Medscape Medical News

• ACOG, SMFM Urge All Pregnant Women to Get COVID-19 Vaccine The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine strongly recommend that all pregnant women be vaccinated against COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2021
• AAIC 2021 Low-Dose Aspirin Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in Some Two cohorts suggest long-term use of low-dose aspirin may be beneficial ― but primarily in those with cardiovascular risk.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2021
• Delta Variant Could Drive Herd Immunity Threshold Over 80% In addition to driving up case numbers, the Delta variant could also push the threshold to achieve herd immunity higher.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2021
• DOJ Joins Cases Alleging False Diagnoses by Kaiser MA Plans The federal government has joined in a legal battle over claims that Kaiser plans pressured physicians to report diagnoses that patients did not have in order to increase Medicare reimbursement.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2021
• Treating Bioterroism-Related Plague: CDC Issues New Guidelines "It's important for people to remember that the first sign of the potential attack could be somebody coming into your hospital."
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2021
• Delirium Less Likely After TAVR Than Surgical Valve Replacement Regardless of which approach is used, risk-lowering strategies should be used to prevent its occurrence and help improve patient outcomes, observers say.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2021
• Mental Illness Admission Prevalence Highest in Ages 18–44 Mental and/or substance use disorders are ranked among the top five diagnoses for hospitalized men and women aged 18–44 years, according to a new report.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2021
• Doctors' Offices May Be a Hot Spot for Transmitting Infections People who are seen after a patient with an influenzalike illness are 31.8% more likely to return to their doctor's office within 2 weeks with similar symptoms, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2021
• How Heat Kills: Deadly Weather 'Cooking' People From Within Young people in their 20s with muscle breakdown markers through the roof, a sign of rhabdomyolysis; people with no other medical problems that would have put them in a high-risk category.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2021
• Half Abandon Metformin Within a Year of Diabetes Diagnosis Multiple factors blamed for the drop-off, while improved communication, follow-up, and medication adjustment advised as remedies.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2021
• Bronchitis the Leader at Putting Children in the Hospital More children admitted to hospitals in 2018 had acute bronchitis than any other disorder, according to a report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2021
• New Guideline for Replacement ART: CAB/RPV LA Not for Everyone The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute's CAB/RPV guidelines highlight important clinical and patient considerations for injectable antiretroviral therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, August 02, 2021
• Repeat TAVR Central to Aortic Valve Disease Lifetime Strategy "When you put in a TAVR in a 65-year-old, they will come back at about age 75, and then what do you do? We are at the dawn of understanding and refining repeat TAVR after the failed first valve."
  Medscape Medical News, August 02, 2021
• Physicians Wearing White Coats Rated More Experienced Physicians wearing white coats were rated as significantly more experienced and professional than peers wearing casual attire, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, August 02, 2021
• COVID-19 an Independent Driver for Heart Attack and Stroke COVID-19 independently raises the risk for acute myocardial infarction and stroke, according to the largest and most detailed analysis of the association to date.
  Medscape Medical News, August 02, 2021
• HRS 2021 Oral Contraceptives, Sans Beta Blockade, Raise SCD Risk in LQTS All women with congenital LQTS on progestin-only oral contraceptives should also be taking maximally tolerated beta blockers, say researchers who are studying the same issue in drug-induced LQTS.
  Medscape Medical News, August 02, 2021
• Modest Calorie Cut Plus Exercise May Improve Vascular Health When it comes to dieting in older patients who are also exercising, more intense calorie restriction is not necessarily better for heart health, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, August 02, 2021
• ADA 2021 Testosterone Therapy for Hypogonadism With Diabetes? Nonrandomized 12-year data do not provide hard conclusions about testosterone benefit vs risk for men with low T and diabetes; one RCT has been published, but the jury is still out on safety.
  Medscape Medical News, August 02, 2021
• From Selfies to Slurs: Physicians Behaving Badly On, Off the Job On a new survey, more than half of physicians say they have witnessed other physicians behaving inappropriately, including bullying medical staff, making fun of patients, and making prejudiced remarks.
  Medscape Medical News, August 02, 2021
• Drug or Exercise for Geriatric Depression? It Depends The interventions have similar effectiveness in the short term, but medication may be superior in the medium term, a randomized trial suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, August 02, 2021