Medscape Medical News

• Medicare Shared Savings Program Stays Stable Despite More Risk Providers are more willing to take on financial risk than some expected, CMS chief says, but critics of the program are still expressing concerns.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• Brain 'Go and Stop' Response May Hone ADHD Diagnosis in Kids The ability to start and delay a task differs significantly between kids with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and typically developing children, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• AI Predicts Long-term Death Risk From Single Chest X-ray Using a single diagnostic image, a new artificial intelligence algorithm predicts 12-year mortality, new data suggested.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• AAIC 2019Frequent Sleeping Pill Use Linked to Increased Dementia Risk Adults who reported taking sleep meds 5 or more nights per month had a 43% greater risk of developing dementia over 15 years vs their peers who rarely took sleeping pills.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• AHS 2019More Evidence Links Maternal Migraine to Infant Colic Mothers, but not fathers, with migraine are significantly more likely to have a baby with colic, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• New Guidance on Antipsychotic Choice Choosing the best antipsychotic for individual patients with schizophrenia is challenging. A new meta-analysis seeks to inform that choice by ranking 32 antipsychotics on the basis of efficacy and safety.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• AAIC 2019'Striking' Benefit of Intranasal Insulin in Slowing Dementia Extension trial showed striking results at 18 months in patients with mild cognitive impairment or dementia using a particular insulin delivery device.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• ISTH 2019EINSTEIN-Jr: Rivaroxaban Safe, Effective in Kids With VTE Billed as the largest-ever randomized trial of venous thromboembolism management in children, it suggests the direct oral anticoagulant works as well for them as for adults, say investigators.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• Could Cheap Drug Metformin Prevent Dementia in Black Patients? African American patients with diabetes started on metformin showed a marked reduction in dementia compared with those on a sulfonylurea, with the 50-64 year age group showing a 40% risk reduction.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• Menstrual Cups Safe, Effective, and Largely Unknown Menstrual cups are at least as effective at collecting menstrual blood as sanitary pads and tampons, yet a pervasive lack of awareness of the cups hinders widespread use.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• Support for Broadening ECG Criteria for Using CRT It might be oversimplifying to focus only on heart failure patients with left-bundle-branch block, say some. There is a non-LBBB subgroup that seems to benefit, suggest registry data.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• 'Wake Up Call': Early Adult Health May Set Path for Later CVD "This analysis brings the field 1 step closer to the 'holy grail' of a direct link between early life exposures and cardiovascular events," experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• Many Hospitals Not Meeting Standards for High-Risk Surgeries: Survey Most hospitals don't perform enough surgeries to meet minimum safety standards. Three out of four also don't have systems in place to monitor whether each surgery is necessary, says watchdog group.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• Most New Drugs Show No Evidence of Added Benefit Most new drugs entering the market have shown no added benefit over the existing standard of care, with psychiatry and neurology drugs showing the worst numbers, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• Many Common, Deadly Cancers Underfunded by Nonprofits Many common, deadly cancers are underfunded by nonprofit organizations; these cancers affect parts of the body that are stigmatized, and this may be contributing, say researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• Biden Cancer Initiative Hits 'Pause' The organization has suspended operations while the former vice president conducts his 2020 campaign for president.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• AAIC 2019Blood Biomarker Identifies Multiple Neurologic Disorders Increased levels of neurofilament light protein can identify a number of neurodegenerative conditions with good to moderate accuracy.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• Problem Persists: Overtreatment of Thyroid Cancer With RAI A new study underscores concerns about overtreatment of patients with low-risk thyroid cancer with radioactive iodine, which exposes them to unnecessary risks.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• AAIC 2019Heavy Alcohol Use May Triple Dementia Risk Female military veterans with alcohol use disorder were three times more likely to develop dementia compared to their counterparts who did not engage in heavy alcohol use.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019
• AAIC 2019Alzheimer's Blood Test on the Horizon The global race to create an inexpensive and accessible blood test for Alzheimer disease is heating up. Experts project that such a test could be available in just a few years.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2019