A combination of cagrilintide with semaglutide in people with a BMI over 27 was well-tolerated, had a good safety profile, and led to more weight loss than semaglutide alone.
Prior to the pandemic, the goal was to eradicate this curable disease. Recent data suggest significant efforts will now be needed to make up for lost ground.
So far over 20 states and Washington, DC, have given the thumbs up to the new CDC recommendations allowing fully vaccinated people to no longer mask up indoors or outdoors, regardless of gathering size.
A research letter reports that almost one third of nursing home residents with atrial fibrillation and advanced dementia remained on anticoagulation during their last 6 months of life.
George Church’s genetic information is for sale and the Harvard geneticist, who was one of the first people to ever have his genome sequenced, says personal information can be profitable.
More than 230,000 people with suspected cancer were seen in March as COVID-19 cases declined; 300,000 more diagnostic tests to detect cancer were carried out by the NHS in March than in February.
Symptoms can be vague and include brain fog and fatigue; diagnoses will require listening and empathy. Checking in with patients via telehealth or patient portals will help with monitoring.
A 2-year national surveillance study indicates that the occurrence of invasive listeriosis among young infants in the UK and Ireland is rare and mostly confined to the neonatal period.
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