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2024-02-24 12:00
Pauly is an expert in health economics and healthcare management.
If you head to the Florida beaches for spring break, you will notice that the Cana… Read More
2024-02-24 10:00
Adherence to healthy lifestyle behaviors was significantly associated with a lower incidence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a large population-based cohort study showed.
Over a mean fo… Read More
2024-02-23 18:23
WASHINGTON — Treatment with benralizumab (Fasenra) was noninferior to mepolizumab (Nucala) for relapsing or refractory eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), the ran… Read More
2024-02-23 17:45
The FDA approved the combination of cefepime and enmetazobactam (Exblifep) for the treatment of adult patients with complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis.
The agen… Read More
2024-02-23 17:42
Galantamine sold as prescription generic drugs was labeled accurately and free of contamination, but galantamine sold as dietary supplements was not, an analysis showed.
Across 10 brands o… Read More
2024-02-23 17:31
An artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot largely outperformed a panel of specialist ophthalmologists when given prompts about glaucoma and retinal health, a comparative single-center study… Read More
2024-02-23 17:05
Prior authorization has ripple effects on patients and clinicians, but artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to simplify the process, health policy experts said during an online p… Read More
2024-02-23 16:57
Patients with single-site synchronous oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) had better overall survival (OS) when they received surgery for their primary tumor, a retrospectiv… Read More
2024-02-23 15:46
Idaho has been losing practicing obstetricians since its abortion ban took effect in August 2022, according to a new report by the Idaho Physician Well-Being Action Collaborative (IPWAC)… Read More
2024-02-23 15:18
Some patients with later-onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 2 and type 3 had improved motor function when the investigational monoclonal antibody apitegromab was added to their treat… Read More
2024-02-23 14:26
Kwong is a research data analyst.
What was supposed to be a time of happiness and optimism for a new beginning was ruptured by tragedy and terror. I… Read More
2024-02-23 14:15
The FDA gave the green light to a new device for treating children with acute kidney injury (AKI) due to sepsis or a septic condition who require kidney replacement therapy (KRT), SeaStar… Read More
2024-02-23 13:53
A California startup has the lofty goal of transforming blockbuster injectable and infusional drugs into pills. (Endpoints News)
Johnson & Johnson announced FDA approval of a less freq… Read More
2024-02-23 12:52
You might have seen the name on a listing of NIH institutes and centers: the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). “What the heck are they up to?” you m… Read More
2024-02-23 11:23
A qualitative study on the healthcare experiences of transgender adults identified needed interventions on both a provider and hospital level for providing competent, gender-affirming care… Read More
2024-02-23 09:37
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Former talk show host Wendy Williams, 59, was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia —… Read More
2024-02-22 17:41
Fatigue in post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) may stem from dysfunction of integrative brain regions that drive the motor cortex, a deep phenotypin… Read More
2024-02-22 17:00
A three-dose vaccine regimen prevented hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections with high efficacy in adults over the course of 10 years, a phase III trial from China found.
The HEV239 vaccine… Read More
2024-02-22 16:32
More than 134,000 cancers might have gone undiagnosed during the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study of national trends in cancer incidence.
Annual cancer incide… Read More
2024-02-22 16:11
Almost all physicians regularly experience burnout and more than half have considered leaving or no longer seeing patients, a survey found.
A total of 93% of approximately 1,000 physicians… Read More
2024-02-22 15:49
The ketogenic diet has long been known for its use in treatment-resistant epilepsy, but attention is now turning to its potential benefits in mental illness as well.
Could something as sim… Read More
2024-02-22 14:18
Certain cancers were more likely among the families of men with fertility problems, according to a retrospective cohort study.
When researchers analyzed families of men with azoospermia (n… Read More
2024-02-22 13:29
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After Elon Musk’s inaccurate birth control post went viral, ob/gyns like… Read More
2024-02-22 13:27
In patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) whose disease progressed on a novel hormonal therapy, the combination of cabozantinib (Cabometyx) plus atezolizumab… Read More
2024-02-22 13:03
Acupuncture outperformed “sham” needling in clinical and biological measures of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans, a prospective randomized trial… Read More
2024-02-22 12:37
Patients should not use smartwatches or smart rings alone to measure blood glucose levels, the FDA warned on Wednesday.
