First Nations Patients Often Leave ED Before Completing Care First Nations Patients Often Leave ED Before Completing Care
First Nations patients cited reasons such as racism and stereotyping on the part of providers as reasons for leaving early.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine News Source Type: news

FDA Approves Second Gene Therapy for Hemophilia B FDA Approves Second Gene Therapy for Hemophilia B
Pfizer reported a list price of $3.5 million for its new gene therapy, Beqvez, for adults with this rare bleeding disorder.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Alert Source Type: news

Working Hard or Work Addiction – Have You Crossed the Line? Working Hard or Work Addiction – Have You Crossed the Line?
Workaholism is a behavioral addiction with real health consequences and physicians are at high risk. Here ' s how to take a frank look at your own red flags.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

Atrial Shunt Echo Results Hint at Why Only Some Respond Atrial Shunt Echo Results Hint at Why Only Some Respond
Echo findings in heart failure patients with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction treated with an atrial shunt shed light on why only certain patients respond to therapy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Clinical Summary Source Type: news

Definitive Therapy Ups Survival in Brain-Only Mets NSCLC Definitive Therapy Ups Survival in Brain-Only Mets NSCLC
Definitive treatment to the primary site improves overall and cancer-specific survival among patients with brain-only NSCLC metastases, a recent retrospective study shows.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology Clinical Summary Source Type: news

Can Esketamine Prevent Postpartum Depression? Can Esketamine Prevent Postpartum Depression?
Data suggest that a low dose of esketamine immediately after childbirth reduces major depressive episodes in women with prenatal depression.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news

Oregon Physician Assistants Get Name Change Oregon Physician Assistants Get Name Change
Oregon ' s physician assistants are undergoing a transformation as they adopt a new title: Physician associate.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

Rheumatology Data Reflect Poor Adoption of ICD-10 Rheumatology Data Reflect Poor Adoption of ICD-10
Inflammatory arthritis codes increased from 14 to 425 from ICD-9 to ICD-10, yet only nine codes were commonly used in practice from 2015 to 2021.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news

MASLD Plus HIV Ups Risk for CVD But Not Liver Disease MASLD Plus HIV Ups Risk for CVD But Not Liver Disease
A large study reveals an increased risk for adverse cardiovascular events but not for liver disease progression in adults with MASLD disease and HIV infection.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gastroenterology Clinical Summary Source Type: news

Starting Points if Patient Chooses Medication Abortion Starting Points if Patient Chooses Medication Abortion
Internists share practical tips on getting pills to patients and guiding them through the process.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news

Planned Cesarean Delivery Doesn't Increase Infant Infections Planned Cesarean Delivery Doesn't Increase Infant Infections
In an as-treated analysis, actual cesarean delivery entailed an increased risk for infections compared with actual vaginal delivery, however.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news

US Births Retreat After Pandemic-era Growth US Births Retreat After Pandemic-era Growth
The number of births in the United States fell by 2% in 2023 from the previous year, driven in part by a marked birth rate decline among older teenagers and women aged...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news

What Happened to Aspirin? And What Replaces It? What Happened to Aspirin? And What Replaces It?
Although low-dose aspirin to reduce the risk for first-time heart attacks and strokes was the standard of care for 30 years, the risk-benefit calculation has changed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

Wearable Device Uses Sleep Data to Identify Stress Risk Wearable Device Uses Sleep Data to Identify Stress Risk
A wearable device can provide clues to stress levels reflected in sleep data, paving the way for identifying biomarkers that flag individuals needing additional support.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Clinical Summary Source Type: news

Can D-Mannose Prevent Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection? Can D-Mannose Prevent Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection?
The global rise in antibiotic resistance has complicated the therapeutic choices for urinary tract infections.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news