Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/depression-affects-remission-in-patients-with-ra-or-psa/ TOPLINE: Depression is associated with lower odds of achieving remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or psoriatic arthritis (PsA) over 2 years of follow-up. METHODOLOGY: Researchers analyzed data from two…
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Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/elevated-stroke-risk-following-naion/ Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is significantly associated with persistently elevated risk for stroke, independent of typical cardiovascular risk factors, a large multinational cohort study showed. Stroke risk was three…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/ultraprocessed-foods-linked-to-faster-biological-aging/ TOPLINE: Consumption of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs), such as carbonated drinks, processed meats, and sweet or savory packaged snacks, is associated with accelerated biological aging, as measured by 36 blood-based biomarkers, and…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/anesthesiologist-gets-190-years-for-tampering-with-iv-bags-used-in-surgeries/ A Dallas anesthesiologist was sentenced Wednesday to 190 years in prison for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a surgical center where he worked,…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/now-a-win-for-nerve-stimulation-in-rheumatoid-arthritis/ WASHINGTON — A small implant delivering electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve outperformed a sham treatment in relieving rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms among patients who failed at least one biologic or…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/health-prices-are-getting-more-transparent-but-its-still-not-enough-experts-say/ WASHINGTON — Health transparency rules have helped researchers gain more insight into hospital pricing practices, Ge Bai, PhD, CPA, said here Wednesday at an event sponsored by Georgetown University’s Center on…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/experts-release-recs-on-off-label-use-of-oral-minoxidil-for-hair-loss/ An international expert consensus statement provided best-practice recommendations for the off-label use of low-dose oral minoxidil among patients with hair loss. Using a modified Delphi process, 43 hair-loss specialist dermatologists from…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/a-watershed-moment-glp-1-drug-succeeds-in-late-stage-mash-trial/ Semaglutide (Wegovy) improved liver fibrosis in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and led to greater rates of MASH resolution, an interim analysis of a phase III trial showed. In part…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/laryngeal-dystonia-symptoms-improve-with-novel-treatment/ Sodium oxybate provided temporary relief for laryngeal dystonia patients who were alcohol-responsive. The neurologic disorder causes laryngeal muscle spasms, leading to a chronically strained voice. Several public figures, including Robert F….
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/genetic-carrier-screening-changed-couples-reproductive-decision-making/ Couples who were found to be genetic carriers for autosomal recessive or X-linked genetic conditions often opted to change their reproductive strategy, a large Australian population-based study found. Overall, 1.9% of…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/for-af-laa-rivals-anticoagulants-after-ablation/ A left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device provides long-term thromboembolic protection that is equivalent to direct oral anticoagulants after ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF), along with a lower risk of bleeding,…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/texas-has-sued-three-doctors-over-youth-gender-affirming-care/ In less than a month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued three doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors in an attempt to enforce a state law that bans such…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/postpartum-depression-rose-significantly-over-past-decade/ Diagnoses of postpartum depression (PPD) increased significantly across all racial and ethnic groups and prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) categories over the past decade, according to a California-based cross-sectional study. An…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/psych-hospitals-investigated-internet-trumps-mental-institutions/ The Department of Justice launched an investigation into whether adults with serious mental illness were unnecessarily institutionalized in Michigan state-run psychiatric hospitals. (CBS News) In a phase II trial of major…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/eliminate-clozapine-rems-fda-panels-say/ Two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panels are urging the agency to eliminate the risk management program for the antipsychotic drug clozapine, saying that restrictions are limiting access to…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/advocates-fear-trump-will-reimpose-abortion-gag-rule-governing-u-s-aid-to-africa/ EPWORTH, Zimbabwe — Carrying her infant daughter, 19-year-old Sithulisiwe Moyo waited 2 hours to get birth control pills from a tent pitched in a poor settlement on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/glp-1-use-prior-to-surgery-analyzing-the-updated-guidance/ Glatter is an assistant professor of emergency medicine. Papadakos is a director of critical care medicine and a professor of anesthesiology, surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, and internal medicine. Since the modern practice…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/tapered-steroid-dosing-safe-effective-in-severe-alcohol-associated-hepatitis/ Tapering doses of corticosteroids was safer than, and just as effective as, a fixed dose in patients with severe alcohol-associated hepatitis, a randomized trial showed. Patients who received a tapered dose…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/sustained-viral-suppression-in-multidrug-resistant-hiv-with-lenacapavir-at-3-years/ In 3-year data from the CAPELLA study, the subcutaneous, long-acting capsid inhibitor lenacapavir (Sunlenca) demonstrated sustained suppression with no emergence of resistance in highly treatment-experienced individuals with multidrug-resistant HIV. The findings…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/science-weighs-in-on-suicide-prevention/ Suicide and self-harm continue to be serious concerns in Europe, despite decreasing rates over the past two decades. In 2021 alone, 47,346 people died by suicide in the European Union, close…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/fda-approves-bimekizumab-for-hidradenitis-suppurativa/ The US Food and Drug Administration has approved bimekizumab, a humanized interleukin (IL)-17A and IL-17F antagonist, for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). Approval was based…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/immunopet-tracer-can-detect-common-kidney-cancers/ Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) comprises 80% of all primary kidney malignancies and causes 90% of kidney cancer deaths. But it is notoriously tough to diagnose. RCC is not easily…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/what-its-like-to-win-an-ig-nobel-oxygen-company-too-big-to-ban-ai-cuts-care/ Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. What It’s Like to Win an Ig Nobel While Ig Nobel honorees…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/potassium-binder-cuts-hyperkalemia-risk-in-hf-patients-on-spironolactone/ CHICAGO — Treatment with the potassium binder sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC; Lokelma) stabilized potassium levels among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) during spironolactone optimization, a prospective, randomized-withdrawal…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/human-cell-atlas-project-transforms-understanding-of-human-body/ Getty Images An ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work, scientists report. The received wisdom said we were…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/late-life-weight-patterns-may-predict-longevity/ SEATTLE — How weight changes as individuals get older might be a clue to how long they’ll live, according to new research that suggests that weight trajectories could serve as informative…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/doc-killed-after-presentation-bird-flu-mutations-worrying-americans-snub-covid-vax/ Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Endocrinologist Olga Duchon, MD, was fatally shot over the weekend in suburban Chicago less than 2 hours after giving a talk on…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/scrap-clozapines-rems-program-fda-advisors-say/ A joint FDA advisory committee on Tuesday overwhelming voted to eliminate the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) program designed around the risk for severe neutropenia associated with clozapine, a drug…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/slim-silver-lining-appears-for-sti-rates/ The persistent epidemic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States is showing signs of a slowdown in cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, according to the latest data from…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/alcohol-mimicking-drug-found-to-ease-voice-spasm-that-rfk-jr-has/ Getty Images People with laryngeal dystonia (LD), a condition that makes the voice sound strained and hoarse, might benefit from a drug already used to treat a sleep disorder, researchers say….
