Grindr Shares HIV Status of Users with Other Companies
The claim that users’ HIV status being shared with 2 other companies calls into question the company's users' privacy policy.
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Alkermes' ALKS 5461 Receives FDA Refusal to File Letter for Treatment of MDD
The FDA is requesting that additional clinical trials, along with a bioavailability study, are needed to resubmit ALKS 5461.
Famous Physicians Can Change the World, For Better or Worse
When a physician becomes famous, opportunities abound. How can they ensure they’re leveraging the limelight responsibly?
Fear of Prosecution Over HIV Non-Disclosure Reduces HIV-Negative MSM Testing
This reduction has the potential to significantly increase HIV transmission at the community level.
Antibiotic Use in Older Women Links to Heightened Risk of Heart Disease Death
The association between long-term antibiotic use and death is especially noticeable while looking at death from heart disease.
FDA Approves Triple Combo Efavirenz, Lamivudine, Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate HIV Treatment
All ARV regimens will be offered at a significant discount to the price of competing products.
Machine Learning Model Provides Rapid Prediction of Clostridium difficile Risk
Hospital-specific models allow for earlier and more accurate identification of high-risk patients to better target infection prevention strategies.
Younger Children with ADHD Symptoms Have Reduced Brain Size
The first comprehensive examination of cortical brain volume in preschool children with ADHD indicates that anomalous brain structure is evident in early development stages.
In Low-Resource Settings ED Plays Role in Identifying Undiagnosed HIV
The emergency department may provide an opportunity to capture patients with undiagnosed HIV infection missed by clinic-based screening programs.
Women With HIV Experience More Fatigue, Muscle Aches After Menopause
Symptom burden may be exacerbated after menopause, supporting a shifting paradigm for HIV care management.
Clinical Medicine Training Preps Med Students to Treat Transgender Patients
Integrating transgender-specific content into medical curricula improves student knowledge and comfort with transgender medical care.
Negative Stigma Surrounds Female Surgical Residences Balancing Training, Motherhood
Challenges negatively influenced career satisfaction with 39% seriously considering leaving residency and 30% reporting advising a female medical student against pursuing a surgical career.
First FDA-Approved Gene Therapy Procedure for Inherited Disease Performed
This is the first and only FDA-approved gene therapy for treatment for an inherited disease.
Semaglutide Demonstrated Significant Obesity-Based Weight Loss
Adults with obesity treated with semaglutide 0.4 mg lost up to 13.8% of body weight after 52 weeks, significantly more weight than those treated with placebo who lost 2.3%.
Imaging Technologies Provide More Precise Predictions for MI Patients
Incorporating underused, but available, imaging technologies like PET/CT to test for calcium in coronary arteries more precisely predicts those at risk for MI and similar threats.
Reducing Medication Costs Helps Heart Patients Comply with Drug Regimens
While copayment reduction significantly affected clinician’s choice of medication and improved patient persistence with treatment, it did not impact clinical outcomes at 1 year.
Elagolix Meets Primary Endpoints in ELARIS UF-II Study
Results were consistent with ELARIS UF-I and reduced heavy menstrual bleeding versus placebo.
Music Increases Exercise Time During Cardiac Stress Testing
Listening to music may help prolong exercise and participation, and may possibly have broader implications for exercise.
MI Often Follow Dramatic Changes in Outdoor Temperature
Findings suggest climate change may increase MI risk.
Closure in Heart After Stroke Improves Outcomes
No events of primary endpoint occurred in PFO closure arm, whereas it developed in 6 of 60 patients receiving medication therapy alone.
Open-Heart Surgery Stress Significantly Reduces Vitamin D Levels
Aggressive supplementation with vitamin D3 just before and after surgery can completely eliminate the observed drop.
Low-Dose Triple Pill Lowers BP More Effectively than Usual Care
At 6 weeks 68% of those receiving the Triple Pill achieved a blood pressure within their target range, versus 44% of those receiving usual care.
Positive Outlooks May Improve Chronic Angina Outcomes
Patients that were more optimistic had fewer heart-related hospital visits.
HeartMate 3 LVAS Improves Long-Term Outcomes for HF
MOMENTUM 3 found that advanced heart-failure patients with an implanted centrifugal-flow circulatory pump had lower rates of pump-related blood clots and stroke.
Football Associated with Increased Cardiovascular Risk
Studies reveal short- and long-term effects of heart changes in college and professional football players.
Aspirin Lowers Risk of Death But Increases Nonfatal MI, Stroke in Patients with T2D, HF
Study sheds new light on potential risks and benefits of aspirin for people with both conditions.
HIV Rapid Entry Program Improves Access to Patient Care
A rapid entry program decreased time to first provider appointment, time to initiation of ART and time to viral suppression.
Mental Health, a Crucial Component to Ending HIV Epidemic
If mental health co-morbidities are not addressed among most vulnerable populations, it’s unlikely to achieve “90-90-90” goals or end the HIV epidemic.
Adherence to ASCVD Guidelines Is Critical to Minimize Risk of CVD in HIV Population
Significant discrepancies are found between ASCVD guidelines and primary care management of HIV patients in the military health system.
WHO Announces Updated Cryptococcal Meningitis Guidelines
Implementation of the new guidelines will improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of one of the most common opportunistic infections among people with advanced HIV.