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Articles
Patient Navigation Program Improves Colonoscopy Completion Rates After Abnormal FIT Results
April 18, 2025
The phone-based patient navigation intervention addressed barriers to CRC testing follow-up and included patient education.
Prediabetes Affects More than 97 Million Americans but 77 Million of Them Are Not Aware
April 18, 2025
The mildly elevated glycemia of prediabetes is a pathological condition with serious risks for those 77 million, says endocrinologist Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, DSc.
Lilly’s Oral GLP-1 Orforglipron Shows Significant and Competitive A1c and Weight Reductions in Phase 3 Trial
April 17, 2025
The positive topline data from the phase 3 ACHIEVE-1 trial suggest the small molecule GLP-1 mimetic could compete with blockbuster weekly injectables for reducing weight, A1c.
GSK: 3-Year Efficacy Data for Arexvy in Older Adults Published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine
April 17, 2025
A single dose of the RSVPreF3 demonstrated a cumulative efficacy of 62.9% against RSV-LRTD across 3 seasons in adults aged 60 years and older.
Which CRC Screening Method for Which Patient? Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS, Calls for an Honest Conversation
April 17, 2025
Issaka, from the Fred Hutch Cancer Center, said insurance coverage, a patient's resources, and social determinants of health all factor in the choice.
FDA Grants First-in-Class Marketing Authorization for Digital Therapeutic in Episodic Migraine Prevention
April 16, 2025
CT-132 is a 12-week app-based intervention that uses validated behavioral techniques to modulate labile brain circuitry involved in migraine, according to Click Therapeutics.
Emergency Care for Cannabis Use Associated with Increased Risk for Dementia in Adults: Canadian Population Study
April 16, 2025
Adults with a cannabis-related acute care visit or hospitalization were at 23% and 72% greater risk of a new dementia diagnosis within 5 years, a new study finds.
9 Common Myths About Cancer Screening and the Facts for Your Patients Who Believe Them
April 16, 2025
Myths and fears about cancer screening may be keeping some of your patients from important tests. Always ask about misconceptions, and then offer the facts.
CRC Screening Outreach Significantly Reduces Black-White Disparities, Including CRC Mortality Gap
April 15, 2025
ACP 2025: Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS, reviewed data from a Kaiser Permanente program that narrowed racial and ethnic disparities in CRC screening compliance and related deaths.
Prepregnancy Obesity, Not Pregnancy Complications, Drives Midlife Cardiovascular Risk in Women, Suggest HAPO FUS Study Findings
April 15, 2025
Gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy may be markers for rather than mediators of risk for future CVD, according to new research.