Nursing home groups divided on proposed increase on bed tax
A proposal late in the legislative session to raise the nursing provider assessment, commonly known as the nursing home bed tax, has split the industry.
When Women’s Fertility Begins and Ends Seems Important for RA Development
British women whose capability of bearing children either started late or ended early — naturally or otherwise — were at increased risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), compared with women with earlier menarche or later menopause, researchers found. In an analysis of more than 220,000 female participants in the U.K. Biobank project, those with menarche […]
Opinion | Emotional CPR as an Alternative to Coercive Mental Health Treatment
Fisher is a psychiatrist. Several months ago, I interviewed the late Sally Zinman, a heroine of our mental health movement of people with lived experience. I asked what changes she would like to see in the mental health system in the future. Without hesitation she said that the system should value and encourage self-determination and […]
First Multiple Sclerosis Biosimilar Approved
The first biosimilar for multiple sclerosis (MS) was approved, the FDA announced late Thursday. Natalizumab-sztn (Tyruko) was approved as a biosimilar to natalizumab (Tysabri) injection to treat clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting MS, and active secondary progressive MS, the agency said. Like its reference biologic, natalizumab-sztn (previously called PB006) also was approved to treat certain adult […]
Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Increased Rates of Late, Major Surgeries
Childhood cancer survivors have increased rates of undergoing late, major surgical procedures 5 or more years after diagnosis, according to data from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Among more than 25,000 survivors diagnosed with cancer from 1970 to 1999 when they were under age 21, the likelihood of having subsequent major surgery was 80% higher […]
Helping Patients Get Fit — One Walk at a Time
WHEATON, Md. — There’s a bit of a damp chill in the air late on a Saturday morning in mid-March as 17 people — most of whom appear to be in their 50s or older — gather at a park in this Washington suburb. But they are not deterred. The group is participating in the […]
No Negative Neurodevelopmental Issues With Late Exposure to Antenatal Steroids
SAN FRANCISCO – Giving late preterm antenatal corticosteroids did not impact childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes, a researcher reported. In a follow-up to the ALPS study, there were no statistically significant differences in the scores of children exposed to corticosteroids or to placebo in the third trimester based on cognitive testing, according to Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, MD, of […]
California’s Medical Misinformation Law Facing Legal Challenges
Late last month, a federal judge in California granted a preliminary injunction in a pair of related lawsuits filed in opposition to the state’s new medical misinformation law, which took effect January 1. The move temporarily blocks enforcement of the law for individual physicians who are plaintiffs in the suits as well as physicians who […]
Opinion | Is Red Meat Consumption Bad for You?
When the Skeptical Cardiologist was training as a cardiologist in the late 1980s there were two (unproven) concepts that had emerged from epidemiological research that I accepted as proven. The first was that consumption of saturated fatty acids (SFAs) of any type and in any food increased the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). The […]
Put the kettle on! How black tea (and other favorites) may help your health later in life
A daily cup of tea could help you to enjoy better health late in life — however if you’re not a tea drinker, there are other things you can add to your diet. The key is flavonoids, which are naturally occurring substances found in many common foods and beverages such as black and green tea, […]