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• UEG: Disability Burden for Alcohol-Related Cirrhosis, Heart Failure Identified

  22-10-2026 22:26 via Drugs.com - News for Health Professionals
  THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2026-- Western Europe has the highest disability burden associated with alcohol-related cirrhosis complicated by heart failure, according to a study presented at UEG Week, the annual meeting of United European Gastroenterology...
  
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• Prevalence of Binge Eating 40.5 Percent in U.S. High School Students

  22-10-2026 22:23 via Drugs.com - News for Health Professionals
  THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2026-- The prevalence of binge eating at least one day in the past 30 days is 40.5 percent in U.S. high school students, according to a study published online Oct. 15 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.Ryan Saelee, Ph.D...
  
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• Early Uptake Was Rapid for Oral Semaglutide Relative to Injectables

  22-10-2026 17:42 via Drugs.com - News for Health Professionals
  THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2026-- Early uptake was rapid for oral semaglutide (Wegovy pill) relative to injectable incretin-based weight management therapies, according to a study published online Oct. 13 in Annals of Internal Medicine.Yara Jelwan, M.D...
  
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• Initiating Vasopressin at Lower Threshold Does Not Reduce Septic Shock Mortality

  22-10-2026 17:39 via Drugs.com - News for Health Professionals
  THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2026-- A strategy recommending initiation of vasopressin at a lower dose of other vasopressors does not reduce 28-day mortality for patients in septic shock, according to a study published online Oct. 14 in the Journal of the...
  
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• Cardiovascular Consequences of Continued Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use Identified

  22-10-2026 17:34 via Drugs.com - News for Health Professionals
  THURSDAY, Oct. 22 2026-- Continued anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) use is associated with sustained left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, LV systolic dysfunction, and worsening diastolic function, which is reversible after discontinuation of AAS...
  
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• Medical Device Adverse Event Reports Often Incomplete, Inaccurate

  22-10-2026 17:25 via Drugs.com - News for Health Professionals
  THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2026-- Medical device adverse event reports are frequently incomplete, inaccurate, and delayed, according to a study published online Oct. 14 in The BMJ.Alyssa Zhou, from the University of California, San Francisco, and...
  
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• Early Rhythm Control Beneficial for Patients With A-Fib, Stroke

  22-10-2026 17:10 via Drugs.com - News for Health Professionals
  THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2026 -- For patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and acute ischemic stroke, early initiation of rhythm control is associated with a lower risk for recurrent stroke or systemic embolism (SE), according to a study published online...
  
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• AHA: Risk for Falls Elevated in Older Adults With Masked Hypertension

  22-10-2026 17:10 via Drugs.com - News for Health Professionals
  THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2026 -- Masked hypertension (higher home than office blood pressure [BP]) is associated with a higher risk for falls in older adults, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association Hypertension Scientific...
  
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• Adults With Type 1 Diabetes More Likely to Have Depressive, Anxiety Symptoms

  22-10-2026 17:10 via Drugs.com - News for Health Professionals
  THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2026 -- Adults with type 1 diabetes have a higher prevalence of depressive and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms than those with type 2 diabetes or without diabetes, according to a research letter published online Oct...
  
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• AACR: Rural Populations Have Higher Breast Cancer Mortality

  22-10-2026 17:10 via Drugs.com - News for Health Professionals
  THURSDAY, Oct. 22, 2026 -- Rural populations experience higher breast cancer mortality, and the rural-urban gap is expected to widen by 2035, according to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Conference on The Science of...
  
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• HbA1c, Weight Increases Seen After Antipsychotic Initiation

  22-10-2026 00:21 via Drugs.com - News for Health Professionals
  WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 2026-- Antipsychotic treatment initiation is associated with rapid increases in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and weight, according to a study published in the November issue of The Lancet Psychiatry.Juan Carlos Bazo-Alvarez, Ph.D...
  
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• Some Benefits Found for GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Older Adults With MASLD

  22-10-2026 00:15 via Drugs.com - News for Health Professionals
  WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21, 2026-- For older adults with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) treatment is associated with lower risks for hepatic decompensation...
  
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