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By Healio - Jan 28, 2020
BP DURING ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY MAY AFFECT NEUROLOGIC OUTCOMES

Among patients undergoing endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke, mean arterial BP of less than 70 mm Hg for more than 10 minutes...
Stroke, Neurology
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
GENETIC TESTING MAY IMPROVE PATIENT SCREENING FOR REFRACTIVE SURGERY

KOLOA, Hawaii - Genetic testing can identify loci and genes for inherited eye diseases and can help improve screening processes to...
Eye
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
HIGH CHILDHOOD HBA1C INCREASES PREMATURE DEATH RISK IN TYPE 1 DIABETES

Young adults with type 1 diabetes were nearly three times more likely to die before age 30 years if they had poor metabolic control...
Registry, Diabetes
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
MOBILE APPS MAY FACILITATE WEIGHT LOSS AMONG ADULTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES

Adults with type 2 diabetes may lose weight more effectively by including a weight-loss mobile app as part of their strategy, according...
Face, Diet, Obesity, Diabetes
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
FINANCIAL ACCESS TO PHYSICIANS DECREASED IN LAST 20 YEARS

Although the prevalence of Americans with health insurance coverage grew from 1998 to 2017, the prevalence of people who reported being...

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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
TOFACITINIB LINKED TO 2-FOLD GREATER RISK FOR HERPES ZOSTER IN RA

Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, tofacitinib is associated with a 2-fold greater risk for herpes zoster infection compared...
Herpes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Arthritis
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
CANNABINOIDS INEFFECTIVE FOR CANCER PAIN

Cannabinoids did not appear to reduce cancer-associated pain among adults with cancer, according to results of a systemic review and...
Senior, Cancer
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
CDC: CORONAVIRUS STILL POSES ‘LOW' RISK TO GENERAL US POPULATION

The novel coronavirus at the center of an ongoing outbreak in China continues to pose a “low” risk to the general United States population,...
Hands
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
GUIDED SELF-HELP INTERVENTION REDUCES PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG REFUGEES

A guided self-help intervention meaningfully reduced psychological distress among a group of refugees and may thus provide individuals...

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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
MANY STIMULANT PRESCRIBERS ARE INFLUENCED BY PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETING

Rising rates of stimulant prescribing may be partly influenced by pharmaceutical industry marketing to physicians, according to study...

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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
FDA APPROVES DIFICID FOR C. DIFFICILE TREATMENT IN CHILDREN

The FDA has approved Dificid tablets and oral suspension for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhea in pediatric...

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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
LONG-TERM MORTALITY AFTER CLI DIAGNOSIS HIGH, URGENT ACTION NEEDED

The 4-year mortality rate after a diagnosis of critical limb ischemia is more than 50%, comparable to the deadliest cancers, which...
Plan, Cancer
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
TOP-LINE THALES RESULTS: TICAGRELOR PLUS ASPIRIN EFFECTIVE FOR SECONDARY STROKE PREVENTION

AstraZeneca announced that in the phase 3 THALES study, in patients with minor acute ischemic stroke or high-risk transient ischemic...
Stroke
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
STEWARDSHIP IN THE PEDIATRICIAN'S OFFICE: IT'S ABOUT TIME TO GET ANTIBIOTIC SMART WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTIONS

In this bimonthly column, pediatric infectious disease specialists Asif Noor, MD, FAAP, and Ulka Kothari, MD, share valuable insight...
Cold
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
ART DECREASES ESTRADIOL, BUT DOES NOT IMPACT HORMONE THERAPY EFFICACY, IN TRANSGENDER WOMEN

Estradiol pharmacokinetic parameters were significantly decreased in the presence of ART among transgender women who are HIV-positive,...
AIDS
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
POSITIVE ECG, NEGATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY MAY IDENTIFY PATIENTS WITH ELEVATED CARDIAC RISK

Patients with positive ECG results and normal stress echocardiography had a slightly increased risk for adverse cardiac events, according...
Stress
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
HBA1C TESTING IN BARBERSHOPS COULD HELP IDENTIFY UNDIAGNOSED DIABETES IN BLACK MEN

Community-based HbA1c testing in barbershops may help identify black men with undiagnosed diabetes, according to a research letter...
Diabetes
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
PATIENTS WITH KNEE OA MAY UNDERGO PREMATURE, DELAYED TKA

Results published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery showed a substantial number of patients with knee osteoarthritis underwent...
Osteoarthritis, Knees
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
U.S. OPTOMETRISTS REPORT BARRIERS IN LOW VISION CARE

Optometrists in the U.S. report barriers for referring patients with mild visual loss to low vision rehabilitation, according to survey...
Eye
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By Healio - Jan 27, 2020
ZIMURA SHOWS PROMISE IN TREATMENT OF GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY IN AMD

TREVISO, Italy - Complement C5 is a viable target for inhibition to potentially prevent or slow retinal pigment epithelial cell death...
AMD
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BP DURING ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY MAY AFFECT NEUROLOGIC OUTCOMES

Among patients undergoing endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke, mean arterial BP of less than 70 mm Hg for more than 10 minutes...

GENETIC TESTING MAY IMPROVE PATIENT SCREENING FOR REFRACTIVE SURGERY

KOLOA, Hawaii - Genetic testing can identify loci and genes for inherited eye diseases and can help improve screening processes to...

HIGH CHILDHOOD HBA1C INCREASES PREMATURE DEATH RISK IN TYPE 1 DIABETES

Young adults with type 1 diabetes were nearly three times more likely to die before age 30 years if they had poor metabolic control...

MOBILE APPS MAY FACILITATE WEIGHT LOSS AMONG ADULTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES

Adults with type 2 diabetes may lose weight more effectively by including a weight-loss mobile app as part of their strategy, according...

