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Despite PCV, pediatric asthma patients face pneumococcal risks
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- Michele G. Sullivan
Conjugated valent pneumococcal vaccines won’t completely protect kids with asthma from invasive pneumococcal disease.
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Could preventing dementia be as simple as following your mom’s advice?
- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
SAN DIEGO – Emerging evidence agrees: Lots of exercise, a good diet, and social interaction are good for both body and mind.
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Pimavanserin reduced dementia-related psychotic symptoms without affecting cognition
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- Michele G. Sullivan
SAN DIEGO – The adverse event profile of the second-generation antipsychotic appears more benign than that typically seen with antipsychotics in...
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Nonablative laser improved PIH in patients with darker skin
- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Among patients treated with the nonablative fractional 1,927 nm laser, there was a mean improvement of about 43% in hyperpigmented areas.
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Positive functional results reported for aducanumab in a pooled, post hoc analysis
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- Michele G. Sullivan
SAN DIEGO – The results might give patients “an extra year or 2” of independence, said one clinical investigator in an aducanumab trial.
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Intensive BP control reduced dementia but increased brain atrophy and hurt cognition
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- Michele G. Sullivan
SAN DIEGO – The small but significant ill effects worried some researchers at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease...
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New opioid recommendations: Pain from most dermatologic procedures should be managed with acetaminophen, ibuprofen
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- Michele G. Sullivan
Just 21 of 87 procedures might require a limited opioid prescription at discharge.
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Parkinson’s patients can lose swimming ability after deep brain stimulation
- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Ability returned within 30 minutes of turning off the stimulator, and loss of ability recurred within 30 minutes of resuming stimulation.
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Obesity dropping in kids aged 2-4 years in WIC program
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- Michele G. Sullivan
During 2010-2016, the prevalence of obesity among this group significantly declined in 73% of U.S. states and territories.
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Atezolizumab/bevacizumab may offer benefit to patients with RCC
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- Michele G. Sullivan
The combination performed better in renal cell carcinoma patients who were PD-L1 positive.
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Two national analyses confirm safety of 9vHPV vaccine
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- Michele G. Sullivan
Among 28 million doses delivered since 2015, 7,244 adverse events were reported – an event rate of 1 per 7 million vaccinations.
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Alzheimer’s disease subtypes follow neuropathologic patterns seen in the nucleus basalis of Meynert
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- Michele G. Sullivan
Patterns of neurofibrillary tangles in the nucleus basalis of Meynert (nbM) varied with Alzheimer’s disease (AD...
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Seaweed floats to the top of Alzheimer’s news
- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Chinese regulators have approved sodium oligomannate, an extract of brown algae, as a treatment for mild to moderate Alzheimer’s. But questions...
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Survey asks adults: How likely are you to develop dementia?
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- Michele G. Sullivan
Adults are worried about dementia and will do anything to prevent it. Except talk to their doctor.
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Bempedoic acid cuts LDL by 15% in patients already on maximal treatment
- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
CLEAR Wisdom may fill a niche for patients who can’t get levels down.