Knee Pain Not Tied to Activity Levels in Knee Osteoarthritis
Neither inverted KOOS-pain nor P4 pain scale tied to physical activity
Prenatal High-Dose Vitamin D Not Linked to Asthma at Age 6
No significant difference seen in asthma diagnoses for children in high-dose vitamin D, placebo groups
Having Affected Relatives Linked to Increased Alzheimer Risk
Increased Alzheimer disease risk seen with having affected first-, second-, or third-degree relatives
Complex Dosing, Polypharmacy Common With Interstitial Lung Disease
Patients receiving systemic corticosteroids are at high risk for drug-disease interactions
‘Brain Vital Signs’ Detect Concussion-Related Changes
Six brainwave metrics can detect even subclinical changes in nonconcussed hockey players
FDA Approves New Generic Valsartan to Ease Shortage
Certain lots of valsartan recalled due to contamination with trace amounts of nitrosamine
Mumps Causes Quarantine of Over 2,200 Immigrant Detainees
25-day quarantine affects facilities in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, and Aurora, Colorado
Head of National Cancer Institute Named Acting FDA Commissioner
Current commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, will be stepping down in April
Short Regimen Noninferior for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis
Short regimen of nine to 11 months noninferior to 20-month regimen following WHO guidelines
Adding Bempedoic Acid to Statin Therapy Reduces LDL Cholesterol
Genetic variants mimicking effect of ATP citrate lyase inhibitors, statins lower LDL-C in same way
