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• Finerenone Scores 2nd Pivotal-Trial Success in DKD Top-line results from FIGARO-DKD showed significant benefit for the primary endpoint of cardiovascular death and nonfatal cardiovascular disease endpoints in type 2 diabetes, Bayer reports.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• Alert CDC Recommends Use of Pfizer's COVID Vaccine in 12-15-Year-Olds Separately, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a statement recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 12 and older. FDA on Monday cleared use of Pfizer's shot in teens.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• Teens Getting COVID-19 Vaccines Ahead of CDC Recommendations Some states did not wait for the CDC's input before vaccinating younger teenagers.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• ECO 2021 'Inflammasomes' May Play a Role in Obesity-Related CRC Immune system complexes that regulate inflammation have been identified as an important contributor to obesity-related colon cancer
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• ACC 2021 AHA/ACC Guidance on Ethics, Professionalism in Cardiovascular Care A consensus report provides advice and tools to address conflicts of interest, racial, and ethnic and gender inequities, and to improve diversity, inclusion, and wellness in the cardiovascular community.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• Recurrent Stroke 'Alarmingly High' With Carotid Web Ischemic stroke patients with a carotid web – a protrusion in the carotid artery – have unacceptably high rates of recurrent stroke and may need more intensive secondary prevention, a new study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• 55 New Chemicals Found in Pregnant Women, Their Newborns Researchers also found an additional 42 'mystery chemicals' in their blood samples. The chemicals are registered for use in commerce but nothing is known about their health effects.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• Health Costs Over 25 Times Higher for Patients With Hemophilia B As the burden of hemophilia B in patients increases from mild to severe forms of the disease, the already high economic cost of treatment rises significantly, according to a large retrospective database study.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• Adulterants in Street Drugs Tied to Increased COVID Risk Street drugs such as heroin and cocaine now contain at least one toxic adulterant, which may cause a drastic drop in white blood cells, leaving drug users more vulnerable to infection.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• ECO 2021 Herbal and Dietary Weight Loss Supplements: No Evidence They Work Two reviews show that any weight loss effects of herbal and dietary compounds are minimal at best; there needs to be tighter regulation of the supplement industry, say the researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• AAD VMX 2021 Reports Further Characterize COVID Vaccine Skin Reactions Delayed large local skin reactions after receiving one of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were the most commonly reported to the AAD–International League of Dermatological Societies registry.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• Cancer Diagnoses Delayed Among Prisoners in Washington State Inmates at Washington state prisons have been diagnosed with cancer, but treatments have been delayed, in some cases leading to terminal illness and death.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• Novo Nordisk Recalls Insulin Product Samples in US Nearly 1500 samples of the company's insulins are being voluntarily recalled due to improper storage.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• NKF 2021 Roxadustat Promise for Oral Treatment of Anemia in Kidney Disease Headed to an FDA advisory committee assessment this summer, the oral anemia drug roxadustat, from the novel HIF-PHI drug class, adds to its efficacy and safety track record.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• Are More Non-MDs Trying to Compete With Docs? Naturopaths are licensed in 22 states, and in seven states, they can call themselves "physician." Is their field of practice gaining ground?
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• SCAI 2021 ISCHEMIA Trial Population Reflects Small Slice of US Practice Patients in the landmark trial represented a fraction of patients with stable heart disease undergoing revascularization in a national cath lab registry.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• Hormonal Tx of Youth With Gender Dysphoria Stops in Sweden A number of centers in Sweden, most notably the Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Stockholm, have become the latest to hit the pause button in the medical treatment of children with gender dysphoria.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• SIRS 2021 Lipid Profile May Predict Conversion to Psychosis Measuring levels of fatty acids, phospholipids, and sterols in erythrocyte membranes may help predict which ultra-high-risk patients will experience conversion to full psychosis, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• SGIM 2021 Palliative Care in COVID: How One Hospital Met the Challenge "The rapid COVID-19 surge required physicians and staff to innovate quickly to ensure core humanizing values were not lost in the pandemic," one physician explained.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021
• APA 2021 TMS 'Surprisingly Effective' for Resistant Depression In a large new registry study of patients who received transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), efficacy rates matched those of drug therapy, without the side effects.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2021