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Assessing HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Education in a Family Medicine Residency
CONCLUSIONS: Residents rated precepting as the most effective training. However, DUE demonstrated that PrEP underuse, as well as suboptimal testing, limited experiential training on CDC guidelines. Curricular updates should further emphasize appropriate patient selection for PrEP, including women, minorities, and PWID, as well as robust testing, to continue expanding PrEP access.PMID:35303304 | DOI:10.22454/FamMed.2022.698419
Source: Family Medicine - March 18, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: John A Aurora Stephanie L Ballard Cynthia L Salter Ben Skinker Source Type: research

JAMA Internal Medicine —Providing Compelling, Credible, Timely, and Essential Evidence
We live in a time of breathtaking advances in biomedicine. During my lifetime, scientific breakthroughs have made previously fatal or debilitating diseases treatable with revolutionary new drugs or molecularly targeted approaches for AIDS, hepatitis, cancer, and many other conditions across the full spectrum of internal medicine. Medical discovery has also helped set the stage for the highly accelerated development of the COVID-19 vaccine —one of the greatest scientific achievements in history. In stark juxtaposition to these advances, we are facing unprecedented challenges and stressors to our health care systems. Misin...
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine - July 3, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research

A Chinese Medicine, Kuan-Sin-Yin Decoction, Improves Liver Function in Hepatitis B Virus Carriers: A Randomized, Controlled Study
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine , Vol. 0, No. 0.
Source: The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine - July 17, 2013 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: article Source Type: research

Should baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C?
David Crabb, M.D., visits "Sound Medicine" to discuss why all baby boomers should get tested for hepatitis C. Baby boomers account for three-fourths of all hepatitis C cases in the U.S. Dr. Crabb also recommends that those who inject drugs or share needles get tested as well. The screening is a simple blood test, and hepatitis C now it can be cured 70 to 80 percent of the time. If left untreated....
Source: Sound Medicine - October 5, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news

Internal Medicine in the Bush: a clinical audit of a rural and remote outreach programme
ConclusionsIn providing an outreach service to a mixed community, flexibility in both setting and personnel are essential. Diabetes and liver disease are highly prevalent in Indigenous patients, but the low numbers presenting for hepatitis C requires further study.
Source: Internal Medicine Journal - February 14, 2014 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Aidan Foy, Alexander Tierney Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for May 27, 2014
(American College of Physicians) The May 27, 2014, issue of Annals of Internal Medicine covers articles titled: 'Task Force: Screen high-risk individuals for hepatitis B'; 'Postnatal immunoprophylaxis effective for preventing maternal transmission of hepatitis B'; 'Some transitional care interventions more effective than others for reducing mortality, readmissions after heart failure'; and 'Analysis shows cancer center ads heavy on emotion, light on information.'
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 26, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

UChicago Medicine wins CDC grant to lead unique hepatitis C alliance
(University of Chicago Medical Center) The Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes Chicago program at the University of Chicago Medicine has received a $6.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lead a public health collaboration aimed at building Chicago's capacity to test for and cure hepatitis C infections.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 9, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Travel medicine and vaccines for HIV-infected travelers.
This article summarizes a presentation by D. Scott Smith, MD, at the IAS-USA continuing medical education program held in San Francisco in April 2012. PMID: 22954612 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Topics in antiviral medicine - November 12, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Top Antivir Med Source Type: research

Hepatitis C in Hospital Medicine
This article explores the definition of acute and chronic hepatitis C infection and evaluates the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in the general population as well as inpatients. Common risk factors for contracting the virus, modes of transmission, and the natural history of the disease are discussed. Screening recommendations; approach to diagnosis; and clinical evaluation, including imaging studies and the role of liver biopsy, are addressed. In addition, the changing landscape of treatment with direct-acting antivirals is reviewed.
Source: Hospital Medicine Clinics - January 11, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research

Traditional Uighur Medicine Karapxa decoction, inhibits liver xanthine oxidase and reduces serum uric acid concentrations in hyperuricemic mice and scavenges free radicals in vitro
Conclusions: This study supports the traditional use of Karapxa decoction to treat hyperuricemia and gout.
Source: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine - April 25, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Nurmuhammat AmatAnwar UmarParida HoxurMihrigul AnaydullaGuzalnur ImamRanagul AzizHalmurat UpurAnake KijjoaNicholas Moore Source Type: research

Chinese medicine bu xu hua yu recipe for the regulation of treg/th17 ratio imbalance in autoimmune hepatitis.
Conclusion. Mice with AIH have a Treg/Th17 ratio imbalance. Bu Xu Hua Yu method was able to restore the cellular balance of Treg/Th17 through the regulation of the expression of RORγt and Foxp3 and can play an important role in the treatment of AIH. PMID: 25977698 [PubMed]
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - June 3, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research

Possible models for future postgraduate specialty training in Genitourinary Medicine
To quote John Lennon: ‘Life is just what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans’.1 While sexual health services in England have been dealing with the consequences of the Health and Social Care Act2 and commissioning,3 decisions are being made that will affect how postgraduate training is delivered throughout the UK. These have been driven primarily by the Shape of Training (SoT) review4 and the Future Hospital Commission,5 underpinned by the medical registrar role being perceived as less rewarding so fewer doctors now wish to take it on.6 However, the time has come for Genitourinary Medicine ...
Source: Sexually Transmitted Infections - January 20, 2016 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Nandwani, R. Tags: Liver disease, Patients, Drugs: infectious diseases, Hepatitis and other GI infections, HIV/AIDS, Pneumonia (infectious disease), TB and other respiratory infections, Respiratory medicine, Hepatitis (sexual health), HIV / AIDS, HIV infections, Medical hum Source Type: research