Seven Percent of Outpatients Experience One or More Adverse Event
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Among outpatients, 7.0 percent have at least one adverse event (AE), with adverse drug events being the most common, according to a study published online May 7 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Noting that knowledge of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Racial, Ethnic Disparities Seen for Leading Causes of Youth Mortality
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- There are racial and ethnic disparities for nearly all leading causes of injury and disease tied to youth mortality, according to a study published online May 4 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Mortality Risk Up for Cancer Survivors With Elevated Loneliness
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Cancer survivors with elevated loneliness have a higher mortality risk, according to a study published online April 25 in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.Jingxuan Zhao, M.P.H., from the American... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Doppler Ultrasound Feasible for First-Line Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- For patients with high clinical suspicion of giant cell arteritis (GCA), color Doppler ultrasound of the temporal artery as a first-line diagnostic tool can avoid the need for other diagnostic tests, according to a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Cannabis Use Disorder Increasingly Seen in Teens Scheduled for Surgery
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- For adolescents scheduled for surgery, the prevalence of cannabis use disorder (CUD) is increasing and is associated with higher odds of postoperative complications, according to a study published online May 6 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Multifrequency Tympanometry Could Aid Diagnosis of Meniere Disease
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Multifrequency tympanometry (MFT) could aid the diagnosis of Meniere disease (MD), according to a review published online March 4 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine.
Christos Tsilivigkos, from the National and... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Benefit of Thick Liquids in Alzheimer Disease and Dysphagia Unclear
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- For hospitalized patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) and dysphagia, those receiving thick liquids are less likely to be intubated but have no difference in hospital mortality compared with those... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Text Message Outreach Can Help Increase Mammogram Completion Rates
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Text messaging women after initial outreach for breast cancer screening increases mammogram completion rates, according to a study published online May 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Shivan J. Mehta, M.D., from the Perelman... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Pediatric ED Length of Stay Reduced With Observation Unit for Mental Health
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Children with mental health emergencies presenting to the pediatric emergency department (PED) who receive psychiatric comanagement in a pediatric observation unit (POU) have significantly reduced PED length of stay (LOS) and... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Exposure to Food Additive Emulsifiers Linked to Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Exposure to food additive emulsifiers is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the May issue of The Lancet Diabetes& Endocrinology.
Clara Salame, Ph.D., from the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Novel Score Validated for Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- A novel high-resolution manometry (HRM) score can stratify the risk and severity of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to a study published online March 27 in the UEG Journal.
Stefano Siboni, M.D., from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Use Has Increased for All Racial Groups
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) use has increased among all racial/ethnic groups and has increased faster among non-Hispanic African Americans (NHAAs) and Hispanics than non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs), according to a... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Elimination of Buprenorphine Waiver Had Moderate Effect
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Elimination of the buprenorphine waiver increased the number of prescribers, but only modestly increased the number of patients in whom buprenorphine treatment was initiated, according to a research letter published in the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Quantitative Interstitial Abnormality Linked to Severe ARD in Smokers
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- For individuals with a smoking history, quantitative interstitial abnormality (QIA) progression is associated with increased odds of severe acute respiratory disease (ARD), according to a study published in the April issue of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Preventable Premature Death Rates Higher in Nonmetropolitan Counties
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 -- Nonmetropolitan counties had higher percentages of preventable premature deaths from the five leading causes of death during 2010 to 2022, according to research published in the May 2 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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