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For patients living with HIV on long-term highly active antiretroviral therapy, diffuse myocardial fibrosis and left ventricular remodeling may be predictive of adverse CV events, according to data published in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. These findings together indicate a complex underlying pathophysiology in the development of heart disease in people living with HIV, with a prominent role of diffuse myocardial interstitial fibrosis in driving the clinical outcome, Philipp de Leuw, MD, spec...

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The FDA granted orphan drug designation to CYNK-001 for the treatment of malignant gliomas, according to the agents manufacturer. CYNK-001 (Celularity) is an allogeneic natural killer cell therapy. The nongenetically modified, cryopreserved human placental hematopoietic stem cell-derived therapy is being developed as a treatment for hematologic malignancies, solid tumors and infectious diseases. A phase 1 trial is underway to evaluate CYNK-001 for treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. We are v...

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HHS proposed to reverse a 2019 rule that prohibits certain discussions between physicians and patients regarding family planning services. The so-called Title X gag rule bans health care providers from referring women for abortions as a method of family planning and denies federal funding for programs and facilities that do not comply with the rule. It had come under fire and faced legal challenges from AMA, ACP and others for several reasons, including the rules restrictive nature and conflic...

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First-contact visits comprised approximately half of incident psychiatric ED visits, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open. Better access to outpatient mental health and addiction services may have made this avoidable, researchers noted. In previous studies, more than half of children and youth had no prior contact with outpatient mental health services in the 2 years prior to their first psychiatric ED visit, and for women postpartum, the rate of first contact ...

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Tumor mutational burden predicted immune checkpoint inhibitor response among women, but not men, with melanoma, according to findings presented during the virtual American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. Recent studies have suggested tumor mutational burden levels, strength of immune selection and response to immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment differ between male and female [patients with melanoma], Neelam Sinha, MS, researcher at NCIs Center for Cancer Research, told Healio...

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The World Council of Optometrys board of directors passed a resolution advising myopia management, mitigation and measurement to be incorporated as a standard of care for optometrists. With more than 5 billion people projected to be affected by myopia by 2050, the global optometric community must increase its efforts to combat this public health issue, World Council of Optometry (WCO) president Paul Folkesson stated in a press release from the group. Establishing a standard of care that regula...

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Using a traditional definition of health care-associated influenza missed more than 80% of possible cases among patients admitted to acute-care hospitals during seven influenza seasons, researchers reported at the SHEA Spring Conference. Traditional definitions of health care-associated viral infections, including influenza, often just examine and/or include cases that could be due to health care exposure in the hospital, but they fail to recognize that infections diagnosed on admission to the...

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