Illinois slated to receive nearly $149 million in Purdue Pharma, Sacklers settlement
Illinois is expected to receive nearly $149 million as part of the national $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin, and its owners over their improper marketing of opioids, Attorney General Kwame Raoul said this week.
Clark County, Health District Officials & Community Partners Remind Public of ‘Beat the Heat’ Public Safety Initiative
With triple-digit temperatures expected to arrive soon, Clark County, the Southern Nevada Health District and community partners are reminding residents and visitors that Southern Nevada’s desert heat can be dangerous for people of all ages and are offering safety tips to be prepared for the region’s upcoming hot weather. The annual “Beat the Heat SNV” […]
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Plus Nitrates Still a Losing Combination, Study Shows
As expected, men taking nitrates for stable coronary artery disease (CAD) fared poorly if they added certain erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs to their medicine cabinet, a Swedish population-based study found. Compared with nitrate users not on phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitor treatment for ED, those who had both types of drugs in their medication history tended to […]
Hysterectomy Ultimately Needed After 1 in 8 Endometrial Ablations
Hysterectomy rates can be expected to rise slowly in the months and years following endometrial ablation, regardless of ablation device type, a meta-analysis found. Risk of hysterectomy rose to from 4.3% at 1 year post-endometrial ablation to 12.4% at 5 years in patients with heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), reported Tamara Oderkerk, MD, of Maxima Medical […]
U.S. Experts Weigh In on Colonoscopy Status in Wake of European Trial
Could a new study that suggests colonoscopy is less effective than expected thwart efforts in the U.S. to get more people screened for colorectal cancer? Medical associations and physicians are weighing in on the subject, noting that they are worried that the results from the randomized NordICC trial, published earlier this week in the New […]
Opinion | ‘An Unreasonable Amount of Work That’s Expected to Be Done’: What We Heard This Week
“There’s kind of an unreasonable amount of work that’s expected to be done.” — Justin Porter, MD, of the University of Chicago, on his simulation study that found primary care doctors would need nearly 27 hours a day to do all the work they’re expected to do. “They think about lack of sexual activity on […]
Heart Disease Will Surge Over the Coming Decades
Millions more Americans are expected to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) over the next few decades, according to projections. Large increases in people with CVD are expected from 2025 to 2060 in line with changing demographics: Ischemic heart disease: 21.9 million to 28.7 million Heart failure: 9.7 million to 12.9 million Myocardial infarction: 12.3 million to […]
Long-Denied COVID Vax Lands Authorization
As expected, the FDA has granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine in adults, the agency announced on Wednesday. The decision follows a near-unanimous FDA advisory committee recommendation more than a month ago, with the EUA reportedly delayed in order to allow regulators time to review recent changes to the vaccine’s manufacturing […]
Invasive species and climate change impact coastal estuaries: Biological invasions interact with changing climate in unpredictable ways
Native species in California’s estuaries are expected to experience greater declines as invasive species interact with climate change, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. The study, published in the Ecological Society of America’s journal, Ecology, said these declines are expected not only because of climate-related stressors, but also because of the […]