Medscape Today News

• Fixing Cataracts Significantly Improves Driving Performance in Seniors Having cataract surgery significantly improves driving performance among older adults, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2019
• Drug Firms Offer to Settle U.S. Opioid Suits With $50 Bln Package - Sources Five drugmakers and distributors are offering $22 billion in cash as well as drugs and services they value at $28 billion to resolve lawsuits alleging the industry fueled the U.S. opioid crisis, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2019
• More Evidence of Worse Outcomes With New-Onset AFib After TAVR Results suggest new-onset AF after TAVR represents a distinct population with a high risk for poor long-term outcomes, including mortality, and the reasons are unclear.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• AstraZeneca Breast Cancer Treatment Gets FDA Priority Review AstraZeneca Plc said on Thursday that the U.S. drug regulator will give a speedy review to its experimental breast cancer treatment, which could put the British drugmaker in direct competition with bigger rival Roche Holding AG.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2019
• Over 700 Doctors Paid More Than $1 Million by Drug, Medical Device Companies ProPublica has been tracking drug company spending on doctors since 2010. We just updated our database and found that companies are still paying private doctors huge sums for promotional talks and consulting.
  ProPublica, October 2019
• Medicare Drug-Negotiations Bill Approved by House Committees House Democrats advanced their bill in the congressional debate about restraining rising drug prices. Senate Republicans are not considered likely to hold a vote on the bill.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• ARBs Linked to Increased Suicide Risk, Experts Skeptical A new study suggests an increased risk for suicide associated with angiotensin receptor blockers compared with ACE inhibitors among older adults, but leading cardiovascular experts are skeptical.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• New Standard of Care in Rhabdomyosarcoma? Maintenance therapy boosted survival in pediatric patients with RMS, and at least in Europe, it will be the standard of care in trials going forward.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• Measles Devastates Families, Challenges Doctors The most recent measles outbreak, which was the worst in the U.S. since 1992, may be over, but the impact of the disease is not.
  WebMD Health News, October 2019
• 30 Pct of HIV/AIDS Patients Have Depression, Global Study Finds The worldwide prevalence of depression among people with HIV/AIDS is 31%, according to new findings.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2019
• Parents in Medical Research Labs Missing Out on Gov't Help With Conference Travel Few medical schools allow doctor-scientists with children to take advantage of a government program to help with childcare expenses related to travel to professional meetings, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2019
• Abridged Rabies-Exposure Regimen Appears Effective In people bitten by rabid dogs, intradermal rabies vaccinations given over the course of a week may provide the same protection as a standard four-session, one-month post-exposure prophylaxis, according to an observational study.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2019
• World Athletics Body Says Study Shows Semenya Has Advantage
  Reuters Health Information, October 2019
• Negative Perceptions of Work Climate Tied to Physician-Scientist Burnout Negative perceptions of the work climate contribute to burnout among physician-scientists receiving National Institutes of Health (NIH) Career Development Awards, according to a new survey.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2019
• 'Complete Disruption' of Supply of Essential Pediatric Chemo A chemotherapy used in the treatment of most childhood cancers is now scarce, and no supply is coming into the United States at the moment.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• Intervention Ups Adherence to Low-Cal Mediterranean Diet Behavioral support and promotion of physical activity improved adherence to a reduced-energy Mediterranean diet, which in turn improved CVD risk factors.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• ANA 2019Fremanezumab May Reduce Attacks in Tough-to-Treat Migraine The CGRP-targeting migraine-prevention drug fremanezumab is safe and effective in reducing migraines for patients who have failed up to four other therapies, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• Most Tools for Assessing Pain, Sedation in Preverbal Kids Not Well Validated Most scales for assessing pain and sedation in preverbal children have not been well validated, according to a new systematic review.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2019
• Wanted: Intimacy Coordinators. Hollywood's Fastest Growing Job Two years after a sexual harassment scandal roiled Hollywood, one of the fastest growing jobs in the entertainment industry is that of the intimacy director.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2019
• Brexit Hits UK Science Funding, Deters International Researchers Uncertainty surrounding Britain's exit from the European Union has hit science funding to the tune of almost half a billion euros and is putting off international researchers from coming to Britain, a leading institution said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2019