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Consensus Statement Issued for Low-Dose Oral Minoxidil for Hair Loss
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Consensus has been reached for 76 items relating to low-dose oral minoxidil (LDOM) treatment for patients with hair loss, according to a statement published...
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Risk for Schizophrenia Increased With ED Visits Involving Hallucinogen Use
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In individuals without a history of psychosis, the risk for developing a schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) is increased for individuals with an emergency...
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Adding Pembrolizumab Ups Survival in Stage III Undifferentiated Sarcoma
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For patients with stage III undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma or dedifferentiated or pleomorphic liposarcoma of the extremity and limb girdles, adding...
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Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists May Reduce Alcohol Consumption
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use may reduce alcohol consumption and improve outcomes in some individuals, according to a study...
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Alcohol-Induced Liver Disease Hospitalizations, Transplants on the Rise
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — From 2005 to 2021, alcohol-induced liver disease (AILD)-related hospitalizations and liver transplants (LTs) increased among women and men and in younger and...
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AI Model FastGlioma Can Detect Glioma Infiltration During Surgery
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The artificial intelligence (AI) model FastGlioma can detect glioma infiltration during surgery, according to a study published online Nov. 13 in Nature....
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COVID-19 Mortality Higher for Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome Patients
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The risk for COVID-19 hospitalization is low in adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), but these individuals have a high...
View ArticleAsthma may be associated with impaired memory function in children
1. Longitudinal results found that children with earlier asthma onset had slower episodic memory development compared to children without asthma. 2. Cross-sectional results found that children with...
View ArticleNivolumab+AVD improves progression-free survival in advanced-stage Hodgkin...
1. This randomized controlled trial found that in patients with newly diagnosed stage III or IV Hodgkin lymphoma, treatment with nivolumab + AVD (N+AVD) led to longer progression-free survival compared...
View ArticleBeta-blocker interruption not noninferior to continuation following...
1. In this randomized controlled trial, among patients with a history of myocardial infarction (MI), interruption of long-term beta-blocker therapy was not found to be noninferior to beta-blocker...
View ArticleAdjuvant durvalumab therapy improves survival in limited-stage small cell...
1. In this randomized controlled trial, adjuvant therapy with durvalumab led to improved overall and progression-free survival compared to placebo in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer...
View ArticleLentiviral gene therapy prevents functional deterioration in cerebral...
1. In this prospective cohort study, in boys with diagnosed cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy, it was found that lentiviral gene therapy containing ABCD1 complementary DNA permitted survival free from...
View ArticleKFF Health News’‘What the Health?’: Trump’s Nontraditional Health Picks
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A...
View ArticleFlorida Gov. DeSantis’ Canadian Drug Import Plan Goes Nowhere After FDA Approval
Nearly a year after the Biden administration gave Florida the green light to become the first state to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada — a longtime goal of politicians across the...
View ArticleWashington Power Has Shifted. Here’s How the ACA May Shift, Too.
President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House could embolden Republicans who want to weaken or repeal the Affordable Care Act, but implementing such sweeping changes would still require...
View ArticleOutcomes of Targeted Optimization in EVAR, TEVAR, and cEVAR Procedures
The following is a summary of “Textbook Outcome’ in Endovascular Aortic Repair is Associated with Improved One-Year Survival,” published in the November 2024 issue of Surgery by Sickels et al. A...
View ArticleHBOT for Postoperative Mastectomy Skin Flap Ischemia Outcomes
The following is a summary of “Evaluating the Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to Treat Mastectomy Skin Flap Ischemia in Breast Reconstruction: A Single-Institution Retrospective Analysis,”...
View ArticleCSL112 Reduces Nonfatal Ischemic Events and CV Mortality After AMI in AEGIS-II
The following is a summary of “ApoA-I Infusions and Burden of Ischemic Events After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the AEGIS-II Trial,” published in the November 2024 issue of Cardiology by...
View ArticlePretest Probability for HFpEF in Group 1 PH and its Prognostic Implications
The following is a summary of “Clinical Implications of Pretest Probability of HFpEF on Outcomes in Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension,” published in the November 2024 issue of Cardiology by Reddy et...
View ArticleTriglyceride-Glucose and TyG-NLR Indices Linked to Mortality Risk
The following is a summary of “Association between triglyceride-glucose index and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and all-cause mortality in the general US population: NHANES 2001-2018,” published in the...
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