Family Medicine News

• Positive Phase 3 Results for Novel Schizophrenia Drug The investigational agent xanomeline-trospium (KarXT) is safe and effective for reducing psychosis symptoms in adults with schizophrenia, topline results from the EMERGENT-2 trial suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• Alert FDA Authorizes Intradermal Use of Jynneos Vaccine for Monkeypox The Emergency Use Authorization aims to increase vaccine supply.
  FDA Approvals, August 09, 2022
• Hospital Safety Composite Measure Restored by the Government Rates of some hospital-acquired infections are up since the pandemic, but in other cases, hospitals have reported improvements in quality scores. How can this experience be harnessed in improving the quality and safety of hospital care?
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• Targeting Insulin Resistance: A New Approach to Diabetes? An investigational drug targets the adipocyte to treat insulin resistance. The drug restores glucose absorption in animal models and could provide a new approach to type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• FDA Acts on Unapproved Mole and Skin Tag Products Sold Online Warning letters to three companies, including Amazon, have been sent in reference to sales of mole and skin tag removal products that have not been approved by the agency.
  MDedge News, August 09, 2022
• Scientists Identify Viruses as New Weapons to Fight IBD New study is first to mobilize bacteriophages in fight against UC, Crohn's disease.
  WebMD Health News, August 09, 2022
• 'Shocking' and Persistent Gap in Treatment for Opioid Addiction Drugs such as methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone have been shown to reduce opioid overdoses by more than 50%, yet only about 1 in 10 people living with opioid use disorder receive these medications.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• Pro-Life Ob/Gyns Say Dobbs Not End of Abortion Struggle The overturning of Roe v. Wade was cheered by the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which has its sights set on curtailing abortion at the state level.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• AAIC 2022 New Tool Helps Gauge Risk of Undiagnosed Dementia The eRADAR tool uses clinical data routinely collected in the electronic health record to identify older adults at risk of having undiagnosed dementia and who may benefit from cognitive testing.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• How Patients With Advanced Cancer Experience Opioid Stigma In-depth interviews with patients provide insight into their personal experiences taking opioids to manage cancer pain.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• COVID Sewage Surveillance Labs Join the Hunt for Monkeypox Wastewater testing has proved a reliable early alarm bell for covid outbreaks. US researchers are now adapting the approach to track the explosive spread of monkeypox.
  Kaiser Health News, August 09, 2022
• Pfizer Begins Trial for Lyme Disease Vaccine If the trial succeeds, the vaccine could be the first human vaccine for the tick-borne illness in the US in two decades.
  WebMD Health News, August 09, 2022
• Power-Morcellation Hysterectomies Declined Containment bags are thought to limit the dissemination of potentially pathologic tissue, including unsuspected cancerous cells.
  MDedge News, August 09, 2022
• Treatment Helps Patients Who Engage in Risky "Chemsex" The practice, which is becoming more prevalent, entails risks of addiction and psychological complications.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• Monkeypox Found in Illinois Daycare/Home Healthcare Worker An adult working in a rural Illinois daycare center and caring for a home healthcare client has tested positive for monkeypox, Illinois health officials report.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• 3D 'Bioprinting' Could Aid Pediatric Heart Defects The idea is to use 3D "bioprinters" to craft the tissues for patients.
  WebMD Health News, August 09, 2022
• Tobramycin Tames Infection in Bronchiectasis Two 28-day cycles of tobramycin inhalation solution significantly reduced the density of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in sputum.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• Women Receive More Unnecessary Treatments Than Men Do Factors related to gender, rather than sex differences, explain the discrepancy, according to a psychologist. The gender of the clinician does not affect the discrepancy.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• Which Insomnia Drugs Are More Effective Than the Others? Licensed drugs were more beneficial than melatonin and other nonlicensed drugs in a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022
• Hyperthyroidism Rebound in Pregnancy Boosts Adverse Outcomes Rebound after antithyroid drug discontinuation in pregnancy is common, and adverse pregnancy outcomes are high among these patients.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2022