July 24, 2025

Reliance on administrative billing codes to track medical conditions can lead to high diagnostic error rates

July 24, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / medical condition

Relying on billing codes may misclassify up to two-thirds of cases Peer-Reviewed Publication University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail Use of billing codes in big data sets to find diagnoses can result in up to two-thirds of cases being mistakenly identified, new UCLA-led research finds. Databases frequently used for medical research such […]

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Study compares common type 2 diabetes drugs, finding higher cardiovascular risk for one medication

July 24, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / type 2 diabetes

Glipizide – a widely used drug for treating diabetes – was linked to higher rates of heart conditions compared to other diabetes medications Peer-Reviewed Publication Mass General Brigham New research from investigators at Mass General Brigham suggests that a commonly used type 2 diabetes medication is linked to a higher rate of heart-related conditions compared

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An X chromosome switch offers hope for girls with Rett syndrome

July 24, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / rette syndrome

by Nadine A Yehya, UC Davis edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Andrew Zinin A CRISPR/Cas9 screen identifies miRNAs as regulators of mammalian XCI. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61092-7 Researchers led by UC Davis Health scientist Sanchita Bhatnagar have developed a promising gene therapy that could treat Rett syndrome. The therapy works on reactivating healthy but silent genes responsible

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Study finds ivermectin lowers malaria infection rates when added to existing control methods

July 24, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / malaria

by Barcelona Institute for Global Health edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Ivermectin tablets used for the BOHEMIA trial in Kenya. Credit: Life Spark Studios/BOHEMIA project Ivermectin administered to the whole population significantly reduces malaria transmission, offering new hope in the fight against the disease. The BOHEMIA trial, the largest study on ivermectin for malaria to

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Rethink the 10,000-a-day step goal; study suggests fewer steps are just as effective

July 24, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / rethink

by University of Sydney edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study led by the University of Sydney suggests that walking 7,000 steps a day offers similar health benefits to walking 10,000, across several outcomes. Led by Professor Melody Ding from the School of Public Health, the study appears in The Lancet Public

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Study finds stopping HRT leads to a period of higher risk of bone fracture for most women

July 24, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / bone fracture

by University of Nottingham edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study has found that the bone fracture protection women get from menopausal hormone therapy (MHT, also known as HRT) disappears within a year of stopping treatment. In the new study, published in Lancet Healthy Longevity, experts from the School of Medicine

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New Beers Criteria released providing an alternative list to support safer prescribing for older adults

July 24, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / new beer criteria

by American Geriatrics Society edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has released the “Alternative Treatments to Selected Medications in the 2023 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria,” an updated clinical resource designed to help health care professionals identify safer, more appropriate treatment options for older adults. It is published in

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Ibogaine treatment reduces PTSD, depression and anxiety in veterans with brain injuries

July 24, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / depression, ibogaine treatment, PTSD

by Stanford University Medical Center edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For military veterans, many of the deepest wounds of war are invisible: Traumatic brain injuries resulting from head trauma or blast explosions are a leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and suicide among veterans. Few treatments have been

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With COVID cases rising this summer, what to know about the Paxlovid treatment

July 24, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / covid, Paxlovid treatment

by Jeremy Olson edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain COVID-19 is rising in prevalence in many states nationally following the July 4 holiday week, but the role of the main therapy to treat it—the antiviral drug Paxlovid—is less clear. Research studies over the past year found the drug less effective in

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How B vitamins can affect brain and heart health

July 24, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / vitamin B

by Julie Rafferty, Tufts University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Eight essential nutrients make up the suite of B vitamins also known as the B complex. Research at Tufts and elsewhere has revealed that these B vitamins influence a vast spectrum of human health and disease, including cognitive function, cardiovascular

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