Fitness Level May Offset Genetic Dementia Risk
High fitness was associated with lower dementia risk, even in people with genetic predisposition.Across all age groups between 39 and ...
Day: November 19, 2024
Trump Taps Dr. Mehmet Oz to Run Medicare and Medicaid
Nov. 19, 2024 — President-elect Donald J. Trump has said that he would nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as ...
Metformin Use Linked to Fewer Asthma Attacks
Treatment with metformin was associated with a reduction in asthma attacks among patients with asthma and type 2 diabetes, with ...
Small Benefit, Persistent Toxic Risk With Adjuvant Anthracycline in Breast Cancer
Adding an anthracycline to adjuvant chemotherapy for TOP2A-normal early breast cancer significantly improved disease-free survival (DFS) but not overall survival ...
Physicians Flock to Bluesky, Hoping to Leave X Behind
In the wake of the presidential election, physicians have been flocking to the social media platform Bluesky, asserting there's now ...
What Happens to Abortion Access in the Next Trump Administration?
From enforcing the Comstock Act to reversing guidance on emergency care, there are multiple avenues for the Trump administration to ...
Opioids Tied to Higher Dementia Risk, but Only After a Point
Cumulative high opioid use was tied to increased dementia risk in adults 60 and older.At or below a threshold of ...
Trump Taps Dr. Oz to Run CMS
President-elect Donald Trump says he is nominating Mehmet Oz, MD, a heart surgeon who hosted a long-running television talk show, ...
More Lp(a)-Reducing Tx; Cardiac Denervation for Afib; LAA Occluders at 5 Years
Lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), was successfully reduced in phase II trials of muvalaplin and zerlasiran. (JAMA) The possibility of a drug ...
One in 20 Adults With RSV Hospitalized, Study Shows
Among adults with outpatient respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections across six RSV seasons, roughly one in 20 were hospitalized within ...
Cardio Drugs and Dementia; Fampridine and Working Memory; Alzheimer’s and Cancer
Long-term use of many common cardiovascular drugs was tied to fewer dementia diagnoses but anti-platelet use of any duration was ...
Is the Internet Impairing Your Medical Memory?
Bhaskar is a third-year medical student. Feller is a clinical professor of medical science. You don't need to know the ...
New MELD Model Improves Access to Liver Transplant for Women
Adoption of a new version of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, known as MELD 3.0, closed the gap in ...
DHA Levels in the Brain Tied to Cognitive Function in APOE4 Carriers
High-dose supplements of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid, showed no effect on hippocampal volume or cognition, according to ...
Spironolactone Shows Mixed Results in Acute MI
The routine administration of spironolactone to patients after a myocardial infarction (MI) did not reduce either of the coprimary outcomes ...
Myasthenia Gravis: Balancing Traditional Immunotherapies vs Newer Medications
At the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) annual meeting, Michael Hehir, MD, of the University of Vermont ...
Nasal Spray Diuretic Shows Potential for Heart Failure in Trial of Healthy Adults
CHICAGO -- A bumetanide nasal spray in development for heart failure was well-tolerated and showed reliable rates of absorption compared ...
75% of Adults Overweight or Obese; Global Diabetes Tx Lacking; Hidden Bone Data?
Three-fourths of U.S. adults are now overweight or have obesity, with nearly 260 million predicted to have overweight or obesity ...
Novel Anti-IgG Drug Hits Mark in Sjogren’s Patients
WASHINGTON -- A drug in advanced development for myasthenia gravis also showed promise as a treatment for primary Sjögren's syndrome, ...
Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Abortion Laws, Including a Ban on Pills to End Pregnancy
A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming's overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use ...
