FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For individuals with class II obesity, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is cost saving compared with semaglutide, according to a study published online April 12 in JAMA Network Open. Muhammad Haseeb, M.D., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues examined the cost-effectiveness …
Read More »
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Treatment of pediatric-onset relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis with high-efficacy therapy reduces the risk for transition across disability states, according to a study published in the May issue of The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. Sifat Sharmin, Ph.D., from the University of Melbourne in Australia, …
Read More »
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Significantly higher hepatitis C virus cure rates are seen for patients receiving opioid treatment program-integrated facilitated telemedicine versus off-site hepatitis specialist referral, according to a study published online April 3 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Andrew H. Talal, M.D., M.P.H., …
Read More »
The annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology was held from April 6 to 8 in Atlanta and attracted more than 12,000 participants, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in cardiology. The conference highlighted recent advances in the treatment, management, and prevention of cardiovascular diseases, with …
Read More »
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Mailed at-home self-sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing increases cervical cancer screening participation in underscreened populations by almost threefold, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, held from April 5 to 10 in San Diego. Jane R. …
Read More »
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positivity in children is not associated with an increased risk for new asthma diagnosis, according to a study published online April 12 in Pediatrics. James P. Senter, M.D., M.P.H., from the Children’s …
Read More »
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Adjuvant alectinib improves disease-free survival compared with platinum-based chemotherapy among patients with resected ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study published in the April 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Yi-Long Wu, M.D., from the Guangdong Lung …
Read More »
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Evidence is lacking for use of puberty blockers and hormone treatment for gender dysphoria/incongruence, according to two systematic reviews published online April 10 in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Jo Taylor, Ph.D., from the University of York in the United Kingdom, and …
Read More »
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The burden of stroke attributable to high temperature is increasing rapidly, according to a study published online April 10 in Neurology. Chunrun Qu, from the Xiangya Hospital and XiangYa School of Medicine in Changsha, China, and colleagues estimated the distribution of stroke burden …
Read More »
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For patients with multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), the rates of progression-free survival (PFS) do not differ between microwave ablation (MWA) and surgical resection (SR), according to a study published online April 2 in Radiology. Zhen-Long Zhao, M.D., from the China-Japan Friendship Hospital …
Read More »
turkanime4u