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Two-thirds. That is how much of the lost weight was regained after they stopped the treatment. The number comes from the follow-up part of one of the biggest weight-loss medication trials ever done. People in the trial had dropped an average of 17.3% of their body weight in 68 weeks. Then they stopped taking the […]

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Did Texas scientists just try to debunk the legendary British stiff upper lip? Researchers may have found the secret behind ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ – and it’s surprisingly simple.

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Florida health officials last week reported a third death this year due to Vibrio vulnificus — a bacterium that can be flesh-eating when it infects people through an open wound exposed to seawater or brackish water.
Earlier this month, the Louisiana Department of Health identified five deaths among nine cases of V. vulnificus — all traced to open wounds exposed to seawater. The patients who died had pre-existing health issues, the department said.
Florida health officials have not confirmed that ongoing health problems were linked to the Vibrio fatalities in that state.
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Mix-and-match IOL strategies can improve visual acuity and quality as effectively as bilateral multifocal IOL implantation, according to a study in Journal of Refractive Surgery.
“Although bilateral implantation of multifocal IOLs remains a standard approach that provides full-range vision and spectacle independence, the mix-and-match strategy offers solutions for patients with asymmetric ocular conditions or specific visual demands,” Lan Wang, MD, of Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, and colleagues wrote.
To assess the efficacy of mix-and-match IOL strategies in patients undergoing

Scheduling a dental appointment during a prenatal visit raises the chances that the patient sees a dentist during pregnancy, according to new data in American Journal of Public Health.
“I was surprised that just doing a little tweak in terms of providing people with a scheduled appointment had such a big effect,” lead study author Stefanie L. Russell, DDS, PhD, MPH, an associate professor at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, told Healio.
According to a press release from NYU, pregnancy raises the risk for oral health issues like tooth decay and gum inflammation.
However, study coauthor

More than 39,000 bottles of Clear Eyes Maximum itchy eye relief may potentially be contaminated and are being recalled, according to the FDA.
A total of 39,060 15 mL bottles of the eye drops, which expire on Sept. 30, 2027, were recalled by Prestige Consumer Healthcare due to a “lack of assurance of sterility” and “potential contamination.”
Contamination was not confirmed, but the company determined that one lot had “potential for contamination” and voluntarily initiated a recall, Phil Terpolilli, CFA, vice president of investor relations, treasury and

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — A thorough workup should be conducted when determining the cause of bilateral eyelid swelling, according to a speaker at Kiawah Eye & Retina.
“The differential diagnosis for bilateral lid swelling is incredibly large,” Susannah L. Brown, MD, said during a presentation. “It could be ... infectious, inflammation, allergic, neoplastic, traumatic or age-related.”
Common causes of bilateral eyelid swelling include bilateral preseptal cellulitis, bilateral dacryocystitis, inflammatory disease, thyroid eye disease, blepharitis or angioedema, Brown said in the presentation.

Oseltamivir reduced the risk for ICU admission among children who were hospitalized with influenza, regardless of how long they had symptoms before starting treatment, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Oseltamivir (Tamiflu, Genentech) is an antiviral medication approved by the FDA for treating influenza in patients aged 2 weeks or older. The AAP and CDC recommend its use even earlier to treat influenza in full-term and preterm infants from birth based on the likelihood that the benefits of treating influenza outweigh the risks from the medication. The Infectious Disease

The need for pediatric dermatologists continues to exceed the available workforce as multiple fellowship programs remain unfilled, according to a study published in Pediatric Dermatology.
Despite the availability of numerous fellowship programs, the limited number of board-eligible fellowship applicants has resulted in 32% of programs failing to match positions, according to the study.
“In the post-pandemic years, more families have moved away from urban areas, leading to a 6% cumulative decrease in children under age 5 in urban cities,” Christina Druskovich, MD, a resident physician at the

Statin discontinuation, compared with continued use, did not raise all-cause mortality over 3 years among adults aged at least 75 years who were taking statins for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
For older adults on statin therapy for primary prevention of ASCVD, discontinuation of statin therapy conferred similar adverse event rates and quality of life scores vs. those who continued statin therapy, according to new data published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity.
“Approximately 30% of Canadians aged 65 years or older, 33% of Americans aged 80 years or older