Medscape Medical News

• Short Supply, Cost of Key Drugs Leave Hospitals Scrambling Hospital groups called for legislation to speed the introduction of generic medicines, seeking more competition to address concerns about cost and supply.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Single-Dose Drug Prevents Malaria Relapse Data from two phase 3 trials show the efficacy of single-dose tafenoquine in preventing malarial relapse but underscore the need for appropriate patient selection.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Fewer Uninsured but Similar MI Outcomes With Medicaid Expansion Medicaid eligibility expansion was associated with a reduction in uninsured patients reporting to hospital with an acute myocardial infarction, but not with improved outcomes.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Clinical Trials Too Often Exclude 'Real-World' Cancer Patients Restrictive clinical trial criteria frequently exclude patients with comorbidities from important cancer studies, but such patients might benefit from the treatment being study.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Cardiometabolic Risks Increased With Tourette, Tic Disorders The increased risk for disorders such as diabetes and obesity begins in childhood and is higher in those with concomitant ADHD.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Shutdown Starting to Delay New FDA Reviews, Approvals The FDA is relying on industry-paid user fees and is shifting resources to keep itself partially open.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Aspiration Thrombectomy in STEMI PCI Plummets Nationwide No benefits were found for thrombus aspiration, either routine or selective, but there remains an unmet need in high-risk patients undergoing PCI.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Repeat Procedure Risk Increased With Essure Contraceptive The Essure birth control device is linked to a greater risk of repeat tubal resection or ligation in a 7-year study, but researchers stress the risk is low for the vast majority of patients.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Stem Cell Transplant Slows Progression in MS Results show a dramatic prolongation in time to progression of MS with the transplant vs drug therapy, which is described as 'changing the natural history of the disease.'
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Cholesterol, Diabetes, BP Meds May Help Serious Mental Illness Drug-repurposing research suggests a role for statins, calcium channel blockers, and metformin in treating schizophrenia and other serious mental illness.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• ACP Ethics Guidance Now Addresses Health Technology New sections include use of EHRs, electronic communication, telemedicine, and genetic tests. Two ethics experts say the guidelines are valuable but gaps remain.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Certain Dental Flosses Raise Body Levels of Toxic Chemicals Flossing teeth with Oral-B Glide and similar brands could inadvertently increase exposure to PFAS chemicals, a number of which have been linked to cancer and thyroid disease, a US study indicates.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Hospital Diagnostic Coding Trends for HF: No Gaming Effect Principal diagnoses have partially shifted from heart failure to acute respiratory failure with a secondary diagnosis of HF, but the trend isn't correlated with changes in risk-adjusted mortality.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• One-Time Cannabis Use May Alter Teen Brains Using marijuana even once or twice can significantly alter the grey matter volume in regions of teens' brains that are rich in cannabinoid receptors, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Misdiagnosis Tied to Death From Rabies Infection An American patient bitten by a puppy while on a lengthy yoga tour in India became symptomatic 6 weeks later, after returning home; misdiagnoses delayed appropriate treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Facebook's AI Suicide Prevention Program: Likes and Dislikes One year after the launch of an artificial intelligence (AI) program that scans accounts for signs of suicidal intent in its users, experts weigh in with their likes and dislikes of the initiative.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Donor Fecal Transplant Improves Colitis in Randomized Trial Fecal microbiota transplantation from pooled donor stool led to remission of ulcerative colitis in one third of participants in a controlled trial.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• USPSTF Reaffirms Drugs for Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer In new draft guidelines, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) continues to recommend the use of chemopreventive agents for women at high risk for breast cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Up to an Egg a Day May Ward Off Diabetes: Metabolomic Study 'We now have some hints about certain egg-related compounds that may have a role in type 2 diabetes development,' say researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• High Fiber, Whole Grains Linked to Lower CVD, Diabetes, Cancer Risk An ambitious review of 40 years of research commissioned by the WHO shows that higher intake of dietary fiber and whole grains is related to a 'surprisingly broad' range of diseases.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019