Sharon Smith

Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. KFF Health News source https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/iv-fluid-shortage-may-change-hospital-hydration-practices-2024a1000l4i?src=rss

More evidence emerges that robotic animals can help older adults with depression and isolation. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/woof-woof-robotic-pets-boost-senior-well-being-2024a1000l4g?src=rss

Negotiations continue, but a changing political climate and a missed key deadline cast doubt over readiness for a World Health Assembly vote in May 2025. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/can-changing-world-agree-who-pandemic-treaty-2024a1000l17?src=rss

The combination of sacubitril and valsartan reduces the cardiotoxicity related to anthracycline chemotherapy drugs, according to the first randomized study of this approach. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/common-heart-failure-drugs-ease-heart-damage-during-chemo-2024a1000l14?src=rss

Muvalaplin shows promise in lowering lipoprotein(a) levels, which are genetically determined and confer cardiovascular risk and for which no approved therapies currently exist. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/new-pill-successfully-lowers-lp-levels-2024a1000l13?src=rss

But the European public gives high priority to other sectors strongly integrating health into their policymaking. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/health-security-scores-low-europeans-health-agendas-2024a1000kyh?src=rss