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• 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
• Heat Waves: A Silent Threat to Older Adults' Kidneys Extreme exposure to dry and hot weather conditions increased the plasma creatinine and cystatin C levels in older adults, while young adults showed minor changes.
  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
• 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
• 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
• Waiting for Therapy? There's an App for That Smartphone apps can provide valuable interim support for individuals facing long waits for psychiatric therapy, offering stopgap relief.
  Medscape Medical News, 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
• Low Rates of Pediatric Lipid Screening in the United States Despite recommendations, the adherence to lipid screening practices among youths in the United States was low, with a screening prevalence of approximately 1 in 10 youths.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Mental Health and Diabetic Complications: A Two-Way Link An analysis of a national claims database found that mental health disorders and chronic diabetic complications were linked over the lifespan of those with type 1 or 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Baseline Bone Pain Predicts Survival in Mets Prostate Cancer Baseline bone pain was associated with worse survival outcomes in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, according to a recent post hoc analysis.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Common Eye Disorder May Be Linked to Maternal Hypertension Children whose mothers have a hypertensive disorder in pregnancy are at increased risk for strabismus, new research shows.
  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
• How the Gut Microbiome Might Influence Diabetes Risk The composition of gut microbes differed starkly between individuals with diabetes and those without, with 19 distinct species being linked to type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• Delgocitinib Effective for Hand Eczema in Phase 3 Studies Topical delgocitinib was effective and well tolerated in patients with chronic hand eczema with no safety concerns.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• GLP-1 Prescribing Shifts From Type 2 Diabetes to Obesity Major indication shift is seen since 2020, with semaglutide topping the list.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• Fish Oil Supplements Cut Diabetes Complication Risk Patients with type 2 diabetes who consumed fish oil supplements had a lower risk for both macrovascular and microvascular complications, according to a cohort study.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• Acupuncture Tied to Improved Sleep in Parkinson's Disease Acupuncture improves sleep quality and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's, the results of a recent randomized clinical trial showed.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• Early RA Diagnosis and Treatment Lowers Treatment Costs Costs were as much as 316% higher in patients diagnosed and treated more than 12 weeks after symptom onset.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2024
• Vitamin B1 May Help Lower Constipation Risk in Adults Increased dietary intake of vitamin B1 is associated with a lower prevalence of constipation, particularly among men and individuals without hypertension or diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2024
• Anesthesia in Kids Does Not Increase Neurobehavioral Issues Surgery in childhood was associated with subsequent neurobehavioral outcomes, but the link was independent of exposure to anesthesia, revealed an observational study.
  Medscape Medical News, July 21, 2024