Depression Affects Remission in Patients With RA or PsA
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TOPLINE: Depression is associated with lower odds of achieving remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or psoriatic arthritis (PsA) over...
Most US Adults Plan to Skip Annual COVID Vaccines
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Most US adults continue to plan on skipping an annual COVID vaccine. About 6 in 10 people say they probably won’t...
Elevated Stroke Risk Following NAION
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Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is significantly associated with persistently elevated risk for stroke, independent of typical cardiovascular risk factors,...
Ultraprocessed Foods Linked to Faster Biological Aging
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TOPLINE: Consumption of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs), such as carbonated drinks, processed meats, and sweet or savory packaged snacks, is associated with...
Health Prices Are Getting More Transparent, but It’s Still Not Enough, Experts Say
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WASHINGTON — Health transparency rules have helped researchers gain more insight into hospital pricing practices, Ge Bai, PhD, CPA, said here...
Anesthesiologist Gets 190 Years for Tampering With IV Bags Used in Surgeries
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A Dallas anesthesiologist was sentenced Wednesday to 190 years in prison for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags...
Now a Win for Nerve Stimulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
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WASHINGTON — A small implant delivering electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve outperformed a sham treatment in relieving rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...
‘A Watershed Moment’: GLP-1 Drug Succeeds in Late-Stage MASH Trial
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Semaglutide (Wegovy) improved liver fibrosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and led to greater rates of MASH resolution, an...
Laryngeal Dystonia Symptoms Improve With Novel Treatment
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Sodium oxybate provided temporary relief for laryngeal dystonia patients who were alcohol-responsive. The neurologic disorder causes laryngeal muscle spasms, leading to...
For AF, LAA Rivals Anticoagulants After Ablation
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A left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device provides long-term thromboembolic protection that is equivalent to direct oral anticoagulants after ablation for...
Genetic Carrier Screening Changed Couples’ Reproductive Decision Making
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Couples who were found to be genetic carriers for autosomal recessive or X-linked genetic conditions often opted to change their reproductive...
Experts Release Recs on Off-Label Use of Oral Minoxidil for Hair Loss
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An international expert consensus statement provided best-practice recommendations for the off-label use of low-dose oral minoxidil among patients with hair loss....
Texas Has Sued Three Doctors Over Youth Gender-Affirming Care
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In less than a month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued three doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors in...
Postpartum Depression Rose Significantly Over Past Decade
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Diagnoses of postpartum depression (PPD) increased significantly across all racial and ethnic groups and prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) categories over...
Psych Hospitals Investigated; Internet & Well-Being; Trump’s Mental Institutions
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The Department of Justice launched an investigation into whether adults with serious mental illness were unnecessarily institutionalized in Michigan state-run psychiatric...
Eliminate Clozapine REMS, FDA Panels Say
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Two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panels are urging the agency to eliminate the risk management program for the...
Advocates Fear Trump Will Reimpose Abortion ‘Gag Rule’ Governing U.S. Aid to Africa
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EPWORTH, Zimbabwe — Carrying her infant daughter, 19-year-old Sithulisiwe Moyo waited 2 hours to get birth control pills from a tent...
GLP-1 Use Prior to Surgery: Analyzing the Updated Guidance
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Glatter is an assistant professor of emergency medicine. Papadakos is a director of critical care medicine and a professor of anesthesiology,...
Tapered Steroid Dosing Safe, Effective in Severe Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis
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Tapering doses of corticosteroids was safer than, and just as effective as, a fixed dose in patients with severe alcohol-associated hepatitis,...
Metformin, Lifestyle Changes Fail to Reduce Afib Burden
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CHICAGO — Metformin with or without lifestyle modification did not reduce daily atrial fibrillation (Afib) burden over standard of care for...
What to Know About Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s Potential NIH Pick
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Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, of Stanford University in California, has emerged as President-elect Donald Trump’s top pick to lead the National...
Sustained Viral Suppression in Multidrug-Resistant HIV With Lenacapavir at 3 Years
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In 3-year data from the CAPELLA study, the subcutaneous, long-acting capsid inhibitor lenacapavir (Sunlenca) demonstrated sustained suppression with no emergence of...
Science Weighs in on Suicide Prevention
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Suicide and self-harm continue to be serious concerns in Europe, despite decreasing rates over the past two decades. In 2021 alone,...
FDA Approves Bimekizumab for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved bimekizumab, a humanized interleukin (IL)-17A and IL-17F antagonist, for the treatment of adults...
