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Jatenzo (testosterone undecanoate)

FDA Grants Approval for Hypogonadism Treatment

Jatenzo indicated for men with low testosterone due to certain conditions
The drug artesunate -- the World Health Organization-recommended first-line treatment for severe malaria -- will become the first-line treatment for severe malaria in the United States

Guidance Lists New First-Line Treatment for Severe Malaria in the U.S.

With discontinuation of quinidine, IV artesunate is now first-line drug for treatment of malaria
Providing patients undergoing surgical procedures with an activated charcoal bag for opioid deactivation could increase appropriate opioid disposal

Receiving Activated Charcoal Bag Tied to Proper Opioid Disposal

Less medication flushing, inappropriate garbage disposal seen for those receiving activated charcoal bag
Nonsurgical brain stimulation techniques seem effective for acute treatment of major depressive episodes in adults

Nonsurgical Brain Stimulation Beneficial in Major Depressive Episodes

Ten of 18 reviewed treatment strategies linked to higher response versus sham therapy
A contact lens-based drug delivery system is effective for therapeutic delivery of the antihistamine ketotifen

Contact Lens-Based Antihistamine Delivery Effective

Eyes wearing lenses with etafilcon A, ketotifen have lower mean itching scores than controls
Tooth loss is associated with an increased risk for incident pancreatic cancer in African-American women

Tooth Loss May Up Pancreatic Cancer Risk in Black Women

Pancreatic cancer risk increased with tooth loss, especially loss of five or more teeth
Patients with type 2 diabetes are frailer than participants without diabetes

Frailty May Up Fracture Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes patients have higher frailty scores, which are tied to risk for incident fragility fractures
In real-life conditions

Drug Survival Rates Highest for Ustekinumab for Pediatric Psoriasis

Drug survival rates higher than for adalimumab, etanercept for all treatment and psoriasis types
Virtual reality can reduce the time for a catheter to reach target vessels

Virtual Reality Cuts Time to Guide Catheter to Target Blood Vessels

Compared with fluoroscopic guidance, VR reduces time to select GDA, splenic, right hepatic artery
Physicians with one or more paid malpractice claims are more likely to leave practice or shift into smaller practice settings

Doctors With Malpractice Claims More Likely to Leave Medicine

Physicians with five or more malpractice claims more than twice as likely to go into solo practice