Cecilia Pessoa Gingerich

Troy Trygstad spoke with MD Magazine® about the upcoming flu season and emphasized how different clinicians and parts of the healthcare system can play a role in promoting immunization.

The Annovera combines segesterone acetate and ethinyl estradiol to prevent pregnancy and has a 2-4% failure rate.

From 1999 to 2014, prevalence of opioid use disorder among women giving birth increased 333% nationally, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This is the first approval for a drug preventing malaria in 18 years. Tafenoquine is taken beginning with an initial dose before entering a malaria-endemic area and subsequently once a week.

The potassium chloride oral solution was approved through the new approval pathway for drugs with no other approved competitors.

The FDA’s Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee voted 12 to 2 in favor of the safety and efficacy of ALIS (amikacin liposome inhalation suspension) for difficult-to-treat patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease.

Women and men are more likely to survive when treated by female doctors compared to male doctors, but the difference in heart attack survival is greater for women.

Meeting with a peer support worker to complete a personal recovery workbook reduced readmissions over a year for patients with mental health challenges.

New research finds that the prevalence of opioid use remained high during the study period from 2007 to 2016.

Research suggests that elevated glycemia, low blood pressure, and low BMI may be identifying markers for dementia risk and possible targets for management or prevention.

The long-acting injectable risperidone (Perseris) will provide an alternative to daily oral medication to improve treatment adherence for patients with schizophrenia.

After 18 months of treatment, Study 201 participants at the highest treatment dose demonstrated a statistically significant slowing of cognitive decline of 30% compared to placebo.

Patients in the intensive blood pressure treatment group had a 19% lower risk of developing mild cognitive impairment compared to those given standard treatment, according to the SPRINT MIND study.

At the 100-week mark, 89% of participants taking dolutegravir/rilpivirine (Juluca) maintained viral suppression, with viral loads of < 50 copies/mL.

Elagolix (Orlissa) is the first oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist specifically developed for women with moderate to severe endometriosis pain.

Researchers found that just 18.4% of young women diagnosed at pediatric emergency departments with pelvic inflammatory disease received HIV and syphilis screening, despite their higher risk for those sexually transmitted infections.

A workgroup convened by the Alzheimer’s Association has developed a list of 20 recommendations regarding symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.

The PocketECG Cardiac Rehabilitation System provides electrocardiography (ECG) monitoring and alerts during cardiac rehabilitation.

The cerebrospinal fluid assays can detect biomarkers of Alzheimer disease and help clinicians diagnose AD before clinical symptoms appear.

The statistical algorithm incorporates data including age, depression severity, neuroticism, and cognitive control to decide which patients with depression are most likely to benefit from the antidepressant sertraline.

The antiviral treatment for patients at high risk of complications from influenza met the primary objective of efficacy measured by time to improvement of symptoms compared to placebo.

The Surpass Streamline stent is approved to treat unruptured large and giant wide-neck intracranial aneurysms.

Abbott’s updated MitraClip is a catheter-bases system that provides an alternative to open heart surgery for repairing mitral regurgitation.

An NYU study showed that physicians at small, independent primary care practices report much lower rates of burnout&mdash;13.5% compared to the 54.4% national average.

The inverse association between coffee-drinking and all-cause mortality held even for participants with genetic variations affecting caffeine metabolism.

The new formulation allows patients with schizophrenia to begin treatment with just one oral dose of aripiprazole, achieving relevant levels in 4 days.

A study of low-income mothers found that participants who experienced problem-solving sessions reported 11% lower stress compared to controls.

Just 12% of the US population, African-Americans account for nearly 50% of the HIV/AIDS cases in the country.

Plazomicin (Zemdri, Achaogen) is designed to treat certain multi-drug resistant complicated urinary tract infections in adults.

The FRESCA Medical, Inc system is designed to operate with less airflow, alleviating some of the complaints that arise with traditional CPAP systems for patients with obstructive sleep apnea.