Science and Technology Journal Articles

• Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring in Nursing Practice Find out more about the technological advancements in the field of telemedicine, and learn how these tools can improve nursing practice.
  OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, September 27, 2023
• Respiratory Virus Testing Among School Students and Staff This study found that 25% of primary and secondary school students and staff members of a large metropolitan school district tested positive for at least one respiratory virus.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, September 25, 2023
• Regulation of Laboratory-developed Tests: Scoping the Issue Should the FDA increase oversight of laboratory-developed tests? This editorial examines the issues.
  American Journal of Clinical Pathology, September 22, 2023
• The Problem of the Normalization of Palliative Sedation In this commentary, the authors present the pros and cons of deep sedation in palliative care, emphasizing the need for shared decision making in the process.
  Age and Ageing, September 22, 2023
• Safer and More Precise Management of Osteoarthritis Pain A new study suggests that to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events, the choice of NSAID in patients with osteoarthritis should be informed by whether or not they are concurrently using aspirin.
  American Journal of Epidemiology, September 22, 2023
• Atorvastatin vs Aspirin in People With HIV Which of these two drugs are better at reducing HIV-associated inflammation, and in turn, the risk for cardiovascular disease?
  AIDS, September 21, 2023
• The Complexity of Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause This study highlights the complexity of genitourinary syndrome of menopause symptoms in terms of location, quantity, severity, and frequency,
  Menopause, September 21, 2023
• Cannabis Use and Relapse in First Episode Schizophrenia This study investigates the association between cannabis use and relapse following a first-episode of psychosis. Can patients in remission after their first episode safely use cannabis?
  Schizophrenia Bulletin, September 19, 2023
• Apremilast for the Treatment of Palmoplantar Pustulosis This study assessed the efficacy and safety of apremilast, an oral phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, for the treatment of Japanese patients with palmoplantar pustulosis refractory to topical therapy.
  American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, September 19, 2023
• Established and Emerging Lipid-Lowering Drugs for CVD Prevention This review summarizes the mechanisms of action, side effects, effect on blood lipids, and reduction in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality of both established and emerging lipid-lowering drugs.
  American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs, September 19, 2023
• Targeted Therapies in Advanced Biliary Tract Cancers Newly identified targets have led to the development of novel treatment strategies for advanced biliary tract cancers.
  Chinese Clinical Oncology, September 18, 2023
• Cervical Cancer Screening in Menopause: When Is It Safe to Exit? Controversy persists over when it is safe to cease cervical cancer screening in postmenopausal women. This review examines considerations for postmenopausal women as well as existing guidelines.
  Menopause, September 14, 2023
• Medical Management vs EVT for LVO Anterior Circulation Stroke Is EVT plus medical treatment in acute stroke patients with LVO of the anterior circulation with mild symptoms beneficial compared with medical treatment alone?
  Stroke, September 13, 2023
• Vitamin D Supplementation and Physical Activity in Older Adults Does vitamin D3 supplementation reduce decline in daily physical activity in older adults at risk for falls?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, September 12, 2023
• The PhenX Toolkit: Resource for Cancer Survivorship Research Learn more about the PhenX Toolkit, an online resource that provides researchers access to standardized measures for cancer survivorship research.
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute, September 08, 2023
• Histologic Analysis and Diagnostic Yield of Breast SCNB This study evaluated the current detection rate of breast calcifications and DCIS using SCNB.
  American Journal of Clinical Pathology, September 08, 2023
• Efficacy, Durability, Tolerability of BIC/FTC/TAF for HIV Do the benefits of this HIV treatment seen in randomized clinical trials translate to real-world clinical practice?
  HIV Medicine, September 08, 2023
• Higher Dietary Fiber Intake and Risk of IBD This study investigated the association of dietary fiber intake from fruit, vegetable, bread, and cereal sources and incidence of IBD, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, September 07, 2023
• Drug-Resistant Shigella flexneri 2a, California, USA, 2022 Find out how whole-genome sequencing helped guide treatment selection in this case of persistent shigellosis that was refractory to initial drug therapy.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 07, 2023
• Safety of Recent Ophthalmic Drugs and Devices for Wet AMD What do we currently know about the safety of recently approved drugs and devices for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration?
  Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, September 06, 2023