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FDA Finalizes Rule on Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
Affordable devices could be available for sale later this year.
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Biden Signs Inflation Reduction Act
Administration, industry tout healthcare provisions included in the sweeping legislative package.
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What Do You Think Happened?
You are asked to interpret the tracing in the figure without the benefit of any history. What do you think happened? How acute are these findings?
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Baricitinib Tablets (Olumiant)
Baricitinib is the first FDA-approved systemic treatment of alopecia areata.
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Outcomes of COVID-19-Associated Acute Myocarditis
In a review of COVID-19-associated acute myocarditis, investigators learned it is a rare complication that can occur without concomitant pneumonia, and frequently presents as cardiogenic shock. With supportive therapy, the short-term mortality rate is low.
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Comparing CT Angiography to Invasive Angiography for Stable Chest Pain Patients
A trial of initial coronary CT angiography vs. invasive angiography revealed outcomes over a median 3.5-year follow-up were similar, but procedure-related complications were more common in the invasive group.
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Is the Canadian Syncope Risk Score Valid?
Researchers found the Canadian Syncope Risk Score accurately predicts which patients are low risk for discharge. However, since it is driven largely by the physician’s final risk classification at ED discharge, the score’s clinical utility is uncertain.
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Smoking Cessation After Atrial Fibrillation Diagnosis Could Lower Dementia Risk
A cohort study of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in South Korea revealed patients who stopped smoking after AF diagnosis were at lower risk for developing dementia than those who continued smoking.
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Researchers Suggest Checking Blood Pressure in Both Arms
After taking two readings, use the higher measurement for diagnosis. Guidelines recommend this practice, but data were lacking.
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Monkeypox Spread to 29 Non-Endemic Nations Unprecedented
The near-simultaneous emergence of monkeypox in the United States, Europe, and other regions where it rarely is seen has raised questions whether the virus could become endemic beyond West and Central Africa, where it is common.