Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Patients could wean themselves off blockbuster obesity drugs such as Ozempic or Wegovy without piling the pounds back on, according to a scientific study. Data presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Venice, Italy on Sunday provides some of the first evidence that it could be possible to stop taking…
May 13 2024 Semaglutide reduces the need for loop diuretic use and dose, and has positive effects on symptoms, physical limitations, and body weight in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) regardless of diuretic use, according to late breaking research presented today at Heart Failure 2024, a scientific congress of the European…
Screenings may not be the way to get needed resources to children and their caregivers, according to new research presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies on May 4. Caregivers and parents who were asked if they wanted assistance in several areas of need, including transportation and childcare, were nearly twice…
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Scandi scientists report that children exposed to the widely used pain medicine acetaminophen/paracetamol in the womb, did not go on to develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or intellectual disabilities at a higher rate than other youngsters1. The study published in JAMA earlier this year, followed over two million kids born in…
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In an unusual move, Sandoz is no longer cooperating with a U.K. industry trade group following a dispute over allegations that the company inappropriately marketed a biosimilar medicine. At issue was an anonymous complaint filed in May 2023 by a physician who contended that Sandoz unfairly attempted to promote a biosimilar version of Tysabri for…
An innovative drug, tafamidis, will be available from 13 May for NHS patients in England with the rare heart condition transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). Patients with ATTR-CM have a build-up of protein in the heart which often results in heart failure and can be fatal. Symptoms include shortness of breath, palpitations and abnormal heart rhythms,…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Being asked whether you considered yourself a normal weight, plumper or thinner as a child when attending a doctor’s appointment as an adult might appear like a very strange question to ask, but new research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity in Venice, Italy (12–15 May) suggests that such…
The number of cancer cases and deaths in Canada is expected to increase because of a growing and aging population, but the overall rates of people being diagnosed with and dying from cancer will continue to decline, according to the latest cancer trends research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.240095. The study is the…
