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Lack of Basic Knowledge on Clinical Trials Makes Study Recruitment Harder
Survey respondents with a history of cancer and those who have heard of ClinicalTrials.gov knew more about trials. Such knowledge also was more abundant among college graduates and those who had been asked to participate in a trial.
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Bebtelovimab Injection
The FDA has issued an emergency use authorization for a monoclonal antibody that demonstrated efficacy against the omicron variant of COVID-19.
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VIRSTA vs. PREDICT: Which Is Best for Anticipating Endocarditis?
Researchers in Columbia put predictive scoring methods through their paces.
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Importance of Exercise Testing-Associated Ventricular Ectopy
A study of asymptomatic subjects without known cardiovascular disease undergoing treadmill exercise testing and followed for a mean of 20 years showed high-grade premature ventricular contractions during exercise recovery (but not during exercise) are predictive of subsequent cardiovascular mortality.
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Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Meningitis in Adults
The incidence of herpes simplex virus 2 meningitis in adults in Denmark over a six-year period was 0.7/100,000 population per year, with 91% of cases occurring in the absence of immunocompromise.
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CABG Wins Again for Multivessel Disease
Fractional flow reserve-guided percutaneous coronary intervention failed to meet noninferiority guidelines vs. coronary artery bypass grafting.
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Coronary Calcium Score Zero: Are You Home Free?
Among those with a coronary calcium score of 0 after a median follow-up of 16 years, current cigarette smoking, diabetes, and hypertension were independently associated with the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
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Doctors Must Act on Risk to Reproductive Rights
The abortion crisis that a family planning physician warned about several years ago is here as state legislatures have passed many laws that would stop abortions and place women at risk of injury or death during pregnancy. -
Suggestions for Sexual and Contraceptive Education for People with Disabilities
Clinicians can do more to improve contraceptive and sexual education for patients with disabilities, including youth. A big first step is acknowledging patients are interested in healthy intimate relationships, and sometimes also in preventing pregnancy. -
Sex Education, Counseling Needed for Minor Patients with Disabilities
Disparities in contraceptive use between women with and without disabilities are partly due to limited access to formal sex education in communities and schools, researchers suggest. Physicians could fill this gap, but they often are hindered by their own biases that these patients will not have sex.