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Smartphone tool helps gauge bowel prep quality before colonoscopy
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- Megan Brooks
An AI tool that runs on a smartphone may be an alternative approach for evaluating the quality of bowel preparation before colonoscopy –...
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‘Alarming’ global rise in NAFLD
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- Megan Brooks
Nearly one-third of adults around the world has nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, with cases steadily increasing over the years, and with men more...
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Are head-to-head cancer drug trials rigged?
- Author:
- Megan Brooks
“We found it sobering that this practice is so common.”
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Two distinct phenotypes of COVID-related myocarditis emerge
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- Megan Brooks
A new study points to significantly different clinical presentations, immunologic profiles, and outcomes.
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‘Case closed’: Bridging thrombolysis remains ‘gold standard’ in stroke thrombectomy
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- Megan Brooks
Two new noninferiority trials support the continued use of intravenous thrombolysis followed by endovascular thrombectomy for large-vessel...
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FDA clears endoscopic devices for sleeve gastroplasty, bariatric revision
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- Megan Brooks
The Apollo Endosurgery devices are the first and only ones approved for endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty and endoscopic bariatric revision, the...
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Safest, most effective medications for spine-related pain in older adults?
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- Megan Brooks
Acetaminophen has a favorable safety profile for spine-related pain but nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have greater efficacy.
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Anxiety spreads from mother to daughter, father to son
- Author:
- Megan Brooks
The findings point to the possible role of environmental factors in the transmission of anxiety from parents to their children.
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Americans’ biggest source of anxiety? Hint: It’s not COVID-19
- Author:
- Megan Brooks
“Knowing that so many Americans are concerned about finances is important because it can prepare clinicians to be ready to approach the subject...
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Best meds for insomnia identified?
- Author:
- Megan Brooks
For many insomnia medications, there is a “striking” and “appalling” lack of long-term data.
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Risky business: Most cancer drugs don’t reach the market
- Author:
- Megan Brooks
The fact that 8% were withdrawn ... “elicits the question of how the approval process can be improved to avoid ineffective or harmful drugs from...
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Cancer drug significantly cuts risk for COVID-19 death
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- Megan Brooks
The data are “pretty impressive and in a group of patients that we really have limited things to offer.”
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Benzbromarone tops febuxostat for gout?
- Author:
- Megan Brooks
Benzbromarone is not approved in the United States because of concerns of acute liver injury but is approved in several other countries.
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High residual liver cancer risk in HCV-cured cirrhosis
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- Megan Brooks
The predicted probability of HCC in cirrhosis patients was 410 times greater than the general population.
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‘Striking’ jump in cost of brand-name epilepsy meds
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- Megan Brooks
The annual cost of brand-name ASMs rose from $2,800 in 2008 to $10,700 in 2018, while the cost of generic drugs decreased from $800 to $460 during...