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• UK's Infected Blood Scandal Could and Should Have Been Avoided, Inquiry Finds An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3,000 deaths and thousands more contracting...
  Reuters Health Information, May 20, 2024
• 'Practice-Changing' Trial Guides Prostate Cancer Therapy Adding hormone treatment to radiotherapy in lower risk prostate cancer had no significant benefit, but 2 years hormone treatment was superior to 6 months in higher risk tumours.
  Medscape News UK, May 17, 2024
• Internet Use Good for Mental Well-Being? Contrary to previous research suggesting internet use can have a deleterious effect on mental health, a new study of over 2 million individuals showed it can enhance well-being.
  Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2024
• ECO 2024 Semaglutide CV Benefits Irrespective of Weight Lost? Semaglutide remains effective for weight loss at 4 years in people with preexisting cardiovascular disease and overweight/obesity but without T2D and provides CV benefits regardless of weight.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2024
• Relaxation Therapy Benefits Lactating Mothers and Children A meta-analysis found increased milk supply, infant weight gain, and modest maternal stress and anxiety reduction.
  Medscape UK, May 14, 2024
• ECO 2024 Does Childhood Weight Alter Health Risks in Adults? Self-perceived weight as a child may influence risks for all-cause mortality and incident cardiovascular disease in adults who are overweight or obese.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2024
• ECO 2024 Food Marketing on Video Games Tied to Teen Eating Behavior Exposure to branded products on live-streaming video game platforms may drive excess eating and weight gain.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2024
• May 10 2024 This Week in Cardiology   Inclisiran, sodium-channel blocker safety, analytic flexibility, the work-up of patients with HF, and BP in older patients are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, May 10, 2024
• UPF and GI Health: Have We Bitten Off More Than We Can Chew? Now the dominant source of calories in our diets, ultraprocessed foods have been targeted as a key driver behind increasing rates of several gastrointestinal diseases.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2024
• UK Refuses to Sign Global Vaccine Treaty, The Telegraph Reports Britain is refusing to sign the World Health Organization's (WHO) pandemic accord because the country says it would have to give away a fifth of its vaccines, the Telegraph...
  Reuters Health Information, May 08, 2024
• ARVO 2024 Open-Angle Glaucoma Dx: Polygenic Risk Score Found Useful This study is the first to assess clinical utility of a polygenic risk score for diagnosing primary open-angle glaucoma, researchers said.
  Medscape Medical News, May 08, 2024
• GLP1 Drugs Not Tied to Pregnancy Loss, Birth Defects Recipients of GLP1 receptor agonists were compared with two reference groups in one of the first studies of its kind.
  Medscape News UK, May 07, 2024
• MED24 Consider These Two Things With Your GI Patients The roles of the nervous system and the gut microbiome need to be more carefully considered when treating gastrointestinal disorders, say experts.
  Medscape News UK, May 03, 2024
• Orthopedic Cyclists Aim High Ahead of Biennial Congress The cyclists, orthopedic surgeons from all over the world, will ride through the mountain ranges of Lombardy, Italy, and then attend scientific lectures in the afternoons.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2024
• Digital Health Sector Slowed Down in 2023 Although the average amount raised in European funding rounds decreased, the number of investors increased by nearly one quarter.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2024
• Can Unsaturated Fat Boost Muscle in People With Overweight? High doses of PUFAs didn't differentially affect lean tissue accumulation in middle-aged individuals with overweight, as in the elderly and young lean populations.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2024
• MED24 Should Doctors Engage More With Pharma? Sir Jonathan Van-Tam certainly thinks so, but how that happens makes all the difference.
  Medscape News UK, May 02, 2024
• D-Mannose Fails to Prevent Urinary Tract Infections in Women A randomized, double-blind study casts doubt on the effectiveness of a common treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2024
• BSR 2024 Updated Sjögren Disease Guideline Takes New Approach, Format An updated guideline on the management of Sjögren disease has been produced by the British Society for Rheumatology, providing practical advice for healthcare professionals and the people they treat.
  Medscape Medical News, May 01, 2024
• Denmark to Restrict Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs, to Treat Type 2 Diabetes Denmark will start putting patients suffering from type 2 diabetes on cheaper drugs before prescribing so-called GLP-1 drugs such as Novo Nordisk's Ozempic, the Danish...
