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Better Care Models Needed for Young Adults With Obesity

Physician's Weekly

The data spanned from January 2019 to March 2024. Regarding obesity-related complications, asthma was significantly prevalent across all age groups, affecting 21.2% “Guidelines recommend treating obesity with medications and lifestyle changes.” of children, 17.2% of adolescents, and 15.7% of young adults.

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How to prepare for INI-SS Medical Genetics exam?

Tiny Physician

Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics (IJPP) – Genetics edition (Jan – Mar 2019) IJPP releases a nice compilation of articles and case reports once every 3 months. Each release is a storehouse of relevant information and the first edition of 2019 focussed on genetics. It is available online for free.

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It's Not About The Pus

StorytellERdoc

On a recent trip with friends to Toronto to celebrate the arrival of 2019, we had returned to our hotel rooms one afternoon to rest for a few hours after a very late previous night of fun. Pimple Popper, was able to help many embarrassed patients survive their dermatologic issues, all the while captivating my daughter's interest.

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Ninth Circuit Upholds FDA’s Authority to Regulate Stem Cell Clinic Treatments

FDA Law Blog

These procedures are offered to treat a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer’s, arthritis, asthma, cancer, etc., 588, 566 (2019)). (Note we do not discuss the cell expansion variety of this treatment further in this blog as the court quickly dispensed of it as obviously not subject to the SSP exception.) 21 U.S.C. §

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

PEMBlog

2019 Apr 1;48(4):e169-e174. He initially presented to his pediatrician two months prior with 10 days of cough and unexplained fevers. In addition to CLMs, the differential diagnosis for these patients includes an airway obstruction, aspirated foreign body serving as an infectious nidus, and immunologic disorder. Pediatr Ann. PMID: 30986318.

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You don’t need to order comprehensive viral panels for most patients

PEMBlog

For more specific recommendations related to diagnosis and management of SARS-CoV-2, please see www.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/ ) · Hospitalized patients where tests impacts cohorting decisions, like in intensive care. antivirals for influenza) or public health recommendations (e.g., Hosp Pediatr. Pediatrics.

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Critics Suggest FDA Approving Aduhelm Will Erode the “Public Trust”: What About Patients’ Trust?

FDA Law Blog

it is not established using a validated surrogate endpoint that would support traditional approval, e.g., FEV1 in asthma or serum LDL in hypercholesterolemia). These approvals, like with Aduhelm, may be granted when a benefit is demonstrated on a surrogate endpoint that is merely “reasonably likely…to predict clinical benefit” (i.e.,