ED Visits for Falls Linked to Higher Short-Term Stroke Risk
TOPLINE: Emergency department (ED) visits for falls are linked to a higher short-term risk for ischemic stroke, particularly within 15 ...
Day: August 2, 2024
NIH Loses in Court; NSYNC Member’s New Diagnosis; Chief Resident Dies at 32
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. A federal appeals court ruled that the NIH's ban on social ...
MedPod Today: Latest AIDS ‘Cure’; Seine Swimming Risks; Slushie Dangers for Kids?
The following is a transcript of the podcast episode: Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series ...
Bird Flu Cases Are Going Undetected, New Study Suggests
A new study lends weight to fears that more livestock workers have gotten the bird flu than has been reported."I ...
FDA Expands Dostarlimab-gxly Approval for Endometrial Cancer
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approval of dostarlimab-gxly (Jemperli, GSK) in conjunction with carboplatin and ...
What Does Hormone Receptor Mean in BRCA-Associated BC?
CHICAGO — Being hormone receptor positive is generally a favorable prognostic factor in breast cancer, but that doesn't seem to ...
Opioid Use in Rheumatic Disease Declined After 2014
TOPLINE:Since 2014, opioid use for autoimmune rheumatic decreased by 15% annually while other management modalities increased or stabilized.METHODOLOGY:Researchers analyzed de-identified ...
Comic-Turned-Oncologist Finds His Way Back to the Stage
As a young musical comic playing the New York club scene in the 1980s, Stuart Bloom had big dreams."I was ...
Black, Native Americans Face Highest Firearm Injury Rates
TOPLINE:Black and Native American people had the highest rate of firearm injuries, according to a study published in Annals of ...
EULAR Updates Recommendations on Patient Research Partners
The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) has updated its recommendations regarding the involvement of so-called Patient Research Partners ...
PsA Risk Similar With IL-23 and IL-12/23 Inhibitors
TOPLINE:In a retrospective cohort study, treatment with an IL-23 inhibitor was associated with a similar incidence of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) ...
Is Immunotherapy Best for Unresectable HCC?
In the last 10 years, clinical outcomes have improved for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC). The cancer generally comes ...
For Sex Workers, Stigma Is a Barrier to Healthcare
Sex work (ie, offering sexual services for payment) is neither a crime nor immoral, but a job like any other, ...
Upadacitinib Effective for Rare Disorder in Case Series
TOPLINE:Upadacitinib, an oral Janus kinase (JAK) 1 inhibitor, showed an 80% complete response rate in patients with granulomatous cheilitis, with ...
The Benefit of Newborn Screening for Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Newborn screening for neonatal vitamin B12 deficiency may lead to a fourfold reduction in chances of developing symptomatic vitamin B12 ...
Identifying, Treating Lyme Disease in Primary Care
Geographic spread of the ticks that most often cause Lyme disease in the United States and a rise in incidence ...
The junior doctors’ strikes may be over. But is trouble ahead?
BBCIt had been the NHS’s longest-running and bitterest pay dispute - responsible for hundreds of thousands of cancelled operations and ...
