FDA Authorizes At-Home Test for Both Flu and COVID
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has authorized the first over-the-counter (OTC) home test to detect both influenza A and B and COVID-19, the agency announced Friday.
The Lucira COVID-19 & Flu Test is a single-use at-home test kit that provides... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 25, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis on the Rise in the U.S.
(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare professionals should be on the lookout for an increase in extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella infections (shigellosis) and should report cases to local or state health departments, the CDC said in a health advisory... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 24, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Study Suggests Path Connecting Periodontal Disease With Rheumatoid Arthritis
(MedPage Today) -- The anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) seen in many rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients -- which serve as a diagnostic marker and could also play an etiologic role -- may have their origin in periodontal disease... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 22, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Presurgical Frailty Assessment Linked to Improved Survival at 1 Year
(MedPage Today) -- Implementing a frailty screening initiative before elective surgery was associated with more referrals of frail patients for additional evaluation and improved survival at 1 year, a quality improvement study showed.
After controlling... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 22, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
What Jimmy Carter Reminds Us About Dying
(MedPage Today) -- The recent decision by former President Jimmy Carter to transition to hospice brings much-needed attention to this crucial part of healthcare. Hospice care is an essential and compassionate component of modern medicine, providing... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 22, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
FDA OKs Sparsentan for IgA Nephropathy-Related Proteinuria
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted accelerated approval to sparsentan (Filspari) for proteinuria in IgA nephropathy, Travere Therapeutics announced, marking the first non-immunosuppressive therapy for this rare condition.
Also known as Berger... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Taltz Safety, Efficacy Stay Robust in Spondyloarthritis at 3 Years
(MedPage Today) -- Short-term improvements in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) symptoms seen with the interleukin-17A blocker ixekizumab (Taltz) persisted and even increased further among clinical trial participants who continued on the drug for... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Statin No Help for Easing Treatment-Resistant Depression
(MedPage Today) -- Adding the statin simvastatin into the mix was no help for patients with treatment-resistant depression, according to a randomized clinical trial.
Compared with placebo, patients who added 20 mg/day of simvastatin on top of... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 20, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
We May Be Better at Fending Off Dementia, Autopsies Suggest
(MedPage Today) -- Neurodegenerative pathologies have shown few differences over time despite falling dementia incidence rates, brain autopsy data suggested.
In over 1,500 deceased people from birth epochs spanning 25 years (1905-1930), no significant... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 20, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Older Lupus Patients Need Follow-Up After Hospital Discharge ... or Else
(MedPage Today) -- Medicare beneficiaries 65 and older with lupus faced dramatically higher mortality when they received no follow-up care during the month after a hospital stay, researchers found.
Death rates within 30 days of discharge were... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 9, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Choosing Happiness
(MedPage Today) -- "The Doctor's Art" is a weekly podcast that explores what makes medicine meaningful, featuring profiles and stories from clinicians, patients, educators, leaders, and others working in healthcare. Listen and subscribe on Apple... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 7, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Life in the Fast Lane -- And the Slow Lane
(MedPage Today) -- Speeding up, slowing down.
My wife listens to a lot of different podcasts and online news, as well as the occasional audio book. Personally, I've never figured out how to listen to these, although I hear there's a lot of really... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 6, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Wearable Sensors Show Promise for Remote OA Assessment
(MedPage Today) -- Evaluating seniors with knee osteoarthritis (OA) in their own homes, via wearable sensors that relayed data to clinicians' offices, appeared feasible in a small trial.
Among 20 patients tested, 18 were able to manage the sensors... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 6, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Diagnosing Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Do At-Home Testing Devices Measure Up?
(MedPage Today) -- Home test showed 52 apnea-hypopnea events per hour in woman with high blood pressure, weight gain (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 6, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
U.S. Exercise Levels; Lifestyle and Memory Decline; Cooling Kidney Donors
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 4, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
