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More than one-third of patients treated for differentiated thyroid cancer reported elevated anxiety and more than 15% reported a high level of depression at an annual follow-up, according to study findings published in Thyroid.In an analysis of data from more than 600 survivors of differentiated thyroid cancer at a clinic in Germany, permanent hypoparathyroidism was a predictor for high anxiety

Once-daily fixed combination bimatoprost, timolol and brimonidine more effectively reduced peak IOP compared with a twice-daily regimen in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma, according to a study in the Journal of Glaucoma.

Electroconvulsive therapy was associated with improvement of symptoms in those with mania, with higher response rates in those more seriously ill and without comorbid anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder, per a recently published study.“Most guidelines recommend electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a second-line treatment for mania,” Katarzyna Popiolek, MD, of the University Health

Induction chemotherapy with paclitaxel, cisplatin and capecitabine vs. cisplatin and fluorouracil improved failure-free survival among patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology.Results of the randomized, open-label, phase 3 trial also showed the paclitaxel combination did not result in a higher rate of serious adverse events, researchers

Historical housing discriminatory practices are associated with modern-day cardiometabolic disease and risk factors years after such practices were outlawed, according to an analysis of census-level data.In a cross-sectional study, researchers found that “redlining” practices that graded neighborhoods according to perceived investment risk was associated with rates of CAD, chronic

Differences in emergency medical service agency resuscitation practices may partly account for widely varying out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates, researchers reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.“Our work highlights how important it is for emergency medical service agencies to review their resuscitation performance, and all related practices, to evaluate

Statin use for primary prevention of CVD was associated with lower risk for COVID-19 hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths, according to findings from a cohort study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.“Statins are now known to be beneficial in primary prevention, decreasing all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease and stroke,” Kim

Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled the most-read cardiology news of June 2022.Readers were most interested in improving the messaging surrounding aspirin; the midterm CV safety of men’s hormone therapy; promotion of hands-only CPR to increase use and improve cardiac arrest outcomes; and more.

Continuous subcutaneous infusion of foslevodopa/foscarbidopa was safe and improved motor complications in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease, according to data presented at the European Academy of Neurology Congress 2022. “ABBV-951 (foslevodopa/foscarbidopa) is a solution of levodopa and carbidopa prodrugs for continuous subcutaneous infusion being investigated for the

Impaired exercise ventilatory efficiency above the upper limit of normal was associated with a greater dyspnea burden and low peak VO2 among never smokers and smokers with or without COPD, researchers reported.“Activity-related dyspnea and exercise limitation ... are common, even in mild COPD, and are associated with poor health status and increased mortality. The traditional focus of