Therapies such as growth hormones and puberty blockers often face shortages, leaving pediatric endocrinologists fighting to get medications for their patients.

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03.05.2024

Feds Seek Input on Private Equity, Consolidation in Medicine

A federal investigation aims to evaluate private equity's involvement in healthcare consolidation and the potential impact on patient care and worker conditions.

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03.05.2024

Pediatric Mental Health ED Visits Fluctuated in Pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic trends illustrated the differences between observed and expected emergency department visits for pediatric mental health.

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03.05.2024

Cholesterol Denialism is Pseudoscience

Early research on cholesterol's role in atherosclerosis warranted skepticism, but there is no place for modern-day doubters given the supportive evidence for lipid lowering, writes Chris Labos, MD.

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03.05.2024

Did You Just Say a Blue Snake Bit You?

What happens when a patient is bitten by an exotic reptile.

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02.05.2024

Distress Soars for Fathers After Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

The findings indicate clinicians may want to check in with fathers after adverse outcomes like stillbirth.

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30.04.2024

Hereditary Amyloidosis: 5 Things to Know

The heterogeneity of hereditary amyloidosis can delay diagnosis and seriously affect prognosis and patient quality of life; these five things are need-to-know.

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30.04.2024

Is Immunotherapy for Cancer Safe in Pregnancy?

No adverse pregnancy, foetal, or newborn outcomes found compared with other anticancer agents except for two immunotherapies given together.

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27.04.2024

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.

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27.04.2024

Huntington Disease: 5 Things to Know

These five things to know about diagnosis, quality of life, and management in Huntington disease are crucial for effective care of patients with this devastating neurodegenerative condition.

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27.04.2024

Opportunistic AI for Medical Scans

A remarkable wealth of data are being missed.

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26.04.2024

FTC Bans Noncompetes, Urges More Healthcare Worker Protections

The FTC's decision to ban noncompete agreements could make it easier for doctors and other healthcare workers to switch jobs. But business groups say they will sue to block it.

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25.04.2024

Which Emergencies Are Genuine Emergencies?

About half of patients in emergency rooms do not have a medical emergency, according to one clinician.

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24.04.2024

Telemedicine Boosts GDMT Rates for HFrEF in Navajo Nation

A telemedicine initiative targeting patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in the Navajo Nation improved rates of guideline-directed therapy by fivefold.

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24.04.2024

Opportunistic AI for Medical Scans

A remarkable wealth of data are being missed.

Medscape | Emergency Medicine Headlines

23.04.2024

Adding Life to Your Patients' Years

Is it enough to just help adults live longer? Lifestyle medicine can add life instead of just years.

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23.04.2024

How to Make the Most of Your Patient's Holter Monitor

An electrophysiologist shares eight tips for making the best use of the data that this device provides.

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19.04.2024

How Can Doctors Best Assess Worsening Dengue Cases?

It is important to inform patients about warning signs such as abdominal pain, repeated vomiting, decreased urine output, or dizziness when standing, says an epidemiologist.

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19.04.2024

Complete Revasc Not Superior to Culprit-Only PCI After MI

In patients with STEMI and multivessel disease, FFR-guided complete nonculprit revascularization did not reduce events vs culprit lesion-only PCI in the FULL-REVASC trial.

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18.04.2024

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome: How to Diagnose and Treat

A new clinical practice update from AGA covers cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome that is triggered by chronic cannabis use and manifests with GI symptoms. Underdiagnosis remains a challenge.

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18.04.2024

Cardiac Arrhythmia Common at High Altitude

More than one in three healthy adults developed cardiac arrhythmias, most commonly bradyarrhythmias, while climbing Mount Everest, a study found.

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17.04.2024

CDC Investigating Reactions Linked to Counterfeit 'Botox'

Reactions have included blurry vision, double vision, drooping eyelids, difficult swallowing or breathing, and other symptoms of botulism.

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17.04.2024

Chelation Therapy and CV Risk: Why TACT2 Showed No Benefit

Tricia Ward interviews Gervasio Lamas TACT2, a trial of chelation therapy to lower CV risk presented at the 2024 ACC Scientific Sessions, and why its findings differed from those of TACT.

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17.04.2024

Brain & Body: Connecting Depression and Obesity

Discover the relationship between obesity and depression as Roger McIntyre, MD, delves into their impact on mental and physical health.

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17.04.2024

Counterfeit Neurotoxin Investigations Prompt Call for Action

The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association emphasized the risks for medical procedures in unlicensed settings.

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16.04.2024

ED-Based Peer Support Program Cuts Opioid Overdose Risks

Emergency department-based peer recovery support is linked to higher adherence to post-discharge medication for opioid use disorder and reduced repeat overdoses, found a study.

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16.04.2024

IVUS Bests Angiography to Guide PCI in ACS

In acute coronary syndrome, intravascular ultrasound-guidance of PCI improved clinical outcomes safely and more effectively than angiography alone in the IVUS-ACS trial.

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16.04.2024

FDA Approves AI Diagnostic Tool for Early Sepsis Detection

The first-ever AI diagnostic tool for sepsis was granted marketing authorization through the FDA's De Novo pathway.

