Patients surviving COVID-19 had lower risk for long COVID in the Omicron vs. earlier eras.

Xie Y, Choi T, Al-Aly Z. N Engl J Med. 2024;391:515-525.

Cross-sectional analysis of national testosterone prescribing through prescription drug monitoring programs, 2018-2022.

Background: For two decades preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, testosterone therapy (TT) became more prevalent in the US. Given the forced shift in practice patterns and healthcare accessibility during the pandemic, it was unclear how TT utilization would change.

Objective: To assess the change in testosterone prescriptions nationally.

Portable Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy Combined with Chemometrics to Diagnose Fibromyalgia and Other Rheumatologic Syndromes Using Rapid Volumetric Absorptive Microsampling.

The diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia (FM) have relied heavily on subjective reports of experienced symptoms coupled with examination-based evidence of diffuse tenderness due to the lack of reliable biomarkers. Rheumatic disorders that are common causes of chronic pain such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, osteoarthritis, and chronic low back pain are frequently found to be comorbid with FM. As a result, this can make the diagnosis of FM more challenging.

In adults with HIV and low-to-moderate CV risk, pitavastatin reduced MACE over a median 5.1 y.

Grinspoon SK, Fitch KV, Zanni MV, et al; REPRIEVE Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2023;389:687-699.

Pneumonia in the elderly hospitalized in the Department of Veteran Affairs Health Care System.

Pneumonia is a major cause of hospital admissions and deaths worldwide. Our aim was to examine the trends in admissions for pneumonia in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). We examined data for the fiscal years 2002 through 2007 on patients aged 65 years and older hospitalized with pneumonia by using VA administrative databases.