Can Medical Decision-Making Keep Up With the Science?
On average, it takes 17 years for new treatments to reach mainstream clinical practice. That means that when patients see a doctor in 2020, they are often getting guidance from 2003. To put this into perspective, current practices come from a time before the iPhone! But during the pandemic, the speed of changes to medical […]
Clinical Challenges: Test Your Knowledge on Recent Advances in DLBCL
Knowledge about the biology of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and the number of treatments approved for the disease continues to grow. This three-question quiz will test one aspect from each article in MedPage Today‘s Clinical Challenges series on DLBCL that covered the following: use of bispecific antibodies versus CAR T-cell therapy in the relapsed/refractory […]
Hibernating Squirrels for Obesity? Dialysis Warning; Endocrinology and Telehealth
Could hibernating squirrels open new doors to novel obesity treatments? The new partnership between Eli Lilly and Fauna Bio plans to find out. (Endpoints News) A total of 51 members from 18 countries joined together on an expert panel to draft a consensus statement aimed at tackling diabetes stigma and discrimination. (Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology) […]
Companies Market Stem Cell Treatments to Long COVID Patients
Clinics that sell stem cell and exosome treatments have turned their attention to long COVID patients, researchers found. Among 38 businesses selling such treatments for COVID-19, the majority (36) marketed those therapies for long COVID, stated Leigh Turner, PhD, of the University of California Irvine, and colleagues in Stem Cell Reports. “We didn’t think the […]
Common Treatments for Knee Osteoarthritis May Be Harmful
CHICAGO — Common treatments for people living with osteoarthritis of the knee — such as steroid injections or anti-inflammatory agents — reduced pain, but were also associated with increasing damage to the joints, researchers suggested in a series of studies presented here at the Radiological Society of North America annual meeting. In one study with […]
Fecal Transplant Treatments Could Transmit Monkeypox, FDA Warns
Latest Infectious Disease News WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) Fecal transplant treatments could infect patients with monkeypox, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned. Since May, an outbreak of monkeypox has been spreading in multiple countries, including the United States. Nearly 16,000 people in the United States have already been infected with the […]
Managing Agitation in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
For patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder who exhibit agitation, suboptimal treatments have been overused while better-tolerated and possibly more-effective interventions have been underused, according to findings reported at Psych Congress, held virtually and in San Antonio. In this first of four exclusive episodes, MedPage Today brought together three expert leaders in the field — […]
Is One BPH Procedure a Cut Above the Rest?
A large-scale analysis of treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) showed that complications are lowest after the UroLift Prostatic Urethral Lift (PUL) procedure, and real-world retreatment rates are highest for the Rezum steam injection therapy. While retreatment rates for PUL, transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), and GreenLight Laser Prostatectomy were comparable over the course […]
How to Stop OCD Cleaning: Treatments for Germaphobes
Patients can stop obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) cleaning through various treatments, such as different therapies, stimulants and medications. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common, often debilitating condition characterized by the presence of obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are repetitive thoughts or images that are experienced as intrusive and unwanted and cause anxiety or distress. Compulsions (also called […]