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Mashup Score: 0Experts Explore Barriers to Diversity in Respiratory Medicine Trials and Diagnostic Tools - 8 day(s) ago
In a scientific session at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2024 International Conference titled “An Inconvenient Truth: Health Disparities and Health Care Inequality in Respiratory Medicine,” a number of experts discussed the various areas within the field that are impacted by disparities.
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Mashup Score: 0Late-Breaking Data From Clinical Trials Show Promise for the Future of COPD Treatment - 9 day(s) ago
Study authors shared late-breaking data in a session on clinical trial results in pulmonary medicine at the American Thoracic Society 2024 International Conference.
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Mashup Score: 0What We’re Reading: H5N1 Vaccine Plan; Long-Acting Insulin Safety Risk; LA County's Plan to Tackle Medical Debt - 9 day(s) ago
HHS officials are moving forward with a plan to produce 4.8 million doses of H5N1 avian flu vaccine; Novo Nordisk’s long-acting insulin had a greater risk of excessively lowering patients’ blood sugar without offering better sugar level management; Los Angeles County launched an ambitious effort to tackle medical debt.
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Mashup Score: 0What We’re Reading: Maintaining Peak Flu Surveillance; Drug Industry Lobbyists Questioned; CRC Test Concerns - 10 day(s) ago
The CDC has asked local and state health officials to maintain peak-season flu surveillance operation levels over the summer to watch for any signs of human-to-human spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus; the drug industry’s top lobbying group faced thorough questioning at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the impact of patent system abuse on high prescription drug prices; FDA staff reviewers have raised concerns that Guardant Health’s colorectal cancer (CRC) blood test may fail to detect precancerous tumors.
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New data reveal that starting furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol (FF/UMEC/VI) without delay not only significantly reduces exacerbations and health care costs but also enhances adherence and persistence for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared with other therapies.
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Mashup Score: 0Surgery, Chemotherapy Considered Protective Survival Factors in Patients With OC, Liver Metastases - 10 day(s) ago
Surgery and chemotherapy significantly improved both overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) in patients with liver metastases originating from ovarian cancer (OC), who generally face a poor prognosis with a 5-year survival rate of less than 30%.
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Mashup Score: 0Semaglutide Linked to Improved Exercise Capacity, Weight Loss in Patients With HFpEF and Obesity - 11 day(s) ago
Patients taking semaglutide for a year saw significant improvements in exercise capacity and lost 2.9% more body weight compared with patients taking placebo.
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During a session at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2024 International Conference, experts presented the most impactful data from the last year on acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), childhood asthma, health equity, and lung cancer.
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Mashup Score: 1ADA Insights: Strategic T1D Screening and Management - 11 day(s) ago
Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD, discusses type 1 diabetes by addressing the distinct stages of the disease, risk factors, and current and emerging treatments.
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Mashup Score: 0What We’re Reading: Predicting Weight Loss Response; Talc Baby Powder and Ovarian Cancer; Safeguarding IVF Access - 12 day(s) ago
Certain genes have been linked to significant weight reduction in obesity treatment; research boosts plaintiffs’ cases against Johnson & Johnson for their talc-based baby powder; proposed legislation aims to address concerns following Alabama Supreme Court ruling on embryos.
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