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• FDA Approves First Rapid-Acting Insulin Biosimilar for Patients With Diabetes

  19-02-2025 23:06 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025-- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Merilog (insulin-aspart-szjj) as a biosimilar to Novolog (insulin aspart) for adults and pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus.Merilog is a rapid-acting human...
  
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• FDA Approves Merilog, First Rapid-Acting Insulin Biosimilar for Patients With Diabetes

  19-02-2025 23:02 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Merilog (insulin-aspart-szjj) as a biosimilar to Novolog (insulin aspart) for adults and pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus.
  Merilog is a rapid-acting human...
  
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• American Stroke Association, Feb. 5-7

  19-02-2025 22:59 via drugs.com
  The annual International Stroke Conference of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association was held from Feb. 5 to 7 in Los Angeles and drew participants from around the world, including cerebrovascular research and practice experts...
  
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• Benzoyl Peroxide Formulation Characteristics Explain Variation in Benzene Levels

  19-02-2025 20:18 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025-- Formulation characteristics can explain much of the observed variation in benzene levels of over-the-counter benzoyl peroxide-containing products, according to a research letter published online Feb. 12 in JAMA...
  
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• Scientists Have New Theory About Record Heat

  19-02-2025 19:15 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025— You aren't imagining it: The cloud cover isn't what it used to be, and scientists say it is helping fuel Earth's hottest temperatures on record.Global temperatures clocked in at roughly 1.5 degrees Celsius above p...
  
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• Trump Administration Reverses Plan to End Free COVID Test Program

  19-02-2025 17:02 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- The Trump administration changed course on Tuesday, deciding to keep the government's free COVID test program running, just minutes before the website, COVIDtests.gov, was set to shut down.
  Earlier that day, The...
  
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• Traumatic Experiences Associated With Endometriosis

  19-02-2025 16:02 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- Traumatic experiences are independently associated with endometriosis, according to a study published online Feb. 5 in JAMA Psychiatry.
  Dora Koller, Ph.D., from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and...
  
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• Talazoparib + Enzalutamide Tied to Improved Overall Survival in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

  19-02-2025 16:02 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- For patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) unselected for homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene alterations, talazoparib (TALA) + enzalutamide (ENZA) is associated with improved overall...
  
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• Minority Groups Less Likely to Receive Diagnostic Services After Abnormal Mammogram

  19-02-2025 16:02 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- For patients after screening mammography, onsite availability of most diagnostic services is similar across race and ethnicity groups, but minority groups are less likely to receive standard-of-care diagnostic imaging...
  
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• Legalized Sportsbooks Tied to More Searches for Gambling Addiction

  19-02-2025 16:02 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- National increases in online searches for gambling addiction occurred after legalization of sportsbooks, according to a study published online Feb. 17 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
  Atharva Yeola, from the University of...
  
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• Depression Tied to Having More Physical Health Conditions

  19-02-2025 16:02 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- Middle-aged and older adults with a history of depression have more long-term physical health conditions at baseline and develop additional physical conditions at a faster rate than those without a history of depression...
  
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• Denied by Insurance? Why Fighting Back Sometimes Works

  19-02-2025 16:02 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- After three years, $40,000 in medical bills and five insurance denials, April and Justin Beck finally won their battle to get life-changing treatment for their 9-year-old daughter, Emily.
  Emily, once an energetic...
  
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• De-Escalating DAPT to Ticagrelor Monotherapy Cuts Bleeding Risk in Acute Coronary Syndrome

  19-02-2025 16:02 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- For patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, de-escalating dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) to P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy is associated with lower bleeding risk...
  
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• Calls to Poison Centers on the Rise for Pediatric Exposures to Caffeine Energy Products

  19-02-2025 16:02 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- Pediatric exposures to caffeine energy products reported to U.S. poison centers increased from 2011 to 2023, although most exposures had minimal clinical effects, according to a study published online Jan. 31 in the...
  
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• 2008 to 2017 Saw Increase in Prevalence of Seniors Free From Disabilities

  19-02-2025 16:02 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- From 2008 to 2017, there was an increase in the prevalence of being free of all disabilities among the U.S. population aged 65 years or older, according to a study published in the March issue of the Archives of...
  
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• Women Of Color Receive Slower Response To A Bad Mammogram

  19-02-2025 12:50 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025-- Women of color are less likely to receive prompt follow-up testing after abnormal mammogram results, a new study has found.Minority women are less likely than white women to receive a same-day advanced imaging or biopsy...
  
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• Docs Don't Track Pregnancy Complications That Threaten Long-Term Health

  19-02-2025 12:40 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025-- Women who develop a complication like diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy are at higher risk of stroke or heart disease in the years after delivery.Unfortunately, their doctors aren’t taking this health risk...
  
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• Blood Test Could Guide Better Diet For Irritable Bowel Syndrome

  19-02-2025 12:30 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025-- A blood test can help people with irritable bowel syndrome cut out specific trigger foods most likely to worsen their condition, a new study suggests.About 60% of IBS patients who followed a diet guided by the results of...
  
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• Arthritis Sufferers Don't Get The Mental Health Support They Need, Study Says

  19-02-2025 12:20 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025-- People with inflammatory arthritis run a substantially increased risk for mood disorders like depression and anxiety.But these mental health concerns aren’t being adequately addressed by doctors, a new study s...
  
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• Drug Can Stave Off Organ Damage From Lupus

  19-02-2025 12:10 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025-- Lupus can do irreversible harm to a person’s organs, damaging the lungs, kidneys, heart, liver and other vital organs through inflammation.But a newer lupus drug appears to protect patients from much of this organ d...
  
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• Saphnelo Can Stave Off Organ Damage From Lupus

  19-02-2025 12:02 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 -- Lupus can do irreversible harm to a person’s organs, damaging the lungs, kidneys, heart, liver and other vital organs through inflammation.
  But a newer lupus drug appears to protect patients from much of this organ...
  
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• Unhealthy Eating Linked To Female Incontinence

  19-02-2025 12:00 via drugs.com
  WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025-- A junk-food lifestyle might contribute to embarrassing little leaks in middle-aged women, a new study suggests.Women who often munch fast food or packaged eats appear more likely to develop urinary incontinence...
  
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