The most common cardiovascular killer in maternal medicine is also among the most misdiagnosed. Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a systolic dysfunction that occurs either in late pregnancy or in the early postpartum stage, is often misdiagnosed in the obstetric and primary care settings, according to experts. “I’ve looked at why people die during pregnancy and postpartum…Read […]
The alarm blares at 5:00 AM, and before the coffee kicks in, you step onto the hospital floor. Chaos is in full swing — you’re short-staffed again, with twice as many patients as possible. A patient in room 406 is crashing, alarm bells shriek, and is that another patient shouting for meds across the hall…Read […]
Switching to a salt substitute from regular sodium chloride significantly reduced the risks for stroke recurrence and death, offering patients a practical, low-cost therapeutic option, according to new data released today from a prespecified subgroup analysis of data from the Salt Substitute and Stroke Study(SSaSS) trial…Read More
TOPLINE: A study of patients with pemphigus who were in remission after a rituximab cycle found that administering an additional infusion at month 6, when guided by relapse predictors, significantly improved remission. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a multicenter cohort study across France from September 2018 to June 2023…Read More
A wearable sensor that sticks onto the back of the hand and uses an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to monitor scratching activity when the wearer sleeps has been shown to reduce subconscious nighttime scratching in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) comparable with the effect of topical medications…Read More