Neil Skolnik, MD DISCLOSURES | September 10, 2024 This transcript has been edited for clarity. I’m Dr Neil Skolnik and today I’m going to talk about the Revised criteria for diagnosis and staging of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) from the Alzheimer’s Association Workgroup. This is a big deal that will fundamentally change the way we will...
Month: <span>September 2024</span>
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Updated guidelines published for evaluating and managing chronic constipation
September 10, 2024 by Wolters Kluwer Health Credit: CC0 Public Domain The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) has issued updated guidelines on how to evaluate and manage chronic constipation. The research is published in the journal Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. “The complex etiology and variable severity of constipation symptoms mandate...
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Weight loss drug liraglutide is safe and effective in children under 12, study finds
September 10, 2024 by Diabetologia Credit: Lukas from PexelsThe obesity medication liraglutide is safe and effective in children aged 6 to <12 years, new research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Madrid, Spain (9-13 September), and published simultaneously in the New England Journal of...
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Statins cost effective and linked to better health outcomes in older people
September 10, 2024 by British Medical Journal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainStatin treatment is cost effective and linked to better health outcomes in older people with or without previous cardiovascular disease, although the risk reductions were substantially smaller in the latter, reports a modeling on the lifetime benefits of these drugs among the over-70s, published online...
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Thanks to Reddit, a new diagnosis is bubbling up across the nation
September 11, 2024 by Rae Ellen Bichell, KFF Health News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn a video posted to Reddit this summer, Lucie Rosenthal’s face starts focused and uncertain, looking intently into the camera, before it happens. She releases a succinct, croak-like belch. Then, it’s wide-eyed surprise, followed by rollicking laughter. “I got it!” the Denver...
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Depemokimab cuts exacerbation rate in eosinophilic asthma
September 11, 2024 by Elana Gotkine For patients with severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype, depemokimab reduces the annualized rate of exacerbations, according to a study published online Sept. 9 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the European Respiratory Society Congress, held from Sept. 7 to 11 in Vienna. David J....
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How do drugs like Ozempic work? And why are they on trial?
September 11, 2024 by Alison McCook, The Philadelphia Inquirer Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainYou don’t often see a “science day” in a Philadelphia courtroom. But that’s exactly what happened last week in a potentially ground-shifting legal fight brought by patients against the manufacturers of blockbuster drugs for diabetes and weight loss. At the heart of the...
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Is Routine Colonoscopy Warranted for Appendicitis Patients?
Miriam Davis September 22, 2023 Appendicitis is widely known to be associated with colon cancer. Consider a 2020 meta-analysis finding that appendicitis increases the risk of colon cancer 10 fold. It is now standard practice for appendicitis patients to have preoperative imaging and intra-operative investigations to check for co-existing colon cancer. But should all appendicitis...
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What Do We Know About Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction?
Paola Spriano September 09, 2024 Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a form of cognitive decline that involves a functional deterioration of activities of the nervous system, such as selective attention, vigilance, perception, learning, memory, executive function, verbal and language abilities, emotion, visuospatial and visuomotor skills. It occurs in the absence of cranial trauma or other...
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Biden administration issues rules making mental health care more accessible
September 9, 2024 by Ernie Mundell Beginning Jan. 1, Americans with private health insurance coverage should gain better access to mental health care, as well as care to help ease substance abuse, federal officials announced Monday. “Like medical care, mental health care is vital to the well-being of America’s workers,” U.S. Acting Secretary of Labor...