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Can You Spot Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder?

A novelty for children, the condition is frustrating for patients and clinicians alike. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/991398?src=rss

Wireless Neurostimulation Safe for Urge Incontinence

More than 8 in 10 women who received the treatment showed improvement, a new study found. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/991313?src=rss

European Associations Review Dietary Therapies for Obesity

A new statement responds to the need to confront a problem with "epidemic overtones" that continues to grow across Europe, according to its authors. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/991361?src=rss

Heart Disease Screening Showed No Kidney Transplant Benefit

Screening for coronary heart disease in asymptomatic, low-risk people listed for a kidney transplant often happens in US practice, but evidence showing it helps is lacking. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/991358?src=rss

Climate Change May Promote the Global Spread of Arboviruses

Arboviruses such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika are being detected in new regions that are ill prepared to confront them. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/991352?src=rss

Better Monitoring of Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity Needed

More than half of patients treated with cisplatin develop hearing impairment, but there are few guidelines on the monitoring, prevention, and management of ototoxicity. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/991347?src=rss

First Guideline for Treating Oligometastatic NSCLC

New guidance on the use of definitive local therapy to treat patients with oligometastatic non–small cell lung cancer has been issued by the American Society for Radiation Oncology and European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/991342?src=rss