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Researchers developed a patient preference survey intended to show maximal acceptable risk for using a kidney replacement device and willingness-to-wait for devices with lower risk.“Catalyzed by U.S. regulatory reform and the Kidney Innovation Accelerator (KidneyX) prize competition, there has been unprecedented [kidney replacement therapy] KRT research and development in recent years. It

In the second installment of a three-part video series, Heather Stefanski, MD, PhD, discusses the potential role of umbilical cord blood as a stem cell source.“Ethnically diverse patients are appropriate candidates for umbilical cord blood because they don’t have to be perfectly matched, and the chance of getting graft-versus-host disease is less with umbilical cord blood,”

SAN DIEGO — Patients with a malpositioned IUD had a higher risk for pregnancy within 12 months of ultrasound IUD ascertainment compared with patients with properly positioned IUDs, according to data presented here.

The FDA has approved Radicava ORS oral suspension for the treatment of adults with ALS. Radicava (edaravone, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma) was originally approved in 2017 as a treatment for ALS via IV infusion, the FDA said in a press release.

An extended course of antibiotics showed no short-term clinical benefit for children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia compared with a standard, shorter course, a study found.

The FDA announced it approved the injectable dual incretin agonist tirzepatide to improve glucose response in adults with type 2 diabetes in addition to diet and exercise.Tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Eli Lilly) is a first-in-class medicine that activates both the GLP-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptors, which leads to improved glucose control. Tirzepatide is injected once

Serum levels of sex steroids and bone metabolism markers align with skeletal development in boys during puberty, though development can vary based on pubertal stage, according to study findings published in Bone. “Serum levels of sex steroids, insulin-like growth factor I and bone metabolism markers reflect skeletal development during puberty,” Bruno Lapauw, MD, PhD, professor in the

HHS is providing $16.3 million in grants to support telehealth in Title X family planning clinics across the United States, according to a press release from the department.

In a Healio interview, Douglas K. Rex, MD, president of ASGE and distinguished professor emeritus of medicine at Indiana University, details upcoming ASGE sessions that attendees should include on their agendas at Digestive Disease Week.

The CDC estimates that 107,622 overdose deaths occurred in 2021, a 14.9% increase from 2020, which previously held the record for overdose deaths in a 12-month period, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics. Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy director, said in the report that a life is lost to overdose every 5