Credit: CC0 Public Domain The trauma of natural disasters doesn’t end when the storm or wildfire is gone, or even when communities are being put back together and homes have been rebuilt. For many people, being displaced by a disaster has long-term consequences that often aren’t obvious or considered in disaster aid decisions. We study public...
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FDA says compounding pharmacies can keep making weight-loss med tirzepatide, for now
Pharmacists may continue making compounded versions of the weight-loss medication tirzepatide while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revisits its Oct. 2 decision to remove the medicine from a national drug shortage list. What prompted the FDA to reconsider its decision? On Oct. 7, a compounding trade group filed a lawsuit challenging the agency’s action, saying there was...
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FDA approves Hympavzi for hemophilia
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Hympavzi (marstacimab-hncq) for routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes in adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with hemophilia A without factor VIII inhibitors or hemophilia B without factor IX inhibitors. Unlike other drugs that replace a clotting factor, Hympavzi is...
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The silent threat of sarcopenia among elderly type 2 diabetes patients
Credit: CC0 Public Domain As global populations age, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and its associated complications, such as sarcopenia, continues to rise. Sarcopenia, which involves the progressive decline of muscle mass and strength, is common among older adults and is linked to various negative health outcomes, including increased risk of falls, frailty, and...
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Older adults wary of AI health info, struggle with misinformation
Confidence levels among adults age 50 and over that they can spot health misinformation if they came across it online. Data from the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging. Credit: University of Michigan While the vast majority of people over 50 look for health information on the internet, a new poll shows 74%...
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For people with Parkinson’s, moving is a mental challenge as well as a physical one
Distribution of participant scores on different tasks. (A) Index scores generated from mental chronometry of the box and blocks task are shown for the more affected versus less affected side. (B) Density plots represent distribution of index scores and our predictors of interest. Credit: Brain and Cognition (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2024.106181 It’s well known that Parkinson’s disease can...
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Providing patients with blood vessel calcification imaging results may improve cardiovascular risk control
Examples of the abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) imaging result letters provided to participants. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52172-1 In a first-ever trial, researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) have provided abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) imaging results to attempt to elicit behavioral changes to improve diet, physical activity, and other cardiovascular disease risk factors in older men...
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Certain women may need mammograms before age 40: An expert explains why
Women typically are urged to start receiving regular mammograms at age 40, but some might need to start even sooner, experts say. Specific risk factors that increase risk of early breast cancer might prompt young women to consider getting screened earlier, said Dr. Michele Blackwood, director of breast surgery and women’s oncologic health at RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer...
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New clinical model for predicting hip fractures could save lives
Standardized individual 5-year risk of hip fracture according to age at baseline in all women and by different risk factors. Estimates were obtained using flexible parametric survival models with baseline knots placed at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of the uncensored log survival times. Credit: eClinicalMedicine (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102877 Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a...
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Experts update recommendations for modern approach for systemic sclerosis
Schematic representation of the eight clinical domains covered by the 2023 recommendations. Note that severe prognosis is not represented. The different shades of green boxes labelled A–D represent the Strength of the Recommendation (SoR) as shown in the relative column of table 1. Dotted lines connect same drug or drug class across distinct clinical domains....