Noninvasive devices that do not rely on finger-pricks or pierce the… Read More
2024-02-22 11:54
A hospital CEO died after heart surgery, and now her family is suing the University of Chicago Health System for negligence. Surgeons recommended a heart valve repair using a “minima… Read More
2024-02-22 09:43
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A Colorado man died after being bitten by his pet Gila monster. (CNN)
Alabama’s largest hospital paused IVF treatments… Read More
2024-02-21 18:30
For the first time, intravascular imaging-guided coronary stenting was associated with better survival and reduced myocardial infarction (MI) in a meta-analysis powered to detect these ben… Read More
2024-02-21 17:37
Antibiotic therapy with extended anaerobic coverage (EAC) was not associated with a survival benefit in patients with community-acquired aspiration pneumonia, according to results from a r… Read More
2024-02-21 17:11
A Washington D.C. district court judge denied an emergency motion to restore score validity for 832 Nepali medical graduates whose U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) scores were in… Read More
2024-02-21 17:00
It was possible — albeit rare — for people not infected with SARS-CoV-2 to have persistent false positive rapid antigen COVID-19 tests, longitudinal data showed.
Among a la… Read More
2024-02-21 17:00
Biomarkers evolved in a temporal sequence over 20 years in people who developed Alzheimer’s disease, a nested case-control study in China showed.
Over a median follow-up of 19.9 year… Read More
2024-02-21 16:16
Physicians and their practice staffs approach this time of year with dread. It’s inevitable that some patients will show up for appointments expecting their Medicare Advantage plan c… Read More
2024-02-21 14:37
The FDA is currently reviewing midomafetamine capsules — an MDMA-containing therapeutic — as a potential post-traumatic stress disorder treatment to be used in combination… Read More
2024-02-21 14:19
Approximately 20% of people who attempted suicide did not meet criteria for a psychiatric disorder, challenging clinical consensus on who is at risk for suicidal behavior, according to a c… Read More
2024-02-21 12:41
As pickleball continues to take off, especially among older Americans, ophthalmologists are warning that the sport can wreak havoc on the eye despite appearing about as low-impact as a Pin… Read More
2024-02-21 12:06
Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
President’s Brother Implicated in Fraudulent Ho… Read More
2024-02-21 11:40
Blackstock is an emergency physician and thought leader on bias and racism in healthcare.
Despite the many gaps in my education at Harvard Medical S… Read More
2024-02-21 10:21
A wider group of providers need to be trained on how to counsel patients regarding contraceptive care, Cynthia Harper, PhD, said Tuesday during a webinar on issues around contraceptive acc… Read More
2024-02-21 09:26
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An analysis based on 99 million people globally who received COVID-19 vaccines confirmed previously established safety signal… Read More
2024-02-21 04:00
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) endorsed the use of fecal microbiota-based therapies for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs) in new guideline recommenda… Read More
2024-02-20 18:30
Dietary thiamine (vitamin B1) intake was linked with cognition in older adults, a longitudinal analysis in China suggested.
Over a median follow-up of 5.9 years, cognitive decline risk was… Read More
2024-02-20 17:04
Elotuzumab (Empliciti) failed for a third time to improve progression-free survival (PFS) in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma when added to standard therapy, a large randomized trial showe… Read More
2024-02-20 15:20
Annual breast cancer screening at ages 40 to 79 resulted in the greatest reduction in mortality, according to a study comparing various screening scenarios.
Using Cancer Intervention and S… Read More
2024-02-20 14:53
Alain Cribier, MD, who performed the first transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in 2002, died last week at age 79, the American College of Cardiology announced.
Higher lipoprotein… Read More
2024-02-20 14:38
A prospective study in Sweden reported a link between herpes simplex virus and dementia. (Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease)
Researchers differentiated people with Parkinson’s dis… Read More
2024-02-20 14:34
Adalja is a practicing infectious disease, critical care, and emergency physician.
