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• Study Looks at Palliative Care Use in Adolescents, Young Adults With Cancer

  20-10-2023 23:57 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- For adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer, the likelihood of receiving specialty palliative care (SPC) is increased for those reporting moderate or severe symptoms, according to a study published online Oct. 20 in...
  
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• Social Stigma Associated With Adult Facial Acne

  20-10-2023 23:54 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- Acne patterns significantly influence how individuals are perceived in social settings, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, held from Oct. 11 to 14 in...
  
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• Wheelchair Users Have Worse Outcomes After Shoulder Arthroplasty

  20-10-2023 23:51 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- People who use wheelchairs are nearly three times more likely to experience hospital readmission following total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) versus individuals undergoing TSA for rotator cuff tear who do not use a...
  
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• Patients' Geography Impacts Guideline-Concordant COPD Care

  20-10-2023 23:49 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- Geographical challenges to accessing care increase the likelihood of receiving guideline-discordant inhaler regimens following hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, according to a...
  
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• CVS Pulling Popular Cold Meds From Shelves After Report Deems Them to Be Useless

  20-10-2023 23:45 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- CVS Health plans to pull cold medications that contain phenylephrine from its store shelves after federal regulators determined recently that the decongestant does not work.
  Oral phenylephrine is an active ingredient in such...
  
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• Opioid Use Down With High-Frequency Electrical Stimulation Device After C-Section

  20-10-2023 18:05 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- Use of a high-frequency electrical stimulation device after cesarean delivery is associated with reduced opioid use, according to a study published online Oct. 20 in JAMA Network Open.
  Jennifer L. Grasch, M.D., from The Ohio...
  
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• Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Beneficial in Pediatric IBD

  20-10-2023 18:03 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- For pediatric patients with mild-to-moderate inflammatory bowel disease, transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (ta-VNS) attenuates signs and symptoms of disease, according to a study published online Oct. 18 in...
  
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• Red Meat Intake Linked to Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

  20-10-2023 18:00 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- Intake of red meat is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a study published online Oct. 19 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
  Xiao Gu, Ph.D., from the Harvard T. H. Chan...
  
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• SARS-CoV-2 Infection Linked to Incidence of BPH Complications

  20-10-2023 17:58 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with an increased incidence of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) complications, including urine retention and hematuria, according to a...
  
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• Stress, Depression Linked to MCI, Alzheimer Disease

  20-10-2023 17:54 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- Chronic stress and depression are associated with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease, according to a study published online Oct. 2 in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy.
  Johanna Wallensten, from Danderyd...
  
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• Insomnia Prevention Program Beneficial for At-Risk Adolescents

  20-10-2023 17:46 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- Adolescents at risk for insomnia can benefit from an insomnia prevention program, according to a study published online Oct. 6 in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
  Si-Jing Chen, Ph.D., from The Chinese...
  
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• Tolerable Treatments Lacking for Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes

  20-10-2023 17:43 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- There is a clear, unmet need for tolerable treatments that can produce durable remission among patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (HR-MDS), according to a study published online Sept. 7 in Leukemia &...
  
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• High Risk for Psychiatric Disorders Seen Before Dementia Diagnosis

  20-10-2023 17:37 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- Patients with dementia have markedly increased risks for psychiatric disorders before dementia diagnosis, according to a study published online Oct. 17 in JAMA Network Open.
  Minjia Mo, Ph.D., from the Karolinska Institutet...
  
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• Kidney Disease Impacts Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery

  20-10-2023 17:35 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- Early-stage chronic kidney disease has a negative impact on short-term weight loss outcomes after bariatric metabolic surgery, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in Obesity Surgery.
  João Pereira, from the School...
  
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• More Serious Adverse Events Seen With Debulking + Systemic Therapy in Metastatic CRC

  20-10-2023 17:28 via drugs.com
  
  FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 -- For patients with multiorgan metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), adding maximum tumor debulking to systemic therapy is associated with more serious adverse events but no difference in health-related quality of life (HRQoL),...
  
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• Merck and Daiichi Sankyo announce ADC agreement worth up to $22bn

  20-10-2023 13:44
  
  The companies will jointly develop and commercialise three of Daiichi Sankyo’s cancer candidates
  
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• Bristol Myers Squibb’s subcutaneous Opdivo shows promise in kidney cancer trial

  20-10-2023 13:44
  
  More than 430,000 new cases of renal cell carcinoma are diagnosed globally every year
  
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• UCL study finds certain ethnicities experience greater effect of dementia risk factors

  20-10-2023 13:43
  
  Researchers analysed health data from nearly one million adults in England
  
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• Female Teens With Family History of Mood Disorder Prone to Weight Gain

  20-10-2023 00:09 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 -- Female offspring of parents with mood disorders have increased z body mass index (BMI) compared with controls of unaffected parents starting at about 12 years of age, according to a study published online Oct. 19 in JAMA...
  
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• Live Birth More Likely in ART Cycles With Gestational Carrier

  20-10-2023 00:07 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 -- The likelihood of live birth is increased among assisted reproductive technology cycles with versus without a gestational carrier, according to a research letter published online Oct. 18 in the Journal of the American...
  
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• Earlier Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Lower Life Expectancy

  20-10-2023 00:04 via drugs.com
  
  THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 -- Every decade of earlier diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is associated with a lower life expectancy, according to a study published online Sept. 11 in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
  Stephen Kaptoge, Ph.D., from the...
  
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