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• Paradoxical Eczema Risk Low With Biologic Psoriasis Tx Ali Al-Janabi, MA, and associates found that 273 (1%) of approximately 25,000 drug exposures in 13,699 biologic-treated patients with psoriasis were associated with paradoxical eczema.
  MDedge News, December 22, 2023
• Flavored E-cigs Still Sold to Minors, Despite Law Online sales of flavored e-cigarettes to minors appeared to continue, despite a California law.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2023
• How an Obesity Drug Could Help Alcohol Use Disorder Promising preclinical and early clinical data suggest a role for GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy in treating alcohol use disorder.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2023
• Docs Win $7 Million Settlement in Forced Retirement Case For 2 years, a San Diego–based medical group required physicians to quit at age 75.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2023
• Many Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Stop Meds After a Year Often, patients with type 2 diabetes on second-line medication discontinue their therapy within a year, warn US researchers who highlight the need for new prescribing approaches.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2023
• New Research Aims to Unravel Both ME/CFS and Long COVID A 2-day research conference sponsored by the US National Institutes of Health highlighted research that points to mechanisms that suggest potentially "druggable" pathways.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2023
• Low-Dose Naltrexone Researcher Disputes Study Negativity Neuroinflammation expert Jarred Younger, PhD, disputes commentary calling for clinicians to stop prescribing the off-label compounded medication to reduce pain in people with fibromyalgia.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2023
• A New Test Could Save Arthritis Patients Time, Money, Pain Stories of chronic pain, drug-hopping, and insurance meddling are all too common among patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Precision medicine offers new hope.
  KFF Health News, December 21, 2023
• The Latest Findings on Major Breast Cancer Trials Here's a roundup of the most recent data from five phase 3 trials presented at SABCS 2023.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2023
• COVID Strain JN.1 Is Now a 'Variant of Interest,' WHO Says JN.1 was previously grouped with its relative, BA.2.86, but has increased so much in the past 4 weeks that the WHO moved it to standalone status.
  WebMD Health News, December 21, 2023
• Despite X-Waiver Elimination, Buprenorphine Rx Decline After the elimination of the mandatory training required to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder, prescriptions for the drug declined the next year, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• Passing of Dr Jean-Philippe Collet The cardiology community mourns the loss of its internationally renowned member, who was equally talented in research and clinical practice.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• No Impact of Race on Cardiovascular Risk Calculations A recent study adds to the growing body of evidence questioning the role of race-based stratification for specific clinical measures.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• ECG Deep-Learning Algorithm Predicts Mortality Post Surgery A novel deep-learning algorithm outperformed a conventional risk score in predicting post-surgery mortality.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• Thyroidectomy Beneficial but Risky for Hashimoto Disease Unconventional approach leads to improved general health scores but "unacceptably high" 14% complication rate.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• Obesity Associated With More Severe MIS-C Outcomes Clinicians should consider obesity as a comorbid factor at the clinical presentation of children with MIS-C, according to researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• Cardiologists Cry Foul on Coronary Stent Overuse Report Clinicians question the group's methodology, but the Lown Institute, that produced the report, stands by its methods and conclusions.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• Female Patients With PCI Benefit From Abbreviated DAPT Women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention who receive abbreviated rather than standard dual antiplatelet therapy have similar outcomes to men despite higher baseline risk.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• Systemic Bias in AI Models May Undermine Diagnostic Accuracy However, standard AI model predictions enhanced diagnostic accuracy by 4.4%.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• Patients Facing Death Are Choosing a Lifesaving Heart Device The HeartMate 3 is considered the safest mechanical heart pump of its kind, but a federal database has more than 4500 reports in which the medical device may have caused a patient's death.
  KFF Health News, December 20, 2023
• COVID Vaccines Likely Reversed Premature Birth Trend Researchers suggest this provides further evidence of benefit of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination before or during pregnancy.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
• Exercise Improves Physical, Cognitive Health in Down Synd 'The findings are significant and offer a crucial challenge to the [Down syndrome] and wider societies.'
