Pre-Visit Videos Improve Outpatient Weight Loss Consultations
A 4-minute educational video reduced clinic visit times by 7 minutes and boosted patient volume and revenue in an ambulatory obesity medicine clinic.
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Author: Maria Asimopoulos
Cardiologists Urge Inflammation-Focused Care for Patients With Acute Heart Failure
Patients with inflammatory disorders and acute heart failure experienced more cardiovascular complications despite similar in-hospital mortality.
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Practical Steps to Reduce Disparities in Cancer Pain Management
Racial stigma regarding opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid misuse affect access to cancer pain management for patients in the United States.
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Patients With Psoriasis Can Improve Prognosis Through Dietary Strategies
Researchers reviewed a host of studies investigating diet plans in an effort to guide evidence-based recommendations for patients with psoriasis.
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Patient Factors Increase Risk of Antibiotic Nonsusceptibility in Uncomplicated UTI
A recent study showed that prior UTI history and race were top predictors of antibiotic nonsusceptibility in uncomplicated UTIs caused by E coli bacteria.
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NPS Predicts Survival in Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Among patients with triple-negative breast cancer, the Naples prognostic score predicted survival outcomes more accurately than other markers.
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Smoking Cessation Drops Risk for Hidradenitis Suppurativa Onset
Smoking cessation significantly reduced the risk of hidradenitis suppurativa, while starting or resuming smoking matched the risk of continued smokers.
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Higher Buprenorphine Doses Linked With Lower Acute Care Utilization
Higher-than-recommended buprenorphine doses were linked to fewer behavioral health-related ED or inpatient visits in patients with opioid use disorder.
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Commission Calls for Objective Obesity Diagnosis & Stigma-Free Care
A new consensus redefines obesity as a chronic illness and urges better diagnostics, equitable care, and stigma-free, evidence-based interventions.
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Suicide-Related Events Decrease With More Mental Telehealth
Virtual mental health visits were linked to fewer suicide-related events among veterans, supporting the continued expansion of telehealth services in the VHA.
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Uncontrolled Hypertension May Not Fully Explain Higher Dementia Risk With HIV
Inadequate hypertension control raises dementia risk similarly regardless of HIV status, suggesting other factors drive higher dementia rates in HIV.
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Review Proposes Novel Treatment Target for Patients With PsA & Depression
A shared neuroimmune pathway involving CRH, mast cells, and Th17 cells may underlie the link between psoriatic arthritis and depression, offering new targets.
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HOST-BR: Searching for the Optimal Duration of DAPT After PCI
The HOST-BR trial found that a 3-month dual antiplatelet therapy regimen after percutaneous coronary intervention balances ischemic and bleeding risks.
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Lorundrostat Represents Novel Class of BP-Lowering Drugs
Lorundrostat effectively reduced 24-hour blood pressure in patients with well-treated, uncontrolled hypertension in the phase 2b Advance-HTN trial.
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Do You Know About These Breast Cancer Trials?
In this article, Physician’s Weekly offers a roundup of current clinical trials investigating treatment regimens for patients with breast cancer.
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Oral Semaglutide Yields Excellent CV Outcomes in High-Risk Type 2 Diabetes
The SOUL trial showed that oral semaglutide was safe in patients with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or chronic kidney disease.
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Pain Management Techniques Reduce Long-Term Opioid Use in Primary Care
A randomized trial found that interdisciplinary care models modestly improved pain and...
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REVERSE-IT: Bentracimab Restores Platelet Function in Ticagrelor-Users
The REVERSE-IT trial showed bentracimab effectively reversed the effects of ticagrelor, restoring platelet function with minimal side effects.
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Balancing Act: Intensive Versus Standard BP Control in Hypertension Management
New research presented at ACC.25 suggests that intensive blood pressure control reduces cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with hypertension.
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Antibiotic Use at Immunotherapy Initiation Linked to Poorer Outcomes in Advanced cSCC
A study suggests that antibiotic use within one month of immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment may...
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