Most U.S. Adults With T2DM Meet Criteria for GLP-RAs, SGLT2is
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Most U.S. adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) meet recommended criteria for use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2is), but fewer than 1…
Learn MoreEight-Week Bedaquiline-Linezolid Noninferior for TB
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A strategy of eight weeks of bedaquiline-linezolid is noninferior to a standard regimen for tuberculosis, according to a study published online Feb. 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with …
Learn MorePlasma D-Dimer Can Diagnose Periprosthetic Joint Infection
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Plasma D-dimer is noninferior to C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) among patients undergoing revision hip or knee arthroplas…
Learn MoreBlack Patients With Dementia Are Less Likely to Get Appropriate Meds: Study
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When Black patients struggle with dementia, they are less likely to receive helpful medications than their white peers, a new study warns.Researchers looked at how often patients received one or more of five …
Learn MoreU.S. Pedestrian Deaths Keep Rising
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Pedestrian deaths have surged on U.S. roads in recent years, and they are climbing again.Pedestrian deaths hit a 40-year high in 2021, and numbers for the first half of 2022 were up about 5% over the same per…
Learn More1999 to 2021 Saw 50-Fold Increase in Methamphetamine Mortality
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Methamphetamine-related mortality increased 50-fold from 1999 to 2021, and the proportion of deaths co-involving heroin or fentanyl also increased, according to a study published online Feb. 2 in the American …
Learn MoreFDA Approves First Home Test to Detect Both Flu and COVID-19
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new at-home test will help people struggling with upper respiratory symptoms figure out whether they have COVID-19 or the flu. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lucira under an emergency use aut…
Learn MoreFeds Will Start Limiting Telehealth Prescriptions for Painkillers, ADHD Drugs
MONDAY, Feb. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Federal officials plan to tighten access to drugs that have the potential for abuse by reinstating federal prescribing requirements that were loosened during the pandemic.The Biden administration will require …
Learn MoreEl duro viaje de Aidan: ahora respira mejor, con un corazón renovado
VIERNES, 24 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Ambar Marcus pensó que el ultrasonido de seguimiento que su médico le recomendó cuando tenía más o menos 22 semanas de embarazo era rutinario, hasta que notó lo mucho que estaba durando.”La técnica er…
Learn MoreLa ‘norma de 5 días’ de Nueva Jersey no frenó el uso de opioides
VIERNES, 24 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Aunque muchas políticas sobre los opioides de Nueva Jersey han funcionado para combatir al abuso de los medicamentos, una que limitó la duración de las recetas no tuve el efecto deseado, muestra una n…
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