How to Prevent Addiction Patients From Leaving Treatment Against Medical Advice Addressing psychosocial factors is a good place to start Jul 08, 2023
PURE Healthy Diet Sees Advantage by Promoting Whole-Fat Dairy for Heart Health New diet score awards consumption of fruit, vegetables, nuts, legumes, fish, and whole-fat dairy Jul 07, 2023
Places With Smoke-Free Laws Have the Best Health Outcomes Less cardiovascular, respiratory system disease seen where there are tobacco control policies Jul 07, 2023
Imaging for Back and Joint Pain: Overuse Is an International Problem Australian primary care docs love to order scans, just like their American counterparts Jul 07, 2023
'Overweight' BMI Not Tied to Higher Risk of Death, U.S. Data Suggest Though clear link seen for BMIs of 30 and above Jul 07, 2023
Role for Paxlovid in Younger COVID Patients With Serious Comorbidities Better outcomes for people with cancer or heart disease, matched cohort finds Jul 06, 2023
Survey Shows Primary Care Got a Pay Bump The AMGA survey looked at compensation changes from 2021 to 2022 Jul 06, 2023
Medical Spending Higher for Kids Outside Healthy Weight Limits Expenditures tied to underweight and obesity totaled $1 billion and $2.4 billion in 2018 Jul 03, 2023
Why Isn't Buprenorphine Available at All Pharmacies? More access to this life-saving medication is essential Jul 02, 2023
ASA: Hold GLP-1 Agonists Before Elective Surgery Or else run the risk of aspirating under anesthesia due to delayed gastric emptying Jun 30, 2023
Stanford Study of Paxlovid for Long COVID Stopped Early Enrollment was halted earlier than planned after interim analysis Jun 30, 2023
Once-Weekly Pediatric Growth Hormone Snags FDA Approval Somatrogon injection given go-ahead after initial FDA rejection last year Jun 30, 2023
Time to Incorporate Quality Measures Into Telemedicine Now that it's so popular, we need to know how good the care is in this setting Jun 30, 2023
Dementia Risk Tied to Menopausal Hormone Therapy, Even in Women 55 and Younger But experts disagree about what the findings actually mean Jun 29, 2023
First Cellular Therapy Approved for Type 1 Diabetes Infusion made from deceased donor pancreatic islet cells Jun 29, 2023
Vitamin D for Cardiovascular Prevention Runs Into Another Wall But D-Health Trial investigators hold out hope supplements may still help selected patients Jun 28, 2023
Diabetes Projected to Affect 1.3 Billion People by 2050 Advance of disease driven by high BMI, with social determinants of health playing a role Jun 28, 2023
Berry Eaters Beware: Hepatitis A May Be Lurking And a look at the bigger picture behind the frozen-food outbreaks Jun 28, 2023
Protocol Optimizing Meds for T2D and CVD Pushed Beyond Cardiology Alone Endocrinologists urged to pay attention to COORDINATE trial Jun 27, 2023
Yet Another Injectable Combo Achieves Near 15% Weight Loss in Trial But GI side effects higher than other comparable anti-obesity agents Jun 27, 2023
BMI Alone Falling Out of Favor as a Way to Assess Healthy Weight Tool is still useful, but should be used in concert with other measures, experts suggest Jun 27, 2023
When Wegovy Doesn't Work for Weight Loss Some people just don't respond; others have such severe side effects they need to stop Jun 27, 2023
Without Early Detection, Fighting Dementia Is an Uphill Battle A brief assessment in primary care can help identify patients most at risk Jun 27, 2023
Semaglutide Plus Cagrilintide Reduced Blood Sugar, Weight in T2D Once-weekly CagriSema reduced body weight more than either agent alone Jun 27, 2023
Two T1D Patients Achieve Insulin Independence After Stem Cell Transplants These were patients with "really debilitating diabetes," says investigator Jun 27, 2023
High-Dose Semaglutide Pill Just as Effective as Wegovy for Weight Loss Another study showed two high doses were better at reducing HbA1c vs a 14-mg dose Jun 27, 2023
Novel Triple Agonist Nabs Biggest Weight Loss Yet in Obesity Trial Plus, two other studies on retatrutide show benefit in type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease Jun 26, 2023
Bempedoic Acid Gets 'Huge' Win for Primary Prevention in the Statin-Intolerant More positive results in CLEAR Outcomes sub-analysis Jun 26, 2023
Shorter Antibiotic Course Not as Effective for Children With UTIs But despite more treatment failure, short-course therapy suggested as a "reasonable option" Jun 26, 2023
Once-Weekly Insulin Icodec Bests Daily Insulin Options for Type 2 Diabetes Superior to once-a-day insulin glargine U100 and degludec Jun 25, 2023
Near 15% Weight Loss With Novel Oral GLP-1 RA in Phase II Obesity Trial Daily orforglipron also lowered HbA1c in type 2 diabetes Jun 24, 2023
Novel Agent Leads to Fibrosis Improvement in NASH Phase IIb ENLIVEN trial saw success with various doses of pegozafermin Jun 24, 2023
Our Health Systems Aren't Ready for the Full Approval of Lecanemab Screening, administration, and eligibility concerns remain Jun 23, 2023
Why Did Older Man Develop Itchy, Full-Body Rash? Here's how the medical team diagnosed and treated the rare inflammatory skin disorder Jun 22, 2023
Dioxin Exposure Linked to Thyroid Dysfunction Decreasing animal fat intake might reduce risks Jun 21, 2023
First SGLT2 Inhibitor Approved for Kids With Type 2 Diabetes Now another oral option other than metformin Jun 21, 2023
Wide Variation in CGM Settings for Kids With Diabetes Signals Education Gaps Researcher warns of "alarm fatigue" if thresholds aren't optimized to patient Jun 20, 2023
ENDO 2023 Roundup: More Imcivree Data; Statement on Aging; Novel Hypoparathyroid Tx Some more highlights from the Endocrine Society's annual meeting Jun 20, 2023
Most Parents Support Mental Health Screening for Their Kids, Study Shows According to multinational survey, 65% of respondents prefer annual screening Jun 20, 2023