  Reuters Health Information, May 01, 2024
• Vaccine Against Urinary Tract Infections in Development A randomized study published in 2022 showed the vaccine's efficacy in preventing urinary tract infections over 9 months.
  Medscape Medical News, May 01, 2024
• Guidelines Don’t Eliminate Variations in Chemotherapy Uptake   Prof David Kerr discusses the disconnect between national and international guidelines and variations in chemotherapy uptake.
  Medscape Oncology, April 26, 2024
• Word Choice and Royals: The Need To Be Clear and Precise   Dr Mark Lewis discusses the importance of word choice related to cancer.
  Medscape Oncology, April 04, 2024
• Cancer Prevention Beliefs: Where Have We Gone Wrong?   Professor David Kerr discusses beliefs and attitudes toward cancer prevention.
  Medscape Oncology, March 14, 2024
• Truth vs TikTok: Cancer Diet Facts   Prof David Kerr discusses an editorial on dietary misconceptions for people with cancer and how clinicians' voices should be heard.
  Medscape Oncology, March 08, 2024
• Opinion: Long COVID and Cognitive Deficits What we're learning from two new, large-population prospective assessments.
  Medscape, March 07, 2024
• Family History Complicates Discussions of Cancer Risk   Dr Maurie Markman discusses the importance and complexity of considering family history in discussions of cancer risk.
  Medscape Oncology, February 16, 2024
• Lonsurf/Bevacizumab for Advanced Metastatic Colorectal Cancer   Dr David J. Kerr discusses the approval of the combination of Lonsurf (trifluridine-tipiracil) and bevacizumab in the third-line treatment of advanced metastatic colorectal cancer.
  Medscape Oncology, February 12, 2024
• Trustworthy AI Can Be of Great Utility: Are We There?   Dr David Kerr discusses artificial intelligence and applications across different data modalities.
  Medscape Oncology, February 05, 2024
• Jan 19 2024 This Week in Cardiology   Listener feedback on antiplatelet therapy after PCI, bempedoic acid, off-Label PFO Closure, and palliative care are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, January 19, 2024
• How Two Cancer Patients Found Joy at the End of Life   David J. Kerr, CBE, MD, DSc, discusses palliative care that brings joy to patients nearing end of life.
  Medscape Oncology, January 09, 2024
• Most Popular Stories of 2023: Primary Care Edition New vaccines, sex and older adults, blood pressure targets, and physician shortage topped our list of most popular stories.
  Medscape Family Medicine, December 27, 2023
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Highlights From ASH 2023   Doublet and triplet therapies as well as strong results from late-generation BTK inhibitors and sequencing are among CLL highlights from ASH 2023, as reported by Dr John Allan.
  Medscape, December 26, 2023
• Why Are Prion Diseases on the Rise?   Remember the outbreak of "mad cow disease" in the 1990s? Creutzfeldt-Jakob is increasing again, but this time, we don't know why.
  Medscape, December 11, 2023
• Wisdom From a Scottish GP: The Lost Art of Convalescence   The final Medicine and the Machine podcast guest, physician and author Gavin Francis, shares his approach to keeping his occupation rewarding and satisfying.
  Medscape, November 28, 2023
• ACR 2023 Abatacept Slows Progression to RA, Phase 2b Trial Finds The study was conducted at 28 sites in the United Kingdom and three in the Netherlands.
  MDedge News, November 28, 2023
• AHA 2023 AI Interpretation of CCTA: Inflammation as CV Risk Factor With the help of AI, arterial inflammation measured with coronary computed tomography angiography can predict fatal and nonfatal events in patients with nonobstructive CAD.
  MDedge News, November 27, 2023
• At-Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Cost-Effective Long Term Despite higher up-front costs, enhanced home blood pressure monitoring by hypertension patients could be cost-effective compared with standard clinical care.
  Medscape, November 27, 2023
• Alzheimer's Blood Test Coming Within 5 Years, UK Pledges Leading UK Alzheimer's organizations have launched an ambitious plan to have a diagnostic Alzheimer's blood test widely available within the next 5 years.
  Medscape Medical News, November 27, 2023
• Placental Cell Disruption Tied to Adult Depression, CVD Disruption of placental Hofbauer cell function caused by prenatal infection or preterm birth may increase the risk for depression and cardiovascular disease in adulthood.
  Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2023