Category Archives: Livestyle

Pfizer Recalls BP Drugs Because of Potential Carcinogen

[ad_1] Pfizer is voluntarily recalling some antihypertensive medications because of unacceptable levels of a potential carcinogen, the company announced.  The affected products are quinapril HCI/hydrochlorothiazide (Accuretic) tablets that Pfizer distributes, and two authorized generics, quinapril plus hydrochlorothiazide and quinapril HCI/hydrochlorothiazide, distributed by Greenstone. The drugs have been withdrawn because of the presence of nitrosamine, N-nitroso-quinapril. “Although long-term ingestion of…

Pneumonia Decision Tool Reduces Death in ED Patients

[ad_1] The use of an electronic clinical decision support tool called “ePNa” reduced severity-adjusted, 30-day, all-cause mortality by 38% across 16 community hospitals in Utah compared with predeployment levels, a 3-year, pragmatic, cluster-controlled study shows. “We designed the ePNa specifically to require minimal input from the clinician so everything it does is already in the electronic…

Surgery Groups Push Back on VARC-3 Valve Trial Definitions

[ad_1] Five international cardiac surgery associations have banded together to address “substantive concerns” regarding the recently updated Valve Academic Research Consortium 3 (VARC-3) clinical endpoint definitions for aortic valve research. The VARC-3 update was a multidisciplinary effort that included more than a dozen new or modified definitions for use in transcatheter and surgical aortic valve…

Schizophrenia Risk Partly Rooted in Access to Green Space?

[ad_1] City dwellers with high exposure to green space have a significantly lower risk of developing schizophrenia than their counterparts who live in areas with little green space, a new study shows. The investigators, led by Martine Rotenberg, MD, Center for Addiction and Mental Health and the University of Toronto, Canada, found individuals living in…

A Novel Tool for Assessing Breast Cancer Risk

[ad_1] Using MammoRisk, a software tool used to estimate an individual’s 5-year risk of developing breast cancer, is feasible in community practices, according to a recent study. The assessment is based on a patient’s clinical data and breast density, with or without a polygenic risk score (PRS). Adding the latter criterion to the model led to…

Calls for Caution on Gender Reassignment in Adolescents

[ad_1] France — Demand for gender reassignment surgery in children and adolescents has increased in the United States and Europe over the past few years. For its part, the French National Academy of Medicine has urged that caution be exercised when it comes to the therapies involved and advised that the psychological support phase be extended.…

Immunocompromised Pts Worry Vaccine Exemptions Put Them in Peril

[ad_1] Charlie O’Neill received part of her husband’s liver in a 2013 living donor transplant and has been taking drugs that suppress her immune system ever since to prevent her body from attacking the organ. “I frequently get infections,” she said. “Just being an immune-compromised person, you are faced with just every little cold and…

Bill Would Make CA a Trans Care ‘Refuge’ for Patients, Providers

[ad_1] A California lawmaker is attempting to blunt efforts by other states to restrict gender-affirming care for youth with legislation that would protect from legal sanction transgender children who travel there for treatment and the clinicians who assist them. Sen. Scott Wiener A bill proposed by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) would bar enforcement of civil…

Alleged LAA Closure Device Risk Factor May Not Worsen Risk

[ad_1] The study covered in this summary was published in researchsquare.com as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways Incomplete device endothelialization (IDE) is common in the 6 months after a successful left atrial appendage (LAA) closure procedure, especially in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), larger LAA ostial diameter, and larger…

Shift Work May Affect Timing of Menopause Onset

[ad_1] Exposure to shift work appears to influence the timing of menopause onset in both directions, new data suggest. Among nearly 4000 Canadian women surveyed, one in five reported exposure to shift work — that is, outside of the usual daytime business hours — at some point in their lives. After adjustment for confounders, rotating…