Higher Dose, Longer Treatment Interval With Aflibercept Shows Promise in Eye Disease Dosing 8 mg every 12 or 16 weeks for DME, AMD matches results with 2 mg every 8 weeks Oct 02, 2022
The Benefits of Weightlifting; Neurologic Long COVID Also in TTHealthWatch: a bionic pancreas for type 1 diabetes and syphilis screening guidelines Oct 01, 2022 podcast
Can Nasal Vaccines Change the Course of the Pandemic? Blocking transmission is a noble goal, but there's not yet evidence mucosal vaccines can do that Sep 29, 2022
Bionic Pancreas System Safe, Cuts HbA1c in Type 1 Diabetes Randomized trial compared experimental iLet system to CGM plus any insulin method Sep 28, 2022
Mental Health Dx Tied to Complications After Gender-Affirming Surgery Public insurance, age also linked with higher rate of postoperative health problems Sep 28, 2022
Biden Hits Republicans, Drug Companies in Healthcare Speech "This year, the American people won and Big Pharma lost" Sep 27, 2022
Former Smokers See Even Better Outcomes With Healthier Lifestyles Managing body weight, diet, and more seemed to lower premature death risk Sep 26, 2022
Are Patient Feedback Surveys Asking the Right Questions? It may be time to re-evaluate the questionnaires Sep 26, 2022
Type 1 Diabetes Onset Strongly Linked to Enterovirus Infection Type, Timing Data support looking at enterovirus vaccination for prevention Sep 26, 2022
Incidence of Dry Eye Disease Lower With SGLT2 Inhibitors Retrospective study in Taiwan reported 22% risk reduction compared with GLP-1 receptor agonists Sep 24, 2022
Type 1 Diabetes Outcomes Particularly Bad for Girls Systematic review indicates vast sex differences in youth with type 1 diabetes Sep 23, 2022
Women With Type 2 Diabetes Die Sooner Than Men, Study Suggests Other groups at risk for early mortality include smokers, those diagnosed at younger ages Sep 23, 2022
Dairy Reportedly Bad for the Heart -- But Don't Lump Milk and Cheese Together Different dairy products may have different health effects Sep 23, 2022
Hysterectomy: Another Diabetes Risk Factor? Preservation of ovaries played into this association Sep 22, 2022
Eye Damage Can Start in Prediabetes Study found significant corneal nerve damage even before full-blown type 2 diabetes Sep 22, 2022
It's High Time for Broader Access to Non-Opioid Pain Medication Limited Medicare coverage poses barriers, but bipartisan legislation offers a solution Sep 22, 2022
Sleep Experts Issue Advisory on Melatonin in Children Recommendations come as reported pediatric poisonings surged Sep 22, 2022
Teaching Climate Change in Med School Gains Momentum Climate-and-health training is "fundamental to the mission of medicine," expert says Sep 21, 2022
Nursing Home Medical Directors Should Be Named Publicly, Bill Urges Reporting names to CMS could point out those who are in over their heads, society says Sep 21, 2022
Not Just Recalls: Philips Tangles With Law Enforcement Company agreed to pay $24 million to settle whistleblower lawsuit Sep 21, 2022
In Wake of Philips Recall, Patients Still Waiting for Sleep Apnea Devices Effects of recall reverberate through sleep medicine community Sep 21, 2022
No Weird Dreams for Insomnia Patients Taking Lemborexant Even at 10 mg, the sleep aid resulted in few abnormal dreams or nightmares Sep 20, 2022
Gabapentin After Surgery Ups Risks in Older Adults Delirium, new antipsychotic use, and pneumonia more common Sep 20, 2022
Trazodone Commonly Used Off-Label for Insomnia Not much data to support efficacy or safety "as a surrogate hypnotic medication," researcher says Sep 20, 2022
Fauci: COVID Lives On; Doc's Burnout Broke Her Heart; Don't Cook Chicken in NyQuil Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Sep 20, 2022
Long COVID, ME/CFS Patients Protest in Front of White House Protesters expressed frustration that President Biden declared the pandemic over on "60 Minutes" Sep 19, 2022
Early Tamiflu Linked to Better Outcomes for Kids Hospitalized for the Flu Early use of antiviral associated with shorter length of stay, lower odds of 7-day readmission Sep 19, 2022
Health Workers Unlikely to Catch Monkeypox From Infected Patients Even with low adherence to PPE guidelines, no workers contracted the virus, Colorado data show Sep 16, 2022
Current Troponin Testing Approach Is a Bust for MI Diagnosis in Older People Age-adjusted cutoffs, universal rule-in threshold not helpful either Sep 16, 2022
Appointment Wait Times Continue to Rise Amid Concerns of Physician Shortages New survey finds that wait times increased by 8% across four specialties since 2017 Sep 16, 2022
I Didn't Let My Addiction Win Out in the End How doctors get addicted and how they recover Sep 16, 2022
Data Now Out for Pegloticase-MTX Combo Gout Treatment Journal publication supports recent label change Sep 16, 2022
Cognition Improves With Daily Multivitamin Supplement But it's too early to recommend multivitamins to prevent cognitive decline, experts caution Sep 15, 2022
House Bill Would Fix Glitch in Medicare Non-Emergency Ambulance Transport Program Measure would require states to help some "dual eligibles" who have trouble accessing the benefit Sep 15, 2022
Early History of Abuse Tied to Worse Menopausal Symptoms Psychosocial stressors seems to have negative impact almost 2 decades later Sep 14, 2022
Our Hands Are Tied: Treating Prediabetes in Kids We urgently need more research on pharmacological interventions for this growing epidemic Sep 14, 2022
Confirmed: Gout Comes With Increased Heart Risk But associated conditions (like obesity) still play largest role Sep 13, 2022
Who Needs a 'Recovering' Shrink Now? My past should no longer be a burden but an advantage Sep 13, 2022
Survival Bump in Unfit NSCLC With First-Line Immunotherapy Atezolizumab doubles OS at 2 years versus chemotherapy in those ineligible for platinum doublets Sep 12, 2022
