Pre-Existing Depression, Anxiety Tied to Worse DLBCL Prognosis
Patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) who also had pre-existing depression, anxiety, or both had a worse prognosis than those without these pre-existing mental health conditions, according to results from a population-based study. Among over 13,000 patients at a median follow-up of 2 years, the 5-year overall survival (OS) rate was 27% for patients […]
Multivitamin improves memory in older adults, study finds
Taking a daily multivitamin supplement can slow age-related memory decline, finds a large study led by researchers at Columbia University and Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard. “Cognitive aging is a top health concern for older adults, and this study suggests that there may be a simple, inexpensive way to help older adults slow down memory decline,” […]
Opinion | ‘It’s a Word Calculator on Steroids’: What We Heard This Week
“It’s a word calculator on steroids.” — Daniel Chow, MD, MBA, of the University of California Irvine, on large language models like ChatGPT being used to plagiarize scientific research. “It’s like gold. This is the reality. It’s crazy.” — Jody Dushay, MD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, on diabetes patients’ difficulty getting […]
Nurses Go On Strike At 2 Big New York City Hospitals
NEW YORK (AP) — Striking nurses chanted and waved signs outside two large New York City hospitals Monday after a weekend of negotiations over pay and staffing levels did not produce a deal for a new contract. The walkout involves as many as 3,500 nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and about 3,600 […]
Opinion | Suffering Endures on the Other Side of the Mpox Curve
I couldn’t remember exactly where I knew him from, but I recognized his large olive-green eyes above his mask when he stopped at my clinic office door. “Hola doctor, me recuerdas [do you remember me]?” he asked excitedly. He said I had helped him during the summer when he had a severe case of monkeypox […]
Nutrition Group Has Close Ties to Food, Pharma Companies
A large U.S. nutrition group and its foundation have a “symbiotic” relationship with the food and pharmaceutical industries, according to public health researchers. In an analysis of documents obtained via a freedom of information request, key leadership for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) hold important positions in multinational food and agribusiness companies, according […]
How One Children’s Hospital Is Confronting a ‘Sick Season’ Surge
Children have been presenting in large numbers and with more severe viral illnesses than typically seen, physicians at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) said. The CHOP healthcare system, which includes two hospitals and more than 600 beds, is still grappling with a high volume of pediatric patients with viral infections, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), […]
Liver Cirrhosis Tied to Elevated Risk for Stroke
Liver cirrhosis was linked to a greater risk for stroke in a large retrospective study, and the association was independent of established cardiovascular risk factors, a research reported. In the study of nearly 1.3 million individuals in Germany, multivariable analysis showed a 21% higher risk for any cardiovascular event — stroke or myocardial infarction (MI) […]
EHR Pop-Ups Spur Better GDMT Implementation in Heart Failure
WASHINGTON — A large health system took advantage of its electronic health records (EHR) software to increase utilization of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) in the outpatient setting. In the PROMPT-HF study, clinicians randomized to a clinical decision-support intervention got electronic alerts every time they accessed the EHR of a heart failure outpatient not on one […]
Letting Kyrie Irving Play in NYC Sends the Wrong Message on COVID Vaccination
New York City (NYC) on Dec. 13, 2021 enacted the broadest COVID-19 vaccine mandate of any large U.S. jurisdiction: all private sector employers based in the city must have their employees fully vaccinated whenever they work in-person in the city. In the professional sports world, Brooklyn Nets and other basketball fans complained loudly when the […]