Study: Let’s Revisit Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Joint Replacement
SAN FRANCISCO — Routinely giving antibiotic prophylaxis for 10 days in arthroplasty patients apparently did nothing beyond what was achieved with shorter protocols to prevent prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) at one major medical center. PJI rates at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville were no lower after a policy was implemented in 2020 to provide […]
Potential Cure for Sickle Cell Clears Hurdle for Approval
An FDA advisory committee meeting on Tuesday did nothing to dispel expectations that the investigational agent exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel) will become the first approved gene therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD). Members of the Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee were not asked to vote on the agent’s efficacy or safety, but instead directed […]
Fasting can help you lose weight, but you might gain it back quickly
Water fasts — where people consume nothing but water for several days — might help you lose weight, but it’s unclear how long you’ll keep it off, according to research from the University of Illinois Chicago. And the other metabolic benefits of water fasts, such as lower blood pressure and improved cholesterol, seem to disappear […]