ED Visits Before and After Dementia Diagnosis
TOPLINE:Having a diagnosis of dementia is associated with an increase in emergency department (ED) visits in the United States, highlighting ...
Month: October 2024
Novel Drug for Chronic Inducible Urticaria Delivers in Mid-Stage Trial
BOSTON -- Treatment with an investigational anti-KIT monoclonal antibody induced clinically meaningful responses in the two most common forms of ...
House Members Introduce Bill to Reverse Pending Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Cut
A bipartisan group of House members introduced a bill Tuesday that would reverse a proposed 2.8% Medicare Physician Fee Schedule ...
Could RFK Jr. Really Become HHS Secretary?
Former president Donald Trump's rhetoric during his rally at Madison Square Garden last weekend about letting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ...
Brain Edema Risk May Be Lower With Modified Donanemab Dosing
An alternate dosing plan for the anti-amyloid drug donanemab (Kisunla) reduced the risk of brain edema and effusion but still ...
Wegovy Cut Albuminuria by Half in Non-Diabetic CKD
SAN DIEGO -- Semaglutide (Wegovy) reduced albuminuria in patients with overweight or obesity and chronic kidney disease (CKD) but without ...
We Can Better Protect Kids From Head Injury in Football
Sethi is an associate professor of neurology. Without a doubt, football remains the national pastime of the U.S. football is ...
Cold Weather Heart Attacks; Preemptive Valve Procedures Flop; Better Bleeding Score
A Chinese study suggested that cold weather may make people more susceptible to myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries compared ...
AirPods’ Hearing Aid Feature Could Help People Face a Problem They’d Rather Ignore
Some Apple AirPods wireless headphones can be used as hearing aids with a new software update that is now available. ...
Early AKI Care Recommendations Did Not Improve Patient Outcomes
SAN DIEGO -- Early, personalized recommendations did not improve outcomes for hospitalized patients with acute kidney injury (AKI), the KAT-AKI ...
Surprising Mediator Links Poverty and Knee Pain
Associations found in previous studies between osteoarthritis (OA) knee pain severity and neighborhood disadvantage may be explained, not by poverty ...
Alzheimer’s Trials Investigated; Chronic Pain Predicted; Dementia Drugs and AMD
A New York Times investigation reported that in early studies of lecanemab (Leqembi) and donanemab (Kisunla), participants were not given ...
Tuberculosis Returns as Top Infectious Disease Killer, WHO Says
(Reuters) - Tuberculosis replaced COVID-19 to become the top cause for infectious disease-related deaths in 2023, according to a World ...
Heart Attack Patients Who Receive Heparin ASAP Are Better Primed for Cath Lab
The heparin frequently given before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) should be pushed to as early as possible in patients with ...
Promising Findings for Nipocalimab in Myasthenia Gravis
Fixed-dose treatment with nipocalimab, an investigational neonatal Fc receptor blocker, lessened disease severity in generalized myasthenia gravis, according to pivotal ...
The surprising truth about the health benefits of snacking
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images We are often told not to eat between meals, and there is a general perception that snacking ...
Why Medicine Is Bad at Customer Service — And How to Fix It
Theisen is a nurse and healthcare executive. American business is delivering one of history's greatest revolutions in customer convenience -- ...
SGLT2 Inhibitor Carry-Over Benefits Last How Long?
SAN DIEGO -- Benefits with empagliflozin (Jardiance) for cardiovascular and renal health linger for about a year after discontinuation, as ...
Kidney Disease Genetic Risk Common in West Africans
SAN DIEGO -- APOL1 genotypes associated with high risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD) were common among individuals living in ...
Starting Mammograms at Age 40: Will Women Benefit?
Last April, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) revised their breast cancer screening guidelines to recommend average-risk women start ...
