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Mashup Score: 17Could This Be the End of PEPFAR? - 18 day(s) ago
Short email from a longtime colleague, working in Africa at a PEPFAR site: Without USAID, PEPFAR is essentially dead. I got chills reading this. PEPFAR, the abbreviation for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, started in 2003 under the direction of President George W. Bush. To say it’s been a resounding success undersells the impact of the […]
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Mashup Score: 3Perioperative Chemotherapy vs. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Esophageal Carcinoma - 19 day(s) ago
Including radiation therapy in the preoperative treatment of gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma resulted in no survival benefit over chemotherapy alone in
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Perioperative Chemotherapy vs. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Esophageal Carcinoma Another trial finds no survival benefit from the addition of radiotherapy to preoperative chemotherapy in these patients. https://t.co/5VXNiRG6hO @NEJM @ILSONDavid #OncoTwitter https://t.co/7KtcP0io9B
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Mashup Score: 2
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and cancer increasingly coexist as our population ages. But does the presence of cancer change the risk for stroke, or for
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Stroke Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Concomitant Cancer A population-based cohort study suggests that the threshold for anticoagulation should not be adjusted in patients with cancer. https://t.co/ikZgTJ1ktY #cancer #AtrialFibrillation #CardioTwitter https://t.co/KedzibGKoW
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in infants with RASopathies — rare genetic disorders — is often accompanied by heart failure and carries a high
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MEK Inhibition in Children with RASopathy-Associated Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Early retrospective data suggest efficacy in children with selected genetic mutations that cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. https://t.co/5slGBAUSNX https://t.co/eJcc29pOP0
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Mashup Score: 25De-Escalation of Breast Surgery: Less Is More - 21 day(s) ago
Surgical management of early-stage breast cancer has evolved over the last two decades towards de-escalation. Surgeries have become less extensive and
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De-Escalation of Breast Surgery: Less Is More Patients with early-stage breast cancer who have ER-positive tumors and clinically node-negative axilla can forego sentinel lymph node biopsy without negative consequence. https://t.co/7upXEIBQAe @DrWGradishar @NEJM #bcsm https://t.co/WRWF63GgxD
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Mashup Score: 4Can Prognostic Scores Identify Low-Risk Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Emergency Department? - 21 day(s) ago
Limited evidence supports various prognostic scores for identifying low-risk patients with upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in the emergency
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Can prognostic scores identify low-risk patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the emergency department? https://t.co/G0mClIPqul @rbganatra #EmergencyMedicine https://t.co/HcHHusaOpF
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Mashup Score: 16
Some studies have suggested that sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors are associated with modest excess risk for adverse peripheral
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Should we be concerned about SGLT-2 inhibitors worsening peripheral artery disease? https://t.co/jXRl5F6bOF https://t.co/4F5yi831IQ
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Mashup Score: 5
Bright light therapy (BLT) is an established and inexpensive treatment for patients with seasonal (winter) depression: It is more effective than
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Adjunctive bright light therapy is effective for nonseasonal depression, a meta-analysis finds: https://t.co/xRBuEDcGf9 #depression https://t.co/eVHoezrFUc
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Mashup Score: 12Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures - 23 day(s) ago
Sponsoring Organization: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)BackgroundThe USPSTF released an updated guideline for screening for osteoporosis
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The USPSTF has released an updated guideline on screening for osteoporosis to prevent fractures: https://t.co/Hb7wR4NQbW #guideline #osteoporosis #MedTwitter https://t.co/K11MuNtqPs
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Mashup Score: 4Alpha-Gal Syndrome Presentations - 23 day(s) ago
Galactose-α-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal) syndrome (AGS) is an IgE-mediated allergic reaction to alpha-gal — a carbohydrate found in nonprimate mammalian
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Alpha-gal syndrome is an IgE-mediated allergic reaction to alpha-gal — a carbohydrate found in nonprimate mammalian meat — that is caused by lone star tick bites. Researchers conducted a chart review and describe patients' symptoms and outcomes. https://t.co/44HjtQO0Zu #AlphaGal https://t.co/uHWFMDyj1r
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Could this be the end of PEPFAR? @PaulSaxMD explores what the sudden freeze in funding to USAID could mean for the HIV/AIDS program. https://t.co/CbU1j376YC #IDTwitter #PEPFAR #USAID https://t.co/gF0wvevgJy