Cough Syrup Likely Culprit in Dozens of Child Deaths in Gambia, Says CDC Imported diethylene glycol-containing products resulted in an outbreak of acute kidney injury Mar 02, 2023
Vitamin B3 Doesn't Cut Skin Cancer Risk After Organ Transplant Randomized study finds no benefit with 12 months of nicotinamide versus placebo Mar 01, 2023
Daily Thiazide No Help in Preventing Recurrent Kidney Stones Three different dosages of hydrochlorothiazide no better than placebo Mar 01, 2023
Omecamtiv Mecarbil for Heart Failure Turned Down by FDA End of the road for cardiac myosin activator Mar 01, 2023
Are High Costs of Newer Diabetes Drugs Deterring Eligible Patients? Data show most eligible patients are not using GLP-1 receptor agonists or SGLT2 inhibitors Feb 27, 2023
Zero-Cal Sweetener Erythritol Disappoints on Cardiovascular Safety Keto-friendly food additive carries unknown long-term health effects Feb 27, 2023
Calcium Channel Blocker Preserves Some Beta Cell Function in Early T1D But intensive glucose control didn't preserve pancreatic C-peptide secretion Feb 24, 2023
Make the Diagnosis: Why Are These Lumps Here? A 33-year-old woman went to the doctor after noticing painful lumps on her legs that had developed over the past few days, some of which had begun to drain pus. Can you diagnose the patient? Feb 23, 2023
ICI-Related Myocarditis Deaths Down With Tailored Non-Corticosteroid Strategy Paris center reports results of mechanical ventilation, JAK-STAT inhibition for some patients Feb 23, 2023
FDA OKs Sparsentan for IgA Nephropathy-Related Proteinuria Non-immunosuppressive therapy led to 50% reduction in proteinuria Feb 21, 2023
Reassuring Findings on Bivalent COVID Booster in Hemodialysis Patients Patients mounted higher anti-spike IgG concentrations, especially those without prior infection Feb 15, 2023
Kidney Transplant Less Likely in Adults With Developmental Disabilities "Urgent need" for anti-discrimination initiatives to promote equitable care, researchers argue Feb 15, 2023
Old Drug May Help Protect People With Diabetes Against Dementia Those with history of ischemic heart disease or stroke saw greatest protection with pioglitazone Feb 15, 2023
Does COVID Vaccine Blunt Elevated Diabetes Risk After Infection? Unvaccinated had a 78% higher risk for new-onset diabetes; no link seen among the vaccinated Feb 14, 2023
Lower Blood Pressure Better in Pregnancy With Diabetes Going even lower on blood pressure appeared to help in a secondary trial analysis Feb 13, 2023
CATIS-2: Delayed Antihypertension Tx for Acute Ischemic Stroke Still an Option Early therapy not a better bet for cutting death and disability risks at 3 months Feb 11, 2023
Women With Hypertension During Pregnancy Face Higher CVD Risks Researcher advocates for heart healthcare beyond initial postpartum period Feb 11, 2023
Minimizing Surgery for Lung Cancer; Interferon for COVID Also in TTHealthWatch: adverse pregnancy outcomes and premature heart disease Feb 11, 2023 podcast
BEST-II Throws Cold Water on Already-Tepid BP Lowering After Stroke Thrombectomy Trial did not show definite harm, but benefit is unlikely Feb 10, 2023
Study Finds Wide Variation in Organ Procurement Performance At 13 hospitals covered by two OPOs, only a fourth of organs were recovered from potential donors Feb 08, 2023
Phthalates Exposure Tied to Higher Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in White Women But possible selection bias may have negated this risk in women of color, researchers say Feb 08, 2023
No Visual Acuity Benefit With Early Anti-VEGF for Diabetic Retinopathy "May not be worth the risk and inconvenience to the patient," researcher says Feb 07, 2023
Prenatal Screening to Expand to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy USPSTF endorses regular BP checks to flag more than preeclampsia alone Feb 07, 2023
Higher Rates of Staph Infection for Hispanics on Dialysis, CDC Says Greatest infection risk comes with central venous catheter access, researchers find Feb 06, 2023
Can High-Dose Vitamin D Prevent Diabetes? While three trials found no net benefit, combining them yielded significant risk reduction Feb 06, 2023
Arrival of TEER Has Helped Surgeons' Track Records Nationwide analysis of technology's effect since FDA approval 10 years ago Feb 06, 2023
U.S. Exercise Levels; Lifestyle and Memory Decline; Cooling Kidney Donors Also in TTHealthWatch: a vaccine for meningococcal disease in kids Feb 04, 2023 podcast
Heart Failure Risk Lingers Long After Chemotherapy, Regardless of Dose Several-fold higher cardiovascular risk of anthracycline use persists over two decades Feb 03, 2023
Chilling Donors Not as Good as Machine Perfusion for Kidney Transplant Noninvasive cooling before organ removal didn't measure up for early organ function Feb 02, 2023
First Oral Treatment for CKD Anemia OK'd for Patients on Dialysis Daprodustat is the first agent in new class of HIF-PHIs to gain FDA approval Feb 02, 2023
Doctor Charged With Attempted Murder; Organs for Less Prison Time? JAMA's AI Policy Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Feb 01, 2023
What Happens When Patients Stop Weight-Loss Medications? Treatments for obesity have to be "lifelong," says Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD Jan 31, 2023 video
JAK Inhibitor Improves Symptoms, Anemia in Myelofibrosis Patients see reductions in spleen size, require fewer transfusions with momelotinib over danazol Jan 30, 2023
Cardiometabolic Risk With Autism: Vigilance Urged No evidence-based intervention available, but screening, healthy lifestyle are recommended Jan 30, 2023
Supervised Exercise Keeps Diabetes at Bay a Decade Later Both moderate and vigorous exercise reduced the risk of diabetes compared with no exercise Jan 30, 2023
Mom's Cardiovascular Risk After Pre-Eclampsia Emerges Within a Decade Do some women need to be screened for CVD early in the postpartum period? Jan 26, 2023
ED Screening Program Picks Up Lots of Undiagnosed Diabetes Cases EHR alerts at Chicago ED flagged about three in 10 at-risk patients for HbA1c testing Jan 26, 2023
Older People With Type 2 Diabetes See Growing Cancer Burden Has cancer overtaken CVD as a leading cause of death in people with T2D? Jan 24, 2023
Over 1 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Will Pocket Savings From Insulin Cap Report uses 2020 claims data to estimate potential effects of IRA's $35 monthly insulin cap Jan 24, 2023