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How to manage cancer pain when patients misuse opioids
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- Megan Brooks
“Opioid use disorder is a really important factor in quality of life, so addressing opioid addiction and prescription opioid misuse in people with...
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New AHA checklist: Only one in five adults has optimal heart health
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- Megan Brooks
The U.S. population is well below optimal levels of cardiovascular health, according to the first study of the AHA’s new Life’s Essential 8 CV...
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Can bone density scans help predict dementia risk?
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- Megan Brooks
“What’s novel about this research is that it’s looking at AAC specifically, which can be identified through a relatively simple test that is...
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CBT may improve comorbid posttraumatic headache, PTSD
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- Megan Brooks
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for headache uses CBT concepts to reduce headache disability and improve mood.
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Impact of eliminating cost-sharing on follow-up colonoscopy mixed
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- Megan Brooks
Eliminating cost-sharing of follow up colonoscopy after a positive noninvasive test led to a boost in follow-up colonoscopies in one state, but...
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Best strategy to prevent schizophrenia relapse yields unexpected results
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- Megan Brooks
For every three patients continuing an antipsychotic at standard doses, one additional patient will avoid relapse, compared with patients stopping...
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ACC/AHA issue clinical lexicon for complications of COVID-19
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- Megan Brooks
The document standardizes definitions for cardiovascular and noncardiovascular complications and sets out a framework to capture and better...
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More evidence the flu vaccine may guard against Alzheimer’s
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- Megan Brooks
“The influenza vaccine may alter the brain’s immune cells such that they are better at clearing Alzheimer’s pathologies, an effect that has been...
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Anorexia linked to notable shrinkage of key brain structures
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- Megan Brooks
“This really is a wake-up call, showing the need for early interventions for people with eating disorders,” said Dr. Paul Thompson.
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FDA unveils 5-year plan for ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases
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- Megan Brooks
“We recognize the urgent need for new treatments that can both improve and extend the lives of people diagnosed with these diseases.”
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‘Unexpected’: Breast cancer spreads most during sleep
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- Megan Brooks
The findings carry potential implications for the timing of biopsy and treatment of metastasis-prone cancers, the authors say.
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Jury out on low-FODMAP diet for kids
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- Megan Brooks
“The problem with the low-FODMAP diet is, if you don’t do it right, then you get into trouble with nutritional deficiencies.”
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$150K: Average industry payment to top 1% of oncologists
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- Megan Brooks
These oncologists often hold important leadership positions, draft treatment guidelines, and sit on journal editorial boards.
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Class I recall for Medtronic’s HeartWare HVAD batteries
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- Megan Brooks
Welding defects could cause separation of the two cell battery packs used to power the system, leading to power failure; one death has been...
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FDA okays cancer drugs faster than EMA. But at what cost?
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- Megan Brooks
Earlier drug approval often means greater uncertainty about an agent’s benefit – most notably, whether it will improve a patient’s survival or...