Internal Medicine News

• Baricitinib for Alopecia Areata: Starting Patients on Treatment Physicians should be ready for questions on who should get the drug, how fast it works, and what patients should consider regarding the label's boxed warning.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• PTSD May Accelerate Cognitive Decline Over Time Posttraumatic stress disorder is not only psychologically debilitating; new research suggests it is also associated with a two-folder faster decline in cognition over time.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• Hormone Therapy May Reduce Death, Cancer Risk in Older Women Hormone therapy appeared to reduce risks for mortality and several different cancers in postmenopausal women.
  First Look, July 01, 2022
• How Much Health Insurers Pay Is About to Go Public Starting today, health insurers and self-insured employers must post on websites just about every price they've negotiated with providers for health care services.
  Kaiser Health News, July 01, 2022
• How Racist Is Your Algorithm? Researchers and health systems are reconsidering the use of race in tools that support clinical decision-making and are trying to raise awareness of racial bias.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• New AHA Checklist: Only 1 in 5 Adults Have Optimal Heart Health The US population is well below optimal levels of cardiovascular health, according to the first study of the AHA's new Life's Essential 8 CV health checklist, now updated to include sleep.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• Can a Genetic Test Help Detect Early Kidney Disease? A newly developed of a polygenic risk score for kidney disease may lead to earlier detection and could also help trigger adoption of a protective lifestyle.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• Immunotherapy Combos Up Survival in Renal Cell Carcinoma In the absence of head-to-head trials, the findings help validate the applicability of phase 3 results to routine care. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, July 01, 2022
• Probiotics Improve Physical Function in COPD Patients with COPD who received probiotics showed significant improvements in strength and functional capacity.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• Lower Hormone Levels Linked to Risk of Sleep Apnea Sex hormones were linked to the risk of sleep apnea in middle-aged women in a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• AMA 'Deeply Disappointed' With Supreme Court EPA Ruling The regulation and reduction of carbon emissions is critical to combat climate crisis and its major health implications, the AMA said.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• Adding Vitamin D to Food: Could This Prevent Cancer Deaths? A new analysis suggests that fortifying common foods with vitamin D could avert more than 100,000 cancer deaths across the European Union each year, but questions remain.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• Duodenal Biopsy May Aid Parkinson's Disease Diagnosis Characterizing the presence of alpha-Synuclein and gliosis in patients with advanced Parkinson's.
  First Look, July 01, 2022
• Phase-Specific DBS Suppresses Postural and Kinetic Tremor Phase-specific deep brain stimulation can relieve essential tremor across different contexts and motor states.
  First Look, July 01, 2022
• Hospice or 'All Care Possible'? Answer May Be Shaped by Race The healthcare that patients with dementia receive in the last 180 days of life may look substantially different when patients are grouped by race or ethnicity.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• CBT May Improve Comorbid Posttraumatic Headache, PTSD Cognitive-behavioral therapy for headache may improve both headache-related disability and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• Opioid-Related Deaths Reach Record High in Canada In addition to providing access to treatment and harm-reduction measures, officials stress the need to address root causes and broader conditions to prevent substance-related harms from occurring.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• New Biomarker Data Add to Concerns Over REDUCE-IT Trial The findings reignite concerns that the benefit shown with icosapent ethyl might have been related to harms caused by the placebo mineral oil.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• Playing Doctors: Inside the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic The Musicians' Clinic has been keeping the city's essential arts scene on stage for more than two decades.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• Study Confirms Increased CVT With AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Rates of cerebral venous thrombosis and thrombocytopenia were higher in patients who received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in three Nordic countries.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022