Family Medicine News

• Alert FDA Approves First Interchangeable Biosimilar Insulin Semglee is now both biosimilar to glargine and also interchangeable with Lantus, so it can be substituted at the pharmacy.
  FDA Approvals, July 28, 2021
• FDA Leaders, Advisory Panel Go Head-to-Head Over Aducanumab FDA leaders and members of the advisory panel that recommended against approval of the controversial Alzheimer's drug aducanumab have gone head-to-head in two perspectives published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Pfizer Vaccine Protection Wanes After 6 Months: Study Following reports that antibody levels can wane after a second dose of the Pfizer mRNA come more encouraging data regarding a third dose.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Hyperimmune Globulin Fails to Prevent Congenital CMV Infection Administering hyperimmune globulin to pregnant women who tested positive for CMV did not reduce CMV infections or deaths among their fetuses or newborns, according to results from a randomized controlled trial.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• How Many Years of Aromatase Inhibitor Tx in Breast Cancer? There was no disease-free or overall survival benefit with 5 additional years of aromatase inhibitor therapy vs 2 years for women with hormone receptor–positive breast cancers.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• 'Shocking' Early Complications From Teen-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Almost two thirds of study participants had at least one diabetes complication in young adulthood, around 15 years after diagnosis. A handful died, including one from heart attack and one due to kidney failure.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Poll: Half of US Adults Uncomfortable Seeing Unvaccinated Doctor About half of adults in the United States say that they would be uncomfortable seeing a doctor who had not been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a recent WebMD/Medscape poll.
  WebMD Health News, July 28, 2021
• Occipital Nerve Stimulation Relieves Chronic Cluster Headache The neuromodulation intervention may help safely prevent attacks of medically intractable chronic cluster headache, a new phase 3 study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• White House, Nevada Governor Order Return of Face Masks Because of new guidance from the CDC, mandatory face mask policies are returning to the White House and the US House of Representatives.
  WebMD Health News, July 28, 2021
• EXPLAINER: Employers Have Legal Right to Mandate COVID Shots Federal legal guidance out this week suggests the law is on the side of employers. Vaccination can be considered a "condition of employment," akin to a job qualification.
  Associated Press, July 28, 2021
• The Mystery That Makes Delta the Most Transmissible COVID Virus Scientists are trying to piece together why the Delta variant so readily infects unvaccinated Americans, spewing 1000 times more virus particles.
  Kaiser Health News, July 28, 2021
• AAIC 2021 Changes in Metabolism Tied to Risk of Subsequent Dementia Researchers have identified clusters of blood-based metabolites, molecules produced by cells during metabolism, which appear to predict subsequent dementia risk in new findings that may provide a prevention target.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Children and COVID: Vaccinations, New Cases Both Rising COVID-19 vaccine initiations rose in US children for the second consecutive week, but new pediatric cases jumped by 64% in just 1 week, according to new data.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Minorities Less Comfortable Discussing Sensitive Issues A new WebMD poll shows that members of minority communities are more uneasy about discussing sensitive topics, like race-related issues and sexual orientation, with doctors.
  WebMD Health News, July 28, 2021
• Doctor, PA, Face Lawsuit After Patient Dies of COVID-19 A patient's wife claims delayed testing and negligence led to her husband's death from COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• AAIC 2021 'Staggering' Increase in Global Dementia Cases Predicted by 2050 Increased access to education around the world may help drive down dementia cases, but the gains could be wiped out by increases in smoking, obesity, and diabetes, experts say.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Doctor Marks 'Right' Instead of 'Left' Testicle, Then Operates Physician erred in marking the testicle for an operation; mega judgment after fertility procedure goes awry; relative of patient with COVID demands justice.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Feds Sell Wu-Tang Clan Album Forfeited by Martin Shkreli The private purchase of the one-of-a-kind record will go toward $7.4 million owed from fraud charges levied against the convicted hedge fund manager.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Virtual Roller-coaster May Explain the Ups and Downs of Migraine A virtual roller-coaster ride is shedding new light on the migraine brain and explains the mechanisms underlying common symptoms, including nausea, dizziness, and increased activity in certain brain regions.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021
• Bone Drugs for Prostate Cancer May Result in Survival Benefit The addition of bone resorption inhibitors to abiraterone as first-line therapy for castration-resistant prostate cancer with bone metastases resulted in longer overall survival.
  Medscape Medical News, July 28, 2021