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• Europe Tackles Late HIV Head-on Cases of late HIV might be averted if multi-prong strategies are implemented, including redefining the category for better monitoring.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2022
• Endocarditis Tied to Drug Use on the Rise, Spiked During COVID Infective endocarditis in people with cocaine/opioid use disorder has increased over the past decade, with the steepest rise during the pandemic, suggesting COVID itself may heighten the risk.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2022
• Fitbit Figures: More Steps Per Day Cut Type 2 Diabetes Risk Physical activity was associated with lower risk for type 2 diabetes, regardless of the intensity level, and even at amounts less than current guidelines recommend, based on 4 years of Fitbit data.
  Medscape Medical News, December 16, 2022
• Cancer Infusion Centers Lack Staff, Struggling With Demand A survey of cancer infusion centers has found that 40% need to physically expand their space to keep up with the current demand, and more than two thirds are struggling to maximize nursing capacity.
  Medscape Medical News, December 15, 2022
• Weight Loss Drugs; Cancer in the Middle East; and Doctor Jobs The top 3 things you should know to start your day.
  3 Things to Know Today, December 15, 2022
• Why Some Doctors Choose Employment Over Private Practice Like any job, employment has its trade-offs. Three doctors share what they like the most and least about being employed by a large organization rather than in private practice.
  Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2022
• How Fitness Trackers Will Help Us Keep an Eye on Disease A new study suggests that Fitbit data — including heart rate and step count — could serve as a proxy for important clinical metrics, providing key insights to help treat chronic disease.
  WebMD, December 13, 2022
• T2D Diagnoses Spike Coincident With COVID Onset A spike in incident type 2 diabetes occurred in US residents starting 7 days before and continuing for 30 days after diagnosis of COVID-19, but these cross-sectional data can’t establish causality.
  First Look, December 12, 2022
• Long COVID Research Includes Tremendous Patient Involvement: NIH In the urgent effort to respond to long COVID in the United States, researchers are finding patients to be their best allies in discovering the multifaceted issues associated with the condition.
  Medscape Medical News, December 09, 2022
• Cancer Patients Missing Out on Genomic Testing, Targeted Therapy Despite an extensive body of supportive evidence and recommendations from major cancer societies, many patients with cancer still do not undergo genomic testing or receive appropriate targeted therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, December 09, 2022
• Is Medicare Advantage Losing Its Edge in Acute MI Care? A new national analysis found the program has lost an early survival benefit over the last decade but still offers some advantages in other quality measures.
  Medscape Medical News, December 08, 2022
• Oral Health in Primary Care: A Task That's Worth the Time Incorporating preventative oral health into primary care can improve a child's physical well-being, a government report found.
  MDedge News, December 08, 2022
• Voice Could Be a Major New Biomarker The NIH is investing millions to investigate voice analysis as a tool for diagnosing a wide range of diseases, including Alzheimer's, depression, and autism.
  WebMD Health News, December 08, 2022
• Overdose Deaths up 81% in Pregnant, Postpartum Women Drug overdose deaths, particularly deaths involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl, reached record highs in 2020 and 2021.
  MDedge News, December 07, 2022
• High Rates of Inappropriate PPI Use in Hospitalized Patients More than two fifths of patients discharged with a proton pump inhibitor prescription may have been given it inappropriately, say Israeli researchers who call for action to improve the problem.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2022
• Study Finds 7 Apps for Rhinitis and Rhinosinusitis With Evidence Mobile health apps can collect real-world data and assist in rhinitis and rhinosinusitis management, but a new study suggests that more work is needed to validate their clinical applicability.
  Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2022
• Are Children With Atopic Dermatitis More Likely to Fracture Bones? Children with atopic dermatitis may be more likely to have broken bones, researchers in Korea report.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2022
• Pandemic Delayed Treatment in Patients With CTCL, Study Finds The retrospective study analyzed data on 149 patients with CTCL who were being managed at one of nine international academic medical centers in seven countries from March through October 2020.
  MDedge News, December 05, 2022
• EHR Alerts to Both Doc and Patient May Boost Statin Prescribing Electronic 'nudges' that promote new statin prescriptions seemed most effective when sent to patients as well as their primary care doctors in a randomized trial.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2022
• How Blunt Is Too Blunt for Informed Consent? One of the toughest jobs physicians have is getting informed consent. Since patients must be aware of the risks and rewards of any treatment, just how blunt is too blunt when you explain?
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2022