Damian McNamara is a journalist for Medscape Medical News and MDedge. He worked full-time for MDedge as the Miami Bureau covering a dozen medical specialties during 2001-2012, then as a freelancer for Medscape and MDedge, before being hired on staff by Medscape in 2018. Now the two companies are one. He uses what he learned in school – Damian has a BS in chemistry and an MS in science, health and environmental reporting/journalism. He works out of a home office in Miami, with a 100-pound chocolate lab known to snore under his desk during work hours.
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Migraine With Aura May Mean Higher Cholesterol
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- Damian McNamara
Major Finding: Patients with migraine with aura had sixfold greater odds of being in the highest tertile for total cholesterol than did patients...
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Pharmacogenomics and Psychiatry: Time to Tailor the Treatment
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- Damian McNamara
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Hospital System Sends HIV Screening Soaring With EMR Prompt
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- Damian McNamara
Major Finding: In 6 months after addition of an HIV testing EMR prompt, 6,313 patient encounters included testing, compared with 3,851 such...
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Heavier Kids May Need More Migraine Medication
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- Damian McNamara
Major Finding: Significantly more children and adolescents reported freedom from migraine pain at 2 hours with weight-based rizatriptan treatment...
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Patients Prefer New Scale for Depression Remission
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- Damian McNamara
Major Finding: A total 48% of patients said the Remission From Depression Questionnaire more accurately described their overall state, compared...
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Botox Improves Migraine Regardless of Medication History
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- Damian McNamara
Major Finding: A total 45% of 575 first-line treatment-naïve chronic migraine sufferers significantly responded to onabotulinumtoxinA treatment vs...
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Evidence Builds for Distinct Headache 'Attributed to Airplane Travel'
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- Damian McNamara
Major Finding: Of 63 patients who shared common characteristics for a new form of headache attributed to airplane travel, 60 reported having at...
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AAP: Community Health Activity Has Declined
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- Damian McNamara
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ADHD Stimulants May Not Delay Male Puberty
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- Damian McNamara
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Histrelin Implant May Work for Up to 2 Years
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- Damian McNamara
Major Finding: Peak luteinizing hormone levels were 0.9 IU/L at 1 year and 1.0 IU/L at 2 years, indicating continued suppression of the HPG axis...
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Buprenorphine Beats Tramadol as Heroin Detox
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- Damian McNamara
Major Finding: Mean subjective withdrawal scores during 10 days of heroin detoxification were significantly lower for buprenorphine vs. tramadol...
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Experimental Autism Spectrum Drug Improves Symptoms
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- Damian McNamara
Major Finding: Children treated with arbaclofen significantly improved from a mean 18.1 to 12.6 score on the Aberrant Behavior Checklist Social...
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IOM Report on Pain Ignores Rheumatologists
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- Damian McNamara
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Study Finds Early Onset of Puberty in Girls
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- Damian McNamara
Major Finding: A total of 75% achieved Tanner stage II or greater breast development and 57% achieved Tanner stage II or greater pubic hair...
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Simple Questions Accurately Screen for Medication Overuse Headache
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- Damian McNamara
Major Finding: Asking patients if they take attack treatments for headache more than 10 days/month and if this practice is regular identifies...