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• ACC 2025 WARRIOR Underscores Burden of Nonobstructive Angina in Women Because the trial ended up being underpowered, it did not show a benefit of intensive medical treatment, but there was a high rate of hospitalization in this population, which is not well understood.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• Alert FDA Approves First and Only Therapy for IgG4-RD The CD19+ B-Cell targeted therapy reduced flare risk by 87% in a phase 3 clinical trial.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• NHS Dental Crisis Worsening in England, MPs Warn A parliamentary report warned of a continuing crisis in NHS dentistry, with government recovery plans having ‘comprehensively failed.’
  Medscape News UK, April 04, 2025
• ACP-IM 2025 Switching to Tirzepatide Outweighs Upping Dulaglutide Dose The study finds better A1c lowering and weight reduction, but an expert clinician says practical issues may pose barriers.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• Sleep Meds After Knee Replacement Tied to Complications Medications that help patients sleep linked to more falls, fractures, and other problems after joint procedures, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• How Close Is Fully Closed-Loop Automated Insulin Delivery? At the recent ATTD 2025 meeting, participants discussed recent progress and remaining challenges in developing a fully closed-loop automated insulin delivery system.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• Colombia to Columbia: A Quest for Better Myeloma Outcomes Hematologist-oncologist Mateo Mejia Saldarriaga, MD, combines clinical care with research aimed at helping patients with treatment-resistant multiple myeloma.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• Trump Cuts Agency Focused on Healthcare Safety The federal agency works to improve healthcare safety and quality for patients while providing tools and data for healthcare professionals.
  KFF Health News, April 04, 2025
• Preterm Birth Impacts Adult Relationships, Fertility Adults born very preterm are less likely to form romantic partnerships and have children, according to a 40-year study tracking individuals into their mid-30s.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• AAD 2025 Surgeon Reviews Options for Superficial Skin Cancer For superficial skin cancers, Mohs surgery can be a definitive procedure, but nonsurgical approaches are competitive in the context of practical considerations, such as patient preferences and costs.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• Helping GLP-1 Patients Focus on Fat Loss vs Weight Loss To prevent muscle loss, more physicians are emphasizing the importance of fat loss vs weight loss for patients taking GLP-1 agonists.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• Fatigue and Frailty: Missed Red Flags in Rheumatic Care New research highlights that frailty in patients with RA — young and old — raises infection risk and complicates treatment, calling for earlier detection and tailored care.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• Esketamine Combo Bests SSRIs for TRD in Head-to-Head Trial Treatment with esketamine combined with an SNRI is linked to fewer adverse outcomes than treatment with an SSRI alone.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• How Office Props Improve Patient Outcomes Showing patients props and other visual aids improves recall of information, motivates patients, said doctors who have expanded their ‘black bags.’
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• Rats and Cockroaches Giving Hospital Staff the Creeps A UNISON survey found NHS hospital staff face vermin, sewage leaks, and crumbling infrastructure, with 17% calling buildings unsafe.
  Medscape News UK, April 04, 2025
• WCM-EADO 2025 Population vs Tailored Skin Cancer Screening: Which Is Best? Broad-based skin cancer screening may strain healthcare resources and lead to overdiagnosis, but it may also help catch more skin cancers earlier. Experts debate the pros and cons.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• FDA Suspends Program to Improve Bird Flu Testing Due to Staff Cuts The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due to massive staff cuts at the agency, according...
  Reuters Health Information, April 03, 2025
• ACC 2025 SGLT2 Inhibitors Progressing to New Standard After TAVI In patients with heart failure, SGLT2 inhibitors after TAVI are associated with major risk reductions in a clinical trial that multiple experts are calling practice changing.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2025
• PBM Private Labeling Boosts Biosimilars, Raises Concerns Co-production deals with adalimumab biosimilar manufacturers and PBMs have increased biosimilar adoption, but this consolidation of the drug supply chain could undercut competition.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2025
• Second Pig Kidney Transplant Success and FDA Trial Approval Previous skepticism turns to optimism as the first clinical trials for transplantation with genetically edited pig kidneys gain FDA approval.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2025