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How Physical Activity Can Lower Your Risk
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Share on PinterestNew research highlights how exercise can reduce stress-related brain activity to also help lower your risk of cardiovascular disease....
The California Saga: Why Some DOs Fear Combined Medical Boards
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This is a sidebar to a story on combined MD and DO state medical boards. For the main story, click here....
Counterfeit ‘Botox’ Spreading Across the U.S., CDC Warns
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The CDC is investigating harmful botulism-like reactions in 19 people who received counterfeit or mishandled botulinum toxin (Botox), according to a...
Possible Pulmonary Benefit With Viltolarsen for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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DENVER — Viltolarsen (Viltepso) was well tolerated by boys and men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), with no new safety signals,...
IV Ketamine Promising for Refractory Headache in Kids
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Intravenous (IV) ketamine is an effective and safe treatment option for children with severe refractory headache, new research suggests. In a...
Can Testosterone Aid Women’s Menopausal Symptoms?
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In 2022, Aisha Kabia started to experience symptoms she originally thought could be long COVID: brain fog, fatigue, and joint pain....
White House Announces Partnership With 50 Countries to Stifle Future Pandemics
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The Biden administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the...
CDC Investigating Reactions Linked to Counterfeit ‘Botox’
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At least 19 people from nine states have reported serious reactions after receiving botulinum toxin injections from unlicensed or untrained individuals...
TNF Inhibitors for IBD Linked to Kidney Function Declines
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Anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy for new-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was independently associated with progressive kidney function decline but not...
Roundup Maker Seeks Lawmakers’ Help to Squelch Claims It Failed to Warn About Cancer
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Stung by paying billions of dollars for settlements and trials, chemical giant Bayer has been lobbying lawmakers in three states to...
Algorithm Predicts Disability From Point-of-Care EEGs
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DENVER — A high seizure burden derived by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was associated with worse outcomes, a retrospective analysis...
Automated, Personalized Outreach Boosts CRC Screening in Diverse Patient Population
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Automated and personalized outreach about colorectal cancer (CRC) screening led to substantial increases in participation across a diverse patient population, according...
First Long-Term Data on Atogepant for Migraine Prevention
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An interim analysis of an ongoing extension study supports the long-term safety and efficacy of the oral calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)...
Increased Retinopathy Risk Seen With GLP-1RAs for Diabetes
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Eleftheriadou A, Riley D, Zhao SS, et al. Risk of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular oedema with sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors...
Decaying Bodies and COVID Fraud? Health Worker Minimum Wage; Pharma’s Small Tax Bill
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Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were...
Neutral Result With Novel Agent in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
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ATLANTA, GA — A multicenter controlled trial testing the ability of an aldose reductase inhibitor to stabilize early-stage asymptomatic diabetic cardiomyopathy...
Large Real-World Study Confirms Benefit of ‘Contentious’ ECT
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Budapest, Hungary — Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) dramatically improves disease severity and depressive symptoms in patients with severe mental illness, results of...
Most Targeted Cancer Drugs Lack Substantial Clinical Benefit
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TOPLINE: An analysis of molecular-targeted cancer drug therapies recently approved in the United States found that fewer than one third demonstrated...
What is the smoking ban and how will it work?
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The government wants to stop people smoking by raising the legal age limit for buying cigarettes. Source link : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-68825322 Author...
Martin Tyler: I nearly lost my voice forever
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The football commentator pays tribute to a speech therapist who helped him talk again after surgery. Source link : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-68816738 Author...
Cannabis Constituent Key to Easing THC-Induced Anxiety?
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Combining D-limonene, a naturally occurring terpene in cannabis, with delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive component in cannabis, may mitigate THC-induced anxiety,...
Safety Risks Persist With Out-of-Hospital Births
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Safety concerns persist for out-of-hospital births in the United States with multiple potential risk factors and few safety requirements, according to...
Hormone Therapy After 65 Good Option for Most Women
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Hormone Therapy (HT) is a good option for most women over age 65, despite entrenched fears about HT safety, according to...
Use Continuous Glucose Monitoring to Diagnose Diabetes?
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TOPLINE: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data provide a more comprehensive characterization of glucose values than fasting glucose (FG) measurement alone. Considerable...
Survey Highlights Impact of Cosmetic-Procedure Complications
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BALTIMORE — Patients who have complications after dermatologic cosmetic procedures are prone to high rates of a host of mental health...
