January 30, 2025

Supine Hypertension: A Missed Opportunity in CVD Prevention?

Study finds supine hypertension independently increases cardiovascular disease risk.

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January 29, 2025

Medication Burden and Injurious Falls Among Patients With COPD

Agents such as benzodiazepines, sedative-hypnotics, antihypertensives, and other psychoactive drugs—often used to treat comorbidities in patients with COPD—may be contributing to an increased risk of falls among this population near the end of life.

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January 28, 2025

Trial Data Behind FDA Psychiatric Approvals

Key trial data and insights behind US Food and Drug Administration approvals of novel psychiatric drugs are shown, highlighting methods, demographics, and pivotal outcomes.

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January 27, 2025

Sleep Quality May Impact Systolic Blood Pressure in Young Adults

"An individual’s simple subjective feeling of poor sleep quality was associated with increased systolic blood pressure in participants aged ≤ 49 years with optimal sleep duration," concluded researchers.

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January 27, 2025

Montelukast Safety in Neuropsychiatric Risks: Study in Children

A large cohort study finds no link between montelukast use and neuropsychiatric adverse events in children, supporting its safety for asthma and allergic rhinitis management.

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January 24, 2025

CDC Freezes Calls, Travel Amid Review

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has initiated a broad pause in public communications and travel, disrupting meetings, publications, and research funding approvals affecting human and animal health.

Reuters

January 24, 2025

Honoring Dr. Loretta C. Ford

“She was truly one of the legends of nursing."

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January 24, 2025

Sex and Age Influence Long COVID Risk

"These findings highlight the need to identify biological mechanisms contributing to sex specificity to facilitate risk stratification, targeted drug development, and improved management of long COVID," wrote the study's authors.

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January 24, 2025

Study: Divorce in Childhood Elevates Stroke Odds

Researchers explore the connection between childhood parental divorce and stroke in older adults.

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