Internal Medicine News

• NKF 2025 Sparsentan Provides Better Proteinuria Reduction in FSGS A post-hoc analysis of the DUPLEX trial shows significantly greater improvements in proteinuria-related outcomes vs irbesartan for tough-to-treat FSGS.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• NKF 2025 Chlorthalidone Increases Kidney Stone Recurrence A secondary analysis of the DCP shows that, compared with hydrochlorothiazide, chlorthalidone significantly increases the risk of kidney stones — but only among those with prior stones.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Malnutrition-Related Diabetes Officially Named ‘Type 5’ The new name and endorsement at the World Diabetes Congress are seen as long overdue recognition that will spur more research.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Is It Asthma or COPD? What PCPs Need to Know How can you avoid diagnostic errors in COPD and Asthma? We asked the experts.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Consider Salt Sensitivity in Women’s Midlife Hypertension Some data suggest women get more sensitive to salt in their late 40s around the menopausal transition.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Autonomous Imaging Device Matches Manual Dermoscopy A study finds that an autonomous imaging device produces high-quality dermoscopic images with improved efficiency compared with a traditional method.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Worldwide, Doctors Report Harassment — and Inaction Doctors report mental health effects, isolation, and even quitting their jobs — yet perpetrators rarely face consequences.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• ATTD 2025 GLP-1s Eyed as Key to Managing T1D With Obesity As obesity rates rise among individuals with T1D, GLP-1 agonist medications, indicated for T2D and weight loss, are increasingly viewed as adjuncts to insulin.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Anaemia in Children With IBD: A Persistent Challenge A significant proportion of children newly diagnosed with IBD present with anaemia, and many of them remain anaemic even after a year, warranting adequate attention to the issue.
  Medscape News UK, April 11, 2025
• Quetiapine Outperforms Lithium in Resistant Depression Quetiapine augmentation outperforms lithium augmentation in long-term clinical and cost-effectiveness among adults with treatment-resistant depression, a 52-week trial finds.
  Medscape News UK, April 11, 2025
• Can a Breath Test Ferret Out Lung Cancer? An analysis of exhaled breath, using an electronic nose, demonstrates potential for accurately detecting lung cancer in individuals with suspected disease.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Experts Provide Measles Tips for Dermatologists As the outbreak widens, dermatologists may see cases for the first time. “It’s really important to have this on our radar,” said Esther Freeman, MD, PhD, chair of the AAD’s Emerging Diseases Task Force.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• AAN 2025 Novel Agent for AD Agitation Continues to Show Promise Continued treatment with AXS-05, a combination of dextromethorphan and bupropion, significantly reduces the risk for recurrence of Alzheimer’s disease–related agitation, phase 3 results show.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Australia Braces for Major Influenza, RSV, Pertussis Season Australians are preparing for significant numbers of respiratory infections this winter, as cases of influenza, RSV, and pertussis surge earlier than expected.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Weight-Loss Surgery Instead of GLP-1s? In the long term, bariatric surgery is more cost-effective than new anti-obesity medications, research finds, triggering a call to suggest patients consider surgery — or both.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Methotrexate Can Be Stopped in Certolizumab Combo for RA Patients with RA who achieve LDA with certolizumab plus methotrexate had similar rates of worsening symptoms following either stopping or continuing methotrexate.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• No Increased Birth Defect Risk From Smoking Cessation Meds No increase in risk for major congenital malformations is observed in infants born to mothers receiving smoking cessation therapies, according to a large cohort study.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• 4 Things to Know About New Medicare Advantage Rules Prior authorization leeway will be trimmed while health plans get more money under new federal rules for Medicare Advantage plans.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Researchers Link Metabolic Age Clock and COPD The same biological processes that drive aging — such as energy loss — may also contribute to lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• ACP-IM 2025 Eye-Opening Updates in Insomnia and OSA Expert shares treatment approaches for insomnia and alternatives for patients With PAP-intolerance.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025