Nurses News

• First ALL Treatment Guidance for Young Patients in the Works : The American Society of Hematology is developing the first clinical practice guidelines for treating acute lymphocytic leukemia in adolescents and young adults.
  MDedge News, January 09, 2024
• Tandem Insulin Pump System Integrates With Libre Sensor Tandem Diabetes Care's t:slim X2 insulin pump becomes the first to integrate with Abbott's FreeStyle Libre 2 Plus Sensor for US users.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• Study Identifies CV Comorbidities Linked to Dermatomyositis The results "represent potential areas for preventative intervention," the researchers wrote.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• New Tool May Offer Diagnostic Edge for Diabetic Neuropathy Researchers adapted optical diffusion technology in a low-cost portable device to assess microvascular blood flow in human skin and showed proof of concept in early detection of diabetic neuropathy.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• SGLT2 Inhibitors Begin to Show Potential in Rheumatology Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors are not approved to treat gout, lupus, or lupus nephritis, but clinicians are uncovering signs of benefits in these conditions.
  MDedge News, January 08, 2024
• Intermittent Energy Restriction Tied to Gut, Brain Changes Losing weight via intermittent energy restriction can curb brain activity related to eating behavior and increase microbial diversity in the gut in individuals with obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• Gastric Cancer Survival Differs by Race and Ethnicity Overall, Asian and Hispanic patients demonstrated better survival than White and Black patients.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• Noninvasive Brain Stim a Breakthrough for Hypnotherapy? Brief TMS can boost an individual's hypnotizability, in new findings that may increase the efficacy of therapeutic hypnosis and expand the pool of patients benefiting from it.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• Medicare Bundled Payment Model Fails to Boost HF Outcomes Medicare's bundled payment model was not associated with changes in process-of-care measures or early outcomes after hospitalization for heart failure, a new study reported.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• Intensive Weight Loss Does Not Ease Gout Symptoms Researchers found an association between weight loss and a corresponding reduction in serum urate, but more weight loss did not result in positive changes in pain or fatigue.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• Alert FDA Gives Nod to Berdazimer Gel for Molluscum Contagiosum The topical treatment is expected to be commercially available in the second half of 2024.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
• Are Post-Meal Insulin Surges Beneficial? Contrary to reports of negative effects, postprandial insulin spikes are associated with improvements in a longitudinal study.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
• What Causes One of Stroke's Most Common Complications? Poststroke depression is one of the most common complications of stroke. Two new studies shed light on its mechanisms, paving the way for future treatment targets.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
• The Struggle to Provide Gender-Affirming Care to Youth Major medical groups object to state restrictions on gender-affirming medical care. Politicization has sparked threats against clinicians and drawn interest from lawmakers.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
• Magnetic Seeds/Guidewires for Breast Cancer Localization? Paramagnetic seeds work as well as guidewires for breast tumor localization and are easier to use, but it's not yet clear whether the costs of the seeds outweigh the benefits.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
• Newborn Recipient of Partial Heart Transplant Doing Well The world's first transplantation of aortic and pulmonary valves into a neonate delivered a good outcome, and the valves showed continued adaptive growth and function.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
• Impact of Pregnancy on Rosacea Unpredictable, Study Suggests Nearly half of study participants reported that their rosacea worsened when they were pregnant.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
• Mortality Still Significant in High-Risk PE Despite Advances A new study showed continued high rates of in-hospital mortality in patients with high-risk PE, despite advances in treatment and creation of PE response teams.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
• Long-term Clopidogrel Has Advantages After Coronary Stenting Clopidogrel after PCI was noninferior to aspirin for net adverse clinical events but superior in reducing secondary endpoints of stroke and MI, in 5-year STOPDAPT-2 results.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2024
• 'Left in the Dark': Prior Auth Erodes Trust, Costs More A surprising prior authorization requirement left an oncologist's patient in extreme pain over the weekend.
  Medscape Medical News, January 04, 2024
• Endometrial Cancer Therapy Combo Fails 1L Treatment Trial Merck said on Friday a combination therapy being developed with partner Eisai failed a late-stage trial testing it as a first-line treatment for a type of cancer in the uterus lining.
