Chronic Pain Affects 21% of Americans, CDC Reports Nearly 7% have pain severe enough to restrict daily activities Apr 13, 2023
MedPAC Approves Recommendations on Part B Drug Payment and Site-Neutral Payment But commissioners express concern about effect of site-neutral payment on rural access Apr 13, 2023
Rexulti Works for Agitation in Alzheimer's, Despite Risks, Says FDA Staff Increased mortality risk consistent with other antipsychotics in elderly dementia patients Apr 13, 2023
Parkinson's Biomarker Shows High Accuracy Assay identifies hallmark protein and could help diagnose people earlier Apr 12, 2023
FDA Clears Shock-Absorbing Implant for Refractory Knee OA MISHA Knee System indicated for medial knee osteoarthritis not advanced enough for arthroplasty Apr 12, 2023
Do All Those Postmarket Device Modifications Add Up to Patient Harm? Cardiovascular devices lead the pack in having multiple iterations culminate in device recall Apr 12, 2023
Make the Diagnosis: Complex Wrist Pain Shucks A 49-year-old man presented to the doctor with complaints of ulnar-sided wrist pain, joint stiffness, and decreased grip strength that had developed over 2 months. Apr 12, 2023
Cognition Boosted by Thinking Positively About Aging Adults with mild cognitive impairment more likely to recover if they held positive age beliefs Apr 12, 2023
Older Men Still Overscreened for Prostate Cancer, Survey Says PSA screening rates over 50% for men 70 and up, despite USPSTF recommendations against it Apr 11, 2023
Matching People to Specific BP Meds in a Sea of Antihypertensives Sizable differences in individual response to drugs in the PHYSIC trial Apr 11, 2023
COVID Emergency Ends; Malpractice Panel Secrets; Weight Loss Risks in Older Adults Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Apr 11, 2023
Surgery No Help for the Kidneys in Older Folks With Primary Hyperparathyroidism But those under 60 saw a significant benefit with parathyroidectomy Apr 10, 2023
Reworked Philips CPAP, BiPAP Machines May Not Deliver Correct Therapy And some of the remediated breathing devices may not provide any treatment at all, FDA warns Apr 10, 2023
Certain Painkillers Linked to Heart Failure in Type 2 Diabetes Population-based study shows older patients with poorly controlled diabetes at particular risk Apr 10, 2023
ECMO Therapy Out of Reach for Multiple Socioeconomic Groups Sex, insurance status, and income all factors in access to advanced critical care therapy Apr 07, 2023
Stroke Outcomes Provide Some Clarity on Kidney-Brain Connection Kidney dysfunction, kidney damage increase risks in different ways, say researchers Apr 07, 2023
Tongue Nerve Stimulator Does Good for Sleep Apnea Patients THN3 trial shows reduced apnea, improvement in quality of life Apr 06, 2023
Docs Support Bill to Reform Medicare Payments New legislation links physician pay update to inflationary measure Apr 06, 2023
CMS Cracks Down on Medicare Advantage Marketing, Prior Auth Practices Agency wants to stop schemes that mislead beneficiaries and prohibit unfair denials of care Apr 06, 2023
Obesity Driven by Genes Less Harmful for the Heart? Twin study suggests a difference in CVD impact from becoming obese despite "good genes" Apr 06, 2023
Dementia Risk May Rise as Air Quality Worsens Findings highlight the importance of limiting particulate matter pollution Apr 05, 2023
Sleep Problems Tied to Increased Stroke Risk Long unplanned naps, poor sleep quality, apnea among red flags Apr 05, 2023
Timing of Pacemaker, ICD Infections Suggests Closer Wound Checks for Some Researchers stress early detection and treatment of CIED infection Apr 05, 2023
Are Your Patients Aware That Hearing Loss May Affect the Brain? Patients of all ages need to be better informed of the risks and interventions available Apr 04, 2023
Does Your 80-Year-Old Patient Really Need That Colonoscopy? Physicians often ignore life expectancy in screening decisions, study finds Apr 04, 2023
Lousy Sleep Compounds Genetic Risk for Asthma in Adults Twofold higher risk in people with poor sleep patterns and high genetic susceptibility Apr 03, 2023
Mail-Back Envelopes Will Be Dispensed With Outpatient Opioid Scripts Strategy will provide another option to dispose of unneeded medications, FDA says Apr 03, 2023
What Drives Alzheimer's in Women? Tau levels higher when hormone therapy starts more than 5 years after menopause onset Apr 03, 2023
Medicare Expected to Become Insolvent by 2031, Trustees Say Date is 3 years later than before, but AMA, other groups still concerned about program's future Apr 03, 2023
'Early Birds' With Sleep Apnea May Get More CPAP Benefits Patients with so-called morning chronotype used devices a half-hour more per night Apr 01, 2023
Want to Fix Medicare Pay for Primary Care Docs? How About Two Fee Schedules? Separate schedules for procedures, E&M services could reduce pushback, says former CMS official Mar 31, 2023
Brains Shrink With Anti-Amyloid Alzheimer's Drugs Treatments accelerate brain atrophy, but reasons why remain a mystery Mar 31, 2023
Sleep, Exercise, and Death; Pope Improving, Eats Pizza; Obesity Med Strategies Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Mar 31, 2023
WHO Booster Update: Here's What They Got Right and Wrong The organization placed due emphasis on vulnerable groups Mar 30, 2023
Transcatheter Arterialization of Deep Veins Succeeds for No-Option Limb Ischemia Most patients avoided amputation in single-group study Mar 29, 2023
Pre-Existing Heart Failure Tied to Higher Mortality in Lymphoma DLBCL patients with HF 45% less likely to receive standard first-line anthracyclines, study found Mar 29, 2023
FDA OKs First OTC Product for Reversing Opioid Overdoses Make the product accessible with "an affordable price," says FDA Commissioner Mar 29, 2023
Is It Business as Usual for the Drug Industry? Drugmakers continue to raise prices despite new legislation Mar 28, 2023