Three Vascular Risk Factors May Up Severe Stroke Risk

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/three-vascular-risk-factors-may-up-severe-stroke-risk/ TOPLINE:  Hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and smoking are more strongly linked to increased risk for severe stroke than nonsevere stroke, whereas a...

Dapirolizumab Cuts Disease Activity, Steroid Use in SLE

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/dapirolizumab-cuts-disease-activity-steroid-use-in-sle/ WASHINGTON — The investigational anti-CD40 ligand agent dapirolizumab pegol (DZP) outperformed placebo in improving disease activity and reducing high-dose corticosteroid use...

‘At 31, I was told if I didn’t stop drinking, I could die’

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/at-31-i-was-told-if-i-didnt-stop-drinking-i-could-die/ Daniel Taylor-Sweet / BBC BBC journalist Hazel Martin was told to cut out drinking alcohol altogether At 31 years old, I...

California Sets 15% Goal for Primary Care Spending by 2034

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/california-sets-15-goal-for-primary-care-spending-by-2034/ A California agency charged with slowing health costs has set a lofty goal for insurers to direct 15% of their spending...

RSV Infections Take Toll on Adults

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/rsv-infections-take-toll-on-adults/ Approximately 1 in 20 adults with outpatient respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections were readmitted to the hospital within 28 days, based...

AI Robot Scanner as Good as Rheumatologists at Assessing RA

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/ai-robot-scanner-as-good-as-rheumatologists-at-assessing-ra/ WASHINGTON — A fully automated ultrasound scanning system combined with artificial intelligence–based disease activity scoring performed as well as expert rheumatologists...

‘A Real Regulatory Dilemma Here’: What We Heard This Week

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/a-real-regulatory-dilemma-here-what-we-heard-this-week/ “It’s a real regulatory dilemma here.” — Donald Kohn, MD, of the University of California Los Angeles, at an FDA advisory...

IDH Inhibitor Activity in Brain Cancer Persists With Longer Follow-Up

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/idh-inhibitor-activity-in-brain-cancer-persists-with-longer-follow-up/ HOUSTON — Progression-free survival (PFS) in IDH-mutant low-grade glioma remained twice as high in adults who received vorasidenib (Voranigo) after surgery...

Digital Doctors Are Coming. Regulators Need to Catch Up.

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/digital-doctors-are-coming-regulators-need-to-catch-up/ Baloescu is an emergency physician, assistant professor, and AI researcher. Microsoft’s new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered healthcare suite plans to “shape a...

Who Is Trump’s Pick to Run Medicare and Medicaid?

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/who-is-trumps-pick-to-run-medicare-and-medicaid/ The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today,...

Medications to Reduce Lipoprotein(a); Genome Models and CVD Risk

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/medications-to-reduce-lipoproteina-genome-models-and-cvd-risk/ TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in...

Trump Nominates Physicians for CDC Director, Surgeon General

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/trump-nominates-physicians-for-cdc-director-surgeon-general/ President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated former Republican Rep. Dave Weldon, MD, of Florida, to lead the CDC and Fox News...

Workplace Violence Is Not Just ‘Part of the Job’

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/workplace-violence-is-not-just-part-of-the-job/ Doehring is an associate professor of clinical emergency medicine and a practicing emergency physician. Palmer is a senior associate dean of...

Why This 62-Year-Old’s Early Signs Were Overlooked

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/why-this-62-year-olds-early-signs-were-overlooked/ Share on PinterestVeronica Brown (center left) with her family. Image Provided by Veronica Brown Non-motor symptoms like depression and anxiety are...

CGM Uptake Very Low for Vulnerable Diabetes Populations

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/cgm-uptake-very-low-for-vulnerable-diabetes-populations/ Uptake of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) was relatively low among vulnerable diabetes patients in the largest national system of safety-net primary...

Patients With Melanoma Brain Mets May Fare Better With RT Before Immunotherapy

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/patients-with-melanoma-brain-mets-may-fare-better-with-rt-before-immunotherapy/ HOUSTON — Patients with melanoma brain metastases had better survival if they received radiotherapy (RT) followed by immunotherapy instead of the...