FINANCIAL ACCESS TO PHYSICIANS DECREASED IN LAST 20 YEARS

Although the prevalence of Americans with health insurance coverage grew from 1998 to 2017, the prevalence of people who reported being...

TOFACITINIB LINKED TO 2-FOLD GREATER RISK FOR HERPES ZOSTER IN RA

Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, tofacitinib is associated with a 2-fold greater risk for herpes zoster infection compared...

CANNABINOIDS INEFFECTIVE FOR CANCER PAIN

Cannabinoids did not appear to reduce cancer-associated pain among adults with cancer, according to results of a systemic review and...

CDC: CORONAVIRUS STILL POSES ‘LOW' RISK TO GENERAL US POPULATION

The novel coronavirus at the center of an ongoing outbreak in China continues to pose a “low” risk to the general United States population,...

GUIDED SELF-HELP INTERVENTION REDUCES PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG REFUGEES

A guided self-help intervention meaningfully reduced psychological distress among a group of refugees and may thus provide individuals...

MANY STIMULANT PRESCRIBERS ARE INFLUENCED BY PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETING

Rising rates of stimulant prescribing may be partly influenced by pharmaceutical industry marketing to physicians, according to study...

FDA APPROVES DIFICID FOR C. DIFFICILE TREATMENT IN CHILDREN

The FDA has approved Dificid tablets and oral suspension for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhea in pediatric...

LONG-TERM MORTALITY AFTER CLI DIAGNOSIS HIGH, URGENT ACTION NEEDED

The 4-year mortality rate after a diagnosis of critical limb ischemia is more than 50%, comparable to the deadliest cancers, which...

TOP-LINE THALES RESULTS: TICAGRELOR PLUS ASPIRIN EFFECTIVE FOR SECONDARY STROKE PREVENTION

AstraZeneca announced that in the phase 3 THALES study, in patients with minor acute ischemic stroke or high-risk transient ischemic...

STEWARDSHIP IN THE PEDIATRICIAN'S OFFICE: IT'S ABOUT TIME TO GET ANTIBIOTIC SMART WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTIONS

In this bimonthly column, pediatric infectious disease specialists Asif Noor, MD, FAAP, and Ulka Kothari, MD, share valuable insight...

ART DECREASES ESTRADIOL, BUT DOES NOT IMPACT HORMONE THERAPY EFFICACY, IN TRANSGENDER WOMEN

Estradiol pharmacokinetic parameters were significantly decreased in the presence of ART among transgender women who are HIV-positive,...

POSITIVE ECG, NEGATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY MAY IDENTIFY PATIENTS WITH ELEVATED CARDIAC RISK

Patients with positive ECG results and normal stress echocardiography had a slightly increased risk for adverse cardiac events, according...

HBA1C TESTING IN BARBERSHOPS COULD HELP IDENTIFY UNDIAGNOSED DIABETES IN BLACK MEN

Community-based HbA1c testing in barbershops may help identify black men with undiagnosed diabetes, according to a research letter...

PATIENTS WITH KNEE OA MAY UNDERGO PREMATURE, DELAYED TKA

Results published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery showed a substantial number of patients with knee osteoarthritis underwent...

U.S. OPTOMETRISTS REPORT BARRIERS IN LOW VISION CARE

Optometrists in the U.S. report barriers for referring patients with mild visual loss to low vision rehabilitation, according to survey...

ZIMURA SHOWS PROMISE IN TREATMENT OF GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY IN AMD

TREVISO, Italy - Complement C5 is a viable target for inhibition to potentially prevent or slow retinal pigment epithelial cell death...

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Kobe Bryant Will Be Posthumously Inducted Into the Basketball Hall of Fame's...

As the world reels from the tragic and unexpected death of Kobe Bryant , the basketball community is preparing to honor his legacy forever. On Sunday, the 41-year-old and his...

Can't Get Motivated to Exercise at Home? Take Some Tips From the Tone It Up...

Best friends Karena Dawn and Katrina Scott founded Tone It Up back in 2009 and, more than a decade later, the trainers are overwhelmed by the community of strong women they've...

Poverty Could Drive Up Youth Suicide Risk

Children and teens in U.S. counties where 20% or more of the population lives below the federal poverty level were 37% more likely to die by suicide than those in counties with...

Husband Of Coach Killed In Kobe Bryant Crash Speaks Out About Losing His Wife

Christina Mauser was one of nine killed in Bryant's helicopter As more details emerge about the lives lost during the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and his...

Platform Predicts Various Drug Behaviors In Humans

"Organ-on-a-Chip" model of the lung that Imitates human organ-level physiology and pathophysiology with high fidelity has been discovered.

Parkinson's disease may start before BIRTH, study suggests

By 'rewinding' cells of early-onset Parkinson's disease patients back to their stem cell states, a Cedars-Sinai study found that, even as embryos, theyhad abnormal dopamine...

Treatment Doesn't Follow Guidelines For Lower Back Pain In Adults

Adults with "new and persistent" Low Back pain opioids are prescribed with opioids - in most cases without trying guideline-recommended pain medications.

Brazen airliner still offering flights from London Heathrow to...

EXCLUSIVE: The French airline is offering cheap flights from Heathrow to the outbreak's epicentre on Sunday evening via its website. The Foreign Office warns against travel to...

Public Health Strategies Can Use Low/no Calorie Sweeteners

Low/no-calorie sweeteners can make a massive impact on public health strategies and may curb diabetes and increase health awareness.

Many Americans Feel Their Overall Health Wellness As Good

Desire for more access to healthcare is a main undercurrent, according to the health poll conducted online by the Harris Poll on behalf of the American Osteopathic Association.