TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- Health care workers who serve millions of Americans could strike Wednesday if Kaiser Permanente and union workers do not reach an agreement.More than 75,000 members of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions are poised...
https://www.drugs.com/news/strike-wednesday-possible-more-than-75-000-kaiser-permanente-union-workers-115339.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- Pharmaceutical companies that make the 10 prescription drugs chosen to be the first for price negotiations for Medicare patients have agreed to talks with the government.The Biden administration announced Tuesday that the...
https://www.drugs.com/news/u-s-government-talks-major-companies-prices-115342.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- Federal regulators are cautioning doctors not to give probiotics to preterm infants. An infant given probiotics at an undisclosed hospital has died, U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said in a recent warning...
https://www.drugs.com/news/probiotics-given-preemies-can-dangerous-fda-warns-115338.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- A machine learning model that uses only data on age, smoking duration, and pack-years can predict lung cancer risk and identify who needs lung cancer screening with better performance than currently used methods, according...
https://www.drugs.com/news/machine-learning-can-better-id-needs-lung-cancer-screening-115340.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- Maternal psychosocial stress and COVID-19 infection during pregnancy may have joint effects on infant attention at six months, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in Pediatric Research.Denise M. Werchan, Ph.D.,...
https://www.drugs.com/news/maternal-psychosocial-stress-covid-19-infection-tied-infant-attentional-processing-115341.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- For patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA), a higher total vascular score (TVS) based on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging at diagnosis is associated with a greater increase in...
https://www.drugs.com/news/total-vascular-score-pet-scans-prognostic-giant-cell-arteritis-115333.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- Cystic fibrosis (CF)-related mortality rates declined and the median age of death among CF decedents increased in the United States from 1999 to 2020, according to a study published online Sept. 12 in Scientific...
https://www.drugs.com/news/1999-2020-saw-decrease-cystic-fibrosis-related-mortality-115331.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- Women aged younger than 50 years have a markedly lower hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) distribution than men, according to a study published online Sept. 30 in Diabetes Therapy to coincide with the annual meeting of the European...
https://www.drugs.com/news/threshold-diabetes-diagnosis-may-women-under-50-115330.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- A clinical pharmacist and health coach-delivered mobile health intervention can improve blood glucose levels in African American and Latinx populations, according to a study published online Sept. 29 in JAMA Network...
https://www.drugs.com/news/mhealth-delivered-coaching-cuts-blood-glucose-levels-patients-diabetes-115329.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- For adults with a history of smoking and normal spirometry, suspected bronchiectasis is associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality, according to a study published online Oct. 3 in the Annals of Internal...
https://www.drugs.com/news/suspected-bronchiectasis-linked-mortality-normal-spirometry-115334.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- The greater the degree of endolymphatic hydrops, the greater the hearing loss in patients with Meniere disease, according to a study published in the September-October issue of the Brazilian Journal of...
https://www.drugs.com/news/endolymphatic-hydrops-denotes-degree-hearing-loss-meniere-115323.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- Sexual and gender-minority (SGM) patients with chronic inflammatory skin diseases (CISDs) are more likely to experience cost and noncost barriers to care, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in JAMA...
https://www.drugs.com/news/sexual-gender-minorities-chronic-skin-diseases-more-likely-face-barriers-care-115326.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- Minimally invasive transperineal laser ablation (TPLA) of the prostate appears effective for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a review published online Sept. 21 in Therapeutic Advances in Urology.Lazaros...
https://www.drugs.com/news/minimally-invasive-transperineal-laser-ablation-prostate-appears-effective-115324.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- There have been some increases in diversity in early-phase cancer clinical trials since 2000, according to a study presented at the 16th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities...
https://www.drugs.com/news/diversity-early-phase-cancer-trials-improved-since-2000-115328.htmlTUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 -- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is strongly associated with gout, according to a study published online Sept. 1 in JGH Open.Osama Hamid, M.B.B.S., from the Cleveland Clinic, and colleagues investigated the association...
https://www.drugs.com/news/inflammatory-bowel-tied-higher-risk-gout-115325.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- Maternal COVID-19 vaccination provides some protection against COVID-19-related hospitalization among infants, especially those aged younger than 3 months, according to research published in the Sept. 29 issue of the U.S....
https://www.drugs.com/news/maternal-covid-19-vaccination-provides-some-protection-infants-115313.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- This year's Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to two scientists who laid the groundwork years ago for the mRNA research that made COVID-19 vaccines possible.Katalin Karikó, M.D., the 13th woman...
https://www.drugs.com/news/covid-19-vaccine-pioneers-awarded-nobel-prize-medicine-115309.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- Young Black patients with type 1 diabetes have clinically relevant higher average hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) at any given level of mean blood glucose level than White patients, according to a study published online Sept. 12 in...
https://www.drugs.com/news/hba1c-higher-black-youth-type-1-diabetes-versus-white-youth-115312.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- Most adolescent electronic cigarette users do not use cessation resources in their attempts to quit, according to a study published online Oct. 2 in Pediatrics.Hongying Daisy Dai, Ph.D., from the University of Nebraska...
https://www.drugs.com/news/most-adolescent-vapers-do-not-cessation-resources-115314.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- Adults with bipolar disorders have a higher body mass index (BMI) and a higher prevalence of obesity than the general population, according to a study published online Sept. 20 in the The American Journal of...