Counterfeit Neurotoxin Investigations Prompt Call for Action
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Recent cases of botulism-like illness following neurotoxin injections in nonmedical settings have prompted the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association (ASDSA)...
Review Evaluates Data on Injectables in Skin of Color
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TOPLINE: Botulinum toxin (BTX) and dermal fillers are safe as cosmetic and antiaging treatments in individuals with skin of color (SOC),...
Sugar Substitutes Satisfy Appetite, Blunt Insulin Response
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TOPLINE: Biscuits reformulated with the sweeteners and sweetness enhancers (S&SEs) neotame and stevia rebaudioside M (StRebM) yield similar appetite responses as...
Arm skin patch system could warn of organ rejection
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Henk Giele, associate professor of plastic, reconstructive, transplant and hand surgery at University of Oxford, was the chief investigator of the...
Life-Threatening Issue in Need of Help
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The photo of the patient’s foot, sent from his campsite, included a cheeky note: “I remember you telling me that getting...
Many With Breast Cancer ‘Systematically Left Behind,’ Report Says
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Inequities in breast cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and supportive care worldwide are leaving many patients with breast cancer “systematically left behind...
MPs to vote on PM’s smoking ban bill
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Rishi Sunak wants to ban those born after 2009 from buying cigarettes, creating some of the toughest anti-tobacco laws. Source link...
Her PAH Symptoms Were Getting Worse. Then She Joined a Clinical Trial
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Share on PinterestAfter years of living with worsening symptoms from pulmonary arterial hypertension, Heather Kauffman’s (right) life changed when she joined...
The US May Lose Measles Elimination Status, Here’s Why
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A surge in measles cases is threatening the US’s elimination status of the disease. Cases in 2024 are drastically outpacing previous...
Multidisciplinary Team Intervention Flops for Improving CKD Outcomes
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A multi-pronged electronic health record-based population health management intervention failed to move the needle for slowing chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression,...
Monica Bertagnolli: U.S. ‘Ready’ for Next Pandemic Threat
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Jeremy Faust is editor-in-chief of , an emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and a public health...
Wegovy vs. Weight-Loss Surgery: Which is Better?
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Share on PinterestA new study compares a type of weightloss procedure with Wegovy to see how they stack up.Imyskin/Getty Images Researchers...
MedPAC Wrestles With Wide Variation in Generic Rx Prices, Availability
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Why does one particular anti-psychotic drug cost $1.06 at one point of sale, and $102 at another? Members of the Medicare...
After Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes, Mortality Risk Lingers for Decades
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Women who experienced major adverse pregnancy outcomes still had increased mortality risks decades later, a population-based cohort study of Swedish data...
High Lipoprotein(a) Levels’ Hit on Heart Health Doesn’t Discriminate
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All sex, race, and risk category groups appeared to be affected by the heart disease risk posed by elevated lipoprotein(a), or...
What Kate Middleton Reminds Us About the Role of Privacy in Healing
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Hutner is a reproductive psychiatrist in New York City. Maybe it’s because my mother is from London, but I have always...
Don’t Rule Out Breast Cancer Surgery for 90-Year-Olds
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ORLANDO — Primary breast cancer surgery for nonagenarians in good physical shape was associated with improved survival compared with a non-surgical...
Pediatric Eye Care ‘Deserts’ Pervasive in the U.S.
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The vast majority of U.S. counties are pediatric eye care “deserts,” a cross-sectional study found. Of the more than 3,000 counties...
It’s the First Drug Shown to Slow Alzheimer’s. Why Is It Off to a...
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The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s disease hit the U.S. market over a year ago, but sales have lagged, major...
Bird Flu Is Spreading to More Farm Animals. Are Milk and Eggs Safe?
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A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just...
Parkinson’s disease progression slowed by antibody infusions
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Aggregated clumps of the protein alpha-synuclein (brown) and antibodies (green) BIOLUTION GMBH/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A drug that targets a build-up of...
Taking Care of Patients Beyond the Confines of the Traditional Office Visit
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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....
Cardiac Events Common in Older, Hospitalized RSV Patients
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More than one in five older adults hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection experienced an acute cardiac event, an observational...
Cryoablation for Early-Stage Breast Cancer a Safe Option in Older Women
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ORLANDO — Cryoablation without excision for low-risk, early-stage breast cancer may be an option for women over 60, 5-year follow-up results...
‘Compelling’ Results for AI EEG to Predict Stroke Outcomes
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Seizure burden, defined by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm applied to point-of-care electroencephalography (POC EEG) recordings, can help predict functional outcomes....