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More Than 250 Websites Selling Fake Weight-loss Drugs Reported by Anti-counterfeit Firm
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(Reuters) – The cybersecurity firm BrandShield has taken down more than 250 websites selling fake versions of popular weight-loss and diabetes...
Anesthesiologist Convicted; Oldest Conjoined Twins Die; ‘Donald Trump Did This’
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Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Dallas anesthesiologist Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., MD, was convicted for injecting a...
Low-Fat Vegan Diet May Improve Cardiometabolic Health in T1D
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TOPLINE: A low-fat vegan diet — high in fiber and carbohydrates and moderate in protein — reduces insulin requirement, increases insulin...
One-Minute Speech Test Could Help Assess Dementia Risk
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BUDAPEST — Analyzing temporal changes in people’s speech could be a simple way of detecting mild cognitive impairment to see whether...
Anesthesiologist Convicted of Tampering With IV Bags Linked to Death
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A Dallas anesthesiologist was convicted Friday for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a...
Survey Highlights Benefits of Pediatric Derm-Rheum Clinics
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TOPLINE: Combined pediatric dermatology-rheumatology clinics can improve patient care and patient satisfaction, a survey of dermatologists suggested. METHODOLOGY: Combined pediatric dermatology-rheumatology...
Which Life-Saving Tx Is Best?
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In recent years, innovative use of bispecific antibodies and CAR T-cell therapy has ushered in an era when many patients with...
Can a Blood Test Diagnose Depression and Bipolar Disorder?
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SYNLAB and ALCEDIAG recently launched the first blood test to assist in mental health diagnosis in France. The test is aimed...
IVUS Bests Angiography to Guide PCI in ACS
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In patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided implantation of a drug-eluting stent improved outcomes compared with angiography guidance...
TAVI Comparable With SAVR in Lower-Risk Aortic Stenosis
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ATLANTA, GA — Younger, low-risk patients with aortic stenosis who need aortic valve replacement may now be able to consider a...
‘No end to the stress’ of ADHD medication shortage
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Those with the condition say their struggle to get the drugs they need is causing increasing anxiety. Source link : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68788032...
ED-Based Peer Support Program Cuts Opioid Overdose Risks
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TOPLINE: Implementing the Opioid Overdose Recovery Program (OORP) in emergency departments (EDs) boosts medication for opioid use disorder ( MOUD) initiation...
FDA Approves AI Diagnostic Tool for Early Sepsis Detection
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a medical device named the Sepsis ImmunoScore, which is an artificial intelligence/machine...
Young nose cells may help children fight off Covid
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Lab tests show ageing adult nose cells contain 100 times more virus soon after an infection. Source link : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-68800452 Author...
Late Responses to JAK Inhibitors Reported
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SAN DIEGO — In patients with alopecia areata (AA), the decision of when to give up on JAK inhibitors because of...
Methamphetamine Intoxication May Trigger Suicidal Ideation
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TOPLINE: This study reveals that 50% of patients presenting to the emergency department with acute methamphetamine intoxication report suicidal ideation, the...
Single-Dose Zilebesiran Cuts BP Out to 6 Months: KARDIA-2
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Treatment with a single subcutaneous dose of the RNA interference agent zilebesiran was associated with clinically significant reductions in systolic blood...
What Are Platanus Cough and Thunderstorm Asthma?
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Because of climate change, heat waves, storms, heavy rainfalls, and floods are now occurring in areas that seldom experienced these phenomena...
Is Axillary Surgery in Early Breast Cancer on Its Way Out?
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TOPLINE: Omitting axillary lymph node dissection does not increase the risk for recurrence or compromise 5-year overall survival outcomes in patients...
COVID Vaccinations Less Prevalent in Marginalized Patients
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Primary care physicians who served marginalized communities had the highest proportion of patients who were unvaccinated against COVID-19, Canadian data suggested....
DMARD Taper-to-Discontinuation Approach Increases Flare Risk
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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in remission who tapered and then fully stopped either conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (csDMARD) or...
Review Suggests Skin AEs Rare With PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitors
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TOPLINE: Signals for keratoacanthoma and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) with programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and programmed cell death ligand...
Remote Work for Doctors Has More Alternatives Than You Think
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The appeal of working from home is undeniable. It comes with no daily commute, casual dress, and the ability to manage...
‘A Pain in the Ass’: What We Heard This Week
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“It’s still a pain in the ass.” — Christie Ballantyne, MD, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, discussing how despite...
