CAR-T for Autoimmune Disease; Methods of Illegal Opioid Overdose
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…
FDA Authorized Florida’s Drug Importation Plan. Naysayers Are Balking.
Pauly is an expert in health economics and healthcare management. If you head to the Florida beaches for spring break, you will notice that the Canadian Maple Leaf is often…
Healthy Lifestyle Habits May Help Prevent New-Onset IBS
Adherence to healthy lifestyle behaviors was significantly associated with a lower incidence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a large population-based cohort study showed. Over a mean follow-up of 12.6 years,…
Benralizumab Matches Mepolizumab for Rare Vasculitis
WASHINGTON -- Treatment with benralizumab (Fasenra) was noninferior to mepolizumab (Nucala) for relapsing or refractory eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), the randomized MANDARA trial showed. Among 140 patients, the adjusted…
FDA Approves Antibiotic Combination for Complicated UTIs
The FDA approved the combination of cefepime and enmetazobactam (Exblifep) for the treatment of adult patients with complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis. The agency's decision was based on data…
Alzheimer’s Supplements Fail Compared With Generic Drugs
Galantamine sold as prescription generic drugs was labeled accurately and free of contamination, but galantamine sold as dietary supplements was not, an analysis showed. Across 10 brands of dietary supplements,…
‘Eye Opening’: Chatbot Outperforms Ophthalmologists
An artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot largely outperformed a panel of specialist ophthalmologists when given prompts about glaucoma and retinal health, a comparative single-center study found. The ChatGPT chatbot powered by…
Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Prior Authorization?
Prior authorization has ripple effects on patients and clinicians, but artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to simplify the process, health policy experts said during an online panel discussion hosted…
Changing the Surgical Paradigm in Oligometastatic NSCLC
Patients with single-site synchronous oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) had better overall survival (OS) when they received surgery for their primary tumor, a retrospective review of nationwide data showed.…
Idaho Sees Exodus of Obstetricians After Abortion Ban
Idaho has been losing practicing obstetricians since its abortion ban took effect in August 2022, according to a new report by the Idaho Physician Well-Being Action Collaborative (IPWAC). The report…
