Metformin, Lifestyle Changes Fail to Reduce Afib Burden
CHICAGO -- Metformin with or without lifestyle modification did not reduce daily atrial fibrillation (Afib) burden over standard of care ...
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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. ...
A United Front: Helping Protect Infants From RSV Lower Respiratory Tract Disease
The experts interviewed for this article are Sanofi's paid partners. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract infections are particularly ...
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 ...
What It’s 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 ...
Sacubitril/Valsartan Curbs Cardiotoxicity From Chemotherapy
CHICAGO -- Sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) was effective at keeping cardiotoxicity at bay in high-risk people receiving anthracycline chemotherapy in the SARAH ...
Human Cell Atlas project transforms understanding of human body
Getty ImagesAn ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our ...
What to Know About Symptoms, Risks
Share on PinterestNew E. coli outbreak in 18 states linked to organic carrots. Here’s what to know about symptoms, recalled ...
Scrap Clozapine’s 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Alcohol-mimicking drug found to ease voice spasm that RFK Jr has
Getty ImagesPeople with laryngeal dystonia (LD), a condition that makes the voice sound strained and hoarse, might benefit from a ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
One Question Could Catch Hearing Loss
SEATTLE — A simple, single-question hearing screening administered by medical assistants could effectively identify older adults with untreated hearing loss, ...
Ultrasonography-Guided Nerve Blocks Safe in Emergency Care
TOPLINE: Ultrasonography-guided nerve blocks (UGNBs) performed in emergency departments are associated with a remarkably low complication rate of 0.4% across nearly ...
