THURSDAY, May 16, 2024-- For patients with binge eating disorder (BED), a web-based cognitive behavioral self-help intervention leads to significant reductions in binge eating episodes and improvements in mental health outcomes, according to a...
https://www.drugs.com/news/web-based-self-help-intervention-beneficial-binge-eating-disorder-119276.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024-- From 2015 to 2021, there were significant increases in the use of electronic vapor products (EVPs) among adolescents, according to a study published in the May issue of the Ochsner Journal.Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., from...
https://www.drugs.com/news/2015-2021-saw-increase-electronic-vaping-product-teens-119277.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024-- Semaglutide reduces the need for loop diuretics and has positive effects on symptoms, physical limitations, and body weight in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), regardless of diuretic...
https://www.drugs.com/news/semaglutide-reduces-need-diuretics-heart-failure-119278.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024-- New 2023 provisional data from the National Center for Health Statistics show the first decline in deaths from drug overdose in the United States since 2018."Statistics indicate there were an estimated 107,543 drug...
https://www.drugs.com/news/slight-decline-seen-u-s-overdose-deaths-119279.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024-- Due to a potential risk for Salmonella, the supermarket chains ALDI and Hy-Vee are recalling brands of cream cheese.No actual illnesses linked to the products have yet been reported, but Hy-Vee said it is announcing the...
https://www.drugs.com/news/salmonella-risk-prompts-recall-cream-cheese-aldi-hy-vee-stores-119280.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024 -- Weight loss is similar for individuals using a wireless feedback system (WFS) that provides daily information on lifestyle change and weight loss versus the same system augmented with human coaching, according to a study...
https://www.drugs.com/news/activity-tracker-scale-plus-phone-app-may-aid-weight-loss-119268.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024 -- Male and female V1421 carriers face a similar and substantial risk for heart failure hospitalization, according to a study published online May 12 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with the...
https://www.drugs.com/news/male-female-v1421-carriers-face-similar-risk-heart-failure-hospitalization-119267.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024 -- Treatment with the oral selective cardiac myosin inhibitor aficamten results in significantly greater improvement in peak oxygen uptake compared with placebo among patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic...
https://www.drugs.com/news/aficamten-beneficial-obstructive-hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy-119266.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024 -- A multipronged primary care quality improvement initiative increases early human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine initiation across racial/ethnic, sociodemographic, insurance, and geographic groups, according to a study...
https://www.drugs.com/news/quality-improvement-initiative-boosts-early-hpv-vaccine-rates-119269.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024 -- Disparities are evident in the interventional management of non-ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and in STEMI incidence and mortality, according to two studies presented at the annual meeting of the...
https://www.drugs.com/news/women-black-hispanic-adults-have-lower-angiography-pci-nstemi-119271.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024 -- Radiomics features can help identify incident destabilizing meniscal tears, according to a study published online May 15 in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research.Michelle Villagran, from Wellesley College in Massachusetts,...
https://www.drugs.com/news/radiomics-features-can-identify-destabilizing-meniscal-tears-119274.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024 -- Use of radial access for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) increased 2.8-fold in the United States between 2013 and 2022, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Cardiovascular...
https://www.drugs.com/news/radial-access-percutaneous-coronary-intervention-now-dominant-method-119270.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024 -- In adults with obesity, childhood weight status may stratify mortality risk, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Congress on Obesity, hosted by the European Association for the Study of...
https://www.drugs.com/news/childhood-weight-status-may-stratify-mortality-risk-adults-obesity-119272.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024 -- For older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), venetoclax (VEN) combined with a hypomethylating agent (HMA) is safe and effective and can prolong survival, according to a study published online May 7 in Blood...
https://www.drugs.com/news/oldest-adults-acute-myeloid-leukemia-benefit-venetoclax-119273.htmlTHURSDAY, May 16, 2024 -- For women with obesity, the risk for breast cancer is reduced after bariatric surgery, according to a study published online May 15 in JAMA Surgery.Felipe M. Kristensson, M.D., from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the...
https://www.drugs.com/news/women-obesity-risk-breast-cancer-drops-after-bariatric-surgery-119275.htmlWEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Unintentional drowning rates were higher in 2020, 2021, and 2022 than in 2019 and are highest among children aged 1 to 4 years, according to research published in the May 14 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for...
https://www.drugs.com/news/unintentional-drowning-rates-higher-2020-2021-2022-than-2019-119250.htmlWEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Plant-based diets appear beneficial in lowering cardiometabolic risk factors, as well as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), cancer risk, and mortality, according to a review published online May 15 in PLOS ONE.Angelo...
https://www.drugs.com/news/plant-based-diets-tied-long-term-health-benefits-119251.htmlWEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- In the 2019 to 2020 school year, 20.9 percent of New York City elementary and middle school students had obesity, and 6.4 percent had severe obesity, according to a study published online May 15 in PLOS ONE.Kira L....
https://www.drugs.com/news/widening-disparities-seen-youth-obesity-119252.htmlWEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Smokers tend to eat less and have less healthy eating habits than nonsmokers, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Congress on Obesity, hosted by the European Association for the Study of...
https://www.drugs.com/news/smoking-tied-poor-eating-habits-119254.htmlWEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Community mobility is significantly associated with cognitive function in older adults, according to a study published online May 15 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.Emiri Matsuda, from the...
https://www.drugs.com/news/individual-ability-mobile-community-tied-cognitive-function-119253.htmlWEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) melanoma patients have distinct tumor characteristics, presenting with more advanced disease and exhibiting worse outcomes, according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of...
