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Study confirms small blood cancer risk from CT scans
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- Megan Brooks
New research suggests that radiation exposure from CT scans heightens the risk of blood cancer in people under age 22.
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Most effective meds for alcohol use disorder flagged
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- Megan Brooks
Acamprosate and naltrexone had the highest strength of evidence and were both associated with improvement in drinking outcomes.
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Atrial fibrillation linked to dementia, especially when diagnosed before age 65 years
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- Megan Brooks
Investigators note the findings highlight the importance of monitoring cognitive function in adults with AFib.
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RNA therapeutics will ‘change everything’ in epilepsy
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- Megan Brooks
“We now have the potential to change the way genetic epilepsies are treated by addressing the underlying genetic cause of the disease instead of...
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Pervasive ‘forever chemicals’ linked to thyroid cancer?
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- Megan Brooks
“Maybe there’s a correlation there, but you’d need to investigate this in much bigger samples, with more controls, and better data, to understand...
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Enhanced natural killer cell therapy shows promise in Alzheimer’s
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- Megan Brooks
A phase 1 proof-of-concept trial showed that natural killer cell therapy reduced both amyloid and tau proteins and dramatically reduced the...
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ADC with radiotherapy for brain mets ups risk of necrosis
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- Megan Brooks
“Clinicians should be cognizant of the [symptomatic radiation necrosis] risk and monitor patients closely when treating concurrently with ADCs.”...
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FDA OKs new treatment for erosive esophagitis
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- Megan Brooks
Vonoprazan provides clinicians with a “new first-in-class therapeutic option that demonstrated faster healing in the more difficult-to-treat GERD...
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Does diabetes affect colorectal cancer outcomes?
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- Megan Brooks
“Preventing diabetes complications may help improve survival in patients with CRC, especially [in] female patients and those in the early stages...
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More evidence metformin may be neuroprotective
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- Megan Brooks
Adults who stopped metformin early were 21% more likely to be diagnosed with dementia during follow-up.
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Urgent need to improve early detection of mild cognitive impairment in primary care
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- Megan Brooks
More than 99% of clinicians and practices underdiagnosed MCI; clinicians practicing geriatric medicine had higher detection rates than others.
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FDA okays drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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- Megan Brooks
The approval of vamorolone “provides people living with Duchenne, and their families, a powerful tool to treat the disease, while limiting some...
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Experts question finding that 70% cancer deaths are preventable
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- Megan Brooks
The findings represent a snapshot of premature mortality in 2020 but do not necessarily predict progress in cancer control over time.
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FDA approves mirikizumab for ulcerative colitis
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- Megan Brooks
It’s the first IL-23 inhibitor to be approved in the United States for UC.
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Promising topline phase 2 results for novel oral Alzheimer’s drug
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- Megan Brooks
The data suggest that a “high plasma pTau-217/non–pTau-217 ratio, a marker of AD pathology, likely defines an AD population responsive to T3D-959...