All articles tagged: Adverse effect of unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances (T50.905)


HealthDay 09 July at 03.51 PM Acupuncture May Relieve Pain-Specific Disability in Degenerative Lumbar Stenosis For patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS) and predominantly neurogenic claudication pain symptoms, acupuncture may relieve pain-specific disability, according to a study published online July 2 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Lili Zhu, M.D., from the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing, and colleag # Internal Medicine # Neurology # Pain Management # Orthopedics 0 Likes 0 Comments 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
HealthDay 09 July at 03.32 PM 1999 to Mid-2000s Saw Increase in Seniors Using Prescription Meds From 1999 to the mid-2000s, the proportion of U.S. adults aged 65 years or older who used prescription medications increased, according to a research letter published online July 1 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Gabriel K. Innes, V.M.D., Ph.D., from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Silver Spring, Maryland, and colleagues analyzed dat # Internal Medicine # Pharmacy # Geriatrics 0 Likes 0 Comments 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
HealthDay 01 July at 03.22 PM Amivantamab-Lazertinib Ups Survival in EGFR-Mutated Advanced Lung Cancer For patients with EGFR-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), amivantamab-lazertinib yields improved progression-free survival compared with osimertinib as first-line treatment, according to a study published online June 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine.Byoung C. Cho, M.D., Ph.D., from the Yonsei Cancer Ce # Pharmacy # Pulmonology # Hematology & Oncology 0 Likes 0 Comments 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn


Medpage Today 05 October at 06.00 PM Body Roundness to Predict Cardiovascular Disease; Myopia on the Rise TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... 1 Likes 0 Comments 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Medpage Today 05 October at 04.00 PM Women Should Not Have to 'Just Deal With' Gynecological Pain By the time patients express surprise at the pain they experience during in-office gynecological procedures, we're too late to the pain management conversation. Exclamations of, "Whoa, this is uncomfortable," and the struggle... 1 Likes 0 Comments 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Medpage Today 04 October at 09.35 PM Real World CAR T-Cell Therapy Outcomes 'Favorable' in Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma Real-world outcomes of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma treated with the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel, Carvykti) showed "favorable" efficacy results, even... 1 Likes 0 Comments 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Medical xPress 30 September at 07.30 AM Suicidal ideation is terrifying and isolating: Survivor is 'living proof' recovery is possible Mary Lawal was 8 years old the first time she tried to take her own life. 1 Likes 0 Comments 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
HealthDay 27 September at 10.47 PM AAP: Pediatric Heat-Related ED Visits Increased 170 Percent Over Last Decade Pediatric heat-related illness emergency department volume is associated with higher temperatures and is increasing over time, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, held from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1 in Orlando, Florida.Taylor Merritt, M.D., from the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and c 1 Likes 0 Comments 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
HealthDay 25 September at 03.40 PM Semaglutide Beneficial for Hidradenitis Suppurativa in Patients With Obesity For patients with obesity, the addition of semaglutide to standard hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) treatments yields improvement in quality of life and a reduction in flares, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, held from Sept. 25 to 28 in Amsterdam.Daniel Lyons, M.D., fro 1 Likes 0 Comments 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

HealthDay 25 September at 03.37 PM Risk for Stroke, TIA Increased in Adults With Sickle Cell Disease Adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) have an increased risk for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA), according to a study published online Sept. 20 in Blood.Olubusola Oluwole, M.D., from the University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues determined the cumulative incidence and rates for primary and recurrent strokes and TIAs in pe 1 Likes 0 Comments 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Medical xPress 24 September at 07.40 AM Abortion clinics—and patients—are on the move, as state laws keep shifting Soon after a series of state laws left a Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia, Missouri, unable to provide abortions in 2018, it shipped some of its equipment to states where abortion remained accessible. 1 Likes 0 Comments 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Medical xPress 24 September at 07.30 AM States, hospital systems try less punitive drug testing of pregnant women and newborns Some states and hospital systems have updated their policies on drug testing for pregnant women and newborns, aiming to better support patients' treatment and recovery from substance use disorder and combat racial disparities in testing and reporting. 1 Likes 0 Comments 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
HealthDay 23 September at 10.33 PM Risk for Severe Maternal Morbidity Elevated for Pregnancy Surrogates The risk for severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and adverse pregnancy outcomes is increased for gestational carriers, or pregnancy surrogates, compared with women conceiving naturally or via in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a study published online Sept. 24 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Maria P. Velez, M.D., Ph.D., from Que 1 Likes 0 Comments 0 Shares Facebook Twitter LinkedIn