Damian McNamara is a journalist for Medscape Medical News and MDedge. He worked full-time for MDedge as the Miami Bureau covering a dozen medical specialties during 2001-2012, then as a freelancer for Medscape and MDedge, before being hired on staff by Medscape in 2018. Now the two companies are one. He uses what he learned in school – Damian has a BS in chemistry and an MS in science, health and environmental reporting/journalism. He works out of a home office in Miami, with a 100-pound chocolate lab known to snore under his desk during work hours.
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Rise in number of unclaimed dead bodies used in medical schools
The number of unclaimed bodies accepted by medical schools in Texas rose by almost seven times between 2017 and 2021.
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Hold Ozempic before surgery to optimize patient safety?
“It’s a really hot issue now. We are getting emails from our members looking for guidance.”
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Nearly one in three patients with IBD affected by skin lesions
“Skin lesions in IBD patients are much more prevalent than it is generally accepted. The lesions may be related to the pathogenesis of IBD, but it...
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AI-assisted colonoscopy in IBD: Not all it’s cut out to be?
The lower ADR rate in AI-assisted procedures could be the result of an overreliance on the AI technology and shorter procedure times, which may...
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Mental health risks higher among young people with IBD
“Anxiety and depression will not be a surprise to most of us. But we also saw changes for eating disorders, PTSD, and sleep changes.”
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DNA panels could predict endoscopic response to biologics in Crohn’s disease
Adding biomarkers to improve biologic medication selection is “urgently needed ... however, such biomarkers are not available for practice today...
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DNA panels could predict endoscopic response to biologics in Crohn’s disease
Adding biomarkers to improve biologic medication selection is “urgently needed ... however, such biomarkers are not available for practice today...
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COVID emergency orders ending: What’s next?
There will be cost-sharing changes for COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and certain treatments.
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Long COVID affecting more than one-third of college students, faculty
A new study is unique for evaluating mostly healthy, young adults and for its rare look at long COVID in a university community.
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Rise of ‘alarming’ subvariants of COVID ‘worrisome’ for winter
This means people have no or “markedly reduced” protection against infection from these four strains.
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Future HIV PrEP innovations aim to address adherence, women’s health, and combination treatments
Only about 20% of people who could benefit from PrEP use the preventative medication.
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Experts explain the ‘perfect storm’ of rampant RSV and flu
“Decreased exposure to endemic viruses created an immunity gap – a group of susceptible individuals who avoided infection and therefore lack...
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Guselkumab and golimumab: Better together for ulcerative colitis
“The early study results, such as the VEGA study, appear promising for combination biologics with a good safety profile.”
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For many, long COVID’s impacts go on and on, major study says
“This infection has become so common in a community because it’s so mild and spreading so rapidly that we’re seeing more long COVID symptoms than...
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Ancient DNA discoveries lead to Nobel Prize in medicine and help explain how humans evolved
In a big picture sense, Dr. Pääbo’s research helps answer where modern-day humans come from and how we interacted with our hominin relatives tens...