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• Psychological Toll, Poor Support Found for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Patients

  09-07-2020 14:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The uncommon diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) often came as a shock to both those diagnosed and their family members, according to a British virtual focus group study. And unlike those with more prevalent chronic...
  
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• Antipsychotics in Dementia Tied to Wider Range of 'Serious Harms'

  18-04-2024 00:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Use of antipsychotics in dementia patients was associated with an increased risk for a wider range of adverse outcomes than previously acknowledged, a population-based matched cohort study from the U.K. showed.
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• FDA Slaps Embolization Device With Class I Recall After Deaths

  17-04-2024 23:09 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The Obsidio Conformable Embolic recall related to an increased risk for bowel ischemia is the most serious kind, the FDA said on Wednesday, citing two deaths associated with the issue.
  An investigation by maker Boston Scientific...
  
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• Nepali Plaintiffs Double Down on 'Severe Harm' Caused by Invalidated USMLE Scores

  17-04-2024 23:05 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The Nepali medical graduates who filed a class action lawsuit against the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) have amended and refiled their complaint.
  In their latest suit, the plaintiffs alleged that having their U...
  
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• Listeriosis Outbreak Linked to Vegan Cheese

  17-04-2024 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- An outbreak of listeriosis in several European countries was linked to vegan cheese made from raw nut milk, researchers reported.
  The outbreak occurred between April and December 2022 and involved eight people in France, Belgium...
  
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• Deeper Sedation During Colonoscopy Linked to Improved Detection of Serrated Polyps

  17-04-2024 22:51 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Detection of serrated polyps during colonoscopy improved significantly with the use of propofol-based versus conventional sedation, data from a large registry showed.
  The detection rate increased from 24.5% with mild-moderate...
  
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• Immunotherapy During Pregnancy Just as Safe as Other Cancer Drugs

  17-04-2024 22:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) during pregnancy was not associated with more adverse pregnancy, fetal, or newborn outcomes compared with other anticancer drugs, a cohort study showed.
  Adverse pregnancy, fetal...
  
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• New Consensus Recs for Oral Immunotherapy in Food Allergies

  17-04-2024 21:35 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- New consensus recommendations published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology offer guidance on preparing patients for the use of oral immunotherapy (OIT) for treating food allergies.
  Zahida "Rani" Maskatia, MD...
  
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• 'Satanic Panic' Psychiatrist Dies; Caplyta Depression Win; Esketamine After Birth

  17-04-2024 20:06 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Bennett Braun, MD, the psychiatrist who promoted "Satanic Panic" when he claimed that dozens of his patients had discovered repressed memories of being tortured by satanic cults, and subsequently lost his license, died at age...
  
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• OpenAI’s model all but matches doctors in assessing eye problems

  17-04-2024 20:00 via ft.com
  Research harnesses power of generative artificial intelligence in latest sign of its potential use in medicine
  
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• Agitation Relapse Delayed With Dextromethorphan-Bupropion

  17-04-2024 19:48 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- DENVER--Dextromethorphan-bupropion (known as AXS-05) delayed time to relapse in patients with Alzheimer's-related agitation, according to a phase III trial presented here.
  Compared with placebo, AXS-05 increased the time...
  
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• Why an ALS Drug Was Pulled From the Market

  17-04-2024 19:25 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- DENVER--Topline data presented here showed why Amylyx Pharmaceuticals decided to remove its amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) drug sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol (Relyvrio), also known as AMX0035, from the market...
  
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• Oral and Topical Minoxidil Go Head-to-Head for Hair Loss in Men

  17-04-2024 18:23 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Low-dose oral minoxidil (Rogaine) was well-tolerated and had similar efficacy to topical minoxidil for treatment of male androgenetic alopecia, providing another option for patients intolerant to topical treatments, a randomized...
  
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• Could Francis Collins's Prostate Cancer Story Deter Men From Active Surveillance?

  17-04-2024 18:21 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Former NIH director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, one of America's most prominent physicians and the leader of the ground-breaking Human Genome Project, has gone public with his "aggressive" prostate cancer diagnosis. As he revealed...
  
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• Idaho's Ban on Youth Gender-Affirming Care Has Families Scrambling for Solutions

  17-04-2024 18:13 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Forced to hide her true self, Joe Horras' transgender daughter struggled with depression and anxiety until 3 years ago, when she began to take medication to block the onset of puberty. The gender-affirming treatment helped the...
  
