Antibiotics Not Helpful for Cough Due to Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- Antibiotics have no measurable impact on the severity or duration of cough due to acute lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) among adults presenting to primary care or urgent care, according to a study published... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Raise Risk for Postpartum Mortality for One Year
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs) are strong risk factors for pregnancy-associated mortality due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) at delivery through one  year postpartum, according to a study published online... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Occurrence of Low-Birth-Weight Babies Heightened in Active-Duty Servicewomen
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- Active-duty servicewomen in the United States appear to have an increased occurrence of low-birth-weight babies compared with nonservice women, according to a review published online April 22 in BMJ Military... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Differences ID'd in Tau Burden in Down Syndrome, Alzheimer Disease
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- The spatial distribution, timing, and magnitude of tau burden differs for people with Down syndrome and those with autosomal-dominant Alzheimer disease, according to a study published in the May issue of The Lancet... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
AI Model Reduces False Positives in Screening Mammograms
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- A semiautonomous breast cancer screening system reduces false positives with screening mammograms, according to a study published online April 10 in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.
Stefano Pedemonte, Ph.D., from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Show Great Global Variance
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- There is significant global variation in COVID-19 treatment recommendations and disease severity stratifications, according to a study published online April 22 in BMJ Global Health.
Mia Cokljat, M.B.Ch.B., from the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Most Moms-to-Be Interested in RSV Vaccination During Pregnancy
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- More than half of women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant are very likely to get vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) during pregnancy, according to a study published online April 25 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
GLP1 Receptor Agonists Do Not Up Risk for Complications After Emergency Surgery
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- The risk for postoperative respiratory complications is similar among patients undergoing emergency surgery regardless of preoperative glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use, according to a research... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Exa-Cel Eliminates Vaso-Occlusive Crises in Most Sickle Cell Patients
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- For almost all patients with sickle cell disease, treatment with exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) eliminates vaso-occlusive crises, according to a study published in the April 24 issue of the New England Journal of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Impaired Fecundity Rate in Women Unchanged From 2011 to 2019
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- The percentage of women experiencing impaired fecundity did not change between 2011 and 2019, according to a study published online April 24 in National Health Statistics Reports, a publication from the National Center... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Prenatal Opioid Exposure Not Tied to Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Offspring
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- Prenatal opioid exposure seems not to be associated with a meaningful increase in the risk for neuropsychiatric disorders in offspring, according to a study published online April 24 in The BMJ.
Jiseung Kang, Ph.D., from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
CD7 CAR T-Cell Therapy, Stem-Cell Transplant Beneficial for CD7-Positive Tumors
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- For patients with relapsed or refractory CD7-positive leukemia or lymphoma, sequential CD7 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy followed by haploidentical hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is safe... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Tobacco Smoking Reduces the Odds of Psoriasis Improvement
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 -- Tobacco smoking is negatively associated with resolution of psoriasis symptoms, according to a study published in the April issue of Tobacco Induced Diseases.
Yan Qiang, from the School of Medicine at Tongji University... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mortality Up for Breast Cancer Diagnosed Within 10 Years of Childbirth
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 -- Young-onset breast cancer (YOBC) with germline BRCA pathogenic variants (PVs) is associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality if diagnosed within 10 years after childbirth, according to a study published... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Good Heart Health May Protect Against Cognitive Decline in Black Women
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 -- Middle-aged Black women with better heart health are less likely to show a decline in mental function, according to a study published online April 24 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Imke Janssen,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
