Mixed Topics
Guidelines
ADA issues new screening, obesity management recommendations
Two new recommendations have been added to include screening of adults with diabetes for asymptomatic heart failure by measuring natriuretic...
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FDA mandates five changes to iPLEDGE program for isotretinoin
The changes follow a March 2023 meeting of the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee and the Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs...
From the Journals
‘Hidden hearing loss’ may cause tinnitus: Study
“In other words, the brain tries to compensate for the loss of hearing by increasing its activity, resulting in the perception of a phantom sound...
Conference Coverage
Pregnant women with eosinophilic esophagitis show no ill effects from inhaled steroids
Pregnant women who used steroids were not significantly more likely than were those who did not use steroids to experience spontaneous abortion....
Feature
Rx for resilience: Five prescriptions for physician burnout
“Every person should have a toolkit of the things that bring them out of the psychological and physical distress that dysregulates their nervous...
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Isotretinoin users do not have higher suicide risk: meta-analysis
The analysis showed that the 1-year absolute risk from between two and eight studies of suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, completed suicides,...
News
FDA warns of potentially lethal reaction to seizure meds
Diagnosis is often difficult because early signs and symptoms, such as fever and swollen lymph nodes, may be present without evidence of a rash....
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New consensus guide on rare drug hypersensitivity reaction
To support clinicians in diagnosing and managing DRESS, a steering committee conducted a literature review to examine current research, identify...
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Laser epilation may reduce pilonidal disease recurrences when added to standard care
The study is “the first, to our knowledge, to compare LE as an adjunct to standard care versus standard care alone and demonstrate a decrease in...
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Redispensing unused cancer meds cuts waste, saves money
Researchers compared the reduction in drug waste and cost savings from redispensing oral anticancer drugs versus the standard practice of...
Conference Coverage
More evidence of better outcomes with 120–mm Hg BP target
“We are doing very badly in terms of implementation. There is a big gap between science and what’s happening in the real world.”