Primary Care News

In patients with obesity and heart disease, semaglutide 2.4 mg reduced risk for major adverse cardiovascular events regardless of baseline kidney function, according to new data from the SELECT trial.

Hypertension remains a prevalent concern among youth and young adults in the U.S., especially among those living with adverse social conditions, speakers reported.

Saving money at an early age is perhaps the simplest and one of the most effective methods to accumulate wealth.

Switching from a TNF inhibitor to upadacitinib leads to significantly better outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis vs. cycling TNF inhibitors or switching to another mechanism of action, according to data published in Advances in Therapy.

ORLANDO, Fla. — In a cohort of South American young adults, those who smoked or vaped recorded lower scores on a cognitive assessment vs. those who did not, with a stronger correlation found between vapers and lower cognitive scores, data show.

New laws affecting the recreational or medicinal use of cannabis may be associated with changes in the use of prescription drugs to treat mental health disorders, but these links varied by drug class and state, according to a recent study.

Exposure to air pollution over a half-decade increased the risk for infertility in men, the results of a nationwide cohort study published in BMJ showed.

Intermittent and continuous energy restriction diets both improved cardiometabolic measures and reduced symptoms of depression and disordered eating among adolescents with obesity, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Cases of histoplasmosis are more common in rural areas of the United States and places with less health care infrastructure, according to a new study.

Although male and female residents had similar rates of first author publication, results presented here showed female residents had fewer publications overall, lower H-indices and fewer first author publications.