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Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/one-drug-wins-and-another-fails-for-long-covid-fatigue/ Fluvoxamine and metformin have anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties that have led researchers to test their ability to prevent and treat long COVID and its symptoms. In a randomized trial, fluvoxamine led to a significant reduction in fatigue as measured by the Fatigue Severity Scale compared with placebo at day 60, with a 99% posterior probability […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/8m-medicaid-enrollees-risk-coverage-loss-under-work-mandate-study-finds/ The full implementation of a federal Medicaid work requirement program will put about 8 million enrollees at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage. Most of those at risk of losing coverage have disabilities that would make it difficult to comply with the requirement, but don’t meet the official exemption criteria. The study is consistent with […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/how-can-we-reach-the-patients-we-dont-see-regularly/ Let me tell you about two “new” patients I saw recently. One was a new patient who came to see me at the request of their newly found significant other, someone in their late 50s, who reported to me that the last time they’d seen a doctor was their discharge from the military just about […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/new-and-emerging-developments-in-atopic-dermatitis-at-aad-2026/ As the 2026 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) annual meeting continues in Denver, MedPage Today is offering another preview of its upcoming roundtable on new and emerging developments in atopic dermatitis. In this episode, moderator Peter Lio, MD, a clinical assistant professor of dermatology and pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/corn-tortillas-in-california-now-must-contain-folic-acid-more-states-may-follow/ Fifteen years after she lost her first baby to a rare and devastating birth defect, Andrea Lopez takes comfort in knowing that other Latina mothers might finally avoid the same pain. In January, California became the first state to require food makers to add folic acid, a crucial vitamin, to corn masa flour used to […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/deferred-pci-safe-for-tavi-patients-with-coronary-disease/ NEW ORLEANS — For coronary artery disease patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), waiting to see if percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was also needed led to similar outcomes as doing both TAVI and PCI upfront, the randomized PRO-TAVI trial showed. Among nearly 500 patients, 24% of those who underwent PCI only if clinically indicated […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/imaging-based-ffr-on-par-with-wire-for-pci-outcomes/ NEW ORLEANS — Revascularization treatment guided by fractional flow reserve calculated from an angiogram yielded similar outcomes as that guided by direct pressure wire measurement in randomized trials of two different software programs. In the ALL-RISE trial, the primary endpoint of 1-year all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction (MI), or unplanned clinically indicated revascularization occurred in 6.9% […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/low-breast-cancer-recurrence-rate-with-radiotherapy-tailored-to-nodal-response/ Ten years after tailored radiotherapy (RT) for breast cancer, fewer than 3% of patients had locoregional recurrences (LRR), most during the first 5 years, a Dutch registry study showed. The overall LRR of 2.9% did not differ significantly across subgroups of patients with low-, intermediate-, or high-risk disease or between the risk groups. Both the […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/what-were-not-talking-about-the-war-and-our-children/ She was 7 years old. She had heard about the war in Iran from an older sibling, and by the next morning she had carried that knowledge, wordlessly, into my office. As her mother sat beside her, she asked the question that had been sitting in her chest all night. “Mommy, are we going to […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/pci-reduces-symptoms-of-chronic-total-occlusion/ A small carefully constructed and blinded clinical trial confirms that percutaneous intervention significantly relieves angina in patients with chronic total obstruction. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/tightly-blinded-trial-confirms-pci-reduces-angina-2026a10009ob?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-03-30 17:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post PCI Reduces Symptoms of Chronic Total Occlusion first appeared on […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/mavacamten-poised-to-expand-to-pediatric-obstructive-hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy/ 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 adults, the cardiac myosin inhibitor led to reductions in left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction, with a mean difference in change in Valsalva LVOT gradient of -48.0 mm […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/daily-coffee-may-lower-stress-reduce-depression-and-anxiety-risk/ Share on PinterestRecent research found that drinking 2 to 3 cups of coffee a day may reduce the risk of stress and mood disorders. Image Credit: Andrew Cebulka/Stocksy A recent study found that moderate daily coffee intake may help lower stress and reduce the risk of depression and anxiety. The findings indicate that coffee’s protective […] […] More