Sharon Smith

In patients with HIV infection, a switch to long acting cabotegravir plus rilpivirine shows no clinically meaningful changes in body composition or adverse metabolic effects over 48 weeks. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/long-acting-hiv-drug-switch-shows-no-major-metabolic-impact-2026a10005vf?src=rss

A nurse practitioner-led triage intervention reduces wait and total encounter times; however, it has no effect on patient satisfaction rates, a quality improvement project reports. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/nurse-practitioner-led-triage-initiative-reduces-wait-times-2026a10005o8?src=rss

Grandmothers who care for grandchildren show slower cognitive decline over time than non-caregivers do. Medscape News Europe source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/does-caring-grandchildren-slow-cognitive-decline-2026a10005o2?src=rss

In patients with newly diagnosed fibromyalgia who have prominent symptoms of anxiety and depression, remission of depression — not pain reduction alone — determines clinical improvement. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/treating-depression-crucial-recovery-fibromyalgia-2026a10005ii?src=rss

In a phase 2 trial, patients having an urticaria exacerbation who used the spray report better hive and pruritus scores than the placebo group. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/epinephrine-nasal-spray-promising-urticaria-flares-2026a10005i6?src=rss

Reducing the dose of biologic drugs may not match standard treatment in preventing disease flares at 1 year in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in remission, a phase 4 study finds. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/who-will-have-ra-flares-lower-dose-following-remission-2026a10005i2?src=rss