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Information Underload: Device Tracking Seen Falling Short Missed opportunities abound to spot risks with implantable devices. Physicians said identifiers should be included in electronic health records and claims for payment.
Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2023
LDL-Lowering Tied to Lower First CVD Events in Patients 70+ People 70 years of age and older taking LDL cholesterol-lowering therapy for primary prevention have the same reduction in major vascular events as their younger counterparts, new research confirms.
Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2023
Statin Use Disparities: Time to Close the Gaps Certain groups are significantly less likely to benefit from statin therapy in primary and secondary prevention, but there are ways to reverse this.
Medscape Ob/Gyn, September 27, 2023
Artificial Intelligence in Your Office There are many near-term opportunities for AI to improve healthcare and reduce tedious and time-consuming tasks.
MDedge, September 27, 2023
Cough Syrup Deaths Overseas Prompt US Crackdown The FDA is cracking down on lax testing practices by dozens of makers of healthcare products following hundreds of deaths overseas from contaminated cough syrups.
Reuters Health Information, September 26, 2023
Soft Tick Relapsing Fever, U.S. 2012-2021 Review the epidemiology and occurrence of soft tick relapsing fever, also known as tickborne relapsing fever, in the U.S. Have trends changed or remained stable?
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, September 27, 2023
The CLEAR Outcomes Trial: Bempedoic Acid and CV Outcomes in Statin-Intolerant Patients—A Clear Glimmer of Hope This review highlights the groundbreaking results of the CLEAR Outcomes trial, showing that among statin-intolerant patients, treatment with bempedoic acid was associated with a lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events.
ACC.org, September 27, 2023
Sex Differences in Poststroke Cognitive Impairment Does occurrence and characteristics of poststroke cognitive impairment differ between men and women?
Stroke, September 27, 2023
Perioperative Care of Patients With Opioid Use Disorder This article presents a stepwise, multimodal and team-based approach to the anesthetic and analgesic management of patients with active opioid use disorder.
Anesthesia & Analgesia, September 27, 2023
Contribution of Alcohol Use in HIV/HCV Co-infection to Mortality Does the association between alcohol use and all-cause mortality in persons with HIV differ by HCV status?
Journal of Viral Hepatitis, September 27, 2023
Inadequate Treatment Common Among Patients With Hypertension A World Health Organization report indicates that simple and cheap medications and care are not being used and that most patients receiving treatment do not have controlled blood pressure.
Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2023
New Data Lowers Estimate of Long COVID's Impact: CDC An estimated 18 million adults in the US have had long COVID, and half of them are still dealing with the condition, new national survey data shows.
WebMD Health News, September 26, 2023
Medscape Young Physician Compensation Report 2023 Doctors younger than 40 years enjoyed healthy pay increases on average in 2022. They reveal how salary gains affected their job satisfaction as well as the gender pay gap.
Medscape Features Slideshows, September 26, 2023
Medscape RN/LPN Compensation Report 2023 RNs and LPNs reveal their annual compensation and work satisfaction, and give perspectives on peers, career paths, and unions, plus other crucial insights.
Medscape News Slideshows, September 26, 2023
From Sci-Fi to Reality: Robotic Surgery's 'Exciting' Time Driving the technology forward are advances in materials science and AI, plus patient benefits like shorter recovery times and less pain.
WebMD Health News, September 26, 2023
Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines: To PSA or Not to PSA As primary care physicians, a large part of our role is to prevent or detect cancers early. Patients look to us for this guidance.
MDedge, September 26, 2023
Managing Arrhythmias in Pregnancy: The State of the Art The highly anticipated international multidisciplinary expert consensus statement from the Heart Rhythm Society provides comprehensive guidance on managing cardiac arrhythmias in both patient and fetus.
theheart.org on Medscape, September 26, 2023
Healthcare Workers More Likely to Die by Suicide Who has the highest suicide rate among all healthcare provider types? A new study answers this question.
Medscape, September 26, 2023
People With Long COVID Have Specific Blood Biomarkers: Study 'This is a decisive step forward in the development of valid and reliable blood testing protocols for long COVID,' said David Putrino, PhD, lead author of a new study published in the journal Nature.
WebMD Health News, September 26, 2023
Antiviral Med Linked to COVID Mutations That Can Spread Researchers looked at 15 million COVID genomes and discovered that hallmark mutations linked to molnupiravir increased in 2022.
