Feeling alone after a cancer diagnosis? Here’s how to break through that isolation

Many of my patients here at UT MD Anderson report feeling isolated. Whether they’ve just received a cancer diagnosis, are in treatment or have finally entered survivorship, this is a very common complaint. But why are feelings of isolation so common among cancer patients? And, what can you do to ease yours? Here, I’ll answer […]

How to differentiate pediatric enteroviral meningoencephalitis from scrub typhus meningoencephalitis: A single-center retrospective study from Yunnan Province, China

Background: During the summer-autumn epidemic season, pediatric scrub typhus meningoencephalitis (ST) and enteroviral meningoencephalitis (EV) often present with overlapping clinical manifestations and routine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings, making early differential diagnosis challenging and delaying appropriate treatment. Practical diagnostic strategies based on readily available parameters are lacking. Objective: To evaluate whether common clinical and laboratory indicators […]