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About one-third of all patients with psoriasis will develop psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a condition that comes with a host of vague symptoms and no definitive blood test for diagnosis. Prevention trials could help to identify higher-risk groups for PsA, with a goal to catch disease early and improve outcomes. The challenge is finding enough participants

Welcome to this week’s edition of Healthcare Career Insights. This weekly roundup highlights healthcare career-related articles culled from across the Web to help you learn what’s next. Ericka L. Adler, JD, cautions practices and physicians wanting to offer wellness services to make sure these services comply with state and federal laws — Wellness services may

When the COVID-19 pandemic was first announced by the World Health Organization earlier this year, few people imagined the impact it would have on our lives all these months later – with no signs of improvement coming any time soon. Every day people are continuing to struggle with this new reality and many who were

Early administration of evolocumab significantly reduced levels of LDL cholesterol in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention, according to data from an open-label randomized trial of 102 adults in Japan. Data from previous studies have shown that proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors can reduce LDL cholesterol in acute

Vaccines take time to develop. That’s a fact. So as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the race for a new vaccine took off. Unfortunately, this sense of urgency has also lead to potentially misleading statements and forecasts about the how a vaccine might be ready by the end of the summer, by early fall, and

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. About 22% of children with COVID-19 infections were asymptomatic, and 66% of the symptomatic children had unrecognized symptoms at the time of diagnosis, based on data from a case series of 91 confirmed cases. Although recent reports suggest that COVID-19 infections

The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers and for a little amusement, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the

As stadiums across the country sit empty, sporting organizations have been hard at work coming up with ways to keep their athletes safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. In one of the highest-profile experiments of the year, the National Basketball Association chose to put its teams and support staff into isolation at facilities around the Disney

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Hopefully, summer won’t end the way it began. Memorial Day celebrations helped set off a wave of coronavirus infections across much of the South and West. Gatherings around the Fourth of July seemed to keep those hot spots aflame. And now

Holidays are usually a time for family, friends and celebration. During COVID-19, they’re also a time of great risk. The hard truth has come back time after time: it’s incredibly difficult to have gatherings without the risk of spreading the virus. Isolation is the only way to reliably stay safe, but we’ve put together a

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has recommended revoking marketing authorization of ulipristal acetate (Esmya, Gedeon Richter, and generic medicines) for uterine fibroids after an evidence review confirmed the risk of liver injury. Ulipristal acetate reduces the size of uterine fibroids in women who have not yet started menopause by blocking the

The American Heart Association (AHA) has been considered the standard of care for guideline development for resuscitation from neonates to adults for decades. Virtually all providers are required to obtain at least basic CPR certification and others, depending on their specialty/location of work, may require advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) for adults, children, and/or neonates

It’s definitely not the most romantic thing to do, but Canada’s top doctor, Theresa Tam, MD, has advised the public to skip the kissing and wear a mask if you plan on having sex with a new partner. As Dr. Tam said during a press conference in Ottawa, there’s not much concern the COVID-19 virus

Gerald Maguire has stuttered since childhood, but you might not guess it from talking to him. For the past 25 years, Maguire — a psychiatrist at the University of California, Riverside — has been treating his disorder with antipsychotic medications not officially approved for the condition. Only with careful attention might you discern his occasional

While a little Benadryl can be a useful treatment for allergies, in large quantities it can cause serious medical problems. Which is bad news for teenagers on the social media app TikTok who discovered the Benadryl challenge. The supposed attraction to this particular challenge is that Benedryl – in large amounts – may cause hallucinations.  This

In March, concerns over the coronavirus surviving on surfaces fueled a disinfectant shopping frenzy that left store shelves bare of hand sanitizer and cleaning wipes. A video featuring a Michigan doctor sanitizing his groceries one by one captured more than 26 million views on YouTube. With no signs of the coronavirus pandemic letting up, protecting yourself from germs is as important

As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the globe, companies are working hard to develop innovative solutions to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Chinese companies such as Alibaba have led the way using artificial intelligence, data science, and technology. Startups are teaming up with clinicians, engineers, and government entities to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Pregnant women, get a flu shot, say researchers from Sweden. New research shows that getting influenza while pregnant is worse than not getting the flu vaccine, and the vaccines are a part of promoting safe and healthy pregnancies. It is already known that flu shots do not harm pregnant women. They don’t cause an increased

When peripheral artery disease (PAD) is known to accompany coronary artery disease (CAD) in people with diabetes, their already elevated risk of peripheral ischemic events rises even further. But so does the degree of protection conferred by addition of the antiplatelet drug ticagrelor (Brilinta, AstraZeneca) to daily low-dose aspirin, suggests a subanalysis of the THEMIS

Robots, once the center of science fiction, are now helping surgeons in the operating room with good success. They don’t actually do the surgery, but they’re an advanced tool that helps surgeons be more precise and efficient. Robot assisted surgery (RAS) is used in various specialties and now, patients with early stage cancers of the

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Administering steroids to people critically ill with COVID-19 appears beneficial and could be lifesaving for some, a new meta-analysis and multiple related studies suggest. Critically ill patients who received systemic corticosteroids were 34% less likely to die over 28 days, for

[embedded content] The internet lit up recently over COVID-19 death statistics from the CDC. In this video, ZdoggMD explains what they actually show. Following is a transcript of his remarks: Hey everybody, Dr. Z. OK, I came here for this live broadcast back today because so many people are talking about this CDC data that