Medical Students News

• Metronomic Therapy Shows Promise in Breast Cancer Patients with HR+/HER2− metastatic breast cancer without previous systemic therapy were randomly assigned to receive either metronomic capecitabine plus AI or AI alone.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• New Health Cybersecurity Rule: What Docs Should Know A proposed federal rule would require hospitals and physicians’ groups to beef up health cybersecurity measures to protect patient privacy and prevent ransomware attacks. Some changes could be expensive, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Alert J&J Halts Varipulse Field Ablation for AFib The temporary pause follows reports of four cases of neurovascular events in the US external evaluation study.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• No-Implant Shunt Wins FDA Breakthrough Status for HF The new approach is designed to create a connection between the left and right atrial chambers of the heart in a single procedure without leaving an implant behind.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• AI-Enhanced ECG Predicts Hypertension, Related Risks A new AI-ECG risk estimation model can predict the development of hypertension and flag patients who may require more monitoring.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• Leaving ED Without Being Seen Entails Increasing Risks Researchers call for long-term, consistent funding for primary, emergency, hospital, and long-term care.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• Incentives Do Not Boost Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance A cohort study analyzed data from 15,273 men with prostate cancer to determine active surveillance rates at difference points in time.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• PSMA-PET Challenges Current Prostate Cancer Staging Researchers conducted a post hoc, retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of 182 patients with recurrent prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy, definitive radiotherapy, or salvage radiotherapy.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
• Dry January: Should Doctors Make It Year-Round? Have sobering studies on alcohol caused physicians to drink less themselves or changed the way doctors counsel patients on booze? The answer is complicated.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Drug Shortages: Does Canada Manage Them Better? Oncology drugs tend to “percolate to the top” of shortage lists that prioritize drugs of concern, said expert.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Sjögren Subtypes Have Distinct Pathophysiologic Profiles Three distinct subtypes of Sjögren disease showed different cytokine profiles and interferon signatures.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Retatrutide Produces Greatest Weight Loss Dual- and triple-agonist GLP-1s appear to achieve greater weight loss in an overview of clinical trials of approved and investigational agents.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Student-Run Clinics Seen Expanding With Promise and Pitfalls Medical students appear to be participating and managing more free clinics. A recent JAMA Internal Medicine article explored the benefits and potential risks of these programs.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Med Students: Ready for Residency, but Not Career New survey results showed that some med students feel confident heading into the next phase of learning but not so much in their eventual jobs.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Nummular Headache Linked to Range of Secondary Causes The largest case series to date of this rare headache type saw intracranial lesions, skin disorders, and other causes in more than a quarter of patients.
  Medscape Medical News, January 01, 2025
• Nonpharmacologic Options Can Manage Hot Flashes Both cognitive-behavioral therapy and clinical hypnosis are among the most effective options not involving medication.
  Medscape Medical News, December 31, 2024
• An Abundance of Nonalcoholic Options Available It’s increasingly easy to have nonalcoholic drinks at a bar and even to find a bar that serves only nonalcoholic drinks.
  Medscape Medical News, December 31, 2024
• Don’t Miss 2024’s Top 5 Stories From Canada Readers were enthusiastic, but commentators did not hesitate to share their thoughts and personal experiences.
  Medscape Medical News, December 31, 2024
• Time for New Guidance on Poststroke Depression, Anxiety? Depression and anxiety are among the most common complications of stroke. Is it time for new treatment guidance?
  Medscape Medical News, December 31, 2024
• Early Postpartum IUD Doesn’t Spike Healthcare Utilization Immediate placement of an intrauterine device after giving birth did not increase visits to ob/gyns compared with a delayed placement postpartum.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2024