News surfaced last week suggesting a potential shift in COVID-19… Read More
2024-02-20 14:09
Three-fourths of type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients who regained weight after gastric bypass surgery for severe obesity remained in remission 5 years after surgery, a retrospective study found… Read More
2024-02-20 13:33
Nearly all medication abortions obtained via telehealth, whether via video or secure text messaging, were completed without further intervention and without adverse events, the prospective… Read More
2024-02-20 13:03
Why did a 51-year-old man with no significant medical history suddenly develop slurred speech and left-sided symptoms — weakness in his arm, a drooping eyebrow and mouth —… Read More
2024-02-20 12:35
Most cases of sudden unexplained infant death (SUID), regardless of sleep location, had multiple unsafe sleep factors present, researchers found.
Of 7,595 cases of SUID, 59.5% were sleep s… Read More
2024-02-20 11:31
Machine learning enabled researchers to identify a genetic biomarker for predicting perforated appendicitis in children presenting with suspected appendicitis, according to a single-center… Read More
2024-02-20 10:52
For acute ischemic stroke within 48 hours of onset, the novel sublingual combination of edaravone (Radicava) with dexborneol appeared to dramatically improve functional outcomes in the pha… Read More
2024-02-20 09:39
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Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children under state law, and therefore subject to legislation co… Read More
2024-02-19 17:00
Development of autoimmune disease was more common in patients with surgical remission of Cushing’s disease than in those with surgically treated nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NF… Read More
2024-02-19 12:00
Osude is a cardiology fellow.
The U.S. kicked off its 60th annual American Heart Month with the sobering news that Black women who have high blood p… Read More
2024-02-19 11:00
Niacin metabolism was associated with incident major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and may be linked to the pathogenesis of heart disease via inflammatory pathways, researchers said… Read More
2024-02-19 11:00
No patterns of long-term or increasing use of opioids were identified within 3 years among opioid-naive children with sickle cell disease (SCD) who were prescribed the drugs for an acute p… Read More
2024-02-19 10:00
Jeremy Faust is editor-in-chief of , an emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and a public health resea… Read More
2024-02-18 16:00
“If you only report on the nurses leaving, and don’t account for those who are coming in, you can create some scary sounding headlines.” — David Auerbach, PhD, of… Read More
2024-02-18 12:00
Joshi is a physician and entrepreneur.
The life of a physician is fraught with setbacks and struggles. For women who enter medicine, it’s even… Read More
2024-02-17 17:00
(MedPage Today) — You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz
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2024-02-17 14:00
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas… Read More
2024-02-17 12:00
Knighton is a nurse, scientist, and infection preventionist.
By now, you’ve likely heard of the emerging care model of “hospital-at-home… Read More
2024-02-16 17:39
Radioligand therapy (RLT) with actinium-225 targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (225Ac-PSMA) had a “substantial antitumor effect” in heavily pretreated metastatic cast… Read More
2024-02-16 17:27
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Moms who had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) or gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) were more likely to have kids with worse cardiovascular health… Read More
2024-02-16 17:19
The FDA approved the cellular therapy lifileucel (Amtagvi) for the treatment of patients with previously treated unresectable or metastatic melanoma, the agency announced Friday.
Lifileuce… Read More
2024-02-16 16:30
Compared with moderately effective therapies, initial use of highly effective therapies for pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) was associated with a reduced risk of relapse, a retrosp… Read More
2024-02-16 16:15
First-line chemotherapy plus an investigational arginine-depleting agent improved survival in nonepithelioid pleural mesothelioma compared with chemotherapy alone, a randomized trial showe… Read More
2024-02-16 15:45
The FDA approved omalizumab (Xolair) injection, the first medication to help reduce allergic reactions to multiple foods after accidental exposure, the agency announced Friday.
A monoclona… Read More
2024-02-16 14:33
Adding tislelizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by adjuvant use of the investigational PD-1 inhibitor improved event-free survival (EFS) in resectable non-small cell lung cancer (… Read More
2024-02-16 13:36
In people with mild to moderate hypertension taken off antihypertensive treatment, quarterly and biannual injections of novel RNA silencer zilebesiran showed promise for safely reducing sy… Read More
2024-02-16 12:26
The quiet retraction of a journal article on stomach cancer with “suspicious data” has shone a light on publishers’ desire “to put out huge volumes of studies while… Read More
2024-02-16 11:44
The registered nurse (RN) workforce rebounded in 2022 and 2023 after a drop during the COVID-19 pandemic, with continued growth forecasted through 2035, according to a retrospective cohort… Read More
2024-02-16 10:02
SAN FRANCISCO — Insurance companies’ policies to refuse authorization of MRI scans to diagnose rotator cuff tears until patients have first tried physical therapy have probab… Read More
2024-02-16 09:52
Neubauer is an oncologist.
