Internal Medicine News

• Cardioprotection for 20 Years for Children With Cancer A case is building for the routine use of dexrazoxane to protect the hearts of children with cancer being treated with doxorubicin.
  Medscape Medical News, January 31, 2023
• TMS Tied to Antidepressant, Anxiolytic Effects in Anxious Depression Transcranial magnetic stimulation is associated with reductions in both anxiety and depression scores in patients with both disorders, a large new analysis shows.
  Medscape Medical News, January 31, 2023
• Biden to End COVID Emergencies in May The two national emergency declarations dealing with the pandemic will end May 11. The announcements will mean the end of free vaccines and health services to fight the pandemic.
  WebMD Health News, January 30, 2023
• SCCM 2023 Citing Workplace Violence, a Quarter of HCWs Are Ready to Quit Data from 69 countries show the toll that violence in the workplace takes on our healthcare system.
  Medscape Medical News, January 30, 2023
• Long QT Syndrome Overdiagnosis Persists Five 'diagnostic miscues' underlie overdiagnosis and misdiagnosis of long QT syndrome, which can profoundly affect patients' quality of life.
  Medscape Medical News, January 30, 2023
• Feds Charge 25 Nursing School Execs, Staff in Fake Diploma Scheme More than 7600 degrees and transcripts were sold, allowing some recipients to pass the licensing exam and secure employment at hospitals and nursing homes around the country.
  Medscape Medical News, January 30, 2023
• Older Physicians: Balancing Experience With Competence Age-related cognitive decline and even full-blown dementia may become an increasingly common feature with the aging of the world's medical population.
  Medscape Medical News, January 30, 2023
• Flu, RSV on Decline, but COVID Deaths Persist Respiratory illness levels in the US have declined so much in recent weeks that they are approaching numbers usually seen during non-flu season.
  WebMD Health News, January 30, 2023
• Fauci Q&A: On Masking, Vaccines, and What Keeps Him Up at Night In an interview, Fauci spoke to WebMD about his career and his plans for the future.
  WebMD Health News, January 30, 2023
• Many Patients Don't Receive Indicated Targeted NSCLC Therapy The rates of use of targeted therapy among patients with EGFR- and ALK-mutations also varied across the US, dropping below 20% in some states.
  Medscape Medical News, January 30, 2023
• Difficulty Fitting Family Into Career: Female Oncologists In a survey of over 1000 female oncologists, one third reported they faced difficult career choices and discriminatory practices during family planning.
  Medscape Medical News, January 30, 2023
• Persistent Gaps in Drug Use by Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Continuous use of glucose-, blood pressure-, and cholesterol-lowering medications by adults with mainly type 2 diabetes declined in 2005-2019. This may explain worsening diabetes complications.
  Medscape Medical News, January 30, 2023
• Ontario Government Enlarges Role of Ambulatory Clinics Premier Doug Ford provides assurance that services to be provided will be publicly funded.
  Medscape Medical News, January 30, 2023
• Gut Enzymes Fingered in Some 5-ASA Treatment Failures Patients with inflammatory bowel disease who had three or four specific acetyltransferases in their gut microbiota had a threefold higher risk for 5-ASA treatment failure.
  MDedge News, January 30, 2023
• Medical Schools See an Uptick in Black and Hispanic Students Medical schools are becoming more diverse, but keeping students and faculty of color remains a challenge.
  Medscape Medical News, January 30, 2023
• Alert FDA OKs Elacestrant for ESR1+ Advanced, Metastatic Breast Cancer The phase 3 data showed a 2-month progression-free survival benefit with elacestrant versus fulvestrant or an aromatase inhibitor.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2023
• Alert FDA Approves Pirtobrutinib for R/R Mantle Cell Lymphoma This drug is the first BTK inhibitor approved to treat mantle cell lymphoma in this setting. Approval was based on overall response rates and duration of response in the phase 1/2 BRUIN trial.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2023
• Even One Head Injury Boosts All-Cause Mortality Risk Sustaining even a single head injury is linked to a significantly increased risk for all-cause mortality, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2023
• CV Deaths Jumped in 2020, Reflecting Pandemic Toll The American Heart Association 2020 Statistical Update offers lessons for addressing structural issues that drive health disparities.
  Medscape Medical News, January 27, 2023
• New Imaging Score May Predict Chemo Benefit in Early OPSCC If validated, this scoring system could help identify patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma who can skip chemo. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, January 27, 2023