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Real-world data so far support pimavanserin trial results
LOS ANGELES – Two studies report on clinicians’ experiences with 105 patients.
FDA/CDC
MenB vaccine receives breakthrough therapy designation for children aged 1-9 years
Trumenba is the first MenB vaccine to receive this designation for use in children aged 1-9 years.
Guidelines
VIDEO: AAN MS guidelines aim to help clinicians weigh expanding drug choices
LOS ANGELES – A “dramatically different” landscape of treatment options allows better tailoring to patients, authors say.
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Stroke patients benefited from CPAP
Significantly more OSA patients with a recent history of stroke experienced an improvement in their Modified Rankin Scale score after using CPAP,...
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MDedge Daily News: Physician burnout needs more than yoga
And triple-agent therapy cuts COPD exacerbations.
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Meta-analysis finds no link between stroke and sickle cell trait
Neither crude stroke incidence rates nor regression analysis indicated a link between sickle cell trait in African Americans and stroke.
From the Journals
Anti-TNF drugs appear to lessen PD risk in IBD patients
Among patients with inflammatory bowel disease, anti-TNF therapy led to a 78% lower rate of Parkinson’s disease.
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MDedge Daily News: Bridging medicine’s gender gap
And surgeries are driving up hospital costs.
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VIDEO: Encouraging results reported for novel Huntington’s disease therapy
LOS ANGELES – In a short, 46-patient trial, the antisense oligonucleotide IONIS-HTTRx safely reduced CSF concentrations of the huntingtin protein...
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VIDEO: Ubrogepant reduced pain, related symptoms of a migraine attack
Significantly more patients treated with the CGRP blocker saw pain relief within 2 hours of taking the oral medication, compared with placebo.
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VIDEO: Fix physician burnout? You need more than yoga
Physicians looking to renew their professional satisfaction and personal well-being should turn to an unlikely ally.