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ACP Internist
The VITAL trial enrolled more than 25,000 men and women over age 50. Supplemental vitamin D showed no significant benefit vs. placebo in preventing the common fractures of osteoporosis.
Geriatrics August 10th 2022
MedPage Today
The findings supported the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association (NIA-AA) research framework for Alzheimer’s disease, which is based on biomarkers of amyloid, tau, and neurodegeneration.
Geriatrics August 9th 2022
Neurology Learning Network
Results of a study published online ahead of print in Science Advances suggest that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) may hijack tunneling nanotubes to enter the brain and induce neurological symptoms.
Infectious Diseases August 8th 2022
Psych Congress Network
In what is thought to be the largest study to date of any type of ketamine treatment, the findings revealed that, after four sessions, 89 percent of participants reported improvement in their depression and/or anxiety symptoms. On the PHQ-9 or GAD-7 scale, 63 percent of participants saw a 50% or greater improvement. PHQ-9 remission rates were 32.6 percent and GAD-7 remission rates were 31.3 percent. Furthermore, at the end of the four weeks, 62 percent of patients who had suicidal ideation prior to treatment reported no suicidal ideation.
Psychiatry August 8th 2022
MDLinx
Researchers studied the effects of four repeated low doses of LSD, administered under lab conditions every three to four days, using approximately 1/8th the dose typically used to “trip” on LSD.
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Gilteritinib is standard therapy for relapsed/refractory FLT3-mutated (FLT3mut) AML but seldom reduces FLT3mut burden or induces sustained efficacy. This phase Ib open-label, dose-escalation/dose-expansion study enrolled 61 patients (63% having received prior FLT3 therapy) to receive 400 mg oral venetoclax once daily and 80 mg or 120 mg oral gilteritinib once daily. The combination of venetoclax and gilteritinib was associated with high mCRc and FLT3 molecular response rates regardless of prior FLT3 inhibitor exposure, but did require dose interruptions for myelosuppression.
Hematology/Oncology August 8th 2022