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Study identifies stress and poor sleep worsen psoriasis, while humidity and dust aggravate eczema, guiding tailored management to improve outcomes for patients with inflammatory skin disease.

Study confirms HRV causes adult LRTIs, shows seasonal peaks, co-infections, pneumonia risk in males with fever or cough, emphasizing diagnostic consideration in adult pneumonia cases.

Research shows inattention often misdiagnosed as ADHD, stressing careful evaluation, modest environmental impact, and neurodevelopmental roots to improve diagnostic accuracy and treatment in pediatric practice.

To improve Bacterial Vaginosis outcomes, new research suggests treating male partners. This approach can significantly reduce recurrence rates and enhance the overall standard of care.

Case study reviews management of a 53-year-old with cardiovascular disease and progressive dyspnea, emphasizing thorough evaluation, multidisciplinary care, and critical heart-lung interplay in treatment decisions.

Transcatheter heart valve therapies are rapidly expanding, driven by innovation, broader patient eligibility, rising disease prevalence, competitive dynamics, and need for intervention to improve outcomes.

Choroidal metastasis is the most common intraocular malignancy, often revealing systemic cancer; early ocular detection and modern systemic therapies can improve vision, survival, and outcomes.

Survey finds 45% of U.S. urologists report burnout, limited help-seeking, and licensure mental health questions as key barriers, highlighting urgent need for policy reform.

Study shows 30-day postoperative UTI rates are low at 2.5%, unaffected by antibiotics, with higher risk in younger and female patients, supporting reassessment of postoperative antibiotic use.

Study finds 14% of medical trainees face food insecurity, disproportionately affecting Black and early-year residents, and associated with higher burnout, social isolation, and reduced well-being.

Dedicating appointment time for EHR tasks reduced after-hours work and physician burnout, with minimal productivity impact, suggesting structured EHR time may improve clinician efficiency and well-being.

Gender differences in youth first-episode psychosis affect symptom onset, diagnosis, treatment response, and relapse risk, underscoring the need for gender-sensitive evaluation, earlier detection, and tailored clinical care.

Mayo Clinic highlights imaging, including echocardiography, CT, MRI, and 3D printing, to improve diagnosis, surgical planning, education, and outcomes in adults with congenital heart disease.

Researchers developed MST-AI, an AI model using the Monk Skin Tone scale to significantly improve skin cancer detection accuracy and equity for patients with darker skin.