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Big Data Reveal Actionable Findings to Prevent Disease

Results from a longitudinal, big data cohort study that included multiomics and enhanced clinical testing led to actionable diagnoses for more than half of patients. Medscape Medical News …read more

Premature Birth Ups Risk of Kidney Disease Into Adulthood

Prematurity is associated with a greater risk of developing chronic kidney disease into mid-adulthood, and preventive action is needed for all babies born earlier than full term. Medscape Medical News …read more

Prepregnancy BMI Tied to Risk for Poor Maternal-Fetal Outcomes

Prepregnancy BMI may be a more important factor for adverse maternal and fetal outcomes than gestational weight gain, a new analysis suggests. Medscape Medical News …read more

CDC: 700 Pregnancy-Related Deaths Annually, Most Preventable

Three in five pregnancy-related deaths in US women could be prevented by addressing community, health facility, patient, provider, and system-level factors. Medscape Medical News …read more

Metronidazole Shrinks Endometriosis Via Microbiota (in Mice)

“Our initial goal was to understand how these gut bacteria…might be connected to endometriosis, but…we may have found a cost-effective treatment,” said the senior author of a study in mice. Medscape Medical News …read more

Physicians Often Considered Cost in Treatment Decisions

Physicians often take cost into account when prescribing medications or treatment, yet many are reluctant to initiate a discussion about it with patients, a new survey finds. Medscape Medical News …read more

FDA Finds High Systemic Absorption of Sunscreen Ingredients

Every patient in a standardized trial of sunscreens quickly reached systemic concentrations of the active ingredients that exceeded the level the FDA views as a trigger for systemic safety testing. Medscape Medical News …read more

Fournier Gangrene Alarm: More Cases Linked to Diabetes Drugs

Physicians prescribing SGLT2 inhibitors, a newer class of diabetes drugs, are advised to “have a high index of suspicion” about the potentially fatal complication. Medscape Medical News …read more

AI Use in Healthcare lncreasing Slowly Worldwide

An international Medscape survey finds that just 20% of physicians say artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the way they practice, but 70% say it will eventually make their decisions more accurate. Medscape Medical News …read more

FDA OKs Two Tafamidis Formulations for Rare Cardiomyopathy

These are the first FDA-approved treatments for transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis cardiomyopathy, a rare and often fatal disease caused by deposition of amyloid fibrils in the myocardium. FDA Approvals …read more