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How aware are HCPs about medication errors in oncology practice?

28 Apr 2025

The level of awareness regarding medication errors (MEs) is good to average among most healthcare professionals (HCPs) in a cancer hospital, reports a study.

How aware are HCPs about medication errors in oncology practice?

28 Apr 2025

SOF/VEL combo improves well-being of children with CHC

27 Apr 2025 by

In children with chronic hepatitis C (CHC), effective treatment with sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (SOF/VEL) results in improvements in certain areas of their well-being at 1 year. This suggests some patient-reported outcomes (PRO) benefits of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy. However, the parents’ proxy reports show a decrease in the patients’ school functioning.

SOF/VEL combo improves well-being of children with CHC

27 Apr 2025

Individualized treatment in febrile UTI helps reduce antibiotic exposure, related harms

27 Apr 2025

In the treatment of children with febrile urinary tract infection (UTI), individualized treatment appears to be associated with reduced antibiotic use and fewer adverse event days as compared with standard 10-day treatment, according to a study.

Individualized treatment in febrile UTI helps reduce antibiotic exposure, related harms

27 Apr 2025

Delgocitinib cream superior to oral alitretinoin for severe chronic hand eczema

26 Apr 2025

In the treatment of patients with severe chronic hand eczema, delgocitinib cream appears to have better safety and efficacy compared with oral alitretinoin, according to the results of the phase III DELTA FORCE trial.

Delgocitinib cream superior to oral alitretinoin for severe chronic hand eczema

26 Apr 2025

Progestin-only contraceptives may pose NAFLD risk among women with GDM history

25 Apr 2025 by

The use of progestin-only contraceptives may put women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) at risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), as shown in a small prospective study.

Progestin-only contraceptives may pose NAFLD risk among women with GDM history

25 Apr 2025

Nirsevimab reduces RSV-related outcomes in infants

25 Apr 2025

Immunoprophylaxis with nirsevimab results in a 74-percent decrease in hospitalization and 85-percent reduction in paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related bronchiolitis, a study has shown.

Nirsevimab reduces RSV-related outcomes in infants

25 Apr 2025

Statin alone ‘insufficient’ in meeting LDL-C targets in patients with IHD

24 Apr 2025 by

Significant treatment gaps persist in lipid management among individuals at very high cardiovascular risk, with up to 80 percent of patients not achieving their low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goals, reports a Singapore study.

Statin alone ‘insufficient’ in meeting LDL-C targets in patients with IHD

24 Apr 2025

Add-on metformin of little benefit in advanced stage ovarian cancer

24 Apr 2025

Using metformin in addition to first-line platinum/taxane-based chemotherapy does not appear to produce survival gains in patients with newly diagnosed advanced stage ovarian cancer, according to a study.