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Read More »Recreational Cannabis Legalization Tied to Higher Prenatal Use
Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement Aids Tricuspid Regurgitation
TTVR plus optimal medical therapy yields greater improvement in disease-specific and general health status than OMT alone
Read More »Sleep Apnea Increases Risk for Dementia in Older Adults Over Time
In those with known/suspected sleep apnea, dementia risk was 4.7 percent higher in women and 2.5 percent higher in men
Read More »Mpox Spread in Congo May Be Slowing
By Robin Foster HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In an early sign that the mpox outbreak in Africa might be ebbing, some health officials report that case counts seem to be stabilizing in the Congo, the epicenter of the outbreak.The World Health Organization first declared the mpox …
Read More »Medicaid Covers GLP-1 Meds for Obesity in Just 13 States
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Low-income patients’ access to blockbuster weight-loss drugs through Medicaid remains limited, a new KFF analysis has found.Only 13 states currently allow Medicaid to cover treatment of obesity using glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist (GLP-1) medications, researchers discovered.Under the Medicaid system, individual …
Read More »Anxiety/Depression Linked to HRQoL Losses in Seropositive RA
Moderate and extreme anxiety/depression linked to HRQoL losses, regardless of pain or discomfort
Read More »Orbital Atherectomy No Better Than Balloon Angioplasty
Orbital atherectomy does not yield greater minimal stent area or reduce rate of target vessel failure at one year
Read More »Transcatheter Valve Replacement Best for Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
Win ratio favoring valve replacement versus medical therapy alone was 2.02 at one year
Read More »New Set of Risk Factors Can Boost Detection of Suspicious Skin Lesions
C4C risk score achieved sensitivity of 80.46 ± 2.50 percent and specificity of 62.09 ± 1.90 percent, outperforming other models
Read More »Patient-Reported Lumbar Symptom Information Beneficial for Radiologists
Diagnostic agreement nearly perfect between radiologists and clinical experts with use of patient-reported symptom information
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