Reports of Unauthorized Obamacare Plan-Switching and Sign-Ups Trigger Concern
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Federal and state regulators aren’t doing enough to stop the growing problem of rogue health insurance brokers making unauthorized policy switches...
Congress Can Take Action to Prevent Older Adult Falls and Associated Opioid Use
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Patel is a physical therapist and an advocate for policies that ensure access to physical therapy services. A common scenario we...
Federal Probes Need to Look Beyond Private Equity-Owned Healthcare for Alleged Abuse
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Ron Harman King is CEO of Vanguard Communications, a healthcare marketing and practice management consulting firm, and author of “The Totally...
Why Are Nurses Leaving Healthcare?
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The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today,...
Growing Eye Mass Leads to a Rare Diagnosis
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What caused a healthy 28-year-old woman to develop a gradually expanding mass in the inside corner of her left eye? That’s...
Delirium and Dementia; Are Biosimilars Cheaper for Patients?
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TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in...
I’m an Autistic Doctor. Here’s How to Improve Care for Autistic Patients.
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Pineo is a hospitalist and hospital medical director. In 1983, I signed up for a paper route at the age of...
Ketamine Injection After Childbirth Reduces Postpartum Depression Risk
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Share on PinterestA new study shows a single injection of ketamine administered after childbirth helps reduce postnatal depression in new mothers....
Possible New Standard for Treated Advanced CRC With KRAS Mutations
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SAN DIEGO — A third of patients with previously treated unresectable/metastatic KRASG12C-mutated colorectal cancer (CRC) responded to a combination of targeted...
Treating Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) results in disability through immune-mediated nerve injury, which can lead to irreversible deficits after the inflammatory...
No Link Between GLP-1 Drugs and Suicide, Says European Regulator
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) found no evidence to support a causal link between GLP-1 receptor agonists and suicidal thoughts, a...
FDA Chief Blasted for Infant Formula Crisis Response, COVID Vaccines
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Republican lawmakers tore into FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, over the agency’s handling of everything from the infant formula shortage crisis...
CMS Officials Pressed on Catheter Fraud Issue at Accountable Care Meeting
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials speaking on a panel at an annual gathering of accountable care organizations...
Post-Dobbs, More Young People Get Permanent Sterilization Procedures
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Share on PinterestA new study finds more people under 30 are getting permanent sterilization procedures. SDI Productions/Getty Images New research shows...
Journey Into Virtual Reality Eases Cancer Pain
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Immersive virtual reality (VR) as distraction therapy provided relief for hospitalized cancer patients with moderate to severe pain, a single-center randomized...
Day or Night Exercise? Which Is Best If You’re Living with Obesity?
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Share on PinterestEvening exercise can provide more health benefits for people living with obesity or overweight. Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images New research...
High Seafood Diets Linked to Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’
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Frequent seafood consumption can increase your chance of exposure to dangerous chemicals, according to a new study. For the general public,...
Salt Substitutes May Help Lower Risk of Death
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Share on PinterestReplacing regular salt with healthier substitutions may help lower your risk of dying from heart disease. Photography by Aya...
Defining and Diagnosing Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is the most common chronic immune-mediated neuropathy. It affects peripheral nerves and roots. CIDP has no...
Persistent Non-HDL-C Dyslipidemia Starting in Childhood Tied to Higher CVD Risk
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Patients with persistent non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol dyslipidemia from childhood to adulthood had an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events,...
‘I’m Dying, You’re Not’: Terminally Ill Ask More States for Physician-Assisted Death
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On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death....
Riding the ‘Boob Bus’; Prior Authorization Pushback; Cancer Warning for Alcohol?
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“The Boob Bus” — An entrepreneur turns mammography into a road show. (Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, University of Utah) Radiation therapy before...
Swap Beef for This Type of Fish to Help Lower Your Risk of Early...
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Share on PinterestForage fish like sardines can be healthy protein option. Photosiber/Getty Images If more people ate certain types of fish...
Francis Collins Discloses His ‘Aggressive’ Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
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Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, a renowned physician-geneticist and former director of the NIH, revealed he has prostate cancer. In a...
Let’s Fix Maintenance of Certification
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N. Adam Brown is a practicing emergency physician, entrepreneur, and healthcare executive. He is the founder of ABIG Health, a healthcare...
Refractory Psoriasis Can Be Overcome, Experts Say
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Treatment failure and relapse are common in diseases of chronic inflammation, and psoriasis is no exception. It is unclear if failure...