more information regarding aspects of the chemistry, manufacturing, and controls process for the drug-device combination

Intraclass correlation coefficients for short-term variability among the 7 periods during the day ranged from 0.52 in the morning period to 0.66 in the early period and long-term ICCs ranged from 0.29 at night to 0.51 during the late period.

Four out of 18 patients in antipsychotic monotherapy, 5 out of 16 individuals receiving psychological intervention, and 5 out of 17 receiving combined therapy achieved a good clinical response at 6 months.

The results further support the overall benefit of epicutaneous immunotherapy.

Patients with bipolar depression have struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unlike other antidepressants, SEP-4199 looks at reducing some side effects common when treating bipolar depression.

Banafsheh Kashani, MD, discusses the current treatment path for patients with uterine fibroids, along with recent FDA approvals.

Baloxavir has positive effects in preventing flu in household contacts of patients with the illness.

For the EMB treatment group, 65.6% of participants (n = 160) lost fewer than 15 ETDRS letters, while 86.6% (n = 103) in the ranibizumab group lost fewer than 15 ETDRS letters.

The best results came from second-stage therapies, which produced significant increases in remission and response rates.

Shorter nighttime sleep duration and later bedtime at 3.5 years old age were significantly associated with borderline personality disorder symptoms.

Genomics, in combination with patient demographic risks, could help better inform clinicians of persons at risk for worsened chronic pulmonary burden.

In the multivariate analyses, particulate matter of 2.5 μm or less (PM2.5) was linked with dry eye metrics when adjusted for demographic characteristics, comorbidities, medications, and interaction variables.

A noninferiority study showed parents were not more anxious when their discharged child was treated as-need—nor was their child at greater health risk.