
Nearly 20% of an older cohort with COPD reported anxiety that was subsequently associated with more severe symptoms and acute exacerbations.

Nearly 20% of an older cohort with COPD reported anxiety that was subsequently associated with more severe symptoms and acute exacerbations.

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Dr Nissen discusses the impetus behind the study, the potential public health implications of the results, and more.

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Severe maternal morbidity during pregnancy increases the risk for mental health hospitalization or ED visits for as long as 13 years, a Canadian study found.

Diagnoses of diabetes increased the most in South Dakota between 2018 and 2021 at 18.45%; diagnoses decreased the most in Hawaii at 15.61%. More, here.

The USPSTF decision to reduce age of initiation is based on increasing rates of breast cancer in younger women; the group vows more research on higher mortality for Black women.

The majority of the US adult population meets criteria for subclinical CKM syndrome indicating "an urgent need for population-wide risk reduction measures."

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Following the landmark FDA approval of resmetirom for MASH with fibrosis, hepatologist and researcher Alkhouri describes more mid- and late-stage candidates.

The FDA PDUFA date for taparinof cream 1% will be during the 4th quarter, Dermavant said, with approval based on ADORING phase 3 clinical trial data.
Hepatologist Naim Alkhouri, MD, offered 3 take-home thoughts for primary care colleagues to help increase early detection of MASLD.

In STRIDE 10, V116 was superior to PPSV23 in adults aged ≥50 years and naive to pneumococcal vaccine for 8 of 9 serotypes unique to Merck's investigational shot.
Naim Alkhouri, MD, a transplant hepatologist and a resmetirom investigator, talks here about the life-changing impact the drug will have for all touched by MASH.
Primary care is where early detection and treatment of liver disease should begin and as Dr Alkhouri highlights here, all the right tools are already at hand.

The national study on the true prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated liver disease is essential to screening, prevention, and treatment efforts, says AFL CEO Stiehl.

Adults receiving semaglutide for the first time achieved weight loss of 14.3% at 12 months vs 10.6% among those who had previously taken a different antiobesity drug.

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Pivmecillinam is an aminopenicillin, a class of beta-lactam antibiotics with a mechanism of action that may help reduce rising levels of antibiotic resistance.

More participants consuming either of 2 common IBS dietary regimens experienced significant and sustained symptom relief vs those given pharmacotherapy.