Curated News: Medical Meetings

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Data from a new study presented this week at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience® – held by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases – found that the burden of cirrhosis in women in North America has increased substantially in recent years, a worrying trend driven by a rise in alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Projections suggest that both ALD and NAFLD rates will result in even higher cirrhosis incidence by 2040, with the most worrisome upward trends seen in young women with ALD and post-menopausal women with NAFLD.

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Data from a new study presented this week at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience® – held by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)– found that among pregnant women with hepatitis C virus (HCV), more than 25 percent were initially diagnosed during pregnancy screenings, which supports prenatal care as an important opportunity to screen for HCV in women. However, the study also found that less than one third of infants receive appropriate HCV testing, a significant care gap.

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Una presentación llevada a cabo en la Reunión científica anual del ACAAI de este año, revela las disparidades que existen para los niños negros e hispanos en cuanto a la Dermatitis Atópica (DA), comúnmente conocida como eccema.

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A new study being presented at this year’s virtual American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting examined hospital data and determined those with allergic conditions did not have more severe COVID-related disease than those without.

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Un nuevo estudio que se presenta en la Reunión científica anual del ACAAI analiza los datos de los hospitales para determinar si aquellas personas con condiciones alérgicas tenían enfermedades más graves relacionadas con el COVID en comparación con aquellas que no las tenían.

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Un nuevo estudio que se presenta en la Reunión científica anual del ACAAI muestra que casi uno de cada cinco padres de niños con alergias alimentarias son el blanco de intimidación por parte de múltiples fuentes.

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A new study being presented at this year’s virtual ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting reveals that “show rates” for children with asthma – how often parents brought their kids to an appointment rather than being a “no show” – increased with the use of telemedicine during four months of the pandemic.

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Un nuevo estudio que se presenta en la Reunión científica anual del ACAAI revela que, durante los cuatro meses de la pandemia, las "tasas de visitas" de los niños con asma, la frecuencia con que los padres traen a sus hijos a una cita, aumentaron con el uso de la telemedicina.

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A new study being presented at this year’s virtual ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting reveals the impact on food allergy quality of life (FAQOL) for Asian patients and their parents is significantly higher than for other races.

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Un nuevo estudio que se presenta en la Reunión científica anual del ACAAI revela que el impacto que tienen las alergias alimentarias en la calidad de vida (FAQOL) de los pacientes asiáticos y sus padres es significativamente mayor que para otras razas.

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A medically challenging case presented at this year’s virtual ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting revealed that for a man with several skin allergies, mask-wearing triggered his contact dermatitis.

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Un caso médicamente difícil presentado en la Reunión Científica Anual del ACAAI de este año, reveló que para un hombre con varias alergias cutáneas, el uso de una máscara desencadenó una dermatitis por contacto.

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A presentation at this year’s virtual ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting reveals the disparities that exist for Black and Hispanic children when it comes to Atopic Dermatitis (AD), commonly known as eczema.

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The American College of Radiology® (ACR®) Council Steering Committee has made the decision to conduct the ACR 2021 Annual Meeting (ACR 2021) virtually May 15-19, 2021.

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Physician-researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present findings about cardiac care for cancer patients and survivors at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2020.