Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/is-dental-work-after-radiation-for-head-neck-cancer-safe/ TOPLINE: A recent study found higher incidences of exposed bone and osteoradionecrosis in patients with head and neck cancer who underwent dental extractions soon after radiotherapy, with the risk particularly elevated…
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Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/8-minutes-to-screen-for-cognitive-impairment-in-primary-care/ General practitioners found use of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment to be easy and fast, and the test had a high yield. Medscape News UK Source link : https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/8-minutes-screen-cognitive-impairment-primary-care-2024a1000fze?src=rss Author : Publish…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/america-is-trying-to-fix-its-maternal-mortality-crisis-with-government-programs/ TULSA, Okla. — At the site of a race massacre that reduced neighborhoods to ashes a century ago, where murals memorialize a once-thriving “Black Wall Street,” one African American mother strives…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/men-on-sodium-valproate-told-to-use-contraception/ Getty Images Men taking sodium valproate are being warned to use contraception while on the medicine, because of a “potential small increased risk” of autism and other neurodevelopmental problems for any…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/new-insights-into-management-of-sjogren-related-lymphoma/ Hematologists and rheumatologists may be able to adopt a more aggressive approach for managing low-grade marginal lymphoma in Sjögren disease, particularly mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, based on recent findings that…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/time-antihypertensives-taken-doesnt-matter-new-trials/ LONDON — Two new trials have confirmed that time of day does not matter when it comes to taking antihypertensive medication. Both the BedMed and BedMed-Frail trials, presented at the European…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/vacationing-doctors-intervene-after-a-savage-shark-attack/ Emergencies happen anywhere, anytime, and sometimes, medical professionals find themselves in situations where they are the only ones who can help. Is There a Doctor in the House? is a Medscape Medical…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/pediatricians-scale-back-on-covid-shots/ When pediatrician Eric Ball opened a refrigerator full of childhood vaccines, all the expected shots were there — DTaP, polio, pneumococcal vaccine — except one. “This is where we usually store…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/managing-cardiogenic-shock-cardiac-arrest-well-get-there/ LONDON — Cardiogenic shock and recovering cardiac arrest have a checkered history when it comes to high-impact management strategies. Now, a new meta-analysis provides a clear steer on the value of…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/intubation-during-transport-ups-hemodynamic-collapse-risk/ TOPLINE: Intubation during critical care transport is associated with a high incidence of hemodynamic collapse, including life-threatening situations. The pre-intubation shock index predicts risk. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a retrospective chart review…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/hospice-needs-to-save-1m-and-cut-35-jobs/ A hospice has announced it needs to save £1.5m and cut 40 jobs in order to secure its future. The chief executive of St Catherine’s Hospice, which operates in West Sussex…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/chip-and-mca-drive-solid-tumor-risk/ Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) and mosaic chromosomal alterations (mCAs) are associated with an increased risk for breast cancer, and CHIP is associated with increased mortality in patients with colon…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/promising-results-with-cbt-app-in-young-adults-with-anxiety/ TOPLINE: A self-guided mobile application for cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is associated with significant reductions in anxiety in young adults with anxiety disorders after 3 weeks, with continued improvement through week…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/pledge-to-make-cervical-screening-more-accessible-in-herts/ A wellbeing team has pledged to make cervical screening tests more accessible to “higher risk women”. According to a report from the Hertfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board, not enough women have…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/upfront-appendectomy-improves-survival-among-frail-older-adults/ TOPLINE: Older adults with acute uncomplicated appendicitis who were operated on within 1 day of admission were less likely to die in the hospital compared with those who were treated with…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/dana-farber-president-ceo-laurie-glimcher-md-steps-down/ After 8 years of service, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute president and CEO Laurie Glimcher, MD, will step down from her post on October 1, according to a press release from the Boston…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/parkinsons-risk-in-women-and-history-of-migraine-new-data/ TOPLINE: A history of migraine is not associated with an elevated risk for Parkinson’s disease (PD) in women, regardless of headache frequency or migraine subtype, a new study suggests. METHODOLOGY: Researchers…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/how-do-tapinarof-roflumilast-creams-fit-into-psoriasis-rx/ CARLSBAD, Calif. — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals of tapinarof 1% cream and roflumilast 0.3% cream as treatment options for patients with plaque psoriasis came more than 1…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/false-positive-mammograms-reduced-screening-rates-later-on/ TOPLINE: Women who received false-negative mammography results were less likely to return for future screenings. METHODOLOGY: Researchers analyzed more than three million screening mammograms from more than one million women between…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/arpis-beneficial-in-prostate-cancer/ TOPLINE: In patients with prostate cancer, androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPIs) extended the median time to no longer clinically benefitting (NLCB) to 11.1 months vs the 6.9 months seen with taxanes….
