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Survival, QoL trump PFS for most patients with cancer
“The results of our study demonstrate that more than half of patients with advanced cancer would not want a treatment that delays time to...
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Can ChatGPT help clinicians manage GERD?
The tool’s conversational format could improve clinical efficiency and reduce the volume of patient messages and calls, potentially diminishing...
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Class I recall of all Impella left-sided heart pumps
The company will update the pump’s instructions for use to include guidance to clinicians on how to manage use of Impella in patients with TAVR....
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Atezolizumab in NSCLC: Push the positive, bury the negative?
“We can’t tolerate over broad borderline deception that leads to poor and wasteful decision-making.”
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Pregnancy risks elevated in women with chronic pancreatitis
Pregnancies with chronic pancreatitis were associated with longer hospital stays and higher hospital costs.
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Class I recall of Abbott Amplatzer delivery sheath
Because of the potential for serious injury or death, the agency has identified this as a class I recall.
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Serrated polyp detection rate may become key quality measure
“Endoscopists should strive to achieve the highest SSLDR rate, perhaps with the use of artificial intelligence.”
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Oral tau inhibitor continues to show promise in Alzheimer’s
“This is the first tau aggregation inhibitor to reach the phase 3 stage of development and to produce results like this.”
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Subcutaneous ketamine for TRD practical, safe, and highly effective
“Individualized dose adjustment, based on clinical response, was very important in optimizing the benefit of ketamine,” said Dr. Colleen Loo.
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Novel talk therapy challenges CBT for treating anhedonic depression
The primary focus of ADepT is building well-being (capacity to experience pleasure, meaning, and social connection in life) and functional...
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Cognitive benefit of highly touted MIND diet questioned
“Although we did not see a specific effect of the MIND diet, people in both groups improved their cognitive function.”
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Omega-3s and AFib: No added risk from eating fish but high-dose supplement questions persist
The current study is “important in showing that physiologic levels of omega-3s that would accumulate through diet don’t seem to increase the risk...
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Chronic constipation linked to cognitive decline
“These results stress the importance of clinicians discussing gut health, especially constipation, with their older patients.”
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A risk for adverse events in cancer meds cleared renally
“We found a considerably higher rate of supratherapeutic drug levels and [adverse events] associated with select renally cleared medication.”
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Opioid initiation in dementia tied to an 11-fold increased risk of death
Especially in elderly patients, the risks and benefits of initiating opioid therapy should be carefully considered.