Dr Annalisa Morgan provides ACTRIMS 2025 highlights, including anticipated presentations, quick takeaways, and insights into how the presented research will affect her patients.

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21.02.2025

ACTRIMS 2025: Anticipating New Directions in DMTs for RRMS

Dr Annalisa Morgan previews discussions on disease-modifying therapies, emerging treatments such as CAR T-cell therapy, and the challenges of managing MS in older patients.

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21.02.2025

Fighting the Rumpelstiltskin of Diseases

The seemingly ordinary news of wedding plans for a young man whom she knew as a child reminds this doctor of how far medicine has come in treating cystic fibrosis — it only took a village.

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20.02.2025

Stress: A New Cancer Risk Factor?

Even everyday stress, the kind that many people experience, impairs the cancer-fighting immune system.

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20.02.2025

GLP-1 Therapy: Not the New Kid on the Block

Dr Priya Jaisinghani discusses potential questions patients may have about GLP-1 receptor agonists.

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20.02.2025

AHA Asks for Tariff Exemptions for Medical Products, Drugs

Letter to Trump describes threats to healthcare delivery with potentially limited access to drugs, medication ingredients and PPE from China.

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20.02.2025

Virologist Treats Own Breast Cancer: Ethical?

Ethicist Art Caplan discusses ethical questions raised when virologist Beata Halassy treated her own breast cancer using experimental methods.

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20.02.2025

Are Reusable Menstrual Products Safe for Patients?

A recent case report linked kidney injury to a poorly placed menstrual cup. Experts offered tips for guiding patients on proper use and identifying bigger issues that could be flagged by pain during insertion.

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20.02.2025

Addressing Overtreatment in End-of-Life Cancer Care

Prof David Kerr explores a recent review on improving end-of-life care for cancer patients, addressing overtreatment and the shift toward palliative approaches.

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19.02.2025

ASCO 2024: Clinical Impact of New Data in Urothelial Cancer

Dr Scott Tagawa discusses how dose adjustments can optimize the use of enfortumab vedotin in urothelial cancer.

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19.02.2025

Intranasal Midazolam Falls Short in Pediatric ED Procedures

About 45% of children who receive intranasal midazolam for laceration repair do not respond to the medication and demonstrate extreme anxiety during the procedure.

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19.02.2025

Can a 15-Minute EEG Suffice for Critically Ill Patients?

Andrew Wilner speaks with fellow neurologist Karine Abou Khaled about her recent study on a 15-minute subdermal EEG with a simplified module for critically ill patients vs a full-head 24-hour EEG.

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19.02.2025

Cardiac to Kidney Care, Standards of Care Offer New Take

Dr Anne Peters concludes her discussion of the ADA Standards of Care with a look at sections on kidney care, pregnancy care, and cardiovascular disease management in patients with diabetes.

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19.02.2025

Drug Management in HFrEF: What to Prescribe First?

The Curbsiders share Dr Michelle Kittleson’s pearls for managing medications in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

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19.02.2025

New Study Links Some Hormonal Contraceptives to Clots

The study revealed the risk of developing venous thromboembolisms from various types of synthetic hormones, providing important information going beyond just progesterone-only or combined.

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19.02.2025

Another Look at Gender Fluidity

While the AAP has been supportive of gender-affirming medications, the topic has become a third rail and many physicians may feel uncomfortable writing those prescriptions.

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19.02.2025

ASCO 2024: Key Insights in Urothelial Carcinoma

Scott T. Tagawa, MD, dives into highlights from ASCO 2024, including notable data on enfortumab vedotin and gemcitabine-cisplatin plus nivolumab.

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19.02.2025

Conference MDAngle: ASCO 2024 Bladder Cancer

Dr Scott Tagawa provides ASCO 2024 highlights, including anticipated presentations, quick takeaways, and insights into how the presented research will affect his patients.

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19.02.2025

Patients Leaving EDs Without Being Seen Often Come Back

Nearly 20% of patients who leave the ED without being seen return within a week, a study suggests.

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19.02.2025

New Gut Microbiome Research Targets Portal Hypertension

Dr David Johnson explores recent data with urolithin A, a gut metabolite that’s shown early promise in studies with portal hypertension.

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19.02.2025

Clinic Death Raises Questions About Oxygen Therapy

A fatal explosion at a Michigan clinic has raised concerns about the growing use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

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19.02.2025

Racial Disparities in the Follow-up of Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Women diagnosed with pelvic organ prolapse in emergency departments in the United States lack timely outpatient follow-up, with Black women experiencing the lowest follow-up rates, a study finds.

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19.02.2025

Kids’ Poison Center Calls for Energy Drinks/Powders Soar

Poison control center calls for kids and teens after consuming energy drinks increased by 17% since 2011, with exposures to powders and granules increasing sixfold.

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19.02.2025

Doctors in Germany Sound Alarm on Rising Patient Aggression

Findings from a 2024 survey across Germany show that nearly 12% of physicians experience frequent verbal abuse, while 10% report physical attacks.

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19.02.2025

In-Ambulance Blood Test May Rapidly Identify Stroke Type

A prehospital blood test may rapidly distinguish between ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, potentially enabling more timely, targeted treatment.

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19.02.2025

Next-Gen Sequencing Tumor Testing Remains Underused

Dr Maurie Markman explores recent data on the low use of next-generation sequencing testing in metastatic prostate and urothelial cancers, highlighting key challenges and opportunities.

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01.02.2025

Limited Awareness, Protocols Hinder Naltrexone Use in EDs

A survey of ED clinicians highlighted major barriers to prescribing naltrexone for alcohol use disorder.

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01.02.2025

Beware of At-Home Insurance Company Visits to Patients

At-home insurance company visits may involve attempts to increase medical complexity, especially for Medicare Advantage patients.

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01.02.2025

23andMe’s Business Woes Raise Privacy Concerns: Ethicist

Ethicist Art Caplan discusses data privacy concerns as troubled DNA testing company 23andMe faces a possible sale of its assets.

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01.02.2025

Medscape 2050: Nikolas Badminton

“‘Everything changes today. Everything's disrupted.’ It's not quite that simple.” Author, executive advisor, and chief futurist at Futurist.com, Nikolas Badminton, talks healthcare in 2050.

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01.02.2025

AI as Assistant, Not Job Killer?

Cardiologist Michelle O'Donoghue and ACC CIO Ami Bhatt discuss how to use artificial intelligence to the benefit of your practice, and why it’s unlikely to replace the clinician just yet.

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31.01.2025

Higher ED Admission Rates Do Not Reduce Mortality

Physicians with higher admission rates were likely to order more diagnostic tests and their patients were likely to have longer hospital stays within 30 days of their ED visit.

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31.01.2025

High Attrition Among Non-Physician Practitioners in EDs

A cross-sectional analysis found high attrition rates among non-physician practitioners in emergency departments between 2014 and 2021.

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31.01.2025

Emergency Care Patient Walkouts Surge 53% During COVID

A cross-sectional analysis of 721 million emergency department visits found that 0.8% of patients left before medical attention.

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31.01.2025

Risk Monitoring for Early Psychosis: First Steps

Good monitoring for psychosis, while also holding the possibility that a psychotic break may never occur, will help young people have better outcomes.

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30.01.2025

Doctators in History: Infamous Leaders With a Medical Past

Doctors-turned-dictators, from Assad to Duvalier, left a chilling legacy of tyranny, blending medical expertise with ruthless autocracy.

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30.01.2025

Don’t Give Up On FMT for GI Conditions Beyond C difficile

Despite recent setbacks, there is still reason for optimism in regard to FMT as a future treatment option outside of recurrent C difficile infections.

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30.01.2025

More Research on Marijuana Use Is Needed, Says Ethicist

Ethicist Art Caplan discusses how researching marijuana use remains critical despite increasing legalization.

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ACTRIMS 2025: Anticipating New Directions in DMTs for RRMS

Fighting the Rumpelstiltskin of Diseases

Stress: A New Cancer Risk Factor?

GLP-1 Therapy: Not the New Kid on the Block

AHA Asks for Tariff Exemptions for Medical Products, Drugs

Virologist Treats Own Breast Cancer: Ethical?

Are Reusable Menstrual Products Safe for Patients?

Addressing Overtreatment in End-of-Life Cancer Care

ASCO 2024: Clinical Impact of New Data in Urothelial Cancer

Intranasal Midazolam Falls Short in Pediatric ED Procedures

Can a 15-Minute EEG Suffice for Critically Ill Patients?

Cardiac to Kidney Care, Standards of Care Offer New Take

Drug Management in HFrEF: What to Prescribe First?

New Study Links Some Hormonal Contraceptives to Clots

Another Look at Gender Fluidity

ASCO 2024: Key Insights in Urothelial Carcinoma

Conference MDAngle: ASCO 2024 Bladder Cancer

Patients Leaving EDs Without Being Seen Often Come Back

New Gut Microbiome Research Targets Portal Hypertension

Clinic Death Raises Questions About Oxygen Therapy

Racial Disparities in the Follow-up of Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Kids’ Poison Center Calls for Energy Drinks/Powders Soar

Doctors in Germany Sound Alarm on Rising Patient Aggression

In-Ambulance Blood Test May Rapidly Identify Stroke Type

Next-Gen Sequencing Tumor Testing Remains Underused

Limited Awareness, Protocols Hinder Naltrexone Use in EDs

Beware of At-Home Insurance Company Visits to Patients

23andMe’s Business Woes Raise Privacy Concerns: Ethicist

Medscape 2050: Nikolas Badminton

AI as Assistant, Not Job Killer?

Higher ED Admission Rates Do Not Reduce Mortality

High Attrition Among Non-Physician Practitioners in EDs

Emergency Care Patient Walkouts Surge 53% During COVID

Risk Monitoring for Early Psychosis: First Steps

Doctators in History: Infamous Leaders With a Medical Past

Don’t Give Up On FMT for GI Conditions Beyond C difficile

More Research on Marijuana Use Is Needed, Says Ethicist

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