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The Head and the Heart: Managing a ‘Silent Epidemic’

1 day ago | medscape.com | Batya Swift Yasgur

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause for premature mortality in patients with mental illness, particularly those with severe psychiatric disorders. The numbers bear out the link: The life expectancy of a person with severe mental illness is 15-20 years shorter than that of unaffected individuals, largely thanks to the effects of cardiac conditions.
An Expert’s View

3 days ago | medscape.com | Randy Dotinga

Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD, is one of the leading experts on artificial intelligence (AI) in American dermatology.
Older Adults Are Using More Cannabis

3 days ago | medscape.com | Whitney McKnight

Cannabis use in older adults is up, according to researchers who used a national survey database to study emergent patterns in older adult use of the substance. Their results were published online in JAMA Internal Medicine. After noting an upward trend in seniors using cannabis — from 1.0% in 2005 to 4.2% in 2018— a group of investigators led by Benjamin H.
Funding Gaps Threaten Genomic Advances in Latin America

3 days ago | medscape.com | Fernando Fuentes

In Latin America, efforts to implement preventive strategies, diagnostic tools, and personalized treatment for patients with rheumatic diseases often face significant barriers. However, there have been promising developments, many of which have been driven by the growing field of genomic medicine. One such initiative is the Ibero-American Research Consortium on the Genetics of Rheumatic Diseases (IARGE-RD).
Atezolizumab + Chemo Improves Colon Cancer Survival

4 days ago | medscape.com | Kate Johnson

The addition of postsurgical atezolizumab immunotherapy to standard-of-care chemotherapy in patients with stage III deficient DNA mismatch repair (dMMR) colon cancer significantly improved survival in the phase 3 ATOMIC trial. “These data established this combination as a new standard treatment for patients with stage III colon cancer and deficient mismatch repair,” said study author Frank A.
Gen Z Women Have Their Own Ideas About Contraception

4 days ago | medscape.com | Whitney McKnight

Often citing concerns about side effects, Gen Z women (born between 1997 and 2012), increasingly are shunning evidence-based family planning and reproductive health counsel, turning instead to advice from social media influencers and fertility tracking apps — with mixed results — according to experts. Federal data published in 2020, the most recent data currently available, reported that only about 14% of women in the United States used oral contraception.
The Weight of Two Worlds: Lipo-Lymphedema and Obesity

4 days ago | medscape.com | Julie Peck

When Shannon Ashley, now 43 years old, was in her tweens and teens, her legs were noticeably large. “Once I hit 12, my calves were unusually large, like tree trunks,” Ashley said. She tried to hide her outsized lower extremities, a contrast to her slender upper body, beneath wide-leg pants, and the size of her legs made clothes shopping difficult. “Doctors insisted that I was just fat,” Ashley said.
Nutritional Counseling May Be Free for Your Obesity Patients

4 days ago | medscape.com | Erica Lamberg

As part of treating the overall well-being of your patients, it may be beneficial to recommend nutritional counseling. More insurance carriers are providing this service as a benefit. When patients have conditions such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease or obesity, suggesting nutritional counseling could help your patients become more informed about making healthier choices.
Systemic Psoriasis Therapy Linked to Less Dementia

4 days ago | medscape.com | Randy Dotinga

SAN DIEGO — While psoriasis is linked to higher rates of dementia, a new study suggested that older patients with psoriasis on systemic treatments may have a much lower risk than those not treated systemically. In fact, the research hints — but doesn’t prove — that the medications could lower the dementia risk even below that of the general population.
Will Federal Cuts Affect mRNA Cancer Vaccine Research?

4 days ago | medscape.com | Ken Terry

If you’ve ever administered or received a COVID-19 vaccine, chances are it was based on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology — a medical breakthrough decades in the making and finally achieved thanks to the coordinated effort and enormous funding mobilized by the pandemic. The promise of mRNA vaccines is immense, researchers said. Several vaccines, including for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, have been approved or are in the approval pipeline.