A Cup of Joe to Thwart Liver Fibrosis? How About Four
High coffee consumption was linked to a lower risk for elevated liver stiffness, though no such association was seen with steatosis, researchers found in a cross-sectional study. In a dietary analysis involving over 4,500 adults, drinking more than 3 cups of coffee (versus none) was associated with a 0.9 kPa reduction (95% CI -1.6 to […]
When blood pressure needs more control, what’s better: An additional drug or more of the same? Study in veterans shows importance of personalizing the approach to intensifying treatment in sustainable ways
Nearly 34 million Americans have blood pressure that’s still too high even though they take medicine to control it. A new study may help them and their doctors decide whether to increase the dose of one of their existing drugs, or add a new one, to bring down their pressure and lower their risk of […]
Remdesivir Appears Effective in COVID Outpatients, Too
Remdesivir (Veklury) reduced risk of hospitalizations by 87% compared with placebo in outpatients at high risk of progression to severe COVID-19, a researcher said. While the raw numbers were small — two in the remdesivir arm versus 15 in the placebo arm — the remdesivir arm had a significantly lower risk of hospitalization (0.7% vs […]
Meds, surgery may help obesity-related high blood pressure if diet, exercise fall short
Weight-loss medications and surgical procedures show promise for reducing the long-term effects of high blood pressure (also called hypertension) in people who are overweight or have obesity, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in the Association’s journal Hypertension. A scientific statement is an expert analysis of current research and may […]
Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Helped Americans’ Blood Pressure
Latest High Blood Pressure News MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) With the expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare, fewer Americans are uninsured and more are getting their blood pressure and blood sugar under control, a new study finds. The gains are especially strong among Black and Hispanic patients, according to Boston University researchers. […]
Durable Responses With IL-15 Superagonist in Early Bladder Cancer
The use of the IL-15RAFC superagonist N-803 with intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) resulted in high and more durable response rates in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) carcinoma in situ who were unresponsive to BCG, a phase II/III study found. Of the 81 patients included in the analysis, 58 achieved a complete response at […]
Will Guidelines on Safe Return to Youth Sports Make a Difference?
As high school and youth sports leagues return to action — some for the first time since 2019 — national medical societies and committees have tinkered with existing guidelines to prevent COVID-19 spread and issued some new calls. But, given the wide variance in local situations and vaccination rates, they are largely avoiding new national […]
PD-1 Inhibitor OK’d as Adjuvant Therapy for Bladder Cancer
The FDA has approved nivolumab (Opdivo) as an adjuvant therapy for patients with urothelial carcinoma (UC) who are at high risk of recurrence after undergoing radical resection, regardless of prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy, nodal involvement, or PD-L1 status, Bristol Myers Squibb announced. Nivolumab becomes the first PD-1 inhibitor in UC with an indication in the adjuvant […]
Can isometric resistance training safely reduce high blood pressure?
When was the last time you had your blood pressure checked? High blood pressure affects 1.13 billion people around the globe and in 2019, it accounted for 10.8 million deaths. Worldwide, it’s the leading risk factor for mortality. More than a third of the Australian population over the age of 18 has high blood pressure, […]
5 Weekend Morning Mistakes That Secretly Screw Up Your Whole Week
By the time the weekend rolls around, most of us are exhausted. Burnout is at an all-time high in the United States and people, understandably, want to use their weekends (or whatever days they get off during the week) to relax, socialize and sleep in. But creating and maintaining a weekend morning routine can really […]