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MRI Before Pregnancy Predicts Early Postpartum MS Relapse

April 19, 2021 activism, activist, birth, breast feeding, Disability, disease modifying therapy, dmt, imaging (magnetic resonance), magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (mri), medical literatu, MRI, MS, MS relapse, Multiple Sclerosis, multiple sclerosis (ms), multiple sclerosis relapse, postnatal, postpartum, pregnancy, puerperal, relapse of MS, relapse of multiple sclerosis, Social Issues

For women with multiple sclerosis (MS), results of MRI performed during the year before they become pregnant appear to accurately

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MS Hospital Visits Increase in Warmer Weather

April 15, 2021 adverse effects, Disability, environmental health, environmental hygiene, environmental medicine, Global Warming, hospital emergency services, inpatient care, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, multiple sclerosis (ms), multiple sclerosis (relapsing remitting), patient safety, relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, rrms, side effects, Social Issues

Individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) seek additional acute medical care during periods of unusually warm weather, a new study has

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Despite COVID, Americans Still Help Others With Medical Bills

April 5, 2021 antigens, biologic therapy, cancer, cancer risk, carcinoma, diabetes mellitus, elderly/concerns of older adults, financial hardship, financing, geriatrics (elder care), malignant neoplasia, pandemic, poverty, practice management, salary compensation, social determinants of health, Social Issues

The number of Americans donating to crowdfunding campaigns for medical bills during 2020 held steady relative to previous years, despite

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Friendly Fire: How Autoantibodies Could Drive Severe COVID

March 29, 2021 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, Autoimmune Disease, Coronavirus, Dengue, Dengue Fever, diversity, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, Hospitals, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, inpatient care, Lupus, RA, rheumatoid arthritis, rube, sle, social determinants of health, Social Issues, systemic lupus erythematosus, tropical disease, tropical infection, viral illness, wuhan coronavirus

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Some people get very sick with

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Lab Leak: A Scientific Debate Mired in Politics — and Unresolved

March 17, 2021 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ards), adult respiratory d, Coronavirus, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, humanism, Political, Politics, SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars), Social Issues, viral illness, wuhan coronavirus

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Nikolai Petrovsky was scrolling through social

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ACOG Advises on Care for Transgender Patients

March 2, 2021 asexual, birth control, Bisexual, cancer, carcinoma, contraception, contraceptive management, endocrine therapy, fertility, gay, health care inequity, hormone therapy, hysterectomy, intersex, Iowa, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQI, LGBTQIA, malignant neoplasia, management (contraception, menopausal syndrome, Menopause, pregnancy, primary care, queer, social determinants of health, Social Issues, surgery, transgender

Transgender patients have unique needs regarding obstetric and gynecologic care as well as preventive care, and ob.gyns. can help by

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Racist Attack on Asian Med Student Prompts Pleas for Tolerance

February 23, 2021 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus, crime, criminal, diversity, Ethics, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, implicit racism, New York, pandemic, racism, racist, social determinants of health, Social Issues, socioeconomics, student, tolerance, wuhan coronavirus

Faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System, in New York City, circulated an internal memo

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Tablet-Based Sex Trafficking Screening Works for Minors in the ED

February 20, 2021 Adolescent, adolescent health, adolescent medicine, Adolescents, Child, child sexual abuse, Childhood, children, confidentiality, crime, criminal, hospital emergency services, kids, molestation, patient confidentiality, Pediatrics, Sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual violence, social determinants of health, Social Issues, teenage, teenager, teens

(Reuters Health) – Using an electronic tablet to deliver a six-item screening tool to minors in a pediatric emergency department

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Combo Disappoints in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

February 13, 2021 activism, activist, Arm, biologic therapy, cancer, cancer (prostate), carcinoma, erlotinib, gefitinib, imatinib, malignant neoplasia, malignant prostate neoplasm, neutropenia, Pharmacokinetics, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Carcinoma, prostatic, Social Issues, su11248, sunitinib, taxanes, Toxicology, tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Combining the tyrosine kinase inhibitor saracatinib with docetaxel does not benefit patients with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), according to

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Cannabis-related poison control calls for Massachusetts kids doubled after medical pot legalized

August 19, 2019 Child Development, Children's Health, Controlled Substances, Illegal Drugs, marijuana, Poverty and Learning, Public Health, Social Issues, Today's Healthcare

After medical marijuana became legal in Massachusetts, cannabis-related poison control calls involving the commonwealth’s children and teenagers doubled, according to

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