'Budget Ozempic': What to Know
(MedPage Today) -- With novel weight-loss drugs such as semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Zepbound) in short supply and selling for high prices, an age-old method for trying to shed pounds has taken on a new moniker: "budget Ozempic."
The... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 18, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Top Insomnia Treatments Offer Little Relief for Dialysis Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Two common treatments for insomnia flopped for patients undergoing hemodialysis, according to the SLEEP-HD trial.
After 6 weeks of treatment, people who underwent cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) or took trazodone... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 16, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Plus Nitrates Still a Losing Combination, Study Shows
(MedPage Today) -- As expected, men taking nitrates for stable coronary artery disease (CAD) fared poorly if they added certain erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs to their medicine cabinet, a Swedish population-based study found.
Compared with nitrate... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 16, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Can Childhood Trauma Prime Brain Dynamics for Nicotine Dependence?
(MedPage Today) -- Childhood trauma-related emotion dysregulation may partly explain why some long-term smokers are unable to give up nicotine, a cross-sectional study suggested.
Using 16-minute resting-state functional MRI to show the dynamic... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 13, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Dr. Mike Confronts Dr. Gundry's Controversial Health Views
(MedPage Today) --
In this video, Mikhail Varshavski, DO -- who goes by "Dr. Mike" on social media -- sits down with cardiothoracic surgeon Steven Gundry, MD, to discuss his controversial health claims.
Following is a partial transcript... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 11, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Trio of Eye Diseases Linked to Falls, Fractures in Older Adults
(MedPage Today) -- Older adults with cataracts, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and glaucoma are all more likely to have falls or fractures compared with those without these eye diseases, a population-based cohort study suggested.
While... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - January 1, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Dulaglutide, Weight Gain, and Smoking Cessation; New Year's Eye Injuries
(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 - December 30, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Dupilumab in Line to Be the First Approved COPD Biologic
In this report, we follow up on what has happened... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - December 28, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Kindness Doesn't Have a Billable Code
(MedPage Today) -- As soon as my stethoscope makes contact with her chest wall, I can hear the wheezing. Not quite as loud as last time, but still there, persistently announcing itself with every exhale. I step back and look into her brown eyes... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - December 24, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Fatal Christmas Tree; A Whole Lot of Fraud; Chatbots Relieve Seniors' Loneliness
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A woman in Belgium died and two... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - December 22, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
This Program Helped Overweight RA Patients Shape Up
(MedPage Today) -- In older overweight individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a composite of metabolic biomarkers as well as disease activity measures improved substantially with a professionally directed diet and home-exercise regimen, researchers... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - December 22, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
You Think the TREE Is Crooked: Penile Fractures Up at Christmas
(MedPage Today) -- Talk about taking a break for the holidays: A new German study found that penile fractures are more likely to occur around Christmas Day.
From 2005 to 2021, 3,421 men in Germany required a hospital stay for penile fractures... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - December 22, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Iodine Linked With Men's Testosterone Levels
(MedPage Today) -- Lower iodine concentrations in the urine was independently associated with higher testosterone levels, a cross-sectional study found.
Looking at nearly 3,000 U.S. men, those with lower urinary iodine concentrations had significantly... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - December 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
FDA Warns of Unapproved Fat-Dissolving Injections
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA is warning against unapproved fat-dissolving injections after users have reported painful knots, permanent scars, and serious infections.
Users have reported such adverse reactions after receiving the injections at clinics... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - December 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Frailty Worsens Side Effects of Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
(MedPage Today) -- Patients starting targeted therapies for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were more likely to develop serious infections and other adverse events if they were considered frail, insurance claims data indicated.
Rates of serious infections... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - December 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
