COVID Contrarians Rise; Philly Residents Want Union; What Happens After IVF Mix-Up?
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Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Skepticism and rage about the COVID-19 pandemic may be a theme uniting...
What ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Gets Right About Communications
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Lanthorn, Rabin, and Ratzan are founders of an organization that advocates for accurate, responsible, clear, and culturally sensitive health communication. Many...
Can Mentorship Revive Classical Hematology?
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For some medical students and trainees who go on to become hematologists, attraction to the field happens the first time they’re...
Amgen’s Obesity Drug Cuts Weight by Up to 20%, Trial Data Drags Down Shares
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(Reuters) -Amgen’s experimental drug MariTide helped overweight or obese patients lose up to 20% weight on average in a year-long mid-stage...
Many Barriers to Medical Abortion by Quebec Fam Physicians
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Many women who request a medical abortion at family medicine teaching clinics don’t get one, according to...
Diabetes Drugs Promising for Alcohol Use Disorder
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TOPLINE: Use of the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists semaglutide and liraglutide is linked to a lower risk for alcohol...
Wearable Devices for Parkinson’s Disease: The Future Is Here
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Less than a decade ago, the use of wearable devices in Parkinson’s disease (PD) was considered futuristic. Today, there’s an array...
Despite Risks, Antipsychotic Polypharmacy on the Rise
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TOPLINE: Global antipsychotic polypharmacy use increased significantly from 1970 to 2023, with 25% of antipsychotic users receiving multiple prescriptions, new research...
GLP-1 RA Drugs Benefit People With SLE, Lupus Nephritis
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WASHINGTON — Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications appear beneficial for people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus...
Younger Breast Cancer Patients Face Higher Recurrence Risk
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TOPLINE: A new study suggests that age is an independent risk factor for late distant recurrence among younger patients with ER-positive,...
Lichen Planus Study Maps Prevalence and Treatment Approaches
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TOPLINE: Lichen planus (LP) affects an estimated 0.15% of US adults, and more than half of patients do not receive treatment...
Pertussis Cases Spike in November
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Six times as many cases of pertussis were reported in the United States for the week ending November 16, 2024, as...
Why It’s Often So Strong
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Rose Gerber was 39, mother to a third grader and a kindergartener, when the diagnosis came: Advanced HER2-positive breast cancer. “On...
How to Make the ‘SAD’ Diagnosis
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’Tis the season for recognizing seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Just don’t expect to find SAD in diagnostic handbooks. As a memorable...
Flu Vaccine Guards Household Contacts of Infected People
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TOPLINE: About one in five people who live in the same household as an individual infected with the influenza virus develop...
Some Antihypertensives Linked to HCC Risk in MASLD
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SAN DIEGO — In patients with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), hypertension, and cirrhosis, certain antihypertensive medications may lead to...
Lights, Action, Bodycams in the ED
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Working as an emergency physician can be demanding. It’s also dangerous. In a 2022 study, two thirds of emergency physicians were...
French Study Shows Banned Pesticides in Children’s Samples
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A cluster of pediatric cancers in Saint-Rogatien, a small town in southwestern France, has led to a project that detected traces...
Climate Change Reaches New Records, The Lancet Report Claims
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Populations around the world are facing unprecedented risks to well-being, health, and survival due to climate change, according to a new...
New ‘Touchless’ Blood Pressure Screening Tech: How It Works
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When a patient signs on to a telehealth portal, there’s little more a provider can do than ask questions. But a...
Podiatrist Shares Onychomycosis Treatment Tips
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LAS VEGAS — Onychomycosis, a stubborn fungal infection of the nail bed, is responsible for half of all nail diseases and...
Fibrosis Risk High in Young Adults With Both Obesity and T2D
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TOPLINE: Up to one in seven young adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) have clinically significant hepatic fibrosis, signaling...
CRC Screening Uptake Rises in Adults Aged 45-49 Years
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TOPLINE: After the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in May 2021 lowered from 50 to 45 the recommended age to...
Is Turkey Still on the Table?
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Bird flu is becoming a very human concern — one you shouldn’t ignore. This year there have been 55 human cases...
Bird Flu Fears Spark Recall of Raw Milk in California
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California health officials are urging people to steer clear of a specific batch of raw milk after tests found it may...
First Bird Flu Case in a Child Reported in California
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A child in California has been infected with bird flu. It’s the first case of H5N1 influenza in a minor, and...
Woman with brain injury on holiday faced insurance refusal
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The family of a woman who suffered a severe brain injury while on holiday say they were faced with having to...