https://www.drugs.com/news/non-hispanic-black-melanoma-patients-present-advanced-119249.htmlWEDNSDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Use of an artificial intelligence (AI)-informed health app aids diabetes outcomes and cuts atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American...
https://www.drugs.com/news/ai-informed-health-app-aids-diabetes-outcomes-119245.htmlWEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- For patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD), those with severe bilateral hip osteoarthritis (OA) have worse outcomes, according to a study published online April 29 in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.Bassel G....
https://www.drugs.com/news/worse-outcomes-seen-severe-bilateral-hip-oa-adult-spinal-deformity-119244.htmlWEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Among men with obesity, an intervention with text messaging plus financial incentive significantly improves weight loss compared with a control group, according to a study published online May 14 in the Journal of the...
https://www.drugs.com/news/text-messages-financial-incentives-boost-weight-loss-12-months-119243.htmlWEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Individuals taking glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 receptor agonists have a greater risk for subsequently being dispensed antidepressants, according to a study published online April 23 in Diabetes, Obesity, and...
https://www.drugs.com/news/glp-1-receptor-agonist-increases-likelihood-antidepressant-119248.htmlWEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (rTKA) is associated with fewer complications but higher average total cost than conventional TKA (cTKA), according to a study recently published online in Archives of...
https://www.drugs.com/news/robotic-assisted-total-knee-arthroplasty-has-fewer-complications-119246.htmlWEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Anesthesia-surgery team sex diversity is associated with improved postoperative outcomes, according to a study published online May 15 in the British Journal of Surgery.Julie Hallet, M.D., from the University of Toronto,...
https://www.drugs.com/news/anesthesia-surgery-team-sex-diversity-linked-improved-postop-outcomes-119242.htmlWEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- Both acute hepatitis C (AHC) and hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related cirrhosis incidence were up substantially globally from 1990 to 2019 in reproductive-aged women, according to a study published online April 19 in...
https://www.drugs.com/news/hep-c-infection-poses-global-public-health-threat-reproductive-age-women-119247.htmlWEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 -- In its biennial Cancer Disparities Progress Report published today, the American Association for Cancer Research presents the latest statistics on disparities in cancer progress experienced by ethnic-minority groups and...
https://www.drugs.com/news/aacr-delivers-report-disparities-cancer-progress-119241.htmlTUESDAY, May 14, 2024 -- Higher telehealth use in a hospital service area is tied to increased health care utilization and cost, according to a study published online May 13 in JAMA Network Open.Morteza Saharkhiz, Ph.D., from Meta Platforms...
https://www.drugs.com/news/telehealth-tied-increased-health-care-utilization-cost-119228.htmlTUESDAY, May 14, 2024 -- Heatwaves are associated with a considerable mortality burden, with geographic disparities apparent, according to a study published online May 14 in PLOS Medicine.Qi Zhao, Ph.D., from the Cheeloo College of Medicine at...
https://www.drugs.com/news/heatwave-exposure-linked-considerable-mortality-burden-119227.htmlTUESDAY, May 14, 2024 -- One in eight adults (12 percent) say they have ever taken a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) and 6 percent say they are currently using one, according to the results of a new KFF Health Tracking Poll,...
https://www.drugs.com/news/four-10-adults-diabetes-report-glp-1-receptor-agonist-119229.htmlTUESDAY, May 14, 2024 -- Child maltreatment is associated with increases in externalizing and internalizing behaviors, according to a study published online May 14 in Pediatrics.Anneke E. Olson, from The Pennsylvania State University in University...
https://www.drugs.com/news/child-maltreatment-linked-externalizing-internalizing-behavior-119216.htmlTUESDAY, May 14, 2024 -- Large language models (LLMs) could enhance emergency department triage workflows, according to a study published online May 7 in JAMA Network Open.Christopher Y.K. Williams, M.B., B.Chir., from the Bakar Computational...
https://www.drugs.com/news/large-language-models-may-aid-emergency-department-triage-119218.htmlTUESDAY, May 14, 2024 -- Residential measures of inequity are associated with a greater number of individuals living with vision difficulty and blindness (VDB), according to a study published online May 9 in JAMA Ophthalmology.Patrice M....
https://www.drugs.com/news/neighborhood-inequity-tied-more-living-vision-difficulty-blindness-119217.htmlTUESDAY, May 14, 2024 -- Women with disabilities have a low likelihood of perceiving a risk for harm from weekly cannabis use, according to a study recently published online in Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research.Panagiota Kitsantas, Ph.D.,...
https://www.drugs.com/news/risk-regular-cannabis-perceived-low-women-disabilities-119223.htmlTUESDAY, May 14, 2024 -- Sub-four-minute mile runners have greater longevity than the general population, with results dating back as far as the 1950s, according to a study published online May 10 in the British Journal of Sports...
https://www.drugs.com/news/elite-running-tied-longer-expectancy-119224.htmlTUESDAY, May 14, 2024 -- Among slow responders to tirzepatide treatment at week 12, 90 percent went on to achieve clinically meaningful weight reduction (≥5 percent) by week 72, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American...
https://www.drugs.com/news/most-slow-responders-tirzepatide-do-lose-clinically-meaningful-weight-119220.htmlThe annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association was held from May 4 to 8 in New York City, drawing participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in psychiatry....
https://www.drugs.com/news/american-psychiatric-association-may-4-8-119225.htmlTUESDAY, May 14, 2024 -- Black female patients hospitalized for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) bloodstream infections (BSI) face increased 30-day mortality, according to a study presented at the annual European Society of Clinical...
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