With patient access and affordability at stake, lawmakers are turning their attention to alleged hospital monopolies and… Read More
2024-02-15 17:38
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — More than two-thirds of nulliparous women achieved vaginal delivery after outpatient induction of labor (IOL), the HOME INDUCTION randomized noninferiority t… Read More
2024-02-15 17:21
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must balance innovation with careful implementation of emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology, lawmakers and witnesses said during a House… Read More
2024-02-15 17:19
Moderate/severe and penetrating traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) were linked with subsequent brain cancer, a retrospective study of U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars showed.
Of… Read More
2024-02-15 17:06
Is the CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) a reliable way to document potential problems with the COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines? Members of a House committee d… Read More
2024-02-15 16:21
The recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV; Shingrix) was associated with a significantly increased risk of recurrence of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), according to a retrospective cohort stu… Read More
2024-02-15 15:26
History of migraine combined with persistent hot flashes was associated with higher risks for cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to an analysis of women in the Coronary Artery Ri… Read More
2024-02-15 15:05
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Among pregnant women at low risk for preterm delivery, universal transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) cervical length screening did not reduce rates of preterm birt… Read More
2024-02-15 14:43
Combining olaparib (Lynparza) with abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) as first-line therapy for biomarker-selected patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer significantly imp… Read More
2024-02-15 14:03
Simborg is a retired physician and a medical informatics expert.
I’m an 83-year-old retired physician. I let my medical license expire over a… Read More
2024-02-15 13:36
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Beyoncé’s new song “be HITTIN in a code blue,” accord… Read More
2024-02-15 12:00
The CDC announced last week that it’s tracking a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 — named BA.2.87.1 — given its large number of changes in the spike protein.
So far, no case… Read More
2024-02-15 11:51
While six of 45 American presidents made it into their 90s, another 19 didn’t live to reach their 70s. The culprits behind most of their early deaths are well-established, but questi… Read More
2024-02-15 10:48
Pennsylvania doctor Martin Evers, MD, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for unlawfully prescribing pain medication, including to a woman who died of an overdose. (WNEP)
Intuitive Surgica… Read More
2024-02-15 09:40
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Eleven children were treated for injuries following a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parad… Read More
2024-02-14 17:43
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Compared to early cord clamping (ECC), umbilical cord milking (UCM) in non-vigorous infants had short-term benefits without any long-term adverse impacts on… Read More
2024-02-14 17:32
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) helped people better stick to smoking cessation in the randomized controlled ESTxENDS trial.
Participants smoking at least five tobacco cigarettes a da… Read More
2024-02-14 17:13
WASHINGTON — “Humbling, exhausting, and exhilarating.” That’s how Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, president of the American Medical Association (AMA), described his exp… Read More
2024-02-14 17:12
Frexalimab, an investigational second-generation CD40 ligand (CD40L) inhibitor, led to fewer new gadolinium-enhancing T1-weighted lesions in relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS), a phase II t… Read More
2024-02-14 17:00
Cefepime-taniborbactam, an investigational beta-lactam and beta-lactamase inhibitor combination, was superior to meropenem for the treatment of hospitalized patients with complicated urina… Read More
2024-02-14 17:00
A 68-year-old man with HIV-1 who underwent hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) for acute myelogenous leukemia 5 years ago has been free of HIV infection for 35 months after stopping antire… Read More
2024-02-14 15:41
Antibiotics, benzoyl peroxide, topical retinoids, and oral isotretinoin received strong recommendations for acne treatment from a panel of experts who drafted an update to the American Aca… Read More
2024-02-14 15:22
SAN FRANCISCO — Adolescents undergoing surgery for idiopathic scoliosis appeared to fare just fine with opioid-sparing analgesic regimens in the days following their procedures, re… Read More
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