Pharmacists News

Hormones Account for 10% of Lipid Changes After Menopause The transition to menopause is accompanied by a proatherogenic shift in lipids and other metabolites, and new research directly implicates the hormonal shift at this stage of life to some of these changes.
Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
Dopamine D1 Agonists May Aid Patients With Late-Stage Parkinson's The study covered in this summary was published on MedRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
First Look, May 18, 2022
What Do You Think About Preprints? Preprints, scientific papers that have not been peer reviewed for publication in a journal, became more prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Medscape Reader Polls, May 18, 2022
ATS 2022 NAVIGATOR Steers Uncontrolled Asthma Toward Calmer Seas The phase 3 trial showed high complete response rates and reduced disease burden with tezepelumab vs placebo.
Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
What We Know About Shuttered Baby Formula Plant And even bigger questions remain unanswered, including what caused the contamination and whether U.S. regulators could have alleviated the current formula shortage by stepping in sooner.
Associated Press, May 18, 2022
Healthcare Facilities Can Prevent 35% to 70% of Infections Hand washing and other infection prevention and control practices can cut 35% to 70% of healthcare infections, according to a global study from the World Health Organization.
Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
Updated AHA/ASA Guideline Changes Care for Spontaneous ICH Several "standard care" therapies for ICH are not as effective as once thought and are no longer recommended in updated guidelines.
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
US Eyes Baby Formula Imports Amid Nationwide Shortage US health regulators will announce action on baby formula imports as soon as Monday to address a nationwide shortage that has left parents scrambling to feed their babies, the Food and Drug Administration's chief said.
Reuters Health Information, May 16, 2022
US Tops 1M COVID Deaths: 'History Should Judge Us Harshly' Case numbers are rising again, and the United States reaches a once unimaginable and grim milestone.
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
Keeping Thyroid Hormone Treatment On Target Is Key for the Heart 'Both undertreatment and overtreatment were associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes,' including higher mortality, but keeping thyroid hormone levels normal is a tricky task, researchers admit.
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
AAD 2022 Synthetic, Botanical Agents Emerging as Promising for Melasma 'None of our patients can be on hydroquinone yearlong, so you have to bring in other agents that are efficacious,' says Dr Nada Elbuluk.
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
AGS 2022 Tool Helps Health System Cut Risky Scripts for Older Adults A Rhode Island health system is the largest so far to adopt a program aimed at reducing high-risk prescribing to older patients in the emergency department.
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
CARRA 2022 Pfizer COVID Vax Performs Well in Youth With Rheumatic Diseases Nearly all participants in the study showed complete seroconversion, in contrast to similar studies in adults.
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
Imiquimod Cream Offers Alternative to Surgery for Vulvar Lesions Topical imiquimod offers an alternative to surgery for women with HPV-related precancerous lesions, concludes the first head-to-head randomized trial of the two approaches.
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
HPV Strains Covered by the Vaccine Have Declined Greatly in US The study is good news for the HPV vaccination program in the United States.
Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
Two Investigational Meds Promising for Myasthenia Gravis Two investigational medications are safe and effective for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis, new research shows.
Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
ACMS 2022 Bupivacaine Following Mohs Surgery Reduces Opioid Use Patients report lower pain and opioid use with a single injection of the local anesthetic compared with placebo.
Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
Gilead Settles With Defendants in HIV PrEP Fraud Lawsuit Gilead settled its lawsuit alleging a $68 million scheme took advantage of its program to supply free HIV prevention drugs.
Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
US 'Vulnerable' to COVID Without New Shots, White House Says Booster doses will be necessary for most people as immune protection wanes and the virus adapts to become more contagious.
WebMD Health News, May 16, 2022
Vaccines Reduced COVID in Quebec's Long-Term Care Facilities Vaccinating residents and healthcare workers, in addition to preventive public health measures, led to lower rates of infection, hospitalization, and death.
Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022

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