Dual Therapy Effective for H pylori Eradication in T2D
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TOPLINE: A 14-day treatment regimen with vonoprazan plus amoxicillin is effective and safe for eradicating Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infections in...
GPs Face Challenges in Chronic Kidney Disease Screening
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General practitioners (GPs) face difficulties in screening for chronic kidney disease (CKD) using the urine albumin-creatinine ratio (uACR). The reasons include...
Patient-Clinician Views Diverge in Psoriatic Arthritis Care
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TOPLINE: According to a recent study on patient and clinician perspective on the different aspects of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) care, patients...
New ACG Guideline on EoE Reflects Over a Decade of Advances
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Clinicians should be aware of the latest developments in the diagnosis and management of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), including new biologics approved...
Ontario Program Screens Newborns for Congenital CMV
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TOPLINE: A population-based congenital cytomegalovirus screening program in Ontario successfully screened 551,034 (97.4%) newborns, with 689 (0.13%) testing positive. Of those...
AI Outperforms Human Readers at Coronary CTA Analysis
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TOPLINE: An artificial intelligence (AI)-based assessment of coronary CT angiography outperformed visual assessment by human readers and demonstrated superior agreement with...
MPs say woefully inadequate eating-disorder care is costing lives
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BBC Olimata felt like “a shell of a human”, when she had anorexia, as a teenager Lives are being lost and...
Novel Drug Simplifies Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Regimen
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TOPLINE: Vanzacaftor-tezacaftor-deutivacaftor, a novel therapeutic, once-daily drug, demonstrates noninferiority to elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor (the twice-daily, standard-of-care drug) in lung function improvement with an...
Baricitinib Shows Promise in Polymyalgia Rheumatica
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Baricitinib can effectively treat polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) without the use of oral glucocorticoids, according to results from a small, randomized, double-blind,...
High-Sensitivity Troponin Test May Cut Mortality Risk
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TOPLINE: Switching from a conventional to a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay in emergency departments is associated with a reduction in...
Successful Pediatric Obesity Treatment Linked With Long-Term Health
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Children who respond well to pediatric obesity treatment have markedly lower morbidity and mortality risks in young adulthood, according to data...
Genetic Factors Predict Post-Angiography Outcomes
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TOPLINE: The genomic drivers of coronary artery disease (CAD) are associated with the presentation of acute coronary syndromes and the severity...
When Plants Attack: Diagnosing and Managing Phytodermatoses
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At the 2024 Dermatology Days of Paris conference, a session focused on phytodermatoses, a group of skin conditions caused by plant...
New HS Guidelines Focus on Special Patient Populations
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When it comes to managing hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) in special patient populations, new guidelines rate the existing evidence as “strong” for...
Heritability Strongly Linked to Acne Fulminans
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When acne debuts as acne fulminans — acne that manifests as an explosive worsening and ulceration of skin lesions and can...
Big PFS Increase in Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors With Combination Therapy
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SAN FRANCISCO — Progression-free survival (PFS) in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) more than doubled with the addition of the somatostatin analog...
Building Resilience in Healthcare Starts in School
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Friedlander is CEO of a workforce development program. Slay is assistant dean of a practical nursing school. The healthcare sector is...
Physician Content Creators Weigh In on TikTok’s Uncertain Future
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Promises of a TikTok ban have loomed over the popular video app for months, and a brief pause in operations this...
Good Response to Obesity Treatment in Childhood Improved Outcomes Down the Line
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Beneficial pediatric obesity treatment response was associated with a reduced risk of obesity-related events in young adults, a nationwide prospective cohort...
High-Strength Wegovy; Aldosteronism Outcome Definitions; Insulin Unit Price Down 42%
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Patients treated with semaglutide 7.2 mg achieved a 20.7% weight loss after 72 weeks compared with a reduction of 17.5% with...
Fauci’s Pardon: ‘It’s Really a Shame,’ Public Health Officials Say
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Members of the public health community are relieved that the pardoning of Anthony Fauci, MD, former director of the National Institute...
FDA Expands Approval of Esketamine for Depression
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The FDA approved esketamine (Spravato) nasal spray as monotherapy for adults with treatment-resistant depression who had an inadequate response to at...
Managing Non-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia Presents Challenges
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An essential factor in distinguishing thalassemia phenotypes is transfusion dependence. While beta-thalassemia major requires life-long blood transfusions for survival, non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia...
Common Drugs, Vaccines Tied to Less Dementia Risk; New LATE Criteria; Rethinking ALS
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Antimicrobials, vaccinations, and anti-inflammatory drugs were associated with a reduced risk of dementia in a systematic review, while diabetes drugs, vitamins...
