‘I could live 30 years
Fergus WalshMedical editorCamilla HorroxGlobal health producerBBCApril Hubbard sits on the theatre stage where she plans to die later this year.She ...
Senate Confirms Dr. Oz to Lead CMS
(MedPage Today) -- By a vote of 53-45, the Senate confirmed Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, a cardiothoracic surgeon and TV ...
Kennedy Remains Quiet on 10,000 Jobs Lost at HHS
(MedPage Today) -- Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered no new details Wednesday about his massive restructuring of HHS, the ...
CDC Firings ‘Not a Joke’; Former FDA Head Sounds the Alarm; Resident’s Paycheck
(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. "It's ...
Liver Cleansing ‘Imposters’; Oral Drug Succeeds in UC; New Autoimmune Hepatitis Recs
(MedPage Today) -- With annual revenue approaching $40 million, an analysis in the American Journal of Gastroenterology revealed the thriving ...
Bonobos use a kind of syntax once thought to be unique to humans
A female bonobo at Kokolopori Bonobo Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the CongoLukas Bierhoff, Kokolopori Bonobo Research Project Bonobos ...
Mammoth tusk flakes may be the oldest ivory objects made by humans
A mammoth skeleton at the State Museum for Natural History in Stuttgart, GermanyDANIEL NAUPOLD/dpa/Alamy Archaeologists excavating 400,000-year-old rock in western ...
Artificial sweetener boosts hunger cues in the brain
The artificial sweetener sucralose may stoke hunger rather than abate itAntonio Guillem Fernandez/Alamy People report being hungrier after consuming the ...
IgA Nephropathy Drug With Novel Mechanism Wins FDA Approval
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted accelerated approval to atrasentan (Vanrafia) for the reduction of proteinuria in adults with primary ...
Study: Treat Adult-Onset Still’s Disease With Biologics
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with adult-onset Still's disease were much more likely to achieve sustained remission when they were initially ...
Five Agencies Being Merged Into AHA: Here’s What They Do
(MedPage Today) -- The restructuring plans announced by HHS last week included folding five offices into one entity: the Substance ...
Supreme Court Sides With the FDA in Its Dispute Over Sweet-Flavored Vaping Products
(MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled for the FDA in its crackdown on sweet-flavored vaping products following ...
Why Hasn’t RFK Jr. Paused Drug Ads?
(MedPage Today) -- Drug commercials have become commonplace in the U.S. The average American watches more than nine drug advertisements ...
We could make solar panels on the moon by melting lunar dust
A boot print on the dusty surface of the moonPublic domain sourced / access rights from CBW / Alamy Future ...
Pulsed Field Ablation an Option to Prevent Recurrence of Atrial Tachyarrhythmia
(MedPage Today) -- Pulsed field ablation (PFA) was noninferior to cryoballoon ablation for the incidence of a first recurrence of ...
Rectal Probe Case Settled; Fake Plastic Surgeon Arrested; ‘Terror’ Doc Sentenced
(MedPage Today) -- Device company Prometheus, maker of rectal therapeutic systems and probes, will pay $550,000 to settle allegations that ...
Hundreds of Thousands of Health Workers at Risk of Deportation
(MedPage Today) -- More than 350,000 noncitizen healthcare workers in the U.S. may be at risk of deportation as part ...
SGLT2 Inhibitors Progressing to New Standard After TAVI
CHICAGO — For older patients at high risk for a heart failure event who are scheduled for transcatheter aortic valve ...
PBM Private Labeling Boosts Biosimilars, Raises Concerns
Nearly 2 years after entering the market, adalimumab biosimilars are finally seeing traction.CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth ...
Trump Official Pauses Vax Decision; Doctor’s Speech Cancelled; Chocolate Bar Recall
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