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Illinois Reports First West Nile Virus Case of 2025

Physician's Weekly

The person, who lives in southern Illinois, was hospitalized with complications from the mosquito-borne virus, according to the U.S. The first batch of virus-positive mosquitoes this year was discovered in Rockford, Ill., Fix torn screens and keep doors and windows closed if possible.

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #4: Frozen Ever After

PEMBlog

No recent illnesses or any other symptoms. Infants whose mothers received regular prenatal care are unlikely to develop congenital syphilis as it is routinely screened for during pregnancy. Syphilis Complicating Pregnancy and Congenital Syphilis. Modern Day Scurvy in Pediatric Orthopaedics: A Forgotten Illness.

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Parvo Podcast! Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease, and more!

PEMBlog

Well break down the virology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, and complications of Parvovirus B19. Recognize key diagnostic features that help differentiate Parvovirus B19 from other viral exanthems and systemic illnesses. Treatment and Prevention of Parvovirus B19 Infection. UpToDate , Jun. link] Edwards, Morven S. Parvoviruses.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

And I think of the analogy of, like, cancer screening. The stopping the cancer screening doesn’t have that same sort of momentum. Emily 06:11 Yeah, we definitely have a pill for every ill. Maybe even had come in with a complication. It’s called Danton, and it was just published mid last year, mid 2024.

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Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson

GeriPal

We then walk through how we should screen for anxiety and how we should think about a differential. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. I have so many questions, and I promise we’re going to get to the management of anxiety and serious illness. But before we do, we always have a song request.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks

GeriPal

The illness narratives suffering, healing, and the human condition. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. ” That’s not a spiritual screen. Hospital Chaplains, Spirituality, and Pain Management: A Qualitative Study. Pain Manag Nurs. 2023 Dec 20:S1524-9042(23)00202-3. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2023.11.004.

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