Perspective by Ken Budd June 11, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EDT My symptoms started at least a day before I felt any chest pain. I’d become winded and sweaty after carrying some boxes up and down steps. That evening, I felt pain in my shoulder, neck and back that made it hard to sleep. Twice...
Month: <span>June 2023</span>
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Swollen Feet? These 7 Medications Can Cause Puffy Legs and Ankles
Written by Alex Evans, PharmD, MBA | Reviewed by Christina Aungst, PharmD Updated on April 25, 2023 Key takeaways: Medications are a common reason for swollen ankles and feet, also called pedal edema. Amlodipine, gabapentin, and pregabalin can cause puffy legs and ankles. Birth control pills, certain over-the-counter pain medications, and steroids are a few...
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Which Hair Loss Treatment Is Right for Me?
Written by Alina Goldenberg, MD, MAS, FAAD | Reviewed by Mandy Armitage, MD Published on March 24, 2022 Key takeaways: Hair loss is common in both men and women. Hair loss can be a sign of an underlying medical issue, so it’s important to see your primary care provider or a dermatologist for help. Treatments...
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WHO Advises Against Nonsugar Sweeteners for Weight Control
Aude Lecrubier June 09, 2023 Silver Spring, MD — A new guideline from the World Health Organization (WHO) on nonsugar sweeteners (NSSs) recommends not using them to control weight or reduce the risk for diabetes, heart disease, or cancer. These sweeteners include aspartame, acesulfame K, advantame, saccharine, sucralose, stevia, and stevia derivatives. The recommendation is based on the...
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Early Axial Spondyloarthritis Diagnosis in Referred Patients Remains Stable in Most
Cristina Ferrario June 05, 2023 MILAN, Italy — Most people with recent-onset chronic back pain who are referred to a rheumatologist and then diagnosed with definite axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) maintain that diagnosis over the next 2 years, but for those with residual diagnostic uncertainty for axSpA, particular characteristics may help to identify those who will or will...
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iLet Bionic Pancreas Cleared by FDA
JUNE 8TH, 2023 CONN HASTINGS MEDICINE The iLet Bionic Pancreas for use by type 1 diabetes patients has been cleared by the FDA and is now available commercially. The device is offered by Beta Bionics, a medtech company based in Massachusetts and California, but the underlying technology originally developed by researchers at Boston University. The system can...
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Drug combo ups progression-free survival for metastatic prostate cancer
by Elana Gotkine For patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), talazoparib plus enzalutamide results in improvement in radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS), according to a study published online June 4 in The Lancet to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago. Neeraj Agarwal, M.D., from the...
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Study offers new insights into how Medicare fraud has spread across US regions in recent years
by Timothy Dean, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Network plots for the Miami HRR (Panel A: 2002, Panel B: 2009). The 2009 plot is restricted to the most connected agencies of number equal to the total number of agencies in 2002. The nodes are colored with red (most), blue and green (least) corresponding to...
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Three ‘Synergistic’ Problems When Taking Blood Pressure
Matías Loewy June 07, 2023 Jarbas Barbosa, MD, MPH, PhD, director of the PAHO, told Medscape Spanish Edition, “We don’t have specific data for each of these scenarios, but unfortunately, all three doubtless work together to make the situation worse. “Often, the staff members at our primary care clinics are not prepared to diagnose and treat hypertension, because there aren’t national...
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Your guide to hepatitis C medications
by Ann Schreiber Hepatitis C is a serious viral infection that can scar your liver, cause your liver to fail and raise your risk for liver cancer, but there are a multitude of medications that can treat it. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, an estimated 2.4 million Americans live with hepatitis...