Internal 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
• Tick-Borne Illnesses Are on the Rise in Canada Especially in the summer, medical professionals should keep an eye out for cases of Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Powassan virus, experts urged.
  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 EU Backs Drug to Relieve Itching in Alagille Syndrome The European Medicines Agency said there were exceptional circumstances for approving Kayfanda to treat pruritus in patients with the rare genetic disorder.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Alert FDA Approves JAK Inhibitor for Alopecia Areata The pivotal phase 3 trials enrolled 1223 adults in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
  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
• Alert EMA Backs Oral Drug for Primary Biliary Cholangitis Iqirvo can delay liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with primary biliary cholangitis, the European Medicines Agency decided.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Tirbanibulin 1% Safe in Extensive Actinic Keratosis The safety and tolerability of tirbanibulin 1% in patients with actinic keratosis over a larger treatment field was confirmed in a phase 3 study.
  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
• Eco-Anxiety and Patients' Need for Mental Health Support The effects of climate change are evident, but their consequences for mental health are not the same for everyone.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Which Patients With Early TNBC Can Avoid Chemotherapy? Stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte levels may help determine which patients with stage I TNBC can skip chemotherapy, findings from a recent registry analysis suggested.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• 'Doesn't Fit Anything I Trained for': Treating Chronic Lyme Researchers, clinicians, and patient advocates at a national meeting weighed in on efforts needed to accelerate research on treatments for chronic illness associated with Lyme disease.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Sugar May Drive Dementia, German Medical Societies Warn High blood sugar levels damage brain blood vessels and promote deposits on the vessel walls, thus reducing blood flow and nutrient supply to brain cells.
  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
• Poverty Causally Linked to Mental Illness and Vice Versa There is a bidirectional, causal relationship between mental illness and poverty, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Can DASH Diet Reduce Liver Fat in Type 2 Diabetes? Shifting to a DASH diet was tied to healthier body fat distribution in patients with diabetes, especially in type 2 diabetes, a German study found.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• Low Alcohol Use Offers No Clear Health Benefits Now, yet another research analysis points toward that newer conclusion – that people who drink moderately do not necessarily live longer than people who abstain.
  WebMD Health News, July 26, 2024
• State Gun Laws Linked to Lower Youth Suicide Rates States with mandatory waiting periods for gun purchases or laws designed to prevent children from accessing firearms have lower suicide rates than states without such regulations.
  Medscape Medical News, 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
• Medical Debt Delays Care for Those With Depression, Anxiety Medical debt affects adults with depression and anxiety, with over 27% delaying or forgoing mental health care. Those with debt are twice as likely to delay or skip care.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024