Cardiology
Medicare Outpatient Premium to Rise
MONDAY, Nov. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The Medicare Part B premium for outpatient care will increase next year, and so will the deductible, Medicare officials announced Friday. The monthly premium for outpatient care will rise by $3.90 next year to $148.50, which will claim 20 percent of the average retired worker’s Social Security cost-of-living...
Restricting Symptoms at the End of Life Decreasing
FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The occurrence of most restricting symptoms at the end of life has been decreasing during the last 20 years, according to a study published online Nov. 3 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Thomas M. Gill, M.D., from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven,...
Considerable Decreases Seen in Health Care Use During COVID-19
FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — During the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a considerable decrease in preventive and elective health care use, according to a study published online Nov. 5 in JAMA Network Open. Christopher M. Whaley, Ph.D., from the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, and colleagues examined...
Drug Combo Offers Long-Term Glycemic Control in T2DM
FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For patients with type 2 diabetes and inadequate glycemic control, exenatide once weekly (QW) plus dapagliflozin shows clinically relevant efficacy and is well tolerated over 104 weeks, according to a study published in the October issue of Diabetes Care. Noting that exenatide QW plus dapagliflozin produced greater reductions...
~65 Percent of Office-Based Doctors Can ID Patients in Need of Follow-Up
THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Almost 65 percent of office-based physicians have the computerized capability to identify patients due for preventive or follow-up care, and having an electronic health record (EHR) system is associated with the ability to send electronic reminders to increase receipt of this care, according to research published in the...
Online Program, Population Health Management Combo Aids Weight Loss
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Combining population health management with an online program can aid primary care patients in achieving small, but statistically significant weight loss at 12 months, according to a study published in the Nov. 3 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Heather J. Baer, Sc.D., from the...
Metformin Recalled Due to Contamination With Carcinogen
TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A cancer-causing compound in the drug metformin has resulted in the recall of two lots of the drug. Kansas City-based Nostrum Laboratories Inc., said Monday that it is voluntarily recalling its metformin HCl extended release tablets, USP 750 mg, according to a notice from the U.S. Food and...
17.1 Percent of U.S. Adults on Special Diets in 2015 to 2018
TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — On any given day, 17.1 percent of U.S. adults aged 20 years and older were on a special diet in 2015 to 2018, according to a November data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics. Bryan Stierman, M.D., M.P.H.,...
Nighttime BP, Circadian Rhythm of BP May Affect Cardiovascular Risk
TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Elevated nighttime systolic blood pressure (BP) and a disrupted circadian pattern for BP are associated with an increased risk for certain cardiovascular events, such as heart failure, according to a study published online Nov. 2 in Circulation. Kazuomi Kario, M.D., Ph.D., from the Jichi Medical University School of...
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