B12 is a vitamin that helps the body maintain essential systems, such as the central nervous system. A B12 deficiency in women can cause symptoms such as fatigue and more severe complications. The body needs B12 to function healthily, and a B12 deficiency can cause conditions such as severe neurological...

What are the symptoms of B12 deficiency in females?

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While diet and lifestyle changes can help constipation long-term, nutrition and gut health experts share drinks that provide relief right away. According to the Cleveland Clinic, constipation is one of the most frequent gut health complaints in the US. One of the most common causes of constipation is not eating enough fiber to support a healthy gut, says Beth Czerwony, MS, RD, CSOWM, LD, a registered dietitian with the Cleveland Clinic Center for Human Nutrition.

5 Drinks That Make You Poop Immediately, From a Gastroenterologist

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network now recommends Rytelo for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome who require blood transfusions. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) now recommends Rytelo (imetelstat) as a treatment for patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who have symptomatic anemia. The NCCN is comprised of leading oncology centers. They...

NCCN Recommends Rytelo for Anemia in Patients With MDS

Autism spectrum disorder risk was similar with prenatal topiramate or lamotrigine vs. no antiseizure medication exposure. Prenatal valproate was tied to a dose-dependent increased autism spectrum disorder risk. Autism spectrum disorder incidence was higher for children with prenatal exposure to antiseizure medications vs. the general population, but some associations weakened...

Childhood autism may be linked to prenatal exposure to antiseizure medication

A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial done performed in the the United Kingdom June 2014 to October 2017), enrolled 207 adult patients with symptomatic, radiographic KOA and knee pain (severity ≥4 out of 10) on most days in the past 3 months, after an inadequate response to analgesic medications.

Pain Reduction with Methotrexate in Knee Osteoarthritis

The FINEARTS-HF study, which compared Kerendia to a placebo when added to standard therapy, met its primary endpoint by reducing cardiovascular death and total heart failure events. Results from the Phase III FINEARTS-HF study found that Bayer’s Kerendia (finerenone) demonstrated significant efficacy in treating heart failure patients with a left...

Kerendia Demonstrates Significant Efficacy Treating Heart Failure with Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction of 40% or More

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Research suggests that sickle cell anemia may offer some protection against HIV and may also slow HIV progression.

Can Sickle Cell Anemia Protect Against HIV?

Anemia is common in high-risk PCI and is independently associated with major adverse cardiovascular events and major bleeding risk. Baseline anemia is frequently identified in patients undergoing Impella-supported high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (HRPCI), according to the results of a recent post hoc analysis of the PROTECT III study.1. The presence...

Anemia Linked to Adverse Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Whether or not we want to, women can do it all. We're excelling in our careers, overtaking higher education, and acting as caregivers, chauffeurs, and chefs for loved ones. But this endless cycle often leads to stress, limited time for self-care, and poor sleep, which can take a toll on mental health by impacting your brain chemistry.

GABA Helps Women Sleep & Decreases Signs Of Depression

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Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

The following is a summary of “Clinical phenotype of pulmonary vascular disease requiring treatment in extremely preterm infants,” published in the July 2024 issue of Pediatrics by Hong et al. Pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) and pulmonary hypertension (PH) significantly impact the prognosis of extremely preterm infants. However, there...

Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Extremely Preterm Infants and Its Clinical Features

FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Fish oil supplements might help high-risk seniors stave off Alzheimer’s disease, a new study finds. Older people with a higher genetic risk of Alzheimer’s experienced slower breakdown of their brain’s nerve cells if they took fish oil capsules, researchers reported Aug. 1 in the journal JAMA Network Open.

Fish Oil Might Help High-Risk Older Adults Avoid Alzheimer's

Review of: Risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in patients prescribed semaglutide. Hathaway J, Sha M, Hathaway D, et al. JAMA Ophthalmology, in press 2024. Semaglutide is a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) prescribed to assist with weight management in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) or those who are overweight/obese, and there have been anecdotal reports of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) in patients taking this medication. This single-center, observational study compared patients prescribed semaglutide to matched patients prescribed other medications for diabetes and found a greater risk of NAION in the semaglutide cohort, though additional studies are needed to verify this relationship and causality cannot be inferred.

Semaglutide May Be Associated With an Increased Risk of Developing NAION

Study shows patients 80 years and older with atrial fibrillation treated with a lower dose of edoxaban experienced fewer major gastrointestinal bleeding events for each additional ischemic stroke. Patients aged 80 years and above with atrial fibrillation (AF) may gain a benefit from treatment with lower-dose anticoagulants regardless of existing...

Phase III Trial Shows Older Patients with Atrial Fibrillation May Benefit From Lower-Dose Anticoagulants

Bayer’s Kerendia was approved in 2021 to treat patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with Type 2 diabetes. For the nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (nsMRA) to accomplish the company’s gaudy sales target however, it will have to show its chops in heart failure (HF). Chalk up a...

Bayer's Kerendia passes key test, cutting risk of cardio death and heart failure

Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD, examines considerations for transitioning patients from intravenous to subcutaneous infliximab and evaluates the role of subcutaneous infliximab within the evolving landscape of inflammatory bowel disease treatments. For patients currently receiving IV infliximab (originator or biosimilar), are there any considerations for switching them to subcutaneous infliximab?. How will...

Patient Selection and Switching Patients to Subcutaneous Infliximab

The following is a summary of “Patterns of kidney function and risk assessment in a nationwide laboratory database: the Brazilian CHECK-CKD study,” published in the June 2024 issue of Nephrology by Guedes et al. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing global threat, but limited data on how...

Assessing Risk and Kidney Function Patterns from a Laboratory Database

The eGFR slope improved in all but one patient not on a renin-angiotensin system inhibitor. In all patients, annual height-corrected total kidney volume increased, data showed. Dapagliflozin may have a protective effect on kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, data show.

Dapagliflozin may have protective effect in adults with autosomal dominant PKD-related CKD

Review of: Incidence of uveitis in patients with axial spondylarthritis treated with biologics or targeted synthetics: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Bechman K, Yang Z, Adas M, et al. Arthritis and Rheumatology, May 2024. Treatment with certain immunomodulator therapies could help reduce the risk of anterior uveitis in patients...

Immunomodulators May Reduce Uveitis Risk in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis

Phase III study of Bayer’s non-steroidal, selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist met its primary endpoint. Bayer has shared new data from the Phase III FINEARTS-HF clinical trial, showing that its Kerendia (finerenone) achieved a statistically significant reduction of the composite of cardiovascular death and total (first and recurrent) heart failure (HF) events. The trial met its primary endpoint, making finerenone the first non-steroidal, selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) to meet a primary cardiovascular endpoint in a Phase III study investigating patients with HF with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction.1.

Kerendia Achieves Reduction in Risk of Cardiovascular Death and Heart Failure

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Ferritin Cutoff Choice Linked to Rates of Iron Deficiency Diagnosis

Ferritin cutoffs of 30 and 45 ng/mL notably increase the rate of iron deficiency diagnoses. Guideline-recommended cutoffs for serum ferritin were linked to the incidence of...

Ferritin Cutoff Choice Linked to Rates of Iron Deficiency Diagnosis

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