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Cluster Headache Often Comorbid with Fibromyalgia, Migraine

HCPLive

A study found frequent comorbidity between cluster headache, fibromyalgia, and migraine, as well as heightened depression and sleep disturbance among these individuals.

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Palliative Care in the ED; Eyeing Risk Factors for Stroke

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

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Global study: HIV patients face underestimated heart disease risks

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, posing a particularly significant threat to people with HIV (PWH). To address this, CVD prevention plans rely on prediction models like atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk scores to estimate the risk of heart disease.

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Global HIV study finds that cardiovascular risk models underestimate for key populations

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, posing a particularly significant threat to people with HIV (PWH). To address this, CVD prevention plans rely on prediction models like atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk scores to estimate the risk of heart disease. However, previous studies have called into question whether these commonly used prediction models perform well among people with HIV, and there remains a gap in understanding of w

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Increased Cumulative Isotretinoin Doses Linked to Lower Acne Relapse Rates

HCPLive

This cohort studys findings shed light on associated factors with acne relapse and retrial among individuals with acne who were treated with isotretinoin.

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Modeling the Cost-Effectiveness of a Polypill to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease

NEJM Journal Watch - Cardiology

Use of a polypill in a majority Black and low-income patient cohort was predicted to be lifesaving and cost-effective.

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Abdominal Pain in a middle-aged patient

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

I was texted this case by Ankur Kalra , an interventional cardiologist at the University of Indiana. He also did his cardiology fellowship at my institution, Hennepin County Medical Center. He runs the Parallax podcast, and he inteviewed me on that Podcast this year. He says the podcast had over 3000 downloads and "It's our season 6 topper" Here it is: Ep 121: OMI/NOMI: A Paradigm Shift in Myocardial Infarction Diagnosis With Dr Stephen Smith By the way, also don't miss this new OMI review artic

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ECG Blog #465 — A Tale of Syncope & 2 Rhythms

Ken Grauer, MD

The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained from an older woman who presented to the ED ( E mergency D epartment ) because of a syncopal episode. She was asymptomatic at the time this ECG was recorded. QUESTIONS: How would YOU interpret the ECG in Figure-1 ? Is there AV block? If so What kind? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. ( To improve visualization I've digitized the original ECG using PMcardio ).

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