Hospital Medicine News

• Alert Compounded Semaglutide Overdoses Tied to Hospitalizations The US Food and Drug Administration alerted clinicians, compounders, and patients about adverse events related to compounded semaglutide dosing errors.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Alert EMA Says Don't Mix Mysimba and Opioid-Containing Meds Existing advice for prescribing the weight loss drugs needs to be strengthened to minimize the risks from interactions, the European drug authority said.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Alert EMA Refuses Marketing Authorization for Alzheimer's Drug Leqembi's EU-wide marketing authorization was refused because the drug's effect on delaying cognitive decline does not counterbalance the risk for serious adverse events.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Phenotypic Shift, Varied Vasculopathy Noted in IPAH Diffusion capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide was a distinguishing factor in a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Inappropriate NSAID Prescribing Causing Avoidable Harm Prescribing NSAIDs to people at high risk of harm from them has cost more than 6000 years of good health and £31 million for the NHS over the past decade, a study found.
  Medscape News UK, July 26, 2024
• A Woman, a Tuna Steak, and Allergy-like Symptoms Scombroid poisoning resembles an allergic reaction and occurs after eating fish contaminated with histamine.
  Medscape News UK, July 26, 2024
• Newer Shingles Vaccine Tied to Lower Dementia Risk A new study showed a newer recombinant shingles vaccine was linked to a 164-day delay in dementia diagnosis in older adults compared to an older live shingles vaccine.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Slow-Release Buprenorphine Safe in Mild OUD Withdrawal Extended-release buprenorphine medication was deemed safe for patients with mild opioid withdrawal.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Could Resistin Predict PAH Severity or Death? Survival models affirmed the value of resistin as a novel biomarker and therapy driver.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• A Collagen Valve Could Treat Pediatric Heart Disease In an animal model, the implantation of the valve restored the blood flow direction through the pulmonary artery without causing valve leakage.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Physicians Cite Barriers in Addiction Care: Study Reveals An international research review identifies multiple reasons why doctors say they aren't able to treat substance abuse, including lack of faith that interventions will work.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Shifting Insulin Meal Timing Cuts Hospital Hypoglycemia Waiting to deliver insulin until the patient has eaten at least half of their meal reduced hypoglycemia without raising severe hyperglycemia.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• England's Health Service Facing Unprecedented Challenge, Budget Watchdog Says The National Health Service in England faces an unprecedented challenge from backlogs, workforce issues and rising demand, a budget watchdog said on Tuesday in a report...
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2024
• Merck's RSV Shot Helps Protect Infants in Mid-to-late Stage Study Merck's antibody-based shot met the main goal of a mid-to-late stage trial, when tested to protect infants against a disease caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV),...
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2024
• Sleep Disruptions Up Susceptibility to COVID-19 Additional increased risk for poor outcomes appeared in younger adults and men.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• Acute Pancreatitis: Five Things to Know To better manage this common GI condition, clinicians should determine the cause, aim to predict disease severity, and incorporate recent landmark findings into their interventions.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• AIDS 2024 Remembering HIV Leaders Shot Down in Plane HIV researchers and activists were killed when a missile hit their passenger airplane over Ukraine 10 years ago in the deadliest shoot-down incident to this day.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2024
• Can Canada Protect Mental Health During the Next Pandemic? Hospitalizations for mental health and eating disorders have soared among Canadian youth and young adults during the COVID pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2024
• These Five AI Healthcare Tools May Be the Best Right Now We asked leading experts to share the most impactful AI tools currently in use at their hospitals.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2024
• Adjusting Opioid Prescriptions After ED Can Reduce Misuse Half of patients take five or fewer tablets in the 2 weeks after leaving the emergency department for a new pain condition, data suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2024