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From the Journals
Screen COPD patients for peripheral neuropathy
Polyneuropathy remains a common comorbidity among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
FDA/CDC
FDA approves ‘rapid-acting’ oral drug for major depression
It is the "first and only rapid-acting oral medicine approved for the treatment of MDD.
Livin' on the MDedge
Primary care now offering physicians the 26.7-hour day
Plus: The reality of mental exhaustion, the hormone of aggressive cuddling, and the instruments of COVID spread.
Literature Review
Mechanistic link between herpes virus, Alzheimer’s revealed?
“Our results suggest one pathway to Alzheimer’s disease, caused by a VZV infection which creates inflammatory triggers that awaken HSV in the...
Livin' on the MDedge
Stressed about weight gain? Well, stress causes weight gain
Plus: Smelling cancer with tiny brains, exchanging new blood for old doesn’t work, and making promises your alleged voice can’t keep.
Conference Coverage
Clinicians can help people with severe ME/CFS, even unseen
About a quarter of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome are homebound or bedbound, making medical office visits...
Feature
Neuropathy drives hypoglycemia cluelessness in T1D
People with type 1 diabetes may be unaware of hypoglycemia episodes because of peripheral neuropathy.
Feature
Topline results for novel drug in ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy
The RNAi therapeutic patisiran improves functional capacity and quality of life in ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy, topline results of APOLLO...
Livin' on the MDedge
The gut microbes have spoken: All fiber is good fiber
Plus: Bones have a favorite cheese, twins play the lottery, and wages affect cognitive decline.
Livin' on the MDedge
Coming to a pill near you: The exercise molecule
Plus: Longevity and gonorrhea, alcohol use disorder begets food addiction, and medicated drivers.
Feature
U.S. News issues top hospitals list, now with expanded health equity measures
The 2022 rankings, which marks the 33rd edition, showcase several methodology changes,