AMA President-Elect Confronts a New Challenge: A Brain Tumor

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/ama-president-elect-confronts-a-new-challenge-a-brain-tumor/ When he started to notice a couple of things about himself that were “off,” Bobby Mukkamala, MD, president-elect of the American...

What to Know About Marty Makary, Trump’s Potential FDA Pick

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/what-to-know-about-marty-makary-trumps-potential-fda-pick/ Multiple reports suggest that president-elect Donald Trump is considering Marty Makary, MD, MPH, to run the FDA. Here’s what to know....

New FDA Panel Weighs In on Regulating Generative AI in Healthcare

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/new-fda-panel-weighs-in-on-regulating-generative-ai-in-healthcare/ A newly assembled FDA advisory committee recommended several approaches to how the agency should handle regulation of generative artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled...

California Case Is the First Confirmed Bird Flu Infection in a U.S. Child

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/california-case-is-the-first-confirmed-bird-flu-infection-in-a-u-s-child/ Health officials on Friday confirmed bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor. The...

Clonazepam Recall Grows Over Dangerous Labelling Error

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/clonazepam-recall-grows-over-dangerous-labelling-error/ Endo USA, Inc, has expanded its previously announced recall of clonazepam orally disintegrating tablets due to a packaging error that could...

Preserve the National Institute of Nursing Research’s Independence

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/preserve-the-national-institute-of-nursing-researchs-independence/ Darcy-Mahoney is a professor, neonatal nurse practitioner, researcher, and educator. Menon is the dean of a college of nursing. Murray is...

Major Shifts in Urothelial Cancer Care: Immunotherapy Redefines Standards

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/major-shifts-in-urothelial-cancer-care-immunotherapy-redefines-standards/ Recent advances in immunotherapy and combination therapies are revolutionizing the treatment landscape for both metastatic and muscle-invasive urothelial cancer. In this...

Georgia Disbands Maternal Mortality Committee Over Leaked Abortion Info

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/georgia-disbands-maternal-mortality-committee-over-leaked-abortion-info/ Georgia’s top health official dismissed all members of a state committee that investigates pregnancy-related maternal deaths after a committee member presumably...

Managing Patient Concerns in Axial Spondyloarthritis

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/managing-patient-concerns-in-axial-spondyloarthritis/ People with back pain face some uncertainty in diagnosis that is unsettling to patients and physicians alike. But once a diagnosis...

Ophthalmologists Warn Against Surgery to Change Eye Color

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/ophthalmologists-warn-against-surgery-to-change-eye-color/ Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today‘s collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional’s take on the latest viral medical...

Year in Review: Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/year-in-review-inflammatory-bowel-disease/ Notable news about inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in 2024 included a study evaluating loss of response to tumor necrosis factor (TNF)...

What is methanol and how does it affect the body?

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/what-is-methanol-and-how-does-it-affect-the-body/ Getty Images The UK Foreign Office advises travellers: “Take care if offered, particularly for free, or when buying spirit-based drinks. If...

Parents ‘devastated’ over daughter’s suspected poisoning death

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/parents-devastated-over-daughters-suspected-poisoning-death/ Squire Patton Boggs Simone White’s parents described their daughter as a “soul who gave so much” The parents of British lawyer...

PVI Add-Ons Provide Better Control of Persistent AF

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/pvi-add-ons-provide-better-control-of-persistent-af/ The addition of linear ablation plus ethanol infusion to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) improves control of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) better...

Three Important Changes in AASM’s New Restless Legs Syndrome Guidelines

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/three-important-changes-in-aasms-new-restless-legs-syndrome-guidelines/ The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has updated its guidelines for the treatment of restless legs syndrome (RLS) for the...

First Long-Term Study ID’s Recovery Time for Brain Disorder

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/first-long-term-study-ids-recovery-time-for-brain-disorder/ Recovery from anti–N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis can take 3 years or longer, with lingering memory, language and emotional problems, results of...

Treatment of Oligometastatic EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/treatment-of-oligometastatic-egfr-mutant-lung-cancer/ EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are effective treatments for EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, even after undergoing systemic therapy,...

Higher Early-Onset CRC Mortality Seen in Minorities

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/higher-early-onset-crc-mortality-seen-in-minorities/ TOPLINE: Death rates for patients aged METHODOLOGY: US rates of EOCRC are increasing, with differences across racial and ethnic groups, but...