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• House Panel Says China Subsidizes Fentanyl Production to Fuel U.S. Crisis

  17-04-2024 17:23 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- China is fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. by directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials that are used by traffickers to make the drug outside the country, according to a report released Tuesday by a special House...
  
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• Doc Manipulated Organ Database? Hospital Board Targeted; Biotech Security Threat?

  17-04-2024 17:18 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
  Texas Surgeon Accused of Making Transplant Patients Ineligible for Care
  Officials are investigating...
  
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• Oral Antibiotics Alone Miss the Mark for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis

  17-04-2024 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- For patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, the noninferiority of oral antibiotics alone compared with a combination of intravenous and oral antibiotics could not be demonstrated in a secondary analysis of the phase III...
  
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• Death After Hemorrhoid Cream; Working Late and Illness; Full-Blown Hoarding

  17-04-2024 15:32 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  A California woman died of lead poisoning associated with use of castor oil hemorrhoid ointment produced in Vietnam. (People)
  A bill passed by the British parliament...
  
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• No New Safety Signals Seen With Migraine Prevention Drug

  16-04-2024 23:49 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- DENVER--No new safety signals emerged with daily atogepant (Qulipta) for migraine prevention, an interim analysis of a long-term safety extension study showed, and improvements in efficacy were sustained.
  After an average...
  
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• Lawmakers Take Up Fallout From Change Healthcare Cyberattack

  16-04-2024 23:45 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Over $1,000 for diabetes test strips? That's what one patient was told he would have to pay during the Change Healthcare cyberattack earlier this year, a lawmaker said at a House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing...
  
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• The H5N1 Outbreak Is Not a Test Run, It's a Warning Shot

  16-04-2024 23:10 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (HPAI) (H5N1) in dairy herds across the U.S. appears to be expanding, with over two dozen farms being affected in eight states. Although only one mild human case in a dairy...
  
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• Only One Harm From mRNA COVID Vaccines, Report Determines

  16-04-2024 22:59 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Independent reviewers confirmed a causal relationship between the first mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and myocarditis, and also determined that, more broadly, intramuscular shots can cause a series of shoulder injuries.
  At the same...
  
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• Improper Payments in Medicare and Medicaid: Who's at Fault?

  16-04-2024 22:46 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Republicans and Democrats took two very different approaches Tuesday to the issue of improper payments made by the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
  "For fiscal year 2023, GAO [the Government Accountability Office] reports that...
  
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• Possible Pulmonary Benefit With Viltolarsen for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

  16-04-2024 20:59 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- DENVER--Viltolarsen (Viltepso) was well tolerated by boys and men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), with no new safety signals, according to results from the open-label, phase II Galactic53 trial.
  The results also...
  
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• The California Saga: Why Some DOs Fear Combined Medical Boards

  16-04-2024 20:57 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- This is a sidebar to a story on combined MD and DO state medical boards. For the main story, click here.
  If DOs fear they'd be robbed of their autonomy and philosophy and suffer unfairly at the hands of MD-dominated boards...
  
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• Should DOs and MDs Have Separate Licensing Boards? They Still Do in 13 States

  16-04-2024 20:57 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Tom Takubo, DO, an osteopathic physician and pulmonary critical care specialist, is exasperated and crestfallen.
  Since 2017, the West Virginia state senator has questioned why his state has two separate agencies to license and...
  
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• Can Testosterone Aid Women's Menopausal Symptoms?

  16-04-2024 19:58 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- In 2022, Aisha Kabia started to experience symptoms she originally thought could be long COVID: brain fog, fatigue, and joint pain. As an actor based in Los Angeles, she was used to memorizing huge chunks of dialogue, but she...
  
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• Brenzavvy vs Farxiga for T2D; PFAS in Seafood; 100 Deaths Linked to GLP-1 Drugs?

  16-04-2024 19:49 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Bexagliflozin (Brenzavvy) and dapagliflozin (Farxiga) induced similar HbA1c reductions over 24 weeks in a head-to-head phase III trial of the SGLT2 inhibitors in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes on metformin. (Journal of Diabetes...
  
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• Novel Chlamydia Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Trial

  16-04-2024 19:28 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- An investigational vaccine against chlamydia (CTH522) induced neutralizing antibodies in all participants who received it, and with no major safety concerns, results of a phase I trial showed.
  A 100% fourfold seroconversion...
  
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