Some Gliflozin Side Effects Worse in Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Something to consider when prescribing SGLT-2 inhibitors Nov 14, 2023
AMA Supports Tighter Restrictions to Curb Pollution From Industrialized Farms Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations "may be a public health hazard," group says Nov 14, 2023
Many Primary Care Docs Unfamiliar With Biologics for Asthma In a survey, 42% of PCPs said they were "not familiar" with biologic therapies for asthma Nov 13, 2023
Novel PCSK9 Inhibitor Recaticimab Lowers Lipids With Less Frequent Shots Monoclonal antibody promises substantial lipid lowering with just one injection every 3 months Nov 13, 2023
Melatonin Use Common Among Kids Nearly 1 in 5 school-age children and preteens used melatonin in the past 30 days Nov 13, 2023
AMA Declines to Debate Resolution on Israel-Hamas Conflict "This issue is too vital for us to evade discussion," one delegate argued unsuccessfully Nov 12, 2023
Antihypertensives Do Not Detract From the BP Reduction of a Low-Sodium Diet Dietary change produces clinically relevant BP changes within a week Nov 12, 2023
And for Wegovy's Next Trick, Full-Blown Cardiovascular Benefit Outside Diabetes Established weight loss and diabetes drug may extend reach to millions more Nov 11, 2023
Jury Sides With 'Take Care of Maya' Family in Case Against All Children's Hospital Kowalski family awarded $211 million in compensatory damages, $50 million in punitive damages Nov 10, 2023
'Uncertain' Link Between Allergic Diseases and Long COVID, Review Finds Pre-existing asthma, rhinitis showed some correlation with post-COVID conditions Nov 10, 2023
Consequences of Oral Anticoagulant Choice Magnified in the Frail Better outcomes seen for older adults with apixaban in Medicare data Nov 09, 2023
MIND Diet in Midlife Tied to Higher Subcortical Brain Region Volumes Relationships appear to hold regardless of Alzheimer's genes Nov 09, 2023
Tirzepatide Wins FDA Approval for Weight Loss Drug also gets a new brand name, Zepbound, for its new indication Nov 08, 2023
Seek and Ye Shall Find Afib in Stroke Survivors Neuro-cardiac collaboration can make a big difference post-stroke Nov 08, 2023
Hospitalizations After Fake Ozempic; Abortion Rights Win Big; Ketamine Use Booms Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Nov 08, 2023
Kidney Week Roundup: Cell Therapy Cuts Immunosuppressive Drug Use Post-Transplant Plus: bardoxolone methyl for diabetic kidney disease and spironolactone in hemodialysis patients Nov 07, 2023
Advanced Parkinson's Patient Regains Ability to Walk Confidently Spinal implant nearly eliminates freezing of gait Nov 07, 2023
Lung Cancer Survival High at 20 Years With Screen-Detected Tumors After two decades, lung cancer-specific survival remained at 81% in I-ELCAP program Nov 07, 2023
Novel Aldosterone Synthase Inhibitor Cuts Albuminuria in Phase II Trial Trial tested BI 690517 with and without empagliflozin Nov 06, 2023
Gene Therapy Controls Diabetic Eye Disease for at Least a Year All but one patient with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy had stable disease or improvement Nov 06, 2023
Eye Drops Make Bid for Role in Diabetic Macular Edema Improved visual acuity, retinal thickness at 6 and 12 weeks, but treatment burden questioned Nov 05, 2023
Medical School on Cherokee Reservation Will Soon Send Doctors to Tribal, Rural Areas "It really comforts patients to know that someone like them is taking care of them" Nov 05, 2023
ERA and SGLT2 Inhibitor Combo Cuts Albuminuria in Chronic Kidney Disease But ZENITH-CKD trial had to pivot to only using low-dose zibotentan due to fluid retention Nov 05, 2023
Heat and Cardiovascular Death; Time-Restricted Eating or Caloric Restriction in T2D Also in TTHealthWatch: managing nasal airway obstruction Nov 04, 2023 podcast
Pharmacist Prescribing for BP Control Makes Economic Sense Clinical benefits of pharmacist-prescribed antihypertensives known for years Nov 03, 2023
Transitioning Cancer Survivors Away From Oncologic Care It's time for a new model of care Nov 03, 2023
What Causes Conjunctivitis? A Panoply of Pathogens, Study Shows Despite common antibiotic use, most cases were viruses -- and pus wasn't usually a bacterial sign Nov 03, 2023
Vape Use May Have Turned a Corner Among High Schoolers Yet just under half of those who tried e-cigs still report using them in national survey Nov 02, 2023
FDA's Revolving Door; 2.4 Million Excess Deaths; Can Anorexia Be 'Terminal'? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Nov 02, 2023
ACS: Millions More Should Get Lung Cancer Screening Notably, new recommendations say it doesn't matter when a person quit smoking Nov 01, 2023
Year in Review: Type 2 Diabetes New approvals, guidance on GLP-1s before surgery, and access issues led the news in 2023 Nov 01, 2023
Using AI to Predict Exacerbations in Uncontrolled COPD This is the "wave of the future," says Reynold Panettieri Nov 01, 2023 video
Adding Nurse Care Managers in Primary Care Boosted OUD Treatment Support from leadership and treatment coverage are also critical, authors say Oct 31, 2023
Dementia Risk Rises When Deep Sleep Falls Longitudinal study points to relationship in older adults over 12-year follow-up Oct 31, 2023
Personalized Intervention Helps CRC Screening Decisions for Older Adults Patients receiving intervention were less likely to undergo screening if benefits were low Oct 31, 2023
Eosinophilic Esophagitis Risk Linked to Medications in Pregnancy, Infancy Increased risk observed with antibiotic and acid suppressant use Oct 30, 2023
Bone Density Mostly Catches Up After Adolescent Use of Gender-Affirming Hormones Researchers noted an exception in the lumbar spine among people assigned male at birth Oct 30, 2023