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/bmi-in-childhood-linked-to-risk-for-skin-diseases/ TOPLINE: Childhood obesity is linked to a higher risk for pediatric skin diseases linked to immunity, including alopecia areata, atopic dermatitis, and psoriasis. Transitioning from normal weight to overweight is associated…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/nurse-cleared-of-baby-kidnap-bid-says-life-ruined/ BBC Safia Ahmadei has always maintained her innocence A student nurse cleared of plotting to kidnap a baby from a neonatal ward said her experience of the justice system had left…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/sweat-monitor-could-reveal-when-you-are-exercising-too-hard/ This band can collect sweat excreted around the wrists or ankles Soongwon Cho & Ruihao Song Elastic bands embedded with colour-changing sensors can reveal how hard muscles are working by measuring…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/just-how-addictive-is-the-drug-that-killed-matthew-perry/ Matthew Perry’s death from the “acute effects of ketamine” may be a harbinger of a larger ketamine addiction problem in the U.S., experts said. “I believe that this case with Matthew…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/pa-group-sends-second-letter-asking-ama-for-policy-truce/ The American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) sent a second letter to the president of the American Medical Association (AMA) this week, requesting that the two organizations meet to discuss the…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/novel-agent-reduces-monthly-migraine-days/ Investigational Lu AG09222 bested placebo in preventing migraine in a phase II trial. The treatment showed a 2-day difference in reducing monthly migraine days. Lu AG09222 targets PACAP, a vasodilating polypeptide….
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/mpox-is-back-in-the-news-heres-what-clinicians-need-to-know/ Amid a new surge of mpox in Africa, the spread of the more deadly clade I subtype, and a rising number of mpox cases in children, clinicians are struggling to understand…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/presidential-candidates-should-undergo-standardized-cognitive-and-physical-testing/ Mark is an endocrinologist, geriatrician, and women’s health specialist, and former senior medical advisor to the White House and HHS. Health professionals often perform the “eyeball test” when they first meet…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/doxorubicin-trabectedin-strategy-boosts-survival-in-challenging-sarcoma/ Treatment with doxorubicin plus trabectedin (Yondelis), followed by trabectedin maintenance, improved overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with metastatic or unresectable uterine or soft-tissue leiomyosarcoma compared with doxorubicin…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/off-the-shelf-drug-matches-car-t-effects-in-refractory-lupus/ A new chapter may have begun in the exciting story of “immune reset” therapy for difficult-to-treat autoimmune diseases, with a patient with severe refractory lupus obtaining drug-free remission after treatment with…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/teclistamab-shows-promise-in-refractory-autoimmune-diseases/ TOPLINE: Teclistamab, a T-cell engager that targets B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA), improved disease activity in four patients with refractory autoimmune conditions. In a separately published case report, teclistamab treatment induced remission…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/more-adhd-drug-production-psilocybin-vs-lexapro-addiction-a-chronic-brain-disease/ Amid ongoing shortages, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is allowing 24% more production of Takeda Pharmaceuticals’ attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug lisdexamfetamine (Vyvanse) and its generics. (Reuters) Is a chain of…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/pregnancy-after-tubal-ligation-may-be-more-common-than-expected/ Rates of pregnancy after tubal sterilization may be higher than previously expected, according to an analysis of national survey data. After having their “tubes tied,” 2.9% to 5.2% of women later…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/the-higher-the-disability-burden-from-disease-the-higher-the-suicide-risk/ Having a medical condition was associated with an increased risk of suicide in a dose-response-like manner, such that the higher the burden of disability, the higher the risk of suicide, according…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/gender-care-docs-threatened-optum-takeover-regrets-profiting-off-patients/ Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Threats Against Docs Treating Trans Minors Kade Goepferd, MD, of