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/nccn-expands-cancer-genetic-risk-assessment-guidelines/ The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has expanded two cancer genetic risk assessment guidelines to meet the growing understanding of hereditary cancer risk and use of genetic tests in cancer prevention,…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/meld-3-0-reduces-sex-based-liver-transplant-disparities/ SAN DIEGO — Since the adoption of the most recent Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD 3.0) scoring system by the federal Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) in July 2023,…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/persistence-and-shifts-in-occupational-lung-diseases/ Black lung disease and silicosis have roots in the industrial revolution, and beryllium disease dates to before World War II, but these conditions have not been consigned to the dustbin of…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/h-pylori-and-fit-co-testing-may-aid-gastric-cancer-screening/ TOPLINE: Adding Helicobacter pylori stool antigen (HPSA) testing to a fecal immunochemical test (FIT)–based colon cancer screening program did not reduce gastric cancer incidence or mortality compared with FIT alone. However,…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/daytime-sleepiness-may-flag-predementia-risk/ TOPLINE: Sleep-related daytime dysfunction is associated with an almost threefold higher risk for motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome, a predementia condition characterized by slow gait and cognitive issues, a new study…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/telehealth-succeeds-for-rapid-art-in-new-hiv-patients/ Telehealth provides a viable alternative to early identification of HIV continuing care, based on data from 28 newly diagnosed adults with HIV. The shortage of HIV-trained healthcare providers is well-known and…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/integrated-care-models-promising-for-dementia-patients/ Merging primary and dementia care may help clinicians prescribe unnecessary medications, according to a poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting in Seattle. Researchers at the…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/study-compares-skin-toxicities-of-mek-inhibitors-in-children/ TOPLINE: MEK inhibitors are frequently associated with cutaneous adverse events in pediatric patients, and binimetinib was associated with more severe reactions than selumetinib in a retrospective study, which also found a…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/sitting-for-more-than-10-hours-daily-ups-heart-disease-risk/ TOPLINE: Sedentary time exceeding 10.6 h/d is linked to an increased risk for atrial fibrillation, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and cardiovascular (CV) mortality, researchers found. The risk persists even in individuals…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/screening-for-iron-deficiency-may-prevent-progression/ VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Screening for iron deficiency in patients with risk factors may be a prudent way to prevent progression to other conditions, according to a presentation at the Family…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/who-launches-toolkit-to-improve-long-term-care-in-europe/ The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Regional Office for Europe has introduced a new toolkit to help policymakers identify gaps in their long-term care systems and design policies to address them. “This…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/home-spirometry-has-potential-for-detecting-ssc-ild-decline/ TOPLINE: Home spirometry shows potential for early detection of pulmonary function decline in patients with systemic sclerosis–associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). It shows good cross-sectional correlation with hospital tests, along with…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/women-plan-uk-legal-action-over-talc-cancer-claims/ BBC Cassandra Wardle is one of hundreds of women part of the group action against Johnson & Johnson Hundreds of women in the UK are planning to take on one of…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/the-reality-of-my-life-with-a-brain-tumour/ Warning: This video contains scenes which some viewers may find distressing As I waited for brain surgery, I instinctively pressed record on my phone camera, thinking I might be documenting the…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/can-early-biologics-prevent-difficult-to-treat-ra/ TOPLINE: Early escalation to biologic therapies after failure of treat-to-target with methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) does not significantly reduce the risk for the development of difficult-to-treat RA. METHODOLOGY:…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/food-retention-with-glp-1s-may-vary-by-endoscopic-procedure/ TOPLINE: The use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) is associated with a higher risk for retained gastric contents in upper endoscopy but not when the procedure is combined…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/iv-fluid-shortage-may-change-hospital-hydration-practices/ Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/woof-woof-robotic-pets-boost-senior-well-being/ They might not be the cuddliest creatures, but robotic pets may be one answer to the loneliness epidemic in older adults. Companion robotic pets reduced depression, anxiety, and loneliness in women…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/trump-taps-dr-oz-to-run-cms/ President-elect Donald Trump says he is nominating Mehmet Oz, MD, a heart surgeon who hosted a long-running television talk show, to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “Dr….
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/physicians-flock-to-bluesky-hoping-to-leave-x-behind/ In the wake of the presidential election, physicians have been flocking to the social media platform Bluesky, asserting there’s now a critical mass of medical professionals engaging on the site. Many…