KT Tape May Not Be All That Helpful for Joint,...
(MedPage Today) — Kinesio taping — also known as KT tape — may dampen joint and muscle pain in the short term, but the evidence is highly uncertain, an overview...
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The Invisible Patient in the Pediatric Care Crisis
(MedPage Today) — Ask a working mom what it’s like to be on call 24/7 for her family’s health and the words flow quickly, often with gratitude for being asked....
8 Million People at Risk of Losing Medicaid Under Work...
(MedPage Today) — More than 8 million people will be at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage once the Medicaid work requirement passed as part of last year’s reconciliation bill...
Drop the Beta-Blocker Long After a Stabilized MI? Not a...
(MedPage Today) — NEW ORLEANS — The beta-blockers routinely used after myocardial infarction (MI) can be reasonably stopped after a year in some patients, the SMART-DECISION trial found. In stabilized...
GLP-1 Drugs Pick Up Another Win, This Time in Psoriatic...
(MedPage Today) — DENVER — Adding a GLP-1 agonist to psoriasis medication significantly improved outcomes in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and overweight or obesity, a phase III randomized trial...
Mavacamten Poised to Expand to Pediatric Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
(MedPage Today) — NEW ORLEANS — The benefit of mavacamten (Camzyos) held up in symptomatic adolescents with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the phase III SCOUT-HCM trial showed. Already available to...
'Who Would Do Something So Stupid?': What We Heard This...
(MedPage Today) — “Conceptually, you might think, ‘Who would do something so stupid?'” — Elliot Fishman, MD, of Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, discussing the malicious potential of deepfake X-rays....
Pregnancy-Associated SCAD Is Often More Severe Yet Still Conservatively Managed
(MedPage Today) — NEW ORLEANS — Women with pregnancy-associated spontaneous coronary artery dissection (P-SCAD) had a more severe presentation than those with SCAD who were not pregnant (NP-SCAD), according to...
Impella Flops for Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Not in Shock
(MedPage Today) — NEW ORLEANS — Microaxial flow pump circulatory support with the Impella device during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) didn’t help outcomes for complex patients not in cardiogenic shock,...
My Patients Are Asking for Leucovorin. Here's What I Tell...
(MedPage Today) — When the White House announced it was exploring leucovorin as a treatment for autism, the calls from families started pouring in: “Can you prescribe leucovorin for my...
