Heidi Splete

1 week ago | medscape.com | Heidi Splete

Patients complaining of insomnia or poor sleep could be experiencing any of several stressors that include physical, psychological, and environmental factors, and identifying them is the secret to successful treatment, said Carolyn D’Ambrosio, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, both in Boston, in a presentation at America College of Physicians (ACP-IM) Internal Medicine Meeting 2025.

2 weeks ago | espanol.medscape.com | Heidi Splete

El uso prolongado de estatinas puede retrasar o prevenir el desarrollo del carcinoma hepatocelular en personas adultas con enfermedad hepática crónica, así como en la población general, según sugieren investigaciones recientes, que incluyen varios estudios de cohorte a gran escala.

2 weeks ago | medscape.com | Heidi Splete

The latest federal funding cuts are already affecting progress against HIV, according to a panel of experts at a briefing hosted by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). “Through four decades of hard-fought progress, we have reached the point where HIV can be a chronic disease,” said Anna K. Person, MD, vice chair of the HIV Medicine Association and professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, in the briefing.

2 weeks ago | medscape.com | Heidi Splete

The impact of recent cuts to federal programs on pulmonology and respiratory health will range from asthma care to smoking cessation to the prevention of environmental and occupational health risks, according to a press release from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). The cuts come as rates of asthma and allergic diseases in the United States continue to rise, said AAFA president Kenneth Mendez in a statement.

2 weeks ago | medscape.com | Heidi Splete

The abrupt departure of thousands of full-time employees from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as of April 1, 2025, has created uncertainty and chaos across multiple agencies and losses to infectious disease may threaten public health for years to come, according to experts. The strategy announced in a statement from HHS on March 27 called for a reduction of another 10,000 employees in addition to those offered early retirement and subject to previous cuts.