3 10 2025

Hi, This Week in Medicine, we will be discussing

  New England Journal of Medicine

Male-Partner Treatment to Prevent Recurrence of Bacterial Vaginosis

Tirzepatide for Obesity Treatment and Diabetes Prevention

Remibrutinib in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria

 Journal of  American Medical Association

Effects of Combining Coronary Calcium Score With Treatment on Plaque Progression in Familial Coronary Artery Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Question  Does the use of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring in intermediate-risk patients with a family history of premature coronary artery disease (CAD) lead to less progression of coronary atheroma in follow-up?

Effects of Combining Coronary Calcium Score With Treatment on Plaque Progression in Familial Coronary Artery Disease

A Randomized Clinical Trial

  Annals of Internal Medicine

Molecular Imaging Versus Adrenal Vein Sampling for the Detection of Surgically Curable Primary Aldosteronism: A Prospective Within-Patient Trial

  British Medical Journal

Projections for prevalence of Parkinson’s disease and its driving factors in 195 countries and  Lancet

A five-drug class model using routinely available clinical features to optimise prescribing in type 2 diabetes: a prediction model development and validation study

 journal of Hepatology

Dysglycemia and liver lipid content determine the relationship of insulin resistance with hepatic OXPHOS capacity in obesity

Hepatocyte aquaporin 8-mediated water transport facilitates bile dilution and prevents gallstone formation in mice

  Gastroenterology

A High-Resolution Microendoscope Improves Esophageal Cancer Screening and Surveillance: Implications for Underserved Global Settings Based on an International Randomized Controlled Trial

 Clinical Gastroenterology

Satisfaction With and Adherence to Off-Label Corticosteroids in Adolescents and Adults With Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Results of a Web-Based Survey in the United States

 Clinical Infectious Diseases

Audit and Feedback Interventions for Antibiotic Prescribing in Primary Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 

  Rheumatology 

RheuMetric Physician 0 to 10 Estimates of Inflammation, Damage, and Patient Distress at Initial Versus Follow-Up Visits in Contemporary Rheumatology Care

 Journal of Clinical Rheumatology 

Clinical and Imaging Pulmonary Manifestations in IgG4-Related Disease

 Circulation

 Rivaroxaban for 18 Months Versus 6 Months in Patients With Cancer and Acute Low-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: An Open-Label, Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial (ONCO PE Trial)

  Journals of the American College of Cardiology

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Systolic Heart Failure and Moderate Aortic Stenosis: TAVR UNLOAD

JAMA Cardiology

Finerenone for Heart Failure and Risk Estimated by the PREDICT-HFpEF ModelA Secondary Analysis of FINEARTS-HF

  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Comparison of Cumulative Live Birth Rates Between Progestin and GnRH Analogues in Preimplantation Genetic Testing Cycles

 Diabetes care

Effects of Adopting Preventive Drug Lists on Medication Costs and Disparities by Income Over 2 Years: A Natural Experiment for Translation in Diabetes (NEXT-D) Study

 The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Air Hunger Far Exceeds Dyspnea Sense of Effort during Mechanical Ventilation and a Weaning Trial

  Kidney International reports

Pharmacokinetics and Side Effects of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol in Patients with Different Stages of CKD

Similar Efficacy in Belatacept-Converted Kidney Transplant Recipients With Steroid-Avoiding Regimen