Psoriasis Affects an Estimated 3% of US Adults
TOPLINE:Approximately 3% of adults in the United States have psoriasis, with a higher prevalence among older adults, individuals with overweight ...
People seek NHS advice on drinking and breastfeeding at Christmas
NHS website information on drinking while breastfeeding saw the highest increase in visits at Christmas last year, new figures show. ...
Combining Retinal Scanning and Liver Screening in T2D
TOPLINE:Simultaneous screening for liver fibrosis during retinal scanning shows promise as a novel pathway for detecting advanced liver disease in ...
AI Catches Missing MRI Lesions
LOS ANGELES — An open-source artificial intelligence (AI) module can help identify epileptic lesions on MRI missed by human reviewers, ...
New-Onset Epilepsy, Migraine Tied to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were tied to higher risks of new-onset neurologic conditions later in life.Women with eclampsia had a ...
Biomarker-Selected Treatment Shows Promise for Bladder Preservation in MIBC
Biomarker-driven treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) led to a 2-year metastasis-free survival (MFS) rate that exceeded 70% in a ...
Omitting Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Early Breast Cancer
Recently, omission of axillary lymph node dissection among patients with early breast cancer has been found to have no detrimental ...
Abortion Opponents Shift Focus to Pills, With Lawsuits and Proposed Laws
Opponents of abortion are increasingly focusing on restricting access to pills, which are the most common way to end a ...
First Generic of Once-Daily GLP-1 Injection Approved for Diabetes
The FDA has approved the first generic form of liraglutide (Victoza), a once-daily injectable for improving glycemic control in patients ...
FDA Approves Second Generic Daily GLP-1 Drug for T2D
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic once-daily injectable version of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 ...
How Cell Therapies Help Fight Solid Tumors
The cutting edge of treating solid tumors with cell therapies got notably sharper this year.First came the US Food and ...
Study Underscores Caution for NSAID Use in Pregnancy
Some gestational exposures to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may carry more chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk for the child than ...
Specialty Board Certification Error Causes Headaches for Doctors
Some doctors had a sleepless night when the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology's (ABPN) online certification program locked them ...
King and Firefighter Syndrome: Disaster Response Goes Beyond the Front Lines
Hawkins is an associate professor of emergency medicine and an emergency medical services specialist. Eldridge is an assistant teaching professor ...
The Physician’s Role in Curing the Social Media Epidemic
The healthcare profession has done an admirable job controlling infectious epidemics and pandemics, such as AIDS and COVID-19 (special shout-out ...
Prompt Diagnosis, Management of Primary Biliary Cholangitis Key to Quality of Life
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) can deliver a significant blow to patients' quality of life, especially if they are not appropriately ...
Forget aesthetics, the reason to look after our skin should be health
Dr Jeremy Burgess/Science Photo Library Our skin isn’t just our biggest organ, it is also the one we are most ...
Patient Who Had No Luck With GLP-1 Drugs Found Success With Surgery
This story is part of a series called "Ozempic: Weighing the Risks and Benefits." It was produced in part through ...
Bariatric Surgeons Being Put