Olanzapine and Benzodiazepine Safe in Agitated ED Patients
TOPLINE: Rates of cardiorespiratory depression are not significantly different between patients with severe agitation treated with olanzapine alone and those receiving ...
Day: July 1, 2024
Advances in Immunotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Key Findings From ASCO 2024
In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Tanya Dorff, MD, of City of Hope in Duarte, California, discusses two prostate cancer ...
Fax Machines Still Common in Oncology Practice
On any given day, oncologist Mark Lewis, MD, feels like he's seesawing between two eras of technology. One minute, he's working ...
Trump’s False Comment; H5N1 Pandemic Unfolding in Slo-Mo? Researcher’s Fraud Charge
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. According to experts, former President Trump made a false statement about ...
Water Supply and Quality Crisis Affects Mexican Healthcare
In March 2024, media outlets reported on the lack of water in public hospitals in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico, ...
Trading TV Time for Physical Activity Boosts Healthy Aging
TOPLINE:Sedentary behavior, particularly sitting and watching television, is linked to lower odds of healthy aging, but substituting it with any ...
Hyponatremia Linked to Severe Adverse Outcomes in Children
Topline: Mild hyponatremia in children visiting pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) is associated with higher rates of vasopressor use, ward and pediatric ...
Thrombectomy Benefits LVO Stroke at 2 years
Latest results from the MR CLEAN-LATE trial showed that the benefit of endovascular treatment in late-window patients with large volume ...
Baby-led weaning makes little nutritional difference vs spoon-feeding
Baby-led weaning can be a messy businessOscar Wong/Getty Images Babies who hand-feed themselves solid food appear to consume the same ...
Form of B12 Deficiency in CNS May Be New Autoimmune Disease
Researchers have identified a form of B12 deficiency caused by autoantibodies that specifically affects the central nervous system.Discovered while studying ...
Cutting Down on Unnecessary Antibiotics for Pink Eye
TOPLINE:More than two thirds of children with conjunctivitis received antibiotics within a day of their initial ambulatory care visit; however, ...
SC Ruling Could ‘Paralyze’ Health Regulation: Experts
Experts say the US Supreme Court's ruling Friday to overturn the decades-old "Chevron doctrine" could severely restrict the ability of ...
Exercise, GLP-1 RA Aid Weight Loss and Bone Retention
TOPLINE:People with obesity who exercise while taking glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs; liraglutide) showed increased weight loss and ...
Common Cognitive Test Falls Short for Concussion Diagnosis
A tool routinely used to evaluate concussion in college athletes fails to accurately diagnose the condition in many cases, a ...
Is Screen Time Making Kids Nearsighted?
TOPLINE:More time spent exposed to screens is associated with a higher risk for myopia in children and adolescents; the use ...
Cardiovascular Health a Major Risk Factor for Dementia
In a shifting landscape in dementia risk factors, cardiovascular health (or the health of your heart and blood vessels) is ...
Chronic Kidney Disease Takes Growing Toll in Latin America
Over the past 30 years, chronic kidney disease has become one of the leading causes of death and years of ...
Initial Triple Therapy Shows Promise in Drug-Naive T2D
TOPLINE:A triple combination therapy (TCT) of metformin, dapagliflozin, and saxagliptin is an effective and safe treatment option for drug-naive patients ...
Reteplase Superior to Alteplase in Chinese Stroke Trial
A new trial has found the thrombolytic reteplase to be superior to alteplase in patients with acute ischemic stroke presenting ...
MUC-1 Vaccine Shows Notable Overall Survival Rates in BC
The MUC-1 vaccine tecemotide plus standard neoadjuvant systemic therapy was shown to notably improve distant relapse-free survival and overall survival ...
