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• Many Older Adults Don't Receive Palliative Care Before Death A tool that estimates mortality risk could help clinicians determine which patients receiving home care are close to death and might benefit from palliative care.
  Medscape Medical News, February 28, 2024
• FDA Clears Over-the-Counter Pulse Oximeter Over-the-counter option was designed for home monitoring by adults aged 18 years and older.
  Medscape Medical News, February 28, 2024
• Seladelpar Could 'Raise the Bar' in PBC Treatment The investigational agent significantly improved liver biomarkers of disease activity and symptoms of pruritus in adults with PBC enrolled in a phase 3 trial.
  Medscape Medical News, February 28, 2024
• Biological Sex Differences: Key to Understanding Long COVID? New evidence continues to suggest a complicated link between sex hormone fluctuation and immune dysfunction in long COVID.
  Medscape Medical News, February 28, 2024
• Bariatric Surgery Tops Usual Care in Type 2 Diabetes Combined data from four randomized clinical trials showed ongoing lower A1c levels, diabetes medication use, and diabetes remission rates at 7 years.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2024
• Minerva Neurosciences Falls as US FDA Declines to Approve Drug for Schizophrenia Symptoms Minerva Neurosciences said on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declined to approve its drug to regulate behavioral changes in patients with...
  Reuters Health Information, February 27, 2024
• Ebola Vaccine Saves Lives Even After Exposure Data suggested that the vaccine reduces the risk for infection and reduces mortality rates by half.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2024
• Moderate to Severe TBI Linked to Brain Cancer Risk Moderate/severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with an increased risk for brain cancer, new research showed.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2024
• Gout Increases the Risk for a Wide Range of CVDs Women with gout had a higher risk for CVD than men, and younger adults had a more pronounced risk than controls.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2024
• Is Stretching Now Underrated? Accumulating Research Says Yes While experts debate the effectiveness of stretching, some research is uncovering surprising benefits like strength gains, longevity, and cardiovascular health.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2024
• Is Metformin a 'Drug for All Diseases'? Metformin, a staple of glucose management for decades, is now being studied for use in a wide range of diseases from carotid atherosclerosis to vitiligo.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2024
• What Level of Lp(a) Indicates Increased CVD Risk? The threshold of Lp(a) linked to increased risk for cardiovascular events may be different for primary and secondary prevention populations, new data suggested.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2024
• MOC Woes? This System Might Be the Solution ABIM faces backlash as internists rebel against costly, time-consuming MOC exam. Can longitudinal assessments offer a smoother path to board certification?
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2024
• ECCO 2024 Novel Biotherapeutic to Be Tested in Ulcerative Colitis An investigational combination of eight strains of bacteria known collectively as MB310 — a live biotherapeutic product — is due to start its first clinical trial in ulcerative colitis.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2024
• ECCO 2024 AI-Identified Vascular Healing Can Predict Relapse in UC An AI-assisted image-enhanced endoscopy system accurately assessed vascular healing and predicted clinical relapse in patients with ulcerative colitis.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2024
• Florida's Stance on Measles Upends Expert Guidance The best protection is vaccination in advance, experts stressed, along with quarantining if sick. But clinics can take some steps to protect vulnerable patients.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2024
• Uzbek Court Sentences 23 Over Contaminated Cough Syrup Deaths A court in Uzbekistan sentenced 23 people to prison terms on Monday over the deaths of 68 children linked to contaminated cough syrups produced by India's Marion Biotech,...
  Reuters Health Information, February 26, 2024
• Pollutants and High Temperatures Linked With Kidney Changes The exposures are associated with alterations in urinary and renal biomarkers that could reflect subclinical glomerular or tubular injury, data suggested.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2024
• Reduced-Dose Vaccines Protect Patients With HIV Against Mpox The smallpox vaccine effectively induces immunity against mpox virus infection in patients with HIV, although patients with low lymphocyte counts require booster doses.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2024
• Can Microbiome Shifts Predict DMARD Response in RA? An observational study in the United Kingdom found that patients with RA who started taking antirheumatic drugs had changes in their microbiome after 6 and 12 weeks.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2024