Focused Ultrasound Matches Prostatectomy for Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer
LAS VEGAS — Focused ultrasound ablation for prostate cancer proved at least equivalent to radical prostatectomy for failure-free survival, according to a randomized trial reported here. After 3 years of follow-up, treatment failure had occurred in 5.6% of patients treated with focused ablation and 7.9% of the prostatectomy groups. The difference did not achieve statistical […]
Generic Fluticasone–Salmeterol Inhaler for COPD Matches Branded Product
A generic fluticasone-salmeterol (Wixela Inhub) maintenance inhaler was clinically equivalent to name-brand Advair Diskus for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a propensity score-matched cohort study found. With approximately 3 months of routine use, the generic form of the inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta-agonist (ICS-LABA) inhaler was shown to carry a similar incidence of first moderate-to-severe […]
Opinion | ‘Melatonin Is Not Equivalent to a Warm Glass of Milk’: What We Heard This Week
“Melatonin is not equivalent to a warm glass of milk.” — Pieter Cohen, MD, of Cambridge Health Alliance in Somerville, Massachusetts, discussing the high rate of mislabeled melatonin gummies. “Doctors were much more neurotic than the other groups.” — Mehdi Ammi, PhD, health economist of Carleton University, in Canada, after finding that doctors tended to […]
Lowering Antenatal Betamethasone Dose Misses in Randomized Trial
Cutting the dose of antenatal betamethasone in half was not equivalent to full-dose antenatal betamethasone when it came to needing to treat respiratory distress in very preterm infants, findings from the randomized BETADOSE trial showed. Among more than 3,000 neonates in the intention to treat (ITT) analysis, 20% of newborns in the half-dose group required […]
Everyone eats three extra cheeseburgers a day than they admit, study shows
Everyone eats the equivalent of three extra McDonald’s cheeseburgers a day than they admit — regardless of their waistline, University of Essex researchers have revealed. The study shows obese and thin people all fib about food to the same amount regardless of the number on the bathroom scale and this could be undermining national health […]