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Study finds 33% of adults recently diagnosed with asthma do not have it

Posted on January 19, 2017 by

A new study from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that 33% of adults recently diagnosed with asthma did not have it. Over 90% of them were able to stop their asthma medications.

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Posted in Clinical Highlights asthma, misdiagnosis

Picks of the Week: The USPSTF advises on colorectal cancer and syphilis screening

Posted on June 28, 2016 by

During the past weeks two important recommendations were published from the US Preventive Services Task Forse (USPSTF) on the screening for colorectal cancer and syphilis. Let’s have a look at them, alongside other news that our members shared in the Among Doctors community:

  • The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published its recommendations on screening for colorectal cancer
    The USPSTF recommends screening for colorectal cancer starting at age 50 years and continuing until age 75 years (A recommendation).
  • Screening for Syphilis: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force
    Screening HIV-positive men or MSM for syphilis every 3 months is associated with improved syphilis detection. Treponemal or nontreponemal tests are accurate screening tests but require confirmation.
  • Exercise during pregnancy protects against hypertension and macrosomia: randomized clinical trial
    Maternal exercise may be a preventative tool for hypertension and excessive GWG, and may control offspring size at birth while reducing comorbidities related to chronic disease risk.
  • Intensive Blood-Pressure Lowering in Patients with Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage
    The treatment of participants with intracerebral hemorrhage to achieve a target systolic blood pressure of 110 to 139 mm Hg did not result in a lower rate of death or disability than standard reduction to a target of 140 to 179 mm Hg.
  • Pharmaceutical Industry–Sponsored Meals and Physician Prescribing Patterns for Medicare Beneficiaries
    Receipt of industry-sponsored meals was associated with an increased rate of prescribing the brand-name medication that was being promoted. The findings represent an association, not a cause-and-effect relationship.
  • Increased versus stable doses of inhaled corticosteroids for exacerbations of chronic asthma in adults and children
    Current evidence does not support increasing the dose of ICS as part of a self initiated action plan to treat exacerbations in adults and children with mild to moderate asthma. Increased ICS dose is not associated with a statistically significant reduction in the odds of requiring rescue oral corticosteroids for the exacerbation, or of having adverse events, compared with a stable ICS dose.

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Posted in Picks of the week acute cerebral hemorrhage, asthma, blood pressure, chronic asthma, colorectal cancer, inhaled corticosteroids, pregnancy, screening, syphilis

Picks of the Week: Primary care, mental health and more!

Posted on March 15, 2016 by

A plethora of news were shared on the Among Doctors network last week by fellow physicians; a result of a community which starts to grow with members wishing to share what they have appraised. Primary care and mental health, asthma over diagnosis, updates on the Zika virus and a new report on eHealth from the European office of the WHO. Let’s see the latest top news:

  • Getting Primary Care at the Psychiatrist’s Office
    People with severe mental illnesses are more likely to die prematurely than those without, and it’s often from treatable chronic diseases—in part because many, don’t receive regular medical care.
  • Overdiagnosis of asthma in children in primary care: a retrospective analysis
    Overdiagnosis of childhood asthma is common in primary care, leading to unnecessary treatment, disease burden, and impact on quality of life. However, only in a small percentage of children is a diagnosis of asthma confirmed by lung function tests.
  • From innovation to implementation – eHealth in the WHO European Region
    A new report on e-Health in the WHO European Region reveals that tangible progress has been made, with clear benefits for many countries. In most Member States, it has become commonplace for technology to be used to deliver health services and public health improvements, such as electronic health records.
  • Effects of Long-Term Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin on Fractures and Bone Density in Non-Pregnant Adults
    Low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) for 3–6 months may not increase the risk of fractures, but longer exposure for up to 24 months may adversely affect bone mineral density (BMD). Clinicians should consider monitoring BMD in adults on long-term LMWH who are at increased risk of bone loss or fracture.
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Posted in Picks of the week asthma, diabetes mellitus, eHealth, guillain-barré, heparin, mHealth, primary health care, type 2 diabetes, Zika virus

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