Trump and GOP Rivals’ Positions on Major Healthcare Issues
After former President Donald Trump swept Monday’s Iowa Republican caucus with 51% of the vote, the presidential candidates, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis who received 21% of the votes and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley who garnered 19%, are now shifting their focus to the New Hampshire primary on January 23. Their stance on […]
Study Assuages Fears of Pancreatic Cancer Risk With GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
Several years after initiating treatment, GLP-1 receptor agonist users didn’t have a pancreatic cancer safety signal, a historical cohort study reported. Compared with basal insulin users, those on a GLP-1 receptor agonist didn’t have a significantly different risk for developing pancreatic cancer in the 5 to 7 years that followed (HR 0.50, 95% CI 0.15-1.71), […]
I Almost Died Giving Birth — Twice. This Is The Lifesaving Knowledge I Wish I’d Had.
The author holds her 1-week-old son after returning home from the hospital, in the wake of an emergency D&C and postpartum hemorrhage. Courtesy of Lisa McCarty After I almost bled out during the delivery of my first child due to postpartum hemorrhage, or PPH, I had nightmares about it happening again. One week after giving […]
Here’s How Common Long COVID Is in Children
Six to 12 months after COVID-19 infection, very few children developed post-COVID-19 conditions (PCCs) as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), a prospective Canadian study found. At 6 months after being tested for SARS-CoV-2 in pediatric emergency departments (EDs), just 0.52% of children who tested positive had symptoms and changes in quality of life […]
2 Models Of Apple Watch Can Go On Sale Again, For Now
LOADINGERROR LOADING Two higher-end models of the Apple Watch can go on sale again after a federal court temporarily lifted a sales halt ordered by the International Trade Commission over a patent dispute. The ITC, a federal agency, ordered the halt in October to block Apple from using specific technologies underpinning a blood-oxygen measurement system […]
MRD Tied to Allo-Transplant Benefit in NPM1-Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia
SAN DIEGO — Measurable residual disease (MRD) after induction therapy can guide the use of allogeneic transplant in patients with NPM1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in first remission, regardless of whether FLT3 internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutations are present as well, according to an analysis of two randomized trials. Of more than 700 patients in […]
Less-Frequent Surveillance Mammo Feasible in Older Breast Cancer Survivors
SAN ANTONIO — Women ages >50 who de-escalated to less-frequent mammography 3 years after curative surgery for early-stage breast cancer had similar outcomes to women who received annual mammography, according to a phase III study. In the Mammo-50 trial, after a median follow-up of 5.7 years for alive patients, breast cancer-specific survival was 98.1% and […]
Here’s How Quickly You Can Get Infected With The Flu After An Exposure
Xavier Lorenzo via Getty Images It takes between 1 and 5 days to show symptoms of the flu after getting infected. Throughout the United States, we are fully in flu season. Cases of influenza are currently increasing, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and flu hospitalizations are up, too. It’s important to […]
Psych Nurses Sound the Alarm on Patient Violence at Pediatric Hospital
Nurses at Seattle Children’s Hospital demanded the hospital intervene after police were twice called to the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU) over violent incidents during a 2-week period in November, according to the Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA). On November 7, police were called to intervene after patients began overturning carts, wielding metal poles […]
Rare Syndrome After COVID Vaccines Described
People who experienced rare long-term adverse events after COVID-19 vaccination often had neurologic symptoms, survey data showed. Among 241 people who self-reported a post-vaccination syndrome (PVS), the five most common symptoms were exercise intolerance (71%), excessive fatigue (69%), numbness (63%), brain fog (63%), and neuropathy (63%), reported Harlan Krumholz, MD, of Yale School of Medicine […]