  MDedge News, December 01, 2023
• EADV 2023 Novel Subcutaneous Biologics Show Promise in AD Patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis could soon have more therapeutic options, with monoclonal antibodies targeting novel immune pathways that reduce disease severity, suggest two trials.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
• What Is the Dark Side of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists? Doctors who prescribe this class of medication should be aware of the rare side effects with which it is associated, said an obesity expert.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
• FTC Chief Gears Up for a Showdown With Private Equity Lina Khan, chair of the FTC, says a recent lawsuit is meant to chill the consolidation of medical groups that results in higher prices for consumers. But it may be too late to curb price hikes.
  KFF Health News, December 01, 2023
• Patients Exposed to HIV, Hepatitis at Salem Hospital At least 450 patients at Mass General Brigham, Salem Hospital, near Boston are at risk of HIV and hepatitis infection, according to a lawsuit claiming negligent intravenous medication administration.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
• ACG 2023 Tool Identifies Alcohol Relapse Risk After Liver Transplant A novel prognostic tool based on social determinants effectively predicted increased risk of alcohol use relapse in adults who underwent liver transplants for alcoholic liver disease.
  MDedge News, December 01, 2023
• SABCS 2023 SABCS 2023 Highlights Breast Cancer De-Escalation From humble beginnings in 1977, 10,000 people are expected to attend this year's breast cancer meeting in San Antonio.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
• Meta-Analysis: Suicide Risk Not Increased With Isotretinoin In fact, those treated with the drug for severe acne may have a lower risk for suicide attempts 2-4 years after treatment, according to the study authors.
  MDedge News, December 01, 2023
• Long-Acting PrEP in Europe's Fight Against HIV Europe's advances in HIV prevention strategies, including PrEP and long-acting retrovirals, bring hope amidst persistent access challenges and disparities.
  Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
• AMA: Some AI Use in Medicine Should Require Docs' Consent The largest US physician organization seeks greater accountability about insurers' use of AI-enabled tools as well as limits on physician liability in connection with these products.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• ACC/AHA Issue Updated Atrial Fibrillation Guideline The new guideline proposes a new way to classify AF, emphasizes the importance of early rhythm control and lifestyle modification, and gives catheter ablation a Class 1 indication.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• Ohio Group Scores Record Hypertension Control Rates Artificial intelligence is vastly improving blood pressure control at one Midwestern primary care practice. Could your group do the same?
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• Dietary Supplements May Play a Role in Managing Vitiligo Dietary supplements have a role in the integrative treatment of vitiligo, largely through antioxidant pathways and as an adjuvant to phototherapy.
  MDedge News, November 30, 2023
• ACG 2023 Two Choices for Resection Defect Repair Show Similar Success Two novel devices are similarly effective for tissue approximation of large endoscopic resection defects, but each has advantages.
  MDedge News, November 30, 2023
• Hemorrhage-Control Device Holds Up in Real-World Review An intrauterine vacuum-induced hemorrhage-control device provided prompt and effective management of bleeding in cases of obstetric hemorrhage.
  MDedge News, November 30, 2023
• Pilonidal Disease: Study Finds Laser Hair Removal Beneficial The study compared laser epilation plus standard of care with standard care alone for patients aged 11-20 years with pilonidal disease.
  MDedge News, November 30, 2023
• AHA, AAP Update Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines The update addresses use of intact umbilical cord management in preterm, late preterm, and term newborns. It also lists optimal devices and interfaces to administer positive-pressure ventilation.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• Small-Volume Bloodwork Tubes May Reduce Transfusions in ICUs Decreasing blood supply use could also preserve blood products for patients undergoing cancer treatment or surgery and for those with trauma or other illnesses.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• Late-Life Increases in Pulmonary Pressure, Hypertension Age-related increases in pulmonary artery systolic pressure occur in concert with worsening left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and contribute to late-life dyspnea, new data show.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023