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Retinitis pigmentosa (called "RP" here) is the medical term for a group of eye disorders that cause vision loss. RP mostly damages the back of the eye, called the "retin…

Influenza vaccination rates remain suboptimal. In a retrospective study including more than 31 million Medicare beneficiaries >19 years of age in the United States du…

Patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF) are often readmitted after discharge; although comprehensive discharge support is designed to reduce readmissions, trials ha…

A prothrombin time test (also called a PT or "pro time" test) is a blood test that measures how long it takes your blood to clot. Different labs use different tests to m…

Ankylosing spondylitis is a disease that causes pain and stiffness in the back, neck, and sometimes hips and heels. It begins with inflammation around the bones in the s…

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (called "ABPA" here) is an allergic reaction that can cause coughing, wheezing, and other symptoms. It usually happens in people …

The number of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) continues to increase. In order to reduce sound-alikes and specify structural components of the immunoglobulins, t…

Vaccination of nursing home (NH) staff against COVID-19 has lagged behind resident vaccination but impacts resident outcomes when community transmission is high. In a st…

Crossed eyes is a condition in which the eyes don't line up with each other, and don't look in the same direction. The term doctors use for this is "strabismus." In some…

Males are 10 times more likely to have groin hernia surgery than females, thus females are underrepresented in most studies. In a Swedish hernia registry including >4…

Whether the use of spinal versus general anesthesia for hip fracture surgery affects outcomes is uncertain. In a multicenter randomized trial (REGAIN) comparing the two …

Earlier trials comparing transfemoral carotid artery stenting (TF-CAS) with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for asymptomatic carotid stenosis reported that the periprocedur…