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(MedPage Today) -- Intermittent hemodialysis failed to prove noninferior to continuous renal-replacement therapy for critically ill patients with acute kidney injury and was associated with a higher incidence of death, according to findings from...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Adding dobutamine to intraoperative norepinephrine lowered the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in adults with septic shock undergoing surgical source control, an open-label Chinese randomized trial showed. New-onset or...
Read full article →It comes amid a broader crackdown on the ACA exchanges as the Trump administration continues its efforts to identify “fraud, waste and abuse” in federal programs.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Long-acting injectable therapy was similar to daily oral therapy for maintaining viral suppression in people with HIV and adherence challenges in Africa, according to an open-label phase IIIb trial. At 48 weeks, 91% of participants...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- An oral peptide that blocks the interleukin-23 receptor demonstrated durable long-term efficacy in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis, according to results from the phase IIb ANTHEM-UC trial. During...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Use of a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) reduced HbA1c levels in adults with type 2 diabetes not treated with insulin, the randomized CONNECT trial showed. Among 283 patients at primary care practices, mean HbA1c levels decreased...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- I adored RJ Mitte. As an actor, he possessed a gentleness and a presence on screen that was compelling. Best known for playing Walter White Jr. in "Breaking Bad," Mitte helped transform popular assumptions about disability through...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- A new therapeutic approach to geographic atrophy (GA) showed promise for slowing disease progression, according to a preliminary clinical trial. The rate of GA lesion growth decreased by 54% after 6 months with...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Mental health experts warned that livestreaming the firing squad execution of former army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, MD, who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base, could trigger post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A sizeable proportion of patients reported disrespectful or judgmental language in their medical records, a nationally weighted survey showed. More than one in six adults (17.1%) reported such language in their own medical records...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Benzodiazepine exposure in early pregnancy wasn't associated with congenital malformations, a large cohort study showed. Across more than 4 million pregnancies, children born to women who filled a benzodiazepine prescription...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer," Cleveland Clinic oncologist Christopher Wee, MD, and host John Mangels discuss how clinicians can guide patients through the initial complexities of a metastatic...
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