Trump’s exit from the WHO could harm global health programmes and backfire on the...
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Analysis and Health The US contributes around a fifth of the budget for the World Health Organization – its withdrawal from...
Microplastics in Water; New NCD for CardioMEMS; Valve Surgery Amid Los Angeles Fires
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A study showed that microplastics — small enough to pass into human blood and organs — were found in tap and...
Interventional Cardiology Joins The Match for First Time
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Interventional cardiology training in the United States has joined the National Resident Matching Program, known as The Match, for the 2025...
Antibiotics Inferior to Appendectomy for Uncomplicated Appendicitis in Kids
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Antibiotic management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis among children was inferior to appendectomy, a randomized non-inferiority trial showed. For nearly 850 children...
Are Singulair’s Psychiatric Risks in Kids Overblown?
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Montelukast (Singulair) held no elevated risk of depression, anxiety, suicidality, or behavioral problems for children, according to a new study that...
What to Know About Abortion Developments in the States, Courts as Trump Takes Office
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A new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy across the U.S.,...
What nine sleep researchers do to get their best night’s rest
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Strategic napping can aid recovery from sleep deprivation Jean Gaumy/Magnum Photos Sleep researchers dedicate their careers to understanding how and why we...
DOJ Accuses Walgreens of Filling Millions of Illegitimate Prescriptions
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is accusing Walgreens of filling millions of prescriptions in the last decade and more without...
First week figures revealed for Glasgow drug consumption room
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More than 130 people used the UK’s first drug consumption clinic in the facility’s first week. The Safer Drugs Consumption Facility...
Fauci Will Accept Pardon; RFK Jr. and COVID Vaccines; Nursing Director Shot
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Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Anthony Fauci, MD, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and...
Chronic Disease, COVID Vaccines Get Nods at Trump’s Inaugural Address
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President Trump’s inaugural address to the nation on Monday contained few references to healthcare, but the health topics he did mention...
How to shift your circadian clock to beat your jet lag
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Trying to sleep your way through jet lag might not actually work Iakovos Hatzistavrou/AFP Via Getty Images In the first flush...
US FDA Puts Clinical Hold on Atara’s Trials for Cancer Cell Therapies
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(Reuters) -Atara Biotherapeutics said on Tuesday the U.S. health regulator has placed a clinical hold on its trials for cancer cell...
Trump Withdraws U.S. From WHO and Paris Climate Treaty on First Day in Office
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As he had foreshadowed, President Trump was very busy on Monday; in addition to getting sworn into office, he signed dozens...
Trump orders US to leave World Health Organization
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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health...
United States Fails to Meet Growing Substance Use Care Needs
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TOPLINE: A public health crisis related to substance use disorder is evident in the United States, marked by a surge in...
What Urologists Need to Know
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The increasing misuse of ketamine for pleasure and medical purposes causes severe urinary complications. At the 118th French Congress of Urology,...
How best to catch up on rest and pay off your sleep debt
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Paul Briginshaw/Millennium Images, UK What’s the difference between your time spent in bed and your bank balance? No, this isn’t the...
Antidepressant Mirtazapine: A Short-Term Insomnia Solution?
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TOPLINE: Low-dose mirtazapine shows a clinically relevant effect in reducing the severity of insomnia at 6 weeks, but not at 12...
Does Chemoradiotherapy Boost Survival in Endometrial Cancer?
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TOPLINE: Compared with chemotherapy alone, the addition of radiation to chemotherapy did not improve overall or recurrence-free survival in patients with...
Nasal Swabs Identify Kids’ Asthma Subtypes
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A simple, noninvasive nasal swab identified a predominance of T2-low asthma subtypes in racial and ethnic minority pediatric patients, based on...
Biomarker for Upper GI Disorders?
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TOPLINE: Dysbiosis of the oral microbiome is associated with various upper gastrointestinal (UGI) disorders and precancerous lesions, with specific microbial signatures...
Nearly Half of Primary Care Docs Affiliated With Hospitals
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Nearly half of a sample of primary care physicians (PCPs) in the United States were affiliated with hospitals in 2022, almost...
EVT Effective, but Use for Acute Stroke Still Low in Europe
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Studies over the past decade have consistently shown a benefit of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) over medical therapy alone in managing acute ischemic...
Does Time-Restricted Eating Cut Extra Belly Fat?
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TOPLINE: Time-restricted eating (TRE) doesn’t significantly reduce visceral adipose tissue (VAT) but leads to significant reductions in body weight compared with...
Is Radioiodine Beneficial After Thyroidectomy?
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Patients with low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer show similar outcomes after 5 years regardless of whether they received radioactive iodine following total...