10 Take-Home Messages from the New ACC/AHA Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines: A Guideline Topline
The 10 most important take-homes from the 2023 ACC/AHA AF guidelines are summarized in this Guideline Topline, an at-a-glance preview for primary care.
E-Cigarette Packaging to Resemble Products for Youth Prompt More FDA Warning Letters
Camouflaging e-cigarettes as kid- and teen-appealing drinks and toys may help youth conceal the products from adults, increase risk of harm to children.
Daily Dose: Cardiovascular Risk Factors Rising Among Middle-Aged Americans
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Coadministration of RSV, Influenza Vaccines Found Safe and Effective in New Study
The coadministration of RSVpreF and seasonal influenza vaccine was found to generate robust immune responses in older adults, reported authors of new study.
More Timely Care for Chronic Liver Disease is Coming, Step-by-Step, says Hepatologist Bruce Luxon, MD, PhD
Reducing stigma associated with chronic liver disease and expediting diagnosis and referral will take some time but progress is being made, Luxon says.
To Help Reduce the Burden of Chronic Liver Disease, Primary Care Needs Simple, Reliable, Available Tools
Transplant hepatologist Dr Bruce Luxon says primary care is essential to making progress against chronic liver disease but doesn't have the resources it needs.
Longer Use of ADHD Medications Linked to Higher Risk of CVD in Recent Study
The risk of cardiovascular disease increased with longer cumulative exposure to ADHD medications, peaking at 3 to 5 years of use, reported researchers.
10 Top Studies from The Liver Meeting 2023: At-a-Glance
Simplified risk stratification tools for NAFLD, effects of statins on hepatic disease, trends in OHE, and patient perspectives are samples of the noteworthy research areas.
4 Dangerous Holiday Food-Drug Interactions
With the holiday season in full swing, you will want to remind your patients of these 4 hazardous holiday food and drug interactions.
Updated Guidelines for Atrial Fibrillation from ACC/AHA Focus on Aggressive Prevention and Control and a Continuum of Care
The revised guidance classifies AF into 4 stages, emphasizes prevention and aggressive rhythm control, and upgrades recommendations for catheter ablation and LAA occlusion.
Treatment for Cluster Headache: European Academy of Neurology Guidelines
Cluster headache is rare and can be disabling. It can be misdiagnosed, particularly as migraine, but treatments are very different. Learn more in a short slide show.
Migraine & Hypertension: What is the Connection?
Which antihypertensive therapy options are most and least effective for patients with migraine? Get details, here.
Daily Dose: Lung Cancer Screening Significantly Increases Long-Term Survival Rate
Risk Stratification for Preeclampsia Would Save Lives, Reduce Burden of Cost to Health Care System
Identifying women at risk for preeclampsia with severe features and the most effective treatment is essential to reduce morbidity as well as to contain costs.
Obesity Advocacy Groups Say Exclusion of People with Obesity from Drug Research Must Stop
The 5 leading advocacy groups said the safety of people with obesity is at risk and called on the FDA to change clinical trial inclusion requirements and expedite labeling changes.
Underestimation of OHE Hospitalizations: Author of New Study Discusses Clinical Implications, Takeaways for Primary Care Clinicians
Arun Jesudian, MD, details key findings from a study he recently presented at The Liver Meeting 2023.
Daily Dose: COVID-19, Opioid Epidemic Primary Drivers of Widening Gender Gap in Life Expectancy
Primary Prevention of ASCVD: A Guideline Topline for Primary Care
Review the ACC/AHA guidelines on prevention of ASCVD through lifestyle and risk factor assessment and management in our at-a-glance slide show.
Treat the Neuropathic Pain—and the Rest of the Person, Too: PM&R Physician Saloni Sharma, MD
Physiatrist Saloni Sharma, MD, stresses the essential role of coordinated, multidisciplinary care for a person with neuropathic pain—and any person with limited function.
Lung Cancer Survival Improved Significantly Based on Early CT Screening: 20-Year Follow-Up Study Findings
Early CT screening led to a 20-year lung cancer survival rate of 81% in the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program. Details, here.
