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Psychedelics’ interaction with psych meds: More questions than answers
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- Megan Brooks
Little clinical research exists on how psilocybin and common psychiatric treatments interact.
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Cancer survivors: Move more, sit less for a longer life, study says
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- Megan Brooks
What’s “alarming” is that so many cancer survivors have a sedentary lifestyle.
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Few new cancer drugs replace current standards of care
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- Megan Brooks
Newer drugs could benefit patients but could increase the cost of care.
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Jury is out on universal screening for eating disorders
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- Megan Brooks
The USPSTF issued an “I” statement (insufficient evidence), meaning it cannot at this time recommend for or against screening for eating disorders...
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‘Vast majority’ of COVID patients wake up after mechanical ventilation
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- Megan Brooks
“For patients with severe COVID, the decision to withdraw life support shouldn’t be based solely on prolonged...
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FDA approves upadacitinib for ulcerative colitis
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- Megan Brooks
The JAK inhibitor has been shown to rapidly control symptoms in adults with moderate to severe active ulcerative colitis.
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Relax. The dog-tor will see you now
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- Megan Brooks
“Thanks to our wonderful therapy dog volunteer teams, the cost is minimal and the result is priceless.”
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FDA clears once-weekly transdermal patch for Alzheimer’s
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- Megan Brooks
Adlarity is the first and only once-weekly patch to continuously deliver consistent doses of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor through the skin...
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AI-assisted colonoscopy cuts adenoma miss rate in half
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- Megan Brooks
The artificial intelligence-based computer-aided detection system was particularly adept at detecting small and subtle lesions.
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Can green tea extract protect against colorectal adenomas?
- Author:
- Megan Brooks
Green tea extract taken over 3 years was well tolerated but had no significant effects, according to the results of a large randomized controlled...
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Cardiologist pleads guilty to abusive sexual contact
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- Megan Brooks
The former head of cardiology at the Palo Alto VA Hospital from 1985 to 2018 pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact of a junior...
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‘Overwhelming’ need to study COVID vaccine–associated tinnitus
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- Megan Brooks
As of mid-September 2021, 12,247 cases of tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, following COVID-19 vaccination were...
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COVID-19 often more severe with congenital heart defects
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- Megan Brooks
“Hospitalized patients with heart defects are up to twice as likely to have critical outcomes of COVID-19 illness,” says author of a new study.
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Heavy drinking in your 20s has lasting impact on cancer risk
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- Megan Brooks
People generally do not expect their heavy drinking in early adulthood to affect their cancer risk many years later.
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Man who received first modified pig heart transplant dies
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- Megan Brooks
“This organ transplant demonstrated for the first time that a genetically modified animal heart can function like a human heart without immediate...