In Knee OA, Exercise Is Helpful ... But Maybe More in Mind Than Body
(MedPage Today) -- High-dose exercise was only slightly more beneficial for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) than a less-intense program in a randomized trial, researchers said.
After 12 weeks of program participation, mean Knee Injury and... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 23, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Diabetes Drug for Cats Now Approved in Humans Too
(MedPage Today) -- The first oral SGLT2 inhibitor approved by the FDA for treating diabetes in cats is now approved for humans with the disease, drugmaker TheracosBio announced.
As an adjunct to diet and exercise, the oral treatment is indicated... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 23, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Patients With Celiac and Overlap IBD Skip Out on Gluten-Free Diets
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Patients with celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) had a tough time sticking with a gluten-free diet, a researcher reported.
Only one out of 36 people with celiac disease and IBD maintained a gluten... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 22, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Medicare to Look More Closely at Antipsychotic Use in Nursing Homes
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced actions on Wednesday that would put greater scrutiny on antipsychotic prescribing in nursing homes as well as let consumers know about citations... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 18, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
One Addiction Clinic, Five Stories of Perseverance
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Amy Ho: Hey everyone... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 17, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
'Just Say No' to the Medication Switches
(MedPage Today) -- No. Just no.
As the start of the new year has come around and gone, I'm sure you all, like me, have been inundated with the ritual beginning of the year change of prescription requests."The Lantus (glargine insulin) that you... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 17, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
What Happens When Patients Learn About Their Alzheimer's Status?
(MedPage Today) -- Learning about a positive amyloid-PET result was associated with psychological changes among people with subjective cognitive decline, but those changes did not reach a threshold for clinical concern.
In the prospective AMYPAD... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 13, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Healthy Eating Linked to Lower Risk of Total Mortality
(MedPage Today) -- Adhering to healthy eating patterns was associated with lower risk of total and cause-specific mortality, a prospective cohort study with up to 36 years of follow-up showed.
Among 75,230 women from the Nurses' Health Study and... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 9, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Twelve-Month Data Back Pegloticase-Methotrexate Gout Combo
(MedPage Today) -- PHILADELPHIA -- Previous findings that adding methotrexate to pegloticase (Krystexxa) in patients with gout was more effective than pegloticase alone have now been extended to a full year of treatment.
At month 12 in the randomized... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 13, 2022 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Want a Few Weeks of Knee Pain Relief? Try This
(MedPage Today) -- PHILADELPHIA -- Blocking agents delivered to genicular nerves around the knee markedly reduced osteoarthritis patients' perceptions of pain, far more than those receiving placebo injections, a randomized trial showed.
At week... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 12, 2022 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Daily Aspirin No Help for Fracture Prevention in Seniors, Raises Risk of Falls
(MedPage Today) -- Low-dose aspirin did not reduce risks of fracture in healthy older adults, but was associated with an increased risk of serious falls, a substudy of the randomized ASPREE trial showed.
Over a median follow-up of 4.6 years, there... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 7, 2022 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Mixed Results With Pemafibrate in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO – The incidence of cardiovascular (CV) events did not budge for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who received pemafibrate versus placebo, although the study agent did cut triglycerides and various cholesterol... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 6, 2022 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Caregivers Face Increased Arthritis Burden
(MedPage Today) -- People who spend time caring for relatives or friends were significantly more likely than noncaregivers to report having arthritis themselves, federal survey data indicated.
Among adult participants in the 2017 and 2019 iterations... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 3, 2022 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
'Mind Blowing' Results in Teen Weight-Loss Trial
(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- In addition to lifestyle intervention, taking 2.4-mg semaglutide (Wegovy) once a week led to greater reductions in body mass index (BMI) and body weight for adolescents with obesity, a phase IIIa randomized trial... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 3, 2022 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Stroke Risk Rises for Young People Who Drink Frequently
(MedPage Today) -- People in their 20s and 30s who were moderate-to-heavy drinkers were more likely to have a stroke in early adulthood compared with those who consumed low amounts of alcohol each week, Korean national database records showed... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 2, 2022 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
