by European Society of Cardiology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Nearly 30% of patients with coronary artery disease have diabetes, according to a large study published on World Health Day in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). That compares to a diabetes prevalence of around 9% in the general...
by University of Michigan Credit: CC0 Public Domain Getting a birth control implant used to cost some women hundreds of dollars, if they were among the nearly half of privately insured Americans covered by a health plan with a high deductible that they were responsible for paying. But a new study in the April issue of...
PUBLISHED WED, APR 7 20218:32 AM EDT One in three Covid-19 survivors has suffered a neurological or psychiatric disorder within six months of infection with the virus, a study has found. The results were based on an observational study of more than 230,000 patient health records. The study was published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal...
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, April 6, 2021 — A tsunami of chronic health conditions as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, especially cardiometabolic disease, may produce an enormous wave of death and disability that demands immediate, comprehensive strategies. In addition, COVID-19 has disrupted cardiovascular science and medicine, yet it presents opportunities to transform and create...
AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Bethesda, MD (April 6, 2021) — Obesity is a global pandemic, affecting about 40% of adults in the United States. There is an enormous unmet need for an effective weight-loss solution. After a detailed review of available literature, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released new clinical guidelines recommending the use of intragastric balloons...
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Scientists at UCL have used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify three new multiple sclerosis (MS) subtypes. Researchers say the groundbreaking findings will help identify those people more likely to have disease progression and help target treatments more effectively. MS affects over 2.8 million people globally and 130,000 in the UK, and is...
by Linda A. Johnson This undated image provided by Supernus Pharmaceuticals in April 2021 shows bottles for different dosages of the drug Qelbree. On Friday, April 2, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the medication for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children ages six through 17. (Supernus Pharmaceuticals via AP) U.S. regulators...
Credit…Gracia Lam By Jane E. Brody April 5, 2021 At a time when so many are dying against their will, it may seem out of sync to discuss the option of having a doctor help people end their lives when they face intolerable suffering that no treatment can relieve. It’s less a question of uncontrollable physical pain,...
If new recommendations from the American College of Physicians take hold, patients may soon see shorter courses of antibiotics prescribed for common bacterial infections in an effort to stem the tide of antibiotic resistance. For acute, uncomplicated bronchitis and COPD exacerbation, five days. For community-acquired pneumonia, five days with extensions based on symptoms. For uncomplicated urinary tract...
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, April 5, 2021 — When people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) develop high blood pressure, the type of medication chosen for their initial treatment may influence their risk of heart disease, stroke and heart failure, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal. With current anti-retroviral medications,...
