Medical Industry news

• Psychiatrists Burning Out; Psych Beds Reaching Capacity

  13-01-2021 17:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- More and more psychiatrists are facing burnout amid the pandemic-related mental health crisis. (Business Insider)
  Reflecting this crisis, wait times for a psychiatric-unit bed are sometimes reaching a month long in Massachusetts...
  
  Read more

• Care homes confident of avoiding repeat of UK’s first Covid wave

  20-01-2021 19:39 via ft.com
  Even with rising infections, providers say better controls and vaccine rollout are preventing mass outbreak
  
  Read more

• FTC to Probe Physician Practice Consolidation

  20-01-2021 14:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced plans to examine the consequences of physician group consolidation with healthcare facilities. The agency said it had sent orders for 6 years' worth of patient claims data to six insurers...
  
  Read more

• FDA OKs Vericiguat for Unique HF Population

  20-01-2021 13:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- FDA approved vericiguat (Verquvo) on Wednesday to lower cardiovascular events in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) who had recently been hospitalized or had received IV diuretic therapy, Merck...
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• FDA Drowned in 'Junk Science'; Sorting Out COVID Variants; Vax Distribution Chaos

  20-01-2021 13:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
  FDA Drowned in 'Junk Science'
  Journalist Katherine Eban's latest piece for Vanity Fair charts...
  
  Read more

• CMS Expands MitraClip Coverage by Medicare

  20-01-2021 12:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Medicare reimbursement for transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) was extended to include secondary (functional) mitral regurgitation resulting from heart failure, according to a revised National Coverage Determination (NCD...
  
  Read more

• Monitor Bone Health With High-Dose Topical Corticosteroids

  20-01-2021 12:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Potent topical corticosteroids were associated with increased risk for osteoporosis, a Danish study suggested.
  In a nationwide retrospective cohort study of over 720,000 adults, each doubling in cumulative dosing of potent and...
  
  Read more

• Masculinizing Hormone Therapy Tied to Acne in Transmen

  20-01-2021 12:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Acne was a common occurrence after initiating masculinizing hormone therapy (MHT), researchers reported.
  In a retrospective analysis of nearly 1,000 transgender individuals who started MHT, prevalence of acne jumped from just...
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Full ICUs May Double Death Risk of COVID-19

  20-01-2021 11:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Mortality risk for hospitalized COVID-19 patients tracked with intensive care unit (ICU) demand, a study affirmed.
  Across the 88 U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals with at least 10 COVID-19 ICU patients, the proportion of...
  
  Read more

• Sanofi’s RSV treatment nirsevimab awarded PIM status

  20-01-2021 11:05 via pharmatimes.com
  
  PIM status was awarded on the basis of Phase IIb results of nirsevimab
  
  Read more

• Amryt’s Myalepta scores NICE backing for rare lipid disorder

  20-01-2021 11:04 via pharmatimes.com
  
  Lipodystrophy is characterised by an abnormal distribution of fat in the body
  
  Read more

• ConserV Bioscience to develop ‘broad-spectrum’ coronavirus vaccine

  20-01-2021 11:02 via pharmatimes.com
  
  UK biotech company will collaborate with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  
  Read more

• Enhertu bags EU approval for HER2-positive breast cancer

  20-01-2021 11:01 via pharmatimes.com
  
  Approximately one in five breast cancer cases in the EU are HER2-positive
  
  Read more

• COVID-19 Vaccine Policies: Ethical Concerns

  20-01-2021 11:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Listen and subscribe on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google, so you don't miss the next episode. And if you like what you hear, a five-star rating goes a long way in helping us "Track the Vax"!
  Eight COVID-19 vaccines have...
  
  Read more

• Death Toll Passes 400,000; More Moderna Snags; Cash, TVs, Weed for COVID Jab

  20-01-2021 10:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.
  On President Trump's last full day in office, the U.S. surpassed 400,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. (CNN)
  With 400 lights illuminating the Lincoln...
  
