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New Facial Plastic Surgery Survey Illustrates Impact of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists

FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 -- Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications for weight loss are significantly transforming the field of facial...

Increase Seen in Cases of Schizophrenia Linked to Cannabis Use Disorder

FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 -- The proportion of incident cases of schizophrenia associated with cannabis use disorder (CUD) almost tripled from the prelegalization...

Decline in BMI, Waist Circumference Seen in Decade Before Dementia

FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 -- Lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference and higher high-density lipoprotein are seen in the decade preceding diagnosis of...

Low Vitamin D in First Trimester Tied to Worse Outcomes

FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 -- Low vitamin D levels during the first trimester of pregnancy are associated with higher rates of preterm birth and decreased fetal...

Nutrition Label Policies May Have Negative Impact on People With Eating Disorders

FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 -- Out-of-home nutrition label policies have a potential negative impact on individuals with eating disorders, according to a review...

Opportunistic Salpingectomy During Any Abdominal Surgery Reduces Ovarian Cancer Risk

FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 -- Opportunistic salpingectomy (OS) during any suitable abdominal surgery is effective for reducing the incidence of ovarian cancer and...

Study Finds Exenatide Not Beneficial for Parkinson Disease

FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 -- The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist exenatide does not yield improvement in measures of Parkinson disease severity, according...

Tonsillectomy Effective for Nocturnal Enuresis in Children With Sleep Apnea

FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 -- For children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with nocturnal enuresis (NE), the remission rate of NE is more than half for those...

Live Birth Rate Lower With Frozen Versus Fresh Embryo Transfer

FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 -- Frozen embryo transfer is associated with a lower live birth rate compared with fresh embryo transfer among women with a low prognosis...

Concentrations of Selected PFAS Up in Firefighters After 2023 Maui Wildfires

FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 -- Maui County firefighters involved in the response to the 2023 Maui wildfires had higher median summed concentrations of some...

Eightfold Increase in Wildfire-Linked ED Encounters Seen With Onset of LA Wildfires

THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 -- The percentage of wildfire-associated emergency department encounters increased with onset of the Los Angeles County (LAC) wildfires...

Weight Gain Common in Young Women After Breast Reduction Surgery

THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 -- Many young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery, according to a study published online in the February issue...

Immunogenic Cancer Vaccine Targets Key Mutations in Kidney Cancer

THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 -- Neoantigen-targeting personalized cancer vaccines (PCVs) are highly immunogenic in high-risk clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC)...

Nivolumab Added to Chemo Improves Response in ER+, HER2− Breast Cancer

THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 -- For patients with high-risk, early-stage estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative...

HoLEP Double-n Technology Promising for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 -- For men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), transurethral Holmium Laser of the Prostate (HoLEP) with Double-n Technology shows...

Racial, Ethnic Disparities Seen in Counseling for Children With High BP

THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 -- Among children with high blood pressure (BP), there are racial and ethnic disparities in receipt of nutrition, lifestyle, and weight...

Three All-Oral Shortened Regimens Noninferior for Rifampin-Resistant TB

THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 -- Three all-oral shortened regimens have noninferior efficacy compared with standard therapy for fluoroquinolone-susceptible...

Prescriptions for Obesity Management Drugs Increasing

THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 -- Prescriptions of obesity management drugs (OMDs) have increased, and these increasing trends are associated with online search...

Baseline Characteristics ID Risk for Recurrent Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 -- A few baseline characteristics can predict the need for recurrent endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) among patients with chronic...

Minority Children Less Likely to Be Diagnosed With Migraine in Emergency Department

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 -- Compared with non-Hispanic White (NHW) children, non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and Hispanic/Latino (HL) children with a headache...

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