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Narcolepsy med shows early promise for adult ADHD
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- Megan Brooks
Solriamfetol is a dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor that shares some of the properties of current ADHD medications.
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Doublet therapy ups survival in metastatic prostate cancer
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- Megan Brooks
“A clinically meaningful increase in long-term survival was observed in men diagnosed with de novo [metastatic castration-sensitive prostate...
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Antibiotics ‘like gold’ for some, driving inappropriate use
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- Megan Brooks
Many felt they “knew their body, knew what they had, and knew how to treat themselves” without a health care provider.
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FDA approves new drug for ulcerative colitis
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- Megan Brooks
The approval of etrasimod was based on safety and efficacy data from two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trials.
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New RSV vaccine will cut hospitalizations, study shows
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- Megan Brooks
With widespread use of the vaccine, annual hospitalizations resulting from infant RSV would fall by 51%, emergency department encounters would...
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Wastewater can signal upswing in flu, RSV
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- Megan Brooks
The new study shows that wastewater-based surveillance is a “robust and adaptable” tool for community-level surveillance of seasonal respiratory...
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Breast reconstruction post mastectomy: What matters most to women?
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- Megan Brooks
“This study provides information on how women value different aspects of their care when making decisions for breast reconstruction.”
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ADHD rates holding steady in U.S. children
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- Megan Brooks
The estimated ADHD prevalence remains “high” and “further investigation is warranted to assess potentially modifiable risk factors and provide...
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FDA denies approval for patisiran in ATTR cardiomyopathy, despite panel nod
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- Megan Brooks
The FDA indicated in the letter that the clinical meaningfulness of patisiran’s treatment effects for the cardiomyopathy of ATTR amyloidosis have...
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Redefining CVD risk: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome
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- Megan Brooks
“Clearly defining the patient with CKM syndrome, and providing new approaches for CKM syndrome staging and risk prediction, will help health care...
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MASLD linked to increased risk for various clinical outcomes
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- Megan Brooks
The disease significantly raises the risk for cardiovascular, metabolic, oncologic, and other outcomes.
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A new clue into the cause, spread of Parkinson’s disease?
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- Megan Brooks
The study demonstrates “for the first time how damaged mitochondrial DNA can underlie the mechanisms of PD initiation and spread in brain,” the...
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Early-onset NAFLD tied to higher cancer risk
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- Megan Brooks
Among adults younger than 45 at NAFLD onset, cancers were mainly digestive and lung cancers.
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Loneliness tied to increased risk for Parkinson’s disease
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- Megan Brooks
The association between loneliness and incident PD was not moderated by sex, age, or polygenetic risk score.
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USPSTF should reconsider recommendation to lower mammogram age: Experts
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- Megan Brooks
The benefit is arguably small, while the harms appear quite significant.