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High Dose Atropine Curbs Myopia in Kids Despite Side Effects Children with myopia receiving 0.05% atropine showed less progression of the eye condition and axial elongation than those receiving placebo, according to 3-year results of the MOSAIC trial.
Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
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
Long-Term Budesonide Shows Sustained Efficacy in EoE Long-term budesonide orodispersible tablets effectively maintained remission in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis and demonstrated a favorable safety profile.
Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
End-of-Life Care Talks Occur Late for Young Cancer Patients Documented palliative goals of care rarely occurred among adolescents and younger adults with cancer before the last 30 days of life.
Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
Dementia Risk Higher for Stroke Survivors Dementia risk is nearly 80% higher in stroke survivors than in those without stroke, with risk declining within 1 year but remaining elevated for up to 20 years, data show.
Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
Empathy-focused Calls Boost Diabetes Self-Care Empathetic calls made by laypeople with a goal to learn more about the patient improved glycemic control in low-income patients with diabetes, a 6-month parallel-arm superior trial showed.
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
Can Glucarpidase Help Reverse Methotrexate Kidney Damage? Outcomes in methotrexate-induced kidney injury have shown improvement through treatment with the enzyme glucarpidase.
Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
Biomarkers Predict Lung Disease Outcome in SSc-ILD Therapy Patients with SSc-ILD who showed an increase in the level of blood biomarker KL-6 after 1 year of treatment were at risk of developing progressive pulmonary fibrosis in the second year.
Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
KRAS Mutation Types Shape Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes Researchers assessed the association of KRAS mutations in metastatic PDAC with the clinical outcomes and responses to first-line chemotherapy regimens.
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
Remimazolam-Flumazenil Combo Cuts Extubation Time in TAVI Compared with sevoflurane, a combination of remimazolam and flumazenil reduced the time to extubation in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation by approximately 7 minutes, a study found.
Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
How Does End of Life Impact Diabetes Care? Older adults with type 2 diabetes received fewer noninsulin diabetes medications in their final year of life, but insulin use increased, especially among those who were frailer.
Medscape Medical News, January 08, 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
Personalized Care Can Ease Preoperative Anesthesia Anxiety A brief, tailored psychoeducational intervention reduced anesthesia-related anxiety in patients seeking support prior to surgery, offering a safe and effective alternative to anxiolytic premedication, a study found.
Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
Early Patching Benefits Kids Born With Cataract in One Eye Consistent daily patching in the first year after surgery improved visual acuity in children with a congenital cataract in one eye, according to a post hoc analysis of the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.
Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
Obstetric VTE Risk Rose Significantly Over Past Decade Risk for venous thromboembolism during pregnancy increased significantly from 2009 to 2019, with an average annual percent change of 9.2%.
Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
Choline Alfoscerate Has Modest Benefits on Cognition in T2D Daily treatment with 1200 mg of choline alfoscerate showed marginal improvement in cognitive function in patients with T2D and mild cognitive impairment, according to a randomized trial.
Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
FMT Shows Early Success in Type 1 Diabetes With Bowel Issues In the first study of its kind, researchers reported that fecal microbiota transplantation was a safe and beneficial approach for patients with type 1 diabetes and severe gastroenteropathy.
Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
How Often Do Radiation Plans Need Peer Review Changes? A meta-analysis found that peer reviews in radiation oncology led to recommendations to change treatment plans in more than one in four patients.
Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025

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