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News, opinions and meeting coverage in primary care.

A photo of a senior woman laying in a hospital bed while receiving hemodialysis.

Top Insomnia Treatments Offer Little Relief for Dialysis Patients

CBT, trazodone outcomes were "surprising"

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Fix the Foundation

We need to improve the way our primary care offices function

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What We're Getting Wrong About Nutrition and Mental Health

Helping patients understand the connection and improve their diet can go a long way

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Neurologic Risk Slight After COVID Vaccines, Extensive Review Shows

Immune-mediated neurologic events may include Guillain-Barre syndrome or Bell's palsy

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Blinded by the Light? Outdoor Illumination Tied to AMD

Korean study suggests a link

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Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Plus Nitrates Still a Losing Combination, Study Shows

Cardioprotective effect of PDE5 inhibitors did not pan out with anti-anginals in the picture

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Can Childhood Trauma Prime Brain Dynamics for Nicotine Dependence?

Emotional dysregulation mediates relationship between childhood trauma, brain dynamics

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Face Blindness Is Not Always Permanent

Largest study to date looks at inability to recognize familiar faces

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Dr. Mike Confronts Dr. Gundry's Controversial Health Views

A closer look at surgeon's claims on vitamin C and smoking risk, leaky gut, and more

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FDA Clears Wegovy, Other GLP-1 Drugs of Suicidality Risk for Now

Preliminary evaluation reassures, while the agency's review continues

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ACIP Unveils Its 2024 Adult Immunization Recommendations

Schedule must be more user-friendly to improve vaccine uptake, critics say

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Is President Biden a Super-Ager?

Experts say "age is a number, not a quality" -- even for the president

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More Kids Getting Their Hands on Nonprescription Weight-Loss Products

Almost 10% of kids said they've tried at least one drug or dietary supplement in their lifetime

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In This Wave of Respiratory Illness, Primary Care Is Drowning

The spike in illness coupled with staff shortages is stretching us thin

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Non-White Military Members With OA Get Stiffed for Knee Replacement

Wide racial disparities in a health system that boasts equal access for everyone

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No Increased Risk of Suicidal Ideation With GLP-1 Drugs

Semaglutide shows lower risk of suicidal ideation than other obesity, diabetes drugs

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Co-Pays Hurt PrEP Use, Study Suggests

Even small increases in costs are projected to reduce PrEP fills, increase HIV infections

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Getting Back the Time We Lost

If you want the paperwork done, at least give us the resources to do it

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Early Bird? Night Owl? It May Matter for Eating Disorder Risk

Anorexia linked to chronotype in both directions

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Paxlovid May Not Be Associated With Lower Long COVID Risk, Survey Suggests

One in five of treated with the agent reported rebound COVID symptoms, researchers found

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Maternal Type 1 Diabetes an Outsized Red Flag for Child Heart Defect Risk

But don't ignore maternal overweight, obesity, and gestational diabetes, study says

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Study Assuages Fears of Pancreatic Cancer Risk With GLP-1 Receptor Agonists

Researchers looked at 7-year patient data

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Dementia Drugs Seen Lowering Risk for Macular Degeneration

But not by very much or very quickly, VA analysis finds

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In Acute Kidney Disease, SGLT2 inhibitors Were All-Around Protective

Risk of all-cause mortality, MAKE, and MACE were significantly reduced

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Opening Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise

Focused ultrasound helped aducanumab reduce amyloid-beta levels

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Fauci Faces Questions; Benefits of 'Dry January'; Resort Linked With Legionnaires

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区app staff

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Here Are the Top Diets for 2024

A familar food plan topped the annual U.S. News rankings

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Novel Alzheimer's Trials Evaluate Senolytics, Semaglutide, CRISPR, and More

Looking ahead to 2024 and beyond: "There is so much more to be done"

A photo of a senior man struggling to get up after falling in front of his couch.

Trio of Eye Diseases Linked to Falls, Fractures in Older Adults

Patients with cataracts, AMD, or glaucoma had 25% to 38% higher adjusted risks vs controls

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'They See a Cash Cow': Corporations Could Consume $50 Billion of Opioid Settlements

Pitches land daily in the inboxes of state and local officials

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Prenatal Folic Acid Supplements Tied to Lower Risk of Kawasaki Disease in Babies

Japanese observational study suggests a modifiable risk factor

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Psychedelics for Psych Conditions Made Their Mark in 2023

Benefits demonstrated in major depression, bipolar depression, PTSD, and anorexia

Dulaglutide, Weight Gain, and Smoking Cessation; New Year's Eye Injuries

Also in TTHealthWatch: Doxycycline for STI prevention and the risks of AI in medicine

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Here's How Common Long COVID Is in Children

0.67% of kids presenting to the ED for acute infection had post-COVID conditions 1 year later

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For the Sake of Your Kidneys, Think Twice About Reaching for the Salt Shaker

Higher CKD risk observed among people who added salt to their food

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Bernie Sanders Has COVID; Global Fake Ozempic Problem; Nitazenes, the New Fentanyl?

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区app staff

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Brain Impairment Persists at Least 18 Months After COVID Hospitalization

Cognitive dysfunction similar to that seen in other illnesses of comparable severity

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Dupilumab in Line to Be the First Approved COPD Biologic

In two phase III trials, the treatment reduced exacerbations and improved lung function

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Nirsevimab Reduced Hospitalizations for Infants With RSV

Monoclonal antibody is highly effective, but in short supply

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Testosterone for Hypogonadism Cleared So Far of Prostate Cancer Risk

No excess high-grade or overall prostate cancer risk in TRAVERSE with 33 months of follow-up

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