Telehealth Shows Promise in Reducing Suicide Attempts
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TOPLINE: Brief cognitive behavioral therapy (BCBT) even when delivered remotely via video telehealth effectively reduces suicide attempts among high-risk adults. METHODOLOGY:...
Treat-to-Target Approach for RA Improves Time to Pregnancy
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WASHINGTON — Women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience improved fertility when treated using a treat-to-target (T2T) approach aimed at remission, according...
Which Canadians Have Greater Need?
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Amid a lack of consensus on screening men for prostate cancer using the prostate-specific antigen (PSA), family...
Can a Changing World Agree on the WHO Pandemic Treaty?
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LISBON, Portugal — “Work together and mobilize our forces” around the Pandemic Treaty, said experts at the 17th European Public Health...
Common Heart Failure Drugs Ease Heart Damage During Chemo
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Sacubitril-valsartan, a common drug combination for heart failure, cuts the risk for cardiomyopathy after chemotherapy in patients who received anthracycline drugs...
New Pill Successfully Lowers Lp(a) Levels
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Muvalaplin, a novel oral medication, safely and effectively lowers high levels of lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), results from the phase 2 KRAKEN...
Reused Pacemakers Good as New in Early Safety Data
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CHICAGO — Secondhand permanent pacemaker use in poorer countries, following thorough cleaning and repackaging, has not resulted in patient harm so...
CDC Advisors Defend Infection Control Draft Guidance
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Members of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) voted Friday to defend what some have called weak standards of...
‘America Deserves Better’: Major Public Health Group Slams RFK Jr. Nomination
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One of the leading public health associations came out Monday against President-elect Trump’s nomination of vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
Primary Care Doctors at Mass General Brigham Want to Unionize
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Several hundred primary care physicians at Mass General Brigham (MGB) notified the National Labor Relations Board on Friday that they support...
Novel Anti-Inflammatory Flops for HFpEF, HFmrEF
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CHICAGO — The novel myeloperoxidase (MPO) inhibitor mitiperstat failed to improve quality of life or functional capacity in heart failure with...
Extended Dosing Intervals Possible With Aflibercept in Diabetic Macular Edema
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Positive 3-year results from the phase III PHOTON study were presented at the recent American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) meeting, demonstrating...
Over 50% of U.S. Adults Qualify for Ozempic, Wegovy
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More than half of all adults in the U.S. are eligible for semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus), researchers estimated. Among 25,531 participants...
The Dual Role of Illusion in Patient Care
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Lazarus is an adjunct professor of psychiatry. “The Last Leaf” by O. Henry, published in 1907 in his collection The Trimmed...
Gene-Editing Therapy Shows Promise in Hereditary Angioedema
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A single dose of the CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy NTLA-2002 significantly reduced angioedema attacks compared with placebo in patients with hereditary angioedema,...
Is Low Disease Activity Good Enough in RA?
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WASHINGTON — Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who achieved sustained remission had better long-term outcomes than those with lingering low-level symptoms, a...
Study: Statins Mitigate Heart Risks From JAK Inhibitors
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WASHINGTON — Patients taking Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may not have to worry so much about increased...
Topical Ivermectin Among Rx Options for Ocular Rosacea
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LAS VEGAS — In the clinical experience of Julie C. Harper, MD, patients with ocular rosacea don’t always present with telltale...
Gene Therapy Promising for Rare Genetic Cardiomyopathy
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CHICAGO — Gene therapy for Danon disease, a rare inherited cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, appeared to improve or stabilize the structure...
Fecal Therapy Shows Survival Benefit in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis
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Adding fecal microbiota therapy to standard care for steroid-ineligible severe alcoholic-associated hepatitis appeared safe and effective in a small randomized trial...
We’re starting to understand why some people regain weight they lost
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It can be hard to keep weight off Tero Vesalainen/Getty Images People with obesity who lose weight often put it back...
ALD and AUD on the Rise in Older Adults
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SAN DIEGO — The prevalence of and number of deaths from alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) are...
Electronic Nudges Improved Flu Shot Uptake in Patients With Acute MI History
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CHICAGO — Electronic nudges increased uptake of flu vaccines among patients with a history of acute myocardial infarction (MI), results from...
New Trial Result Pushes Past Antiarrhythmic Therapy After MI
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Upfront catheter ablation is a better first-line strategy for patients who develop ventricular tachycardia (VT) after a myocardial infarction (MI) than...
Left Atrial Appendage Closure Reduced Bleeding After Afib Ablation
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CHICAGO — For patients at high risk of stroke who underwent catheter-based atrial fibrillation ablation, left atrial appendage closure led to...