Children’s Minnesota…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/surgeon-removed-liver-instead-of-spleen-family-says/ An Alabama woman is seeking legal action against a surgeon whom she alleges removed her late husband’s liver instead of his spleen. On the evening of August 21, Thomas Shaknovsky, DO,…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/rsv-vaccines-show-high-effectiveness-against-hospitalization-in-older-adults/ During the first season of use, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination among older adults was associated with a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization, a test-negative, case-control study indicated. In adults 60…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/what-to-know-about-delta-8-and-other-common-vape-shop-drugs/ They’re sold in gas stations, vape shops, online, and in other stores around the country in seemingly countless enticing forms: gummies, chocolate bars, chips. Their packaging lists things like delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/will-an-experimental-mrna-vaccine-help-fight-the-mpox-outbreak/ Health workers attend to an mpox patient at a treatment centre in Munigi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo Associated Press/Alamy An mRNA vaccine for mpox developed by the biotech company…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/from-d-day-to-assassination-attempts-where-medicine-and-history-intertwine/ Twice over the course of this summer I have been glued to the TV by breaking news coverage of the global and political consequences of bullets. The experiences have me thinking…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/does-the-structure-of-your-brain-affect-your-risk-of-depression/ A network of neurons in the brain seems to be larger in people with depression, which could change how we think about the condition’s causes Source link : https://www.newscientist.com/article/2446403-does-the-structure-of-your-brain-affect-your-risk-of-depression/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=health Author :…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/300m-lawsuit-for-hospital-where-rn-is-accused-of-replacing-fentanyl-with-tap-water/ MEDFORD, Ore. — Attorneys representing both living and deceased patients of an Oregon hospital filed a $303 million lawsuit against the facility on Tuesday after a nurse was accused of replacing…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/first-in-class-endometriosis-rx-given-green-light-by-mhra/ The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted a licence for relugolix combination therapy (Ryeqo, Gedeon Richter) for the symptomatic treatment of endometriosis in adult women of reproductive age…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/cell-phones-and-brain-cancer-bogus-doctor-faces-new-charges-cannabis-rescheduling/ Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from cell phones likely does not increase brain cancer risk, a systematic review of 63 studies commissioned…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/telemedicine-improves-af-care-in-rural-china/ LONDON — An integrated care model that uses telemedicine to educate and link doctors working in a rural area of China with atrial fibrillation (AF) specialists in urban hospitals has resulted…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/ucsf-favors-pricey-doctoral-program-for-nurse-midwives/ One of California’s two programs for training nurse-midwives has stopped admitting students while it revamps its curriculum to offer only doctoral degrees, a move that’s drawn howls of protest from alumni,…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/condom-use-decline-fueled-by-sex-ed-resistance-in-europe/ A report on adolescent sexual health has highlighted what its authors call an “alarming decline” in adolescent condom use across Europe, which they said could increase the risk for sexually transmitted…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/ra-increases-stroke-risk-in-atrial-fibrillation/ TOPLINE: Patients with both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and atrial fibrillation (AF) have a higher risk for ischemic stroke than those with only AF. They are also less likely to receive oral…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/thyroid-resistance-ups-mortality-in-euthyroid-ckd-patients/ TOPLINE: An impaired central sensitivity to thyroid hormone may be associated with an increased risk for death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and normal thyroid function. METHODOLOGY: Previous studies…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/does-stopping-ici-therapy-affect-survival-in-hnscc/ TOPLINE: Patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) show comparable survival outcomes whether they continued or discontinued treatment at 1…