Natural Disasters During Pregnancy Have Big Implications For Kids’ Mental Health
When a child is diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, there often follows a wave of parental guilt: What caused the problem? Could it have somehow been prevented? Although doctors are not able to pinpoint the cause of an individual child’s ADHD, depression or anxiety, we do know that genetics and environment both play a role […]
The One Place You’re Probably Forgetting When You Do A Breast Check
Every year, about 264,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer. The enormity of this number underscores the importance of understanding your personal risk, abiding by guidelines for screenings and being otherwise on alert for any early signs of the disease. Although many cancer organizations have shifted their recommendations away from monthly […]
Growing Calls to Marry HF Specialists With Cardiac Critical Care
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — With the needs of advanced heart failure (HF) dwarfing the supply of skilled physicians, HF specialists and others are well-positioned to prove their value in the contemporary cardiac ICU (CICU) — and the clock is ticking for training and accreditation to keep up. The problem for the workforce is that CICU […]
Rucaparib a Winner for PFS, But Not for OS, in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
NEW YORK — Rucaparib (Rubraca) turned in mixed results for survival outcomes in patients with recurrent ovarian carcinoma, according to an ARIEL3 trial update. There was a benefit for progression-free survival (PFS), as treatment with the PARP inhibitor was tied to longer time-to-second disease progression (PFS2) in patients with BRCA-mutated disease (26.1 months versus 18.4 […]
Rate of food insecurity skyrockets for Americans with cardiovascular disease: Diet is the greatest contributor to death from cardiovascular disease
The number of Americans with cardiovascular disease who are food insecure — having limited or uncertain access to adequate food — has skyrocketed over the last 20 years, a national study finds. A Michigan Medicine team analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey representing 312 million American adults between 1999 and 2018, […]
CDC Warns of Severe Monkeypox in People With HIV, the Immunocompromised
Be alert for potentially severe manifestations of monkeypox in patients who are immunocompromised or co-infected with HIV, the CDC told healthcare workers on Thursday. “People who are immunocompromised due to HIV or other conditions are at higher risk for severe manifestations of monkeypox than people who are immunocompetent,” the agency said in a health advisory […]
Prenatal Steroids May Improve Outcomes in Extremely Preterm Infants
A complete course of antenatal steroids was associated with higher survival in extremely preterm infants, a cohort study showed. Among infants born at 22 weeks to less than 24 weeks, 53.9% who had full exposure to antenatal steroids at gestational age 21 to 22 weeks survived to discharge, compared with 37.5% who had partial steroid […]
Depressive Symptoms in Moms Linked to Unhealthy Behaviors in Teens
Maternal depressive symptoms were associated with an increase in the number of unhealthy adolescent behaviors, a 15-year longitudinal study showed. While unhealthy behaviors were found to be common among adolescents in general, with two out of three engaging in at least one, higher levels of maternal depressive symptoms during a child’s middle childhood and adolescence […]
Low-Dose Cariprazine for MDD Tied to Anxiety Reduction
NEW ORLEANS — Low-dose cariprazine (Vraylar) was associated with reductions in anxiety for patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), and the potential adjunctive therapy for this population also demonstrated improvements across most individual symptoms of depression, according to two post hoc analyses of a phase III trial. When combined with an antidepressant for MDD patients […]
Is TAVR in Small Aortic Annuli Better With Self-Expanding Valves?
BOSTON — Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with small aortic annuli had better hemodynamic results with a self-expandable than a balloon-expandable valve, with suggestion of better clinical outcomes too, in the France-TAVI registry. Mean gradient was significantly lower with self-expanding Medtronic CoreValve Evolut Pro or R devices at the end of the procedure […]