Influenza Vaccination Critical During Pandemic, CDC Says
The CDC is urging everyone to get vaccinated against influenza, saying it is even more important during the COVID-19 pandemic than in normal years. Medscape Medical News …read more
SGLT2 Inhibitors With Metformin Do Not Up Fracture Risk
The combination of SGLT-2 inhibitors and metformin is not associated with an increase in fracture risk among patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a meta-analysis of 25 randomized, controlled trials. Medscape Medical News …read more
Remembering Thousands of World’s Healthcare Workers Lost to COVID
Friends, families, and colleagues share the names with Medscape of those who died trying to help those infected. Medscape Medical News …read more
Cancer Treatments Bring Concerns for Hospitalists
Advances in cancer treatment have brought a range of potential issues that hospitalists are likely to see in admitted patients, many of which can escalate quickly into life-threatening emergencies. The Hospitalist …read more
New Guidelines Recommend Topicals for Musculoskeletal Injuries
Topical NSAIDs were among most effective for immediate and continued pain and symptom relief for non-low back musculoskeletal pain, according to new ACP/AAFP guidelines. Medscape Medical News …read more
AFF With Bisphosphonates Highest in Asians, Study Confirms
The benefits of bisphosphonates in fracture reduction still far outweigh risks for atypical femur fractures (AFFs), but the study shows a higher risk for AFF with longer-term use and among Asian women. Medscape Medical News …read more
Have You Been Personally Affected by COVID-19?
The global count of COVID-19 cases has surpassed 20 million, and the US count recently passed 5 million. Medscape Reader Polls …read more
New Data on Birth Defects With Antidepressant Use in Pregnancy
Data from the large National Birth Defects Prevention Study suggest venlafaxine was associated with the most birth defects and escitalopram the fewest. Medscape Medical News …read more
‘Pennie’-Pinching States Take Over Obamacare Exchanges
In a move defying the usual political polarization, Pennsylvania lawmakers from both parties agreed the cost of using the federal marketplace had grown too high and the state could do it for much less. Kaiser Health News …read more
Compression Therapy Cuts Cellulitis Risk in Chronic Leg Edema
The findings of a randomized controlled trial were so dramatic that the study was stopped early and patients in the control group were given the therapy also, researchers report. Medscape Medical News …read more