  Read more

• Simone Gold Arrested for Role in Capitol Insurrection

  20-01-2021 09:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Simone Gold, MD, JD, founder of the notorious pro-hydroxychloroquine, anti-vaccine group America's Frontline Doctors, was arrested Sunday for participating in storming the U.S. Capitol earlier this month, according to the Department...
  
  Read more

• Portugal suffers surging Covid-19 deaths after mastering first wave

  20-01-2021 06:00 via ft.com
  Country records highest seven-day average of new infections per inhabitant after Christmas easing
  
  Read more

• Cash-Only Medical Practice?

  19-01-2021 21:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- I am an orthopedic surgeon, and I only take cash. When I tell people this, it usually conjures up images of some money-grubbing doctor eager to make a dollar any way they can. Personally, I am not incredibly incentivized by money...
  
  Read more

• COVID-19 in the U.S., One Year Later

  19-01-2021 20:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- It was one year ago--Jan. 20, 2020--that the first case of SARS-CoV-2 infection was reported on U.S. soil.
  It was still called the "novel coronavirus" at the time; at least that's how it was referenced in a CDC statement...
  
  Read more

• Why Did This Cancer Metastasize to the Pancreas?

  19-01-2021 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Although very aggressive, regular CT follow-up can make a difference
  
  Read more

• Hold the tPA on Some Thrombectomy Candidates, Trials Suggest

  19-01-2021 19:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Two small trials added to the evidence that some stroke patients could fare well going straight to mechanical thrombectomy without IV thrombolysis, though the studies were confined to Asian populations and non-inferiority was...
  
  Read more

• Insurer, Provider Groups Slam Final Prior Authorization Rule

  19-01-2021 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--The reviews are in on a final rule on prior authorization issued Friday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)--and they're not good.
  "Today's final rule from CMS is largely a series of...
  
  Read more

• Culture Change Coming to CDC

  19-01-2021 18:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The CDC's scientists have been "diminished" and "muzzled" under the Trump administration and a top priority of incoming director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, will be restoring their stature in global public health.
  "This top...
  
  Read more

• Certain Oral Sex Behaviors Up Risk of HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer

  19-01-2021 18:00 via medpagetoday.org
  (MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Virginia E. Drake, Carole Fakhry, et al.Target Audience and Goal Statement: Oncologists, otolaryngologists, urologists, obstetrician-gynecologistsThe goal of this study was to investigate novel risk factors...
  
  Read more

• English care homes that take Covid patients to be provided with insurance

  19-01-2021 17:55 via ft.com
  U-turn comes after plan to relieve hospitals fell short as groups struggled to secure policies
  
  Read more

• Drug Hits Target in Advanced Biliary Cancer

  19-01-2021 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A fourth of previously treated cholangiocarcinomas (CCA) responded to a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) targeting the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) family, a phase II open-label study showed.
  Confirmed objective responses...
  
  Read more

• Heart Transplant 'Liquid Biopsy'; PCSK9 CRISPR; More SGLT2 Drugs Try FDA in HF

  19-01-2021 16:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A blood test showed promise as a "liquid biopsy" for detection of acute heart transplant rejection. (Circulation)
  Early efforts to use CRISPR to edit PCSK9 genes in severe heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia are moving...
  
  Read more

• Can Negative Results with BinaxNOW Test Be Trusted?

  19-01-2021 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Compared with PCR testing, Abbott's rapid antigen test picked up fewer cases in both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals, researchers found.Data from two community testing sites in Arizona showed sensitivity of 64% with...
  
  Read more

• Ibrutinib-Plus-Rituximab Combo Shows High Response Rates in MCL

  19-01-2021 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- At December's American Society of Hematology virtual meeting, a phase II trial was presented on ibrutinib and rituximab for older patients with newly diagnosed mantle cell lymphoma.
  In this exclusive MedPage Today video, study...
  
  Read more

• Model: Masks Do Work to Control COVID in U.S.

  19-01-2021 15:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Policies that increase prevalence of mask-wearing by 10% in a community would more than triple its likelihood of hitting a key COVID-19 control target, a modeling study suggested.
  After controlling for physical distancing, population...
  
  Read more

Follow @Medical_IndusUK on Twitter!