Nationwide Beef Recall; 23% of U.S. Adults Underinsured; Deaths From Tainted Booze

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/nationwide-beef-recall-23-of-u-s-adults-underinsured-deaths-from-tainted-booze/ Note that some links may require registration or subscription. A nationwide recall involving 160,000 pounds of ground beef was announced after...

How to Calm Rosacea-Related Facial Erythema, Flushing

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/how-to-calm-rosacea-related-facial-erythema-flushing/ LAS VEGAS — When patients with rosacea consult Julie C. Harper, MD, about persistent facial erythema, she often recommends brimonidine 0.33%...

Canadian Scientists Keep Watchful Eye on H5N1 Human Case

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/canadian-scientists-keep-watchful-eye-on-h5n1-human-case/ Now that Canada has confirmed its first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) linked to H5N1, virologists and infectious...

What Has Canada Learned About Cannabis Since Legalization?

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/what-has-canada-learned-about-cannabis-since-legalization/ More than 6 years after the legalization of nonmedical cannabis, Canadian scientists are reporting a mix of observations. Legalization has improved...

As GLP-1 Use Surges, Clinicians Weigh Benefits and Risks

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/as-glp-1-use-surges-clinicians-weigh-benefits-and-risks/ Rates of overweight and obesity have more than doubled in the United States during the last three decades, according to a...

Residency to Reality: The Job Outlook for New Docs

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/residency-to-reality-the-job-outlook-for-new-docs/ What does the employment market hold for new physician recruits? From alternative scheduling arrangements to improved work-life balance, the outlook for...

Anastrozole Increases Height in Children With CAH

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/anastrozole-increases-height-in-children-with-cah/ TOPLINE: Adjunct treatment with anastrozole in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) delays the rate of bone maturation and increases the...

Stand-Alone Adjuvant Immunotherapy for Early TNBC?

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/stand-alone-adjuvant-immunotherapy-for-early-tnbc/ The role of adjuvant immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains uncertain. Standard therapy for TNBC includes neoadjuvant pembrolizumab  with chemotherapy...

Stages I-III Screen-Detected CRC Boosts Disease-Free Survival

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/stages-i-iii-screen-detected-crc-boosts-disease-free-survival/ TOPLINE: Patients with stages I-III screen-detected colorectal cancer (CRC) have better disease-free survival rates than those with non-screen–detected CRC, an effect...

Transplant Centers Often Overlook Family Caregivers

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/transplant-centers-often-overlook-family-caregivers/ Family caregivers provide crucial support to patients before and after a life-saving organ, stem cell, or bone marrow transplant. In recognition...

Men Who Heavily Drink Carry Higher Risk for Late AMD

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/men-who-heavily-drink-carry-higher-risk-for-late-amd/ TOPLINE: Moderate alcohol consumption was associated with a lower risk for progression to late age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in men. Geographic...

When Cancer Therapy Affects the Skin: A Guide for Clinicians

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/when-cancer-therapy-affects-the-skin-a-guide-for-clinicians/ Nearly every medication comes with side effects, and in cancer therapies, they can be severe. Clinicians must often weigh the benefits...

Anxiety and Vomiting in Kids Undergoing Sedation in the ED

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/anxiety-and-vomiting-in-kids-undergoing-sedation-in-the-ed/ TOPLINE: Preprocedural anxiety levels among children undergoing procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) with ketamine in the emergency department are not associated...

Holly Bowles sixth to die of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/holly-bowles-sixth-to-die-of-suspected-methanol-poisoning-in-laos/ Beaumaris Football Club Australian teenagers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones were travelling together when they fell ill A second Australian teenager...

Oxidative Stress Marker May Signal Fracture Risk in T2D

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/oxidative-stress-marker-may-signal-fracture-risk-in-t2d/ TOPLINE: Elevated levels of plasma F2-isoprostanes, a reliable marker of oxidative stress, are associated with an increased risk for fractures in...

AI Tool Identifies Undiagnosed Early-Stage MASLD

Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/ai-tool-identifies-undiagnosed-early-stage-masld/ SAN DIEGO — An artificial intelligence (AI)–driven algorithm may be able to accurately detect early-stage metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)...

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