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New RSV vaccine will cut hospitalizations, study shows
With widespread use of the vaccine, annual hospitalizations resulting from infant RSV would fall by 51%, emergency department encounters would...
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Obesity linked to multiple ills in MS study
Subjects with excess weight progressed more rapidly and had more cognitive disability.
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Wastewater can signal upswing in flu, RSV
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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Confirmed: Intermittent use of benzodiazepines is the safest option
“We’ve always known that there was a problem, but there haven’t been high-quality epidemiological studies like this that allowed us to say what...
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Are they ‘antiobesity medications’ or ‘weight-loss drugs’?
“We believe that the common use of the term ‘weight-loss medications’ by media and the public, as well as by doctors and the scientific community...
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Biologics linked to fewer hospitalizations after asthma exacerbation
The study adds to growing data that biologics offer better long-term outcomes and could reduce health care utilization.
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Running vs. meds for depression: Is there a clear winner?
Medication “generally had worse impact on body weight, heart rate variability, and blood pressure, whereas running therapy led to improved effect...
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Nintedanib dose reductions in IPF may do no harm
Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis who required dose reductions had similar all-cause mortality and death rates vs. patients on the full...
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New hyperglycemia emergency guidance updates DKA definition
New to the 2023 version will be a strong emphasis on the excess morbidity and mortality risks associated with the increasingly common “hybrid”...
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Short, long-lasting bronchodilators similar for exacerbated COPD
Long-lasting bronchodilators are recommended by the Gold Report, but clinical evidence was lacking in this population.
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Does an elevated TSH value always require therapy?
“Because of the assumption that every high TSH value is due to sickness-related hypothyroidism, thyroid hormones can be prescribed too quickly.”...