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Annals of Internal Medicine
This 70-study meta analysis concludes that the evidence is moderate to high that bisphosphonates and denosumab reduce the risk for hip, vertebral, and other fractures. The evidence is moderate to high that abaloparatide and teriparatide reduce clinical fractures and radiographic vertebral fractures, and low to moderate that SERMs reduce radiographic vertebral fractures, but not clinical fractures.
Family Medicine/General Practice January 11th 2023
Boston’s Children’s Hospital
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Family Medicine/General Practice January 10th 2023
Oncology News Central (ONC)
Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD, currently Chief of the Division of Hematology at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami, worked on the decision to remove Avastin’s indication for the treatment of HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer in 2008. As a result of the hearing, Dr. Sekeres poses the following question in his most recent book, Drugs and the FDA: Safety, Efficacy, and the Public’s Trust: “Had the FDA made a mistake in initially approving the drug?” Dr. Sekeres discussed with OBR the rise of accelerated approvals, progression-free survival as an endpoint, and the consequences of the Avastin hearing.
Hematology/Oncology November 14th 2022
Medical records of more than half a million individuals in the EU, UK, and US were evaluated. Apixaban was the most frequently prescribed direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) for AFib. It was also associated with a lower incidence of GI bleed vs. the other DOACs.
Cardiology November 9th 2022
JAMA Network
The 100-μg dose of the ERBB2 ICD plasmid-based vaccine was associated with the generation of ERBB2-specific type 1 T cells in the majority of patients with ERBB2-expressing breast cancer in this phase 1 nonrandomized clinical trial, and it is currently being assessed in randomized phase 2 trials.
Oncology, Medical November 7th 2022
In this meta-analysis including 340 patients across six clinical trials, ECT was more effective than ketamine in treating depression. There were no identified differences between the groups in terms of cognition, memory, or serious adverse events.
Neurology October 25th 2022