Oct 12th, 2021 - Despite guidelines recommending genetic counseling for patients with early-onset renal cell carcinoma (RCC), studies interrogating the spectrum of germline mutations and clinical associations in patients with early-onset RCC are lacking.

Jun 6th, 2022 - Moxifloxacin ophthalmic solution, 0.5% is a topical fluoroquinolone anti- infective indicated for the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis caused by susceptible strains of the following organisms: Corynebacterium species*, Micrococcus luteus*, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Staphylococcus hominis, Staphylococcus warneri*, Streptococcus pneumonia...

Feb 22nd, 2022 - Emerging in December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) eventually became a pandemic and has posed a tremendous threat to global public health. However, the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, remain to be determined. It has reported that a certain number of the early case clusters had a contact history with Huanan Seafood Market.

Feb 18th, 2022 - SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels after receiving the AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine decrease with age and are higher in females and people with prior infection, show data from the Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (React-2) study.1

Jun 1st, 2022 - ProCentra ® (dextroamphetamine sulfate) Oral Solution is indicated in: Narcolepsy Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity: As an integral part of a total treatment program that typically includes other remedial measures (psychological, educational, social) for a stabilizing effect in pediatric patients (ages 3 years to 16 years) with a behavioral syndrome characterized by the following gr...

Jun 1st, 2022 - Quetiapine extended-release tablet is an atypical antipsychotic indicated for the treatment of: Schizophrenia (1.1) Bipolar I disorder, manic or mixed episodes (1.2) Bipolar disorder, depressive episodes (1.2) Major depressive disorder, adjunctive therapy with antidepressants (1.3) Quetiapine extended-release tablet is indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia. The efficacy of quetiapine ext...

May 30th, 2022 - Imatinib mesylate is a kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of: • Newly diagnosed adult and pediatric patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase (1.1) • Patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in blast crisis (BC), accelerated phase (AP), or in chronic phase (CP) after failure of interferon...

May 28th, 2022 - A 71-year-old man presented with chronic anemia (hemoglobin 7.3 g/dL). Further serum analyses showed elevated prostate-specific antigen (13 ng/mL), suggestive of prostate cancer. However, ultrasound-guided transrectal sextant biopsy did not find any evidence of prostate cancer. In order to improve guidance of intended repeated biopsy, [18F]prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) 1007 PET/CT w...

May 28th, 2022 - An 83-year-old man with history of multiple myeloma obtained an FDG PET/CT for surveillance. Although there was no evidence of metabolically active myeloma, an incidental highly FDG-avid focus was noted at the gastroesophageal junction. Findings were interpreted as malignancy. The patient underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy, which showed nonerythematous desquamation of the distal esophagus con...

May 28th, 2022 - Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a low- to intermediate-grade malignant vascular tumor with a slowly progressive course and unpredictable prognosis. We report a case of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma with pleura and bone metastases on 68Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT in a 65-year-old woman who underwent surgery and chemotherapy.

May 28th, 2022 - To evaluate the utility of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) determined at initial diagnosis in predicting advanced disease stage and discriminating between active and stable disease in sarcoidosis. A total of 465 patients with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis (age: 47 years, 70.5% females) were included in this retrospective cross-sectional study. Data on patient demographics, sarcoidosis stage, clin...

May 28th, 2022 - With an aging population, rising incidence of breast cancer, improved survival rates, and obesity epidemic, there will be a growing population of older adult breast cancer survivors with obesity. This complex population, often with multimorbidity, is at risk for several poor health outcomes, including recurrence, cardiovascular disease, dementia, and diabetes, and a number of deleterious sympto...

May 28th, 2022 - The ideal management of an unstable slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is still controversial. The currently available options are in-situ screw fixation with delayed corrective osteotomy, closed reduction and screw fixation and anatomic reduction by modified Dunn's procedure (MDP). We present the results of our technique of controlled re-positioning (CRP) with primary osteoplasty in whic...

May 28th, 2022 - Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) predominantly affects women of reproductive age with obesity and women have a distinct profile of hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has an established adverse fertility phenotype that typically affects obese women. As IIH may impact reproductive health, we sought to evaluate fertility, gestational complications, ...

May 28th, 2022 - Pharmacokinetics of lithium, the gold standard for the treatment of bipolar disorder, are well described in nonpregnant patients. Because lithium is commonly prescribed to women of childbearing age, more data is essential to characterize lithium pharmacokinetics during the perinatal period. Lithium is primarily eliminated by the kidney. As a result, shifts in lithium elimination clearance paral...

May 28th, 2022 - To explore associations between maternal pre-pregnancy exposure to arsenic in diet and non-cardiac birth defects. Population-based, case-control study using maternal responses to a dietary assessment and published arsenic concentration estimates in food items to calculate average daily total and inorganic arsenic exposure during the year before pregnancy. Assigning tertiles of total and inorgan...

May 28th, 2022 - Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked neuromuscular disease caused by a deficiency in dystrophin - a structural protein which stabilizes muscle during contraction. Dystrophin deficiency adversely affects the respiratory system leading to sleep-disordered breathing, hypoventilation, and weakness of the expiratory and inspiratory musculature, which culminate in severe respiratory dysfu...

May 28th, 2022 - Analysis and comparison of country-level data from the VISIONARY study, examining treatment outcomes with the topical fixed-dose combination of preservative-free tafluprost (0.0015%) and timolol (0.5%) (PF tafluprost/timolol FC) in adults with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and ocular hypertension (OHT) who were insufficiently treated with or unable to tolerate either beta-blocker or prostaglandin a...

May 28th, 2022 - Severe hypocalcemia mimicking acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Paradigmatic case and review of literature.|2022|Peiro B,Cerdán L,Diarte JA,Ortas MR,Cortés C,|

May 28th, 2022 - Many publications review perioperative management of pheochromocytomas/paragangliomas (PPGLs); however, a large population, including 10-20% of metastatic PPGL patients, have inoperable disease. This has necessitated the development of noninvasive treatments (e.g., radio/chemotherapy), which, in affording disease-modification, have led to an ever-growing population of surviving patients with in...