Have Foodborne Illness Outbreaks Really Increased?
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Last week, it was reported that an infant died from a Listeria infection in an outbreak tied to ready-to-eat-meat products. Meanwhile,...
Lack of Workplace Control Fans the Flames of Doc Burnout
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Lack of control over their work environment fostered burnout among physicians, along with an increased desire to bail out of the...
Do Not Wash Your Turkey and Other Thanksgiving Tips to Keep Your Food Safe
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Ready or not, the holidays are here. It’s a time when many Americans accustomed to preparing simple meals find themselves responsible...
Severe Maternal Morbidity at First Birth Linked to Lower Subsequent Birth Rates
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Women who experienced severe maternal morbidity with their first birth were less likely to have more children, a retrospective Swedish population-based...
Alcohol Consumption: Is Any Level Safe?
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Do you discuss alcohol consumption with your patients? Medscape Reader Polls Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/alcohol-consumption-any-level-safe-2024a1000lh3?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2024-11-25...
Utility Shutoffs Can Be Deadly During Extreme Weather Events
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Anna Mae* faced an impossible choice: either pay her electric bill or pay for her medication. An elderly woman with chronic...
Preoperative Embolization Linked to Relapse-Free Survival in Meningioma
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HOUSTON — Preoperative embolization of meningioma was associated with improved relapse-free survival (RFS) in a retrospective propensity-matched review. Surgery without embolization...
Acoramidis Snags FDA Approval for ATTR Cardiomyopathy
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Acoramidis (Attruby) gained FDA approval for treating wild-type or variant transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), BridgeBio Pharma announced. Offering patients near-complete...
Study: CKD Not Worsened With Gout Treatment
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Worries that urate-lowering therapy (ULT) could speed renal failure in patients with gout and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are unfounded, data...
Philly’s Tax on Sugary Drinks Did Not Trim Kids’ Obesity
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Philadelphia’s beverage tax on sugary drinks was not associated with changes in pediatric weight outcomes 2 years after it took effect,...
Barzolvolimab Shows Promise for Cold Urticaria and Dermographism
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The investigational monoclonal antibody barzolvolimab significantly improved provocation test outcomes and reduced symptoms compared with placebo in patients with cold urticaria...
Autopsy Data Reveal New Insights About Brain Swelling After Pediatric TBI
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Children who died soon after moderate or severe TBI had more bilateral brain swelling than adults. At autopsy, pediatric TBI patients...
Early Promise for PI3K Inhibitor in Brain Metastases
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HOUSTON — Two-thirds of patients with PI3K-mutant brain metastases responded to the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of the small-molecule inhibitor paxalisib...
AREDS Supplements May Slow Geographic Atrophy Progression Toward the Fovea
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Findings from a post hoc analysis of the AREDS and AREDS2 studies were presented at the recent American Academy of Ophthalmology...
Getting Patients in the Habit of Doing the Right Thing
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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....
Older people may have better immunity against bird flu virus
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The H5N1 bird flu virus has caused sporadic cases in humans Luca Bruno/Associated Press/Alamy If the H5N1 bird flu virus sparks...
Increases in Myopia Progression in Kids Tied to the COVID Pandemic
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An increase in myopia progression was observed among Chicago-area children early in the COVID-19 pandemic, reported researchers, who suggested that closure...
Even With Access to Blockbuster Obesity Drugs, Some People Don’t Lose Weight
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Unlike scores of people who scrambled for the blockbuster drug semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) to lose weight in recent years, Danielle Griffin...
Dr. Oz’s Dubious Claims; Bird Flu Found in Raw Milk; Whooping Cough Surges
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Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Here are some of the dubious claims and products that Mehmet Oz,...
Over 160,000 lb of Ground Beef Recalled for E coli Risk
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Nov. 22, 2024 — Wolverine Packing Co. of Detroit has recalled about 167,277 pounds of ground beef products because of possible...
Transfusion in Acute Brain Injury: Is Less Still More?
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Blood transfusions are commonly given to patients with acute brain injury, but there is ongoing debate over whether a restrictive or...
Can Popular Weight Loss Drugs Lower Cancer Risk?
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Blockbuster weight loss and type 2 diabetes drugs, such as Ozempic, carry a growing list of benefits. These drugs — known...
rTMS May Alleviate Common, Resistant Schizophrenia Symptoms
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is both safe and effective for treating nonexistent spoken voices heard by patients with schizophrenia, new...