ImmunoPET Tracer Can Detect Common Kidney Cancers
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Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) comprises 80% of all primary kidney malignancies and causes 90% of kidney cancer deaths. But...
Sacubitril/Valsartan Curbs Cardiotoxicity From Chemotherapy
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CHICAGO — Sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) was effective at keeping cardiotoxicity at bay in high-risk people receiving anthracycline chemotherapy in the SARAH trial....
What It’s Like to Win an Ig Nobel; Oxygen Company Too Big to Ban?...
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Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. What It’s...
Potassium Binder Cuts Hyperkalemia Risk in HF Patients on Spironolactone
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CHICAGO — Treatment with the potassium binder sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC; Lokelma) stabilized potassium levels among patients with heart failure with...
Human Cell Atlas project transforms understanding of human body
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Getty Images An ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our...
Doc Killed After Presentation; Bird Flu Mutations Worrying; Americans Snub COVID Vax
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Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Endocrinologist Olga Duchon, MD, was fatally shot over the weekend in suburban...
Scrap Clozapine’s REMS Program, FDA Advisors Say
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A joint FDA advisory committee on Tuesday overwhelming voted to eliminate the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) program designed around...
Daytime Sleepiness May Flag Predementia Risk
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TOPLINE: Sleep-related daytime dysfunction is associated with an almost threefold higher risk for motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome, a predementia condition...
Late-Life Weight Patterns May Predict Longevity
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SEATTLE — How weight changes as individuals get older might be a clue to how long they’ll live, according to new...
NCCN Expands Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment Guidelines
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The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has expanded two cancer genetic risk assessment guidelines to meet the growing understanding of hereditary...
Alcohol-mimicking drug found to ease voice spasm that RFK Jr has
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Getty Images People with laryngeal dystonia (LD), a condition that makes the voice sound strained and hoarse, might benefit from a...
MELD 3.0 Reduces Sex-Based Liver Transplant Disparities
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SAN DIEGO — Since the adoption of the most recent Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD 3.0) scoring system by the...
Persistence and Shifts in Occupational Lung Diseases
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Black lung disease and silicosis have roots in the industrial revolution, and beryllium disease dates to before World War II, but...
H pylori and FIT Co-Testing May Aid Gastric Cancer Screening
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TOPLINE: Adding Helicobacter pylori stool antigen (HPSA) testing to a fecal immunochemical test (FIT)–based colon cancer screening program did not reduce...
Slim Silver Lining Appears for STI Rates
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The persistent epidemic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States is showing signs of a slowdown in cases of...
Ultrasonography-Guided Nerve Blocks Safe in Emergency Care
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TOPLINE: Ultrasonography-guided nerve blocks (UGNBs) performed in emergency departments are associated with a remarkably low complication rate of 0.4% across nearly...
Telehealth Succeeds for Rapid ART in New HIV Patients
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Telehealth provides a viable alternative to early identification of HIV continuing care, based on data from 28 newly diagnosed adults with...
From Quiet to Connected With Cochlear Implants
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The use of cochlear implants to treat children and adults with severe sensorineural hearing loss has made “incredible progress” over recent...
Integrated Care Models Promising for Dementia Patients
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Merging primary and dementia care may help clinicians prescribe unnecessary medications, according to a poster presented at the Gerontological Society of...
Study Compares Skin Toxicities of MEK Inhibitors in Children
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TOPLINE: MEK inhibitors are frequently associated with cutaneous adverse events in pediatric patients, and binimetinib was associated with more severe reactions...
Sitting for More Than 10 Hours Daily Ups Heart Disease Risk
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TOPLINE: Sedentary time exceeding 10.6 h/d is linked to an increased risk for atrial fibrillation, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and cardiovascular...
Interventions for Burnout and Depression Among Doctors
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The well-being of doctors is under significant strain, with acute and chronic stress, psychological trauma, ethical dilemmas, and negative experiences contributing...
Screening for Iron Deficiency May Prevent Progression
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Screening for iron deficiency in patients with risk factors may be a prudent way to prevent progression...
WHO Launches Toolkit to Improve Long-Term Care in Europe
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The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Regional Office for Europe has introduced a new toolkit to help policymakers identify gaps in their...
Surgeries on ‘precipice’ ahead of tax hike, says GP
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BBC Dr Andrew Purbrick, who represents thousands of GPs in the south of England, says surgeries are facing a “funding crisis”...
Home Spirometry Has Potential for Detecting SSc-ILD Decline
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TOPLINE: Home spirometry shows potential for early detection of pulmonary function decline in patients with systemic sclerosis–associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD)....