WebMD Health News, September 26, 2023
Unclaimed Dead: Rising Number Used in Medical Schools The number of unclaimed dead bodies accepted by medical schools in Texas rose by almost seven times between 2017 and 2021.
Medscape Medical News, August 31, 2023
Even an Hour's Walk a Week Lowers Risk in Type 2 Diabetes Leisure time activity equivalent to less than 1.5 hours' walking time per week may be enough to substantially reduce the risk for neuropathy and nephropathy in type 2 diabetes, say Danish researchers.
Medscape Medical News, August 29, 2023
Gaps in Breast Cancer Receptor Testing for Certain Groups A review of over 300,000 patients with invasive breast cancer found that breast cancer receptor status testing was less likely to occur in elderly, rural, and Black women.
Medscape Medical News, August 28, 2023
Artificial Intelligence Gives Paralyzed Woman Voice Back A brain-computer interface translates neural signals of a woman who is unable to speak, not only into text on a screen but into audible speech using a digital avatar.
Medscape Medical News, August 23, 2023
As MOC Debate Heats Up, Cardiology Societies Weigh In The MOC process is once again under attack by cardiologists and other specialty physicians. A petition aiming to end the requirements has garnered more than 17,000 and counting signatures.
Medscape Medical News, August 22, 2023
Mortality Rates Remain High After Hepatitis C Cure Mortality rates remain substantially elevated after successful treatment of hepatitis C infection in the era of interferon-free antiviral therapy, a study of over 20,000 patients has found.
Medscape Medical News, August 22, 2023
Artificial Sweeteners Increase Cardiovascular Risk A recent scientific review confirms that artificial sweeteners affect primary cardiovascular risk factors.
Medscape Medical News, August 22, 2023
Most With Early AD Not Eligible for New Anti-Amyloid Drugs Only a small percentage of people with early AD may be eligible to receive treatment, mostly due to chronic health conditions and brain scan abnormalities common in older adults.
Medscape Medical News, August 17, 2023
Two Thirds Say They or Family Affected by Substance Use The majority of respondents to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll said addiction had affected family relationships, their mental health, or the mental well-being of a family member.
Medscape Medical News, August 16, 2023
It May Be Time to Pay Attention to COVID Again Since April, a new COVID variant has cropped up. According to recent CDC data, EG.5 — from the Omicron family — now makes up 17% of all cases in the US, up from 7.5% in the first week of July.
WebMD Health News, August 11, 2023
A1c Not Linked to Postop Complications in Kids With Diabetes Findings suggest no need to delay elective surgery in order to optimize glycemic control in children with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
Medscape Medical News, August 10, 2023
Social Needs Case Management Cuts Acute Care Usage Hospitalizations fell by 11% in patients assigned to integrated social needs case management. The reduction in acute care use was likely because of the 3% increase in primary care visits.
MDedge News, August 08, 2023
Chickenpox to Blame for £24 Million Lost Yearly in Income and Productivity Study has calculated the cost of childhood chickenpox in the UK, with working women more likely than men to care for children with the infection.
Medscape News UK, April 26, 2022
Only 1 in 4 Feel Fully Recovered Following COVID-19 Hospitalisation Being female, obese, and having had mechanical ventilation in hospital are all associated with being less likely to feel fully recovered one year after COVID-19 hospitalisation.
Medscape News UK, April 26, 2022
Patient Identified Who Battled COVID for 505 Days An immunocompromised patient was identified with persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection lasting 505 days, the longest known to date.
Medscape News UK, April 22, 2022
Cardiovascular Risk Linked with Severe COVID Risk People with an elevated 10-year cardiovascular risk score are linked to more severe COVID outcomes, in a new study.
Medscape News UK, April 14, 2022
Over-40s Called for Covid-19 Booster in Bid to Save Christmas The Covid-19 booster programme has been extended to include adults over the age of 40 as recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
Medscape News UK, November 15, 2021
Call for Tighter LDL Targets for Highest Risk Patients With multiple new lipid-lowering drugs coming on the market, and European guidelines suggesting lower than ever targets in patients with very high cardiovascular risk, experts say aim for ‘ones not twos’ with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) targets.
Medscape News UK, November 15, 2021
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