Novel Drug Fails for Two Rare Seizure Disorders
LOS ANGELES -- The novel agent soticlestat flopped in a pair of phase III trials for rare seizure disorders, researchers ...
Day: December 10, 2024
Suspect in UnitedHealthcare Killing Wrote ‘Parasites Simply Had it Coming’
Police arrested a "strong person of interest" Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald's ...
‘Parasites Simply Had it Coming’; Second U.S. Kid With Bird Flu? Rx for Solar Power
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old suspect in last week's killing of UnitedHealthcare ...
Women Who Revolutionized Modern Medicine
In the winter semester of 2023, there were 113,383 students enrolled in medical programs in Germany, 73,244 of whom were ...
Clopidogrel Tops Aspirin Post-PCI, Even in High-Risk Cases
TOPLINE:The beneficial effect of clopidogrel monotherapy over aspirin monotherapy in patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and remained event ...
The Multipronged Problem of Candida auris
Candida auris, a yeast-like fungus, is spreading globally, increasing the urgency for enhanced surveillance, new therapies, and more antimicrobial stewardship ...
AI Tool Predicts Progression From MCI to AD: What to Know
An estimated 14 million older adults in the United States live with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). While many will never ...
Extended Results Confirm Standard of Care for DLBCL
SAN DIEGO — Patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) continue to show superior progression-free survival at 5 years with ...
Leaded Gas Exposure Tied to Millions of Mental Illness Cases
Childhood exposure to leaded gasoline via car exhaust over the past 75 years is linked to 151 million excess cases ...
How Are Patients Managing Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer?
TOPLINE:The use of active surveillance or watchful waiting increased by more than twofold overall between 2010 and 2020 among patients ...
Smart Mattress to Reduce SUDEP?
LOS ANGELES — A mattress designed to detect seizures in individuals with epilepsy who are lying face down and quickly ...
Sleep Apnea Linked to Heightened Mortality in Epilepsy
LOS ANGELES — Individuals with both uncontrolled epilepsy and sleep apnea are at significantly higher risk for mortality than those ...
TIVA Enables Earlier Facial Nerve Monitoring in Ear Surgery
TOPLINE:Total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) enables earlier intraoperative monitoring of facial nerve activity than sevoflurane anesthesia during ear surgery, with reduced ...
Smoking Linked to More Genetic Havoc in MDS
SAN DIEGO — A new study linked longer duration and deeper intensity of tobacco smoking to more genetic mutations in ...
More Biologics Breaking Through for COPD
New biologic drugs for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are finally here, said Stephen Rennard, MD, in a presentation in ...
Fertility Preservation in SCD: Women Have More Complications
SAN DIEGO — Significant complications were common in female patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) who underwent fertility preservation (FP) ...
Rise in US Immigrants on Kidney Waitlist in Some States
TOPLINE:Compared with citizens, the number of undocumented immigrants added to the waitlist has doubled in the three US states with ...
Malpractice in the Age of AI
Instead of sitting behind a laptop during patient visits, the pediatrician directly faces the patient and parent, relying on an ...
Self-Care Can Elevate Quality of Life in Chronic Diseases
TOPLINE:Self-care preparedness is positively associated with improved health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with chronic conditions over 36 months, ...
Does Acalabrutinib Fit Into Frontline MCL Therapy?
For younger, fit patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), adding the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor acalabrutinib to standard induction ...
