Patients’ Geography Impacts Guideline-Concordant COPD Care
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Geographical challenges to accessing care increase the likelihood of receiving guideline-discordant inhaler regimens following hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, acc…
Learn MoreCVS Pulling Popular Cold Meds From Shelves After Report Deems Them to Be Useless
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — CVS Health plans to pull cold medications that contain phenylephrine from its store shelves after federal regulators determined recently that the decongestant does not work.Oral phenylephrine is an active ingr…
Learn MoreSARS-CoV-2 Infection Linked to Incidence of BPH Complications
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with an increased incidence of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) complications, including urine retention and hematuria, ac…
Learn MoreKidney Disease Impacts Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Early-stage chronic kidney disease has a negative impact on short-term weight loss outcomes after bariatric metabolic surgery, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in Obesity Surgery.João Pereira, fro…
Learn MoreCVS Pulling Popular Cold Meds From Shelves After Report Deems Them to Be Useless
FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — CVS Health plans to pull cold medications that contain phenylephrine from its store shelves after federal regulators determined recently that the decongestant doesn’t work. Oral phenylephrine is an active ingr…
Learn MoreLive Birth More Likely in ART Cycles With Gestational Carrier
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The likelihood of live birth is increased among assisted reproductive technology cycles with versus without a gestational carrier, according to a research letter published online Oct. 18 in the Journal of th…
Learn MoreIDSA: Piperacillin-Tazobactam, Cefepime Comparable for Suspected Infection
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For hospitalized patients with suspected infection for whom a clinician initiated an order for antipseudomonal antibiotics within 12 hours of presentation to the hospital, the incidence of acute kidney injur…
Learn MoreObesity Linked to Increased Risk for Progression to T2D in Children
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For children with prediabetes, factors associated with an increased risk for progression to type 2 diabetes (T2D) include obesity, according to a study published online Oct. 12 in the Journal of the Endocri…
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