Is It the Therapy or the Therapist Who Helps With Knee Pain?
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WASHINGTON — Patients with meniscal tears undergoing physical therapy (PT) had no more improvement in a randomized trial than those receiving...
Davina McCall makes ‘enormous leap forward’ as she leaves ICU after surgery
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TV presenter Davina McCall is out of intensive care and has made an “enormous leap forward” in the last 24 hours,...
CDC’s Carrot Warning; New Mpox Strain in the U.S.; DEA Extends Telehealth Rules
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Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Organic carrots sold at Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and other stores have...
Making Life Better at the Bottom of the Healthcare Pyramid
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Fred Pelzman is an associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell, and has been a practicing internist for nearly 30 years....
Vulvar Dermatoses: Ob.Gyn Collaboration With Dermatologists
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Sarah Cigna, MD, sees patients every week with vulvovaginal pain and vulvar dermatoses. She’s an ob.gyn. with a focus on sexual...
Test Gives Mixed Results for Preeclampsia Risk in SLE
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WASHINGTON — A diagnostic test to predict preeclampsia does not effectively rule in or out this pregnancy complication in women with...
Which Therapies Improve Survival Most in Esophageal Cancer?
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TOPLINE: Perioperative chemotherapy as well as neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy followed by surgery (trimodality therapy) are associated with improved overall survival in...
How Will Trump’s Govt Impact Health Policy Abroad?
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It’s been 2 weeks since election day, and US President-Elect Donald Trump’s transition team is nominating candidates for crucial cabinet and...
Group Interventions Ease Loneliness in Older Adults With HIV
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Tailoring existing evidence-based loneliness intervention according to urban or rural settings may more effectively reduce loneliness in adults living with HIV,...
Any Hypertension Drug Combo Can Work in Underserved Groups
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Three combination therapies for hypertension are equally effective in reducing blood pressure, according to a new global study conducted in India,...
Revumenib Approved for KMT2A Translocation Leukemia
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved revumenib (Revuforj — Syndax Pharmaceuticals) for relapsed or refractory acute leukemia with a...
Adjusting Thyroid Ranges for Age Cuts Hypothyroidism Rates
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The reference ranges of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4), known to vary in children compared with adults, also shift...
Key Updates in Resuscitation Procedure After Drowning
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New recommendations on rescuing adults and children who have drowned include an important update for healthcare professionals, trained rescuers, and untrained...
Telehealth Promotes STI-PEP in Cisgender African American Men
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African American cisgender men who had sex with men (MSM) were significantly more likely to continue HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care...
Exercise Linked to Lower Mortality Risk in Dementia Patients
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TOPLINE: Physical activity of any intensity after a diagnosis of dementia is associated with a significantly lower risk for all-cause mortality,...
Vitamin D May Lower Blood Pressure in Overweight Seniors
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TOPLINE: Supplementation with vitamin D and calcium can reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure in older individuals with overweight, particularly in...
Gut Microbiome Has Potential to Counter Gout
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Efforts to combat hyperuricemia may find help from gut microbes, according to Dylan Dodd, MD, PhD, who spoke at the annual...
Do Statins Improve Nasopharyngeal Cancer Outcomes?
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TOPLINE: Statin use during concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) for advanced nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is associated with a 52% reduction in all-cause mortality....
New Strategy Led to Modest Decline in Antibiotic Misuse
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TOPLINE: Multifaceted antimicrobial stewardship interventions show varying effectiveness and modest reductions in unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, particularly in general practice. METHODOLOGY: Researchers...
Water Fluoridation: Where Does Canada Stand?
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, who has been nominated to head the US Department of Health and Human Services, has called for...
Does Repeated Anesthesia Affect IQ in Children?
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TOPLINE: Multiple exposures to general anesthesia before age 5 years are linked to lower IQ, decreased verbal and perceptual skills, and...
Health Security Scores Low on Europeans’ Health Agendas
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LISBON, Portugal — Aging populations, climate change, and addressing the determinants of health through health for all and health in all...
Providers’ ‘exploitative’ profits to be curbed
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Getty Images Plans aimed at preventing companies that run children’s homes in England from making excessive profits will be set out...
Prostate Cancer Overtreatment Persists
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Overtreatment of men with prostate cancer and limited life expectancy (LE) has persisted in the era of active surveillance and worsened...
Blood Pressure Variability Linked to Glaucoma Progression
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TOPLINE: Fluctuations in blood pressure over an extended period, along with their interaction with mean blood pressure or intraocular pressure, are...