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Dabigatran recalled over potential carcinogen

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Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 24, 2023

The nationwide recall is because of the detection of the nitrosamine impurity, N-nitroso-dabigatran.

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Sports-related sudden cardiac arrest ‘extremely’ rare in women

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 23, 2023

Women have a significantly lower risk of suffering cardiac arrest during sports, which begs the question of risk-adapted screening in women,...

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Watch for buprenorphine ‘spiking’ in urine drug tests

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 23, 2023

Some patients undergoing treatment for opioid use disorder alter their urine drug test results by adding buprenorphine directly to their urine.

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Substance abuse disorders may share a common genetic signature

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 23, 2023

New findings could eventually lead to universal therapies to treat multiple and comorbid addictions, according to the study’s authors.

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Surgery for early breast cancer can worsen frailty in older women

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 22, 2023

About 1 in 5 experienced clinically significant deterioration in frailty status after treatment for breast cancer.

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Restless legs a new modifiable risk factor for dementia?

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 22, 2023

Restless legs syndrome is associated with poor sleep, depression/anxiety, poor diet, microvasculopathy, and hypoxia.

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Another FDA class I recall of Cardiosave Hybrid/Rescue IABPs

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 21, 2023

The coiled cable connecting the display and base on some units may fail, causing an unexpected shutdown, without warnings or alarms to alert the...

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Ulcerative colitis cases projected to top 2 million in eight countries by 2031

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 16, 2023

GlobalData epidemiologists attribute the predicted increases in UC prevalence and incidence to changes in population dynamics in each country.

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AI helps predict ulcerative colitis remission/activity, flare-ups

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 15, 2023

“If this is validated in larger studies, AI can help determine if we should adjust/change therapies or continue, which is very important.”

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FDA OKs first drug for Rett syndrome

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 14, 2023

The drug is designed to treat the core symptoms of Rett syndrome by potentially reducing neuroinflammation and supporting synaptic function.

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Two diets tied to lower Alzheimer’s pathology at autopsy

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 14, 2023

Those who most closely followed these diets had almost 40% lower odds of having an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis at death.

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Breast cancer surgery timing matters, but is faster always better?

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 8, 2023

There are no national quality metrics delineating optimal breast cancer surgery timing.

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Black people are less likely to receive dementia meds

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 8, 2023

Analysis of a large data set reveals racial inequities in the administering of medications for dementia symptoms.

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Childhood nightmares a prelude to cognitive problems, Parkinson’s?

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 7, 2023

Compared with children who never had distressing dreams between ages 7 and 11 years, those who had persistent distressing dreams were 76% more...

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Even mild COVID is hard on the brain

Author:
Megan Brooks
Publish date: March 7, 2023

New study results suggest a severe pattern of changes in how the brain communicates as well as its structure in people with anxiety and depression...

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