Medscape Medical News > Conference News > DDW 2024 Damian McNamara, MA May 23, 2024 WASHINGTON, DC — In contrast with a previous study that found glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists associated with an increased risk for acute pancreatitis and bowel obstruction, a new retrospective study found no significant link to these complications. The...
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Misdiagnosed Penicillin Allergy: New Recommendation
NEWS Dr. Nina Mörsch | 07 May 2024 Penicillin allergies are less prevalent than often presumed. However, misdiagnosed allergies can prove detrimental to patients requiring antibiotic therapy and contribute to antibiotic resistance. Professor Norma Jung from the University Hospital Cologne, Germany, presented a new recommendation at the 130th Congress of the German Society for Internal...
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Asynchronous Primary Care Offers Challenges, Opportunities
Medscape Medical News > Conference News > SGIM 2024 Lara Salahi May 17, 2024 BOSTON — Online patient portals have shifted patient expectations of how quickly clinicians respond and provide timely care, which can lead to burnout. But asynchronous care can, in some cases, be compensated and increase physician productivity and enhance patient care, according...
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Thyroid Ablation Safety Addressed by Expert Consensus
News > Medscape Medical News Nancy A. Melville September 19, 2023 With ever-expanding treatment options for the ablation of benign thyroid nodules, the American Thyroid Association (ATA) has issued an expert consensus statement that addresses the safe implementation and utilization of the techniques. “There are no documents to date in the United States focusing primarily...
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Study Suggests Inappropriate Use of Thyroid Ultrasounds
Medscape Medical News Miriam E. Tucker DISCLOSURES | December 18, 2023 Nearly three quarters of dedicated thyroid ultrasounds don’t identify biopsy-recommended nodules, and over a third don’t identify any nodules, new research finds. “The number of thyroid ultrasounds performed in the United States has increased fivefold since 2002. This substantial increase produces a significant strain...
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Prostate Cancer Screening: What Does Your Patient Fear Most?
Neil Skolnik, MD DISCLOSURES | May 22, 2024 I’m Dr Neil Skolnik, and today I’m going to talk about the American Urological Association’s (AUA’s) guideline on the early detection of prostate cancer. This guideline gives us the opportunity to revisit prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA). Before I go over the recommendations, I want...
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Early blood glucose control for those with type 2 diabetes crucial for reducing complications, prolonging life
by University of Oxford Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearch led by scientists from the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh has found that early good blood glucose control can minimize the lifetime risk of diabetes-related complications, including heart attacks, kidney failure and vision loss. These latest results from the UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS), one of the...
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Nutrient profile of popular diet linked to slower brain aging – neuroscience
By Michael FrancoMay 21, 2024 Brain imaging along with blood analysis has revealed which nutrients slow cognitive decline By combining brain scans and nutritional intake data, a new study has found a nutrient profile that puts the brakes on brain aging. What’s more, that profile matches an easy-to-follow popular eating plan that’s been proven to...
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Smoking fentanyl can cause irreversible brain damage, report shows
by Colin Davidson, The Conversation Anna Shvets from Pexels A middle-aged American man with no previous medical history was found unconscious in his hotel room, with “unidentified crushed pills and a white residue” on a nearby table, according to a recent paper in BMJ Case Reports. White powder was visible around the man’s mouth. This...
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Immunotherapy Could Be Used To Boost the Immune System of Older Individuals
Immunotherapy could be used to enhance immune responses in older people, making them less vulnerable to infections. News Published: May 16, 2024 | Original story from the University of Minnesota Credit: Congerdesign/ Pixabay Published in Nature Aging, University of Minnesota Medical School researchers provided new insight into enhancing immune responses in older individuals and the...