https://www.drugs.com/news/patients-bipolar-disorders-more-likely-have-higher-bmi-obesity-115311.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- About one-third of participants with transient new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) during hospitalization for noncardiac surgery or medical illness have recurrent AF within one year, according to a study published online Oct....
https://www.drugs.com/news/one-third-transient-new-onset-fib-have-recurrence-115315.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is poised to recommend use of a powerful antibiotic to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs). On Monday, the CDC issued draft recommendations, recommending doctors...
https://www.drugs.com/news/doxycycline-post-sexual-activity-sti-prevention-encouraged-cdc-115310.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- There was a significant increase in palliative care use among metastatic breast cancer patients from 2004 to 2020, but use remains suboptimal, according to a study presented at the 16th AACR Conference on the Science of...
https://www.drugs.com/news/one-five-metastatic-breast-cancer-patients-receive-palliative-care-115303.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- Children with atopic dermatitis (AD) are more likely to have positive patch test (PPT) reactions, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.Hadley Johnson, from the...
https://www.drugs.com/news/children-eczema-more-likely-have-allergic-contact-dermatitis-115306.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- Yoga therapy may improve physical well-being and left ventricular function among heart failure patients on guideline-directed optimal medical therapy, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology Asia...
https://www.drugs.com/news/yoga-may-aid-heart-failure-outcomes-added-optimal-medical-therapy-115305.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- A chest radiography foundation model demonstrates racial and sex-related bias, which may lead to disparate performance across patient groups, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in Radiology: Artificial...
https://www.drugs.com/news/racial-sex-linked-bias-id-d-chest-radiography-foundation-models-115301.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- For patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), a minimal axial diameter (MAD) threshold of 6 mm for retropharyngeal lymph node (RLN) predicts survival, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in the American Journal...
https://www.drugs.com/news/threshold-6-mm-retropharyngeal-lymph-node-predicts-pfs-nasopharyngeal-carcinoma-115304.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- Nearly one in 20 U.S. adults live with co-occurring chronic pain and clinically significant anxiety and/or depression (A/D), according to a study published online Sept. 21 in PAIN.Jennifer S. De La Rosa, Ph.D., from...
https://www.drugs.com/news/one-20-u-s-adults-have-co-occurring-chronic-pain-anxiety-depression-115299.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- For women with overactive bladder symptoms, supervised pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) does not provide additional improvement over bladder training, according to a study published online Sept. 18 in Neurourology...
https://www.drugs.com/news/pelvic-floor-muscle-training-no-better-than-bladder-training-overactive-bladder-115300.htmlMONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- Women considering breast reconstruction preferentially value different attributes of their treatment, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in JAMA Surgery.Ronnie L. Shammas, M.D., from Duke University in Durham,...
https://www.drugs.com/news/preferred-breast-reconstruction-method-tied-varying-attributes-115298.htmlSubcutaneous Form of Entyvio Approved for Ulcerative ColitisIn addition to the intravenous (IV) formulation, the FDA has now approved subcutaneous (SC) Entyvio (vedolizumab) for maintenance therapy in adults with moderately-to-severely active...
https://www.drugs.com/news/monthly-news-roundup-september-2023-115288.htmlFRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 -- The well-being of caregivers of adult cancer patients is often overlooked in cancer care, according to a study published online Sept. 21 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.Chandylen L. Nightingale, Ph.D.,...
https://www.drugs.com/news/most-oncology-practices-do-not-screen-caregiver-well-being-115284.htmlFRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 -- While guidelines for cancer screening have begun factoring in life expectancy, a new poll shows a majority of older adults disagree with age cutoffs based on how long a person is expected to live.The University of...
https://www.drugs.com/news/most-older-americans-object-cancer-screening-cutoffs-based-expectancy-poll-115282.htmlFRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 -- There is no evidence of an association between legal changes that removed or substantially reduced criminal penalties for drug possession in Oregon and Washington and subsequent fatal drug overdose rates, according to a...
https://www.drugs.com/news/decriminalization-not-tied-change-fatal-overdose-rates-115283.htmlFRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 -- Faced with growing reports of inaccurate clinical lab tests, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced that it will for the first time regulate these vital diagnostic tools."A growing number of clinical...
https://www.drugs.com/news/lab-tests-regulated-115285.htmlFRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 -- Despite reports of trouble last week where some people may have been denied insurance coverage while seeking COVID-19 shots at pharmacies, the Biden administration said Thursday those issues have been ironed out.That...
https://www.drugs.com/news/insurance-issues-mostly-fixed-covid-19-shots-115281.htmlFRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 -- Oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NASIDs) and glucocorticoids seem to be effective for hand osteoarthritis (OA), according to a review published online Sept. 28 in RMD Open.Anna Døssing, M.D., from the...
https://www.drugs.com/news/oral-nsaids-glucocorticoids-seem-effective-hand-osteoarthritis-115278.htmlFRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 -- For women taking combined oral contraceptives (COCs), withdrawal during the pill pause is associated with adverse mental health symptoms, similar to those experienced during menses, according to a study published online...
https://www.drugs.com/news/adverse-mental-health-reported-during-contraceptive-pill-pause-115274.htmlFRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 -- Investigational etripamil nasal spray is well tolerated for self-treating recurrent episodes of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) without medical supervision, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in...
https://www.drugs.com/news/self-administered-etripamil-safe-effective-paroxysmal-supraventricular-tachycardia-115270.htmlFRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 -- Education, income, and marital status prior to multiple sclerosis (MS) onset are associated with future symptom and disability severity, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in JAMA Network Open.Anna He,...
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