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Do Weight-Loss Drugs Work for People With HIV?
Popular weight-loss medications, including glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists such as semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Zepbound), look like a promising option for people with HIV who gain weight while taking antiretroviral therapy, according to studies presented at recent conferences. “GLP-1 agonists are revolutionizing the treatment of obesity in the general...
Food Insecure Teens Face Higher Risk of MASLD
Food insecurity in adolescents is “very tightly associated” with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD, formerly known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD), according to recent study findings. The findings were presented at The Liver Meeting, an annual conference held by the American Association for the...
Hepatitis C Treatment Improves Liver Cancer Survival
Hepatitis C treatment led to improved survival for people with liver cancer, but less than one in four received direct-acting antiviral therapy, according to study results presented this week at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Liver Meeting in Boston. Over time, chronic hepatitis C virus...
MASLD Is Expected to Rise Over the Next 25 Years
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is expected to increase by 23% over the next three decades, adding a significant burden to the health care system, according to a mathematical modeling study presented this week at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Liver Meeting in Boston.
What’s in a Name? NAFLD Is Now MASLD
After extensive discussion and debate, liver disease organizations worldwide have adopted a new naming system for fatty liver disease. The change is intended to clarify the underlying causes of the condition and reduce stigma. What’s more, experts hope the it will help raise awareness as new therapies are on the horizon.
The Week Against Transphobia 2023 Urges: “It Ends With Us”
This year’s Week Against Transphobia is observed Monday, November 13, to Monday, November 20, but events are kicking off early! Spearheaded by the Latino Commission on AIDS and its Zero Transphobia Campaign, the weeklong event includes numerous in-person and virtual events centering the transgender community. The 2023 theme is “It Ends With Us.”
Healthy Recipe: Warm Chickpea Salad
This Warm Chickpea Salad is great on its own as an appetizer, or as a side dish with meat or fish. I have even used it as a sauce for spaghetti, and as a topper for toasted whole-wheat baguette slices. Every which way, it’s good. Cooked tomatoes are rich in lycopene, which has been linked to risk reduction for prostate cancer (AICR), and chickpeas are nutritious little powerhouses, rich in phytonutrients, minerals and the fiber that we all need to keep our systems healthy. If you can, try this recipe with homecooked chickpeas. If you are using canned chickpeas make sure to rinse them off to get rid of extra sodium.
$5M Grant to Address Health Disparities in NJ Latinos
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (an RWJBarnabas Health facility) a $5 million grant to implement its Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program in Newark and five other counties over a five-year period, according to New Jersey Business Magazine. The program aims to reduce health disparities among Latino and Black communities.
Generic Daily HIV Prevention Pill for Young Gay Men Could Save Lives, Lower Costs
Science Update: Generic daily HIV prevention pill for young men who have sex with men could save lives, lower costs, NIH-funded study suggests. Compared to annual HIV screening alone, generic daily oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with HIV screening every three months would result in fewer HIV acquisitions, longer life expectancy, and fewer HIV-associated costs among young men who have sex with men in the United States. These predictions, which come from a simulation study supported by the National Institutes of Health, illustrate the value of promoting PrEP use in this population.
People Who Inject Drugs Can Be Linked to Hepatitis C Treatment During Hospitalization
Starting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) during hospitalization, with follow-up care via telehealth, increased the likelihood that people who use drugs would complete the course of therapy and be cured, according to study findings published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. “This model was successful in engaging...
A Simple and Inexpensive Way to Reduce a Major Chemotherapy Side-Effect
New research in the November 2023 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network suggests that patients who have insufficient levels of vitamin D before starting paclitaxel treatment are more likely to experience peripheral neuropathy. According to an analysis of 1,191 patients with early-stage breast cancer—using data collected...
Ohio Voted on Abortion. Next Year, 11 More States Might, Too.
As activists parse the results of Tuesday’s vote to protect abortion rights in Ohio, Jamie Corley is already well on her way to putting a similar measure in front of Missouri voters next year. Corley, a former Republican congressional staffer, filed not one, but six potential ballot measures in...
Diabetes Predicts Loss of Liver Function in People With NAFLD
People who have both non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes have a significantly higher risk of liver failure and liver cancer compared to those without diabetes, according to study results reported in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Arising from the accumulation of fat in the liver, NAFLD...
U.S. to Cover HIV Prevention Drugs for Older Americans
A proposed federal policy aims to protect older Americans from contracting HIV by offering free preventive medication, the latest effort to catch up to much of Europe and Africa in stemming the spread of the virus. Under the plan from the Biden administration, Medicare would cover patients’ full cost of...
Senate Confirms Monica Bertagnolli as National Institutes of Health Director
On October 7, the Senate confirmed Monica Bertagnolli, MD, as the new director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She will take over the job formerly held by Francis Collins, who stepped down in December 2021; Lawrence Tabak, DDS, PhD, has been serving as acting director since then. “As...
Let’s Have an Honest Conversation About What to Expect as You Age
How many of us have wanted a reliable, evidence-based guide to aging that explains how our bodies and minds change as we grow older and how to adapt to those differences?. Creating a work of this kind is challenging. For one thing, aging gradually alters people over decades, a long period shaped by individuals’ economic and social circumstances, their behaviors, their neighborhoods, and other factors. Also, while people experience common physiological issues in later life, they don’t follow a well-charted, developmentally predetermined path.
Are We Having a Moral Panic Over Misinformation?
In 2020,as the Covid-19 pandemic rampaged across the globe, the World Health Organization declared that we had plunged into a second, simultaneous catastrophe: an infodemic. This global crisis was characterized by the rapid spread of false information, or misinformation, mostly in digital spaces. The fear was that such inaccuracies would leave the public unmoored, adrift in a sea of untruth. Eventually, this mass disorientation would cause people to harm themselves and one another.
‘Worse Than People Can Imagine’: Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Breeds Chaos in States
More than two dozen people lined up outside a state public assistance office in Montana before it opened to ensure they didn’t get cut off from Medicaid. Callers in Missouri and Florida reported waiting on hold for more than two hours on hotlines to renew their Medicaid coverage. The...
Novel Antibiotic Is Safe and Effective for Gonorrhea Treatment
NIH Statement on Preliminary Efficacy Results of First-in-Class Gonorrhea Antibiotic Developed Through Public-Private Partnership. A single dose of a novel oral antibiotic called zoliflodacin has been found to be as safe and effective as standard therapy for uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea in an international Phase 3 non-inferiority clinical trial, according to the Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP), the study sponsor.
U.S. Syphilis Cases in Newborns Continue to Increase
The Centers for Disease COntrol and Prevention (CDC) is recommending concerted action to stop the increase of newborn syphilis cases and continues to sound the alarm about the consequences of a rapidly accelerating epidemic of sexually transmitted infections in the United States. Syphilis during pregnancy can cause tragic outcomes, like...
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