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16.04.2024

Methamphetamine Intoxication May Trigger Suicidal Ideation

Acute methamphetamine intoxication prompted suicidal tendencies in patients presenting to the emergency department, posing a serious public health concern.

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13.04.2024

Are You Ready for AI to Be a Better Doctor Than You?

Study after study show AI outperforming MDs in all areas. How should all-too-human physicians — who have trained for years to be good at what they do — feel about this?

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13.04.2024

Coronary Sinus Reducer an Option for Intractable Angina?

A coronary sinus reducer met one of two primary endpoints by reducing refractory angina in the ORBITA-COSMIC trial, but not the second, improvement in perfusion.

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13.04.2024

Is Europe on the Brink of an Opioid Crisis?

The increasing use of semisynthetic opioids is a cause for concern, researchers say, but mortality related to prescription opioid use is stable in most European countries.

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12.04.2024

FDA Expands Benralizumab Use for Asthma to Kids Over Age 6

The maintenance treatment for severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype originally was approved for patients aged 12 years and older.

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12.04.2024

Preventive Coronary Stents: Not There Yet

The PREVENT trial on stenting stable plaques deemed vulnerable by imaging criteria suggests a benefit over medical therapy alone. John Mandrola, MD, finds it provocative but not yet ready to act on.

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12.04.2024

New Data Question Beta-Blockers Post-MI With Preserved EF

In patients who had revascularization after an acute MI and had a preserved EF, long-term beta-blocker use showed no benefit compared with no beta-blockers, in REDUCE-AMI.

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11.04.2024

An Escalation of Dengue in Brazil

A perfect storm of epidemiologic factors is exacerbating the spread of dengue in Brazil and throughout the world.

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11.04.2024

Is Your EMS System Leading the Way in Emergency Care?

Join Drs Glatter and Pepe as they explore the intricacies of EMS care, revealing disparities and providing insights and solutions alongside Dr Weston.

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11.04.2024

'No Pulse': An MD's First Night Off in 2 Weeks Turns Grave

An ICU physician on a night out with friends suddenly found himself working a cardiac arrest in a dark club, music pounding and people crowding.

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10.04.2024

Preventive PCI for Vulnerable Plaques Reduces Cardiac Events

Preventive PCI plus optimal medical therapy reduced cardiac events and death in patients with non–flow-limiting coronary plaques vs medical therapy.

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08.04.2024

Ticagrelor Alone Cuts Bleeding Without More Events Post-PCI

Ticagrelor monotherapy safely cut bleeding by more than half after intervention for acute coronary syndrome, without an increase in MACCE, in the ULTIMATE-DAPT trial.

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'Fighting for Approval': Barriers to Needed Medications

Feds Seek Input on Private Equity, Consolidation in Medicine

Pediatric Mental Health ED Visits Fluctuated in Pandemic

Cholesterol Denialism is Pseudoscience

Did You Just Say a Blue Snake Bit You?

Distress Soars for Fathers After Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Hereditary Amyloidosis: 5 Things to Know

Is Immunotherapy for Cancer Safe in Pregnancy?

First Nations Patients Often Leave ED Before Completing Care

Huntington Disease: 5 Things to Know

Opportunistic AI for Medical Scans

FTC Bans Noncompetes, Urges More Healthcare Worker Protections

Which Emergencies Are Genuine Emergencies?

Telemedicine Boosts GDMT Rates for HFrEF in Navajo Nation

Opportunistic AI for Medical Scans

Adding Life to Your Patients' Years

How to Make the Most of Your Patient's Holter Monitor

How Can Doctors Best Assess Worsening Dengue Cases?

Complete Revasc Not Superior to Culprit-Only PCI After MI

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome: How to Diagnose and Treat

Cardiac Arrhythmia Common at High Altitude

CDC Investigating Reactions Linked to Counterfeit 'Botox'

Chelation Therapy and CV Risk: Why TACT2 Showed No Benefit

Brain & Body: Connecting Depression and Obesity

Counterfeit Neurotoxin Investigations Prompt Call for Action

ED-Based Peer Support Program Cuts Opioid Overdose Risks

IVUS Bests Angiography to Guide PCI in ACS

FDA Approves AI Diagnostic Tool for Early Sepsis Detection

Methamphetamine Intoxication May Trigger Suicidal Ideation

Are You Ready for AI to Be a Better Doctor Than You?

Coronary Sinus Reducer an Option for Intractable Angina?

Is Europe on the Brink of an Opioid Crisis?

FDA Expands Benralizumab Use for Asthma to Kids Over Age 6

Preventive Coronary Stents: Not There Yet

New Data Question Beta-Blockers Post-MI With Preserved EF

An Escalation of Dengue in Brazil

Is Your EMS System Leading the Way in Emergency Care?

'No Pulse': An MD's First Night Off in 2 Weeks Turns Grave

Preventive PCI for Vulnerable Plaques Reduces Cardiac Events

Ticagrelor Alone Cuts Bleeding Without More Events Post-PCI

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