  Reuters Health Information, December 08, 2023
• Rivals Explore Booming Weight-Loss Drug Market Entry Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have pulled ahead in the race for a slice of the weight-loss drugs market, expected to be worth $100 billion by the end of the decade.
  Reuters Health Information, December 08, 2023
• WHO 'Very Worried' About Spread of Mpox in DRC The World Health Organization is 'very worried' about the spread of a severe form of mpox that has killed nearly 600 people, mainly children, in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, a senior official said. 
  Reuters Health Information, December 08, 2023
• Cigna Abandons Pursuit of Humana, Plans Share Buyback US health insurer Cigna has ended its attempt to negotiate an acquisition of rival Humana after the pair failed to agree on price.
  Reuters Health Information, December 10, 2023
• Merck's Lung Cancer Drug Combo Fails Trial Merck said on Thursday a combination treatment testing a new type of immunotherapy failed to significantly slow disease progression in lung cancer patients who did not respond to previous treatments.
  Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
• New $1 Billion Plan for African Vaccine Manufacturing Up to $1 billion will be available to boost African vaccine manufacturing as part of a new scheme set up by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the global health organization said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
• CDC Issues Health Alert for Subtype of Mpox Virus in Congo The CDC issued a health alert on Thursday to notify clinicians and health departments about a deadly type of the mpox virus spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
• Texas AG Threatens to Prosecute Doctors in Emergency Abortion Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday threatened to prosecute any doctors involved in providing an emergency abortion to a woman, hours after she won a court order allowing her to obtain one for medical necessity.
  Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
• US Sets Policy to Seize Patents If Drug Price Deemed Too High The Biden Administration has announced it is setting new policy that will allow it to seize patents for medicines developed with government funding if it believes their prices are too high.
  Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
• Alert FDA Clears Becton's Less-Invasive Blood Collection Device Becton Dickinson said on Thursday the FDA cleared its finger-prick blood collection device that could provide a less-invasive option for some commonly ordered lab tests.
  Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
• Fresenius Medical Care Says Data on 500,000 People Stolen in US Dialysis group Fresenius Medical Care said on Wednesday that data including medical records on 500,000 patients and former patients were stolen from a US subsidiary's data warehouse.
  Reuters Health Information, December 06, 2023
• New Delhi Investigating Alleged Illegal Kidney Transplants The New Delhi city government is investigating an Apollo hospital after a media report linked it to the illegal sale by Myanmar nationals of their kidneys for organ transplants.
  Reuters Health Information, December 06, 2023
• Over 7 Million People Have Signed Up for 2024 Obamacare Plans Nearly 7.3 million Americans so far have signed up for health insurance for next year through the Affordable Care Act's marketplace, according to data released by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
  Reuters Health Information, December 06, 2023
• COP28 Focus on Health Draws $777 Million to Fight Tropical Disease The UAE and several charities at the UN climate summit have offered $777 million in financing for eradicating neglected tropical diseases that are expected to worsen as temperatures climb.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2023
• France on 'High' Alert for Bird Flu After New Cases Detected France raised the risk level of bird flu to 'high' from 'moderate' on Tuesday after new cases of the disease were detected, forcing poultry farms to keep birds indoors to stem the spread of the highly contagious virus.
  Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2023
• Stigma, Regulatory Barriers Delay Mpox Response in DRC Vaccines and treatments that could help tackle an mpox epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo are lying unused outside the country despite a high death rate.
  Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2023
• J&J Says It Has Settled Some Talc Claims Johnson & Johnson's worldwide vice president for litigation said on Tuesday that the company has recently reached settlements with several law firms over their clients' claims that J&J talc products caused cancer.
  Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2023
• Replimune Skin Cancer Therapy Fails Midstage Study Replimune Group said on Tuesday its experimental combination therapy to treat a common form of skin cancer failed to significantly remove or reduce cancerous lesions in a midstage study.
  Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2023
• Alcohol Taxes Aren't High Enough, Says World Health Organization WHO urged governments on Tuesday to increase taxes on alcoholic drinks and impose them on products that are currently exempt, such as wine in some European countries.
  Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2023
• CVS Plans to Simplify Drug Pricing Process CVS Health on Tuesday forecast 2024 revenue above market estimates and said it would simplify the structure through which its pharmacies get reimbursed for drugs.
  Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2023