Family Medicine News

• World Cancer Day: Half of Cancer Deaths Can Be Prevented Nearly half of cancer-related deaths are the result of tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed foods, and thus preventable; the Union for International Cancer Control is calling on governments to take a stand.
  Medscape Medical News, February 04, 2023
• Alert FDA OKs Sacituzumab Govitecan for HR+ Metastatic Breast Cancer Investigators reported an overall survival benefit of 3.2 months versus single agent chemotherapy in previously treated patients.
  FDA Approvals, February 03, 2023
• Three Wild Health Technologies in (or Close to) Clinical Trials If you thought AI was remarkable, just wait until you see these.
  WebMD Health News, February 03, 2023
• Long-term Depression May Hasten Brain Aging in Midlife Elevated depressive symptoms are associated with an additional brain age of nearly 3 years, new research suggests.
  MDedge News, February 03, 2023
• As Long-term Care Staffing Crisis Worsens, Who Can Fill the Gaps? The industry has long relied on immigrants to bolster its ranks, and they’ll be critical to meeting future staffing needs. But as beds fill, policymakers are slow to open new pathways for foreign workers.
  Kaiser Health News, February 03, 2023
• ChatGPT's AI Could Help Catch Alzheimer's Early The AI everyone's talking about identified Alzheimer's 80% of the time by analyzing people's speech.
  WebMD Health News, February 03, 2023
• Bacterial Vaginosis Linked With Persistent HPV Infections Studies indicate that HPV infections persist in cases of vaginosis, resulting in the appearance of epithelial lesions.
  Medscape Medical News, February 03, 2023
• Boosters Reduce COVID Deaths in Patients With Multimorbidity Additional studies are needed for accurate booster-dose timing as new variants emerge, according to researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, February 03, 2023
• Longer Diabetes Duration Links With Increased Heart Failure Prospective data from nearly 24,000 people with diabetes showed that longer diabetes duration significantly linked with an increased heart failure incidence.
  Medscape Medical News, February 03, 2023
• More Data Back Guillain-Barré Risk With Janssen COVID Shot Observed cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome after receipt of the Janssen shot were two to three times greater than background rates within 3-6 weeks of vaccination, new US surveillance data show.
  Medscape Medical News, February 03, 2023
• Physicians React: 'Incompetence in Medicine Has No Age Limit' Can a 100-year-old doctor safely practice medicine? Should older doctors be subject to cognitive testing? Here's what your colleagues are saying.
  Medscape Medical News, February 03, 2023
• Almonds May Be a Good Diet Option Almonds might affect appetite during a weight loss diet and may assist with weight management in the long term.
  Quick Take, February 03, 2023
• Herbal Combination Tames Active Ulcerative Colitis: Study Derivatives of an intensely yellow spice and an intensely blue dye combined to resolve active ulcerative colitis in a small, randomized trial.
  MDedge News, February 02, 2023
• The Future of At-Home Testing: Flu, RSV Rapid Tests Are Coming The FDA says it is confident that at-home rapid tests like those for COVID-19 are forthcoming for the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
  WebMD Health News, February 02, 2023
• Exercise Halves T2D Risk in Adults With Obesity "Physical exercise combined with diet restriction has been proven to be effective in prevention of diabetes."
  MDedge News, February 02, 2023
• Now Trending on Social Media: Bad Birth Control Info YouTubers are ditching the pill and pushing more 'natural' contraception methods, putting impressionable young women at risk of unintended pregnancy.
  WebMD Health News, February 02, 2023
• Positive Test No Longer Required to Get COVID Antivirals The FDA announced the changes Wednesday in letters sent to the drugs' manufacturers, Pfizer and Merck.
  WebMD Health News, February 02, 2023
• Pandemic Pregnancy-Linked Deaths Up 35% From 2019 Pregnancy-associated deaths, including drug-related deaths and homicide, were up 35% in 2020, compared with prepandemic 2019, new research indicates.
  MDedge News, February 02, 2023
• Cognitive Testing for Older Drivers: Is There a Benefit? A mandatory cognitive screening policy targeting older drivers appeared to lower car crashes in Japan; but experts from other countries caution against ageism in designing such policies.
  MDedge News, February 02, 2023
• Decoding Endometriosis: Recent Research Fosters Hope Although the disease afflicts at least 1 out of every 10 women, endometriosis remains a conundrum for patients and their physicians.
  MDedge News, February 02, 2023