
Data presented at CHEST 2023 shows treatment with hydrocortisone is associated with a decrease in morality among patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

Data presented at CHEST 2023 shows treatment with hydrocortisone is associated with a decrease in morality among patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

IDWeek was packed with so much new science it was hard to make choices. Here we topline 10 with outcomes of interest to primary care, ICYMI.

Your daily dose of the clinical news you may have missed.
Experts discuss the evolving landscape of multicancer early detection tests, including those in development and currently available.

At the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease Meeting, October 24-28, the biotech company will update research on lecanemab, aducanumab, and an early-stage disease treatment.
Experts discuss the emerging landscape of multicancer early detection testing through liquid biopsy, highlighting its potential to revolutionize cancer screening.

Ailiani, director of MedStar Georgetown Headache Center, focuses on optimizing treatment with CGRP inhibitors and where research on PACAP-targeting agents stands now.

In postmenopausal women with HR+ breast cancer who had obesity, recurrence of breast cancer while on aromatase inhibitor therapy was 18%, report investigators.
President of the Alabama Obesity Society, Dr Jonathan Parker, provides an in-depth overview of the association between obesity and hypertension.

First nonprescription daily oral contraceptive pill, OTC opioid antagonist nasal spray for opioid overdose, and 5 more FDA-approved drugs primary care clinicians should know about.

Reasons for not getting a COVID-19 booster ranged from worry about taking time off to believing it won't add any additional protection from infection.

A new paradigm for reducing CV morbidity and mortality provides a comprehensive approach to comorbid metabolic disease including early detection and treatment.
IDWeek 2023: Infectious disease specialist, Gopi Patel, MD, discusses universal masking in health care settings.

Your daily dose of the clinical news you may have missed.

A novel study strongly suggests that pre-pregnancy obesity rather than associated adverse pregnancy outcomes is the "culprit" in postpartum heart disease.
Robert Busch, MD, discusses common screening methods to detect chronic kidney disease (CKD) and how he utilizes the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines in his practice.
Dhiren Patel, PharmD, and Robert Busch, MD, present an overview of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and how it may impact a patient.
Clinicians must remember the point of vaccines was not to prevent infection, but to decrease severity of illness, says infectious disease specialist Gopi Patel, MD.

The FDA cites insufficient evidence to show the products would be beneficial for adults switching to vaping from combustible tobacco products or quitting.