Electroconvulsive Therapy Patients Often Not Fully Informed of Risks, Study Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- Patients and family members of those who have undergone electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) reported a mixed bag of ...
New Guideline Puts Some at the Front of the Line for GLP-1, SGLT2 Drugs
(MedPage Today) -- No blanket recommendation can be made for SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists in adults with type ...
Weight Loss Before Military Training May Cut Injury Risk
TOPLINE:Army recruits who lost excess weight to enter military training experienced fewer musculoskeletal injuries (MSKIs), particularly in the lower extremities, ...
BP Meds Should Begin Promptly, New ACC/AHA Guidelines Say
The target blood pressure level for adults remains below 130/80 mm Hg, but drug therapy should be initiated sooner, according ...
Are Wearable Health Trackers Really All That? Yes and No, Doctors Say
(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on ...
RFK Jr. Revives Dormant Vaccine Safety Task Force
(MedPage Today) -- HHS is reviving a task force on childhood vaccine safety that ended its work almost 30 years ...
Mousse Sunscreen Makers Get Warning From FDA
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA is cracking down on foaming, mousse sunscreen products. This week the agency posted a handful ...
Judge Orders HHS to Stop Sharing Medicaid Data With Deportation Officials
(MedPage Today) -- A federal judge ordered the nation's health department to stop giving deportation officials access to the personal ...
Australian GPs Gain Expanded Role in Treating ADHD
Australia is loosening regulations so that general practitioners (GPs) can meet the growing demand for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) care. But ...
Groups Call for RFK Jr. to Be Impeached. Here’s What That Would Take.
(MedPage Today) -- As calls for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign have gone unheeded, opponents are stepping ...
Most Americans Unaware HPV Causes Oral Cancers
(MedPage Today) -- More than a third of surveyed U.S. adults weren't aware of human papillomavirus (HPV) or vaccination against ...
Missed Opportunities to Prevent Ovarian Cancer During Unrelated Surgeries
(MedPage Today) -- Almost a fourth of women with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) had opportunities for risk-reducing surgery a ...
Cycling and Education for Hip OA: A Cost-Effective Solution?
TOPLINE: A cycling and education intervention significantly improved self-reported function in hip osteoarthritis (OA) compared with standard physiotherapy. The group-based intervention ...
Scientists created a new carbon molecule for the second time ever
Researchers stabilised a ring-shaped carbon molecule by adding “bumpers” to protect its atomsHarry Anderson A new type of all-carbon molecule ...
Extremely cold atoms defy entropy and refuse to heat up
Some atoms simply refuse to obey entropyShutterstock / Mendin Repeatedly energising a collection of ultracold atoms should destroy their collective ...
Canagliflozin Shows Promise in Managing T2D in Youth
TOPLINE: Canagliflozin, an SGLT2 inhibitor, significantly reduced A1c levels in children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared with placebo ...
RA May Be a Causal Driver of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
TOPLINE: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was causally linked to the development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, with shared plasma factors CC motif chemokine ...
FDA Panel Concerned Dermal Fillers Could Impact Breast Cancer Screening
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA's outside experts on Wednesday weighed in on the potential risks of dermal fillers for the ...
More Americans Need Blood Pressure Meds, Updated Guidelines Say
(MedPage Today) -- Blood pressure (BP) guidelines moved the bar lower for hypertension treatment, among other changes in the first ...
Pluvicto vs ARPI in Prostate Cancer: Is One Better?
TOPLINE: Patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who received Lu-177-PSMA-617 (Pluvicto) achieved similar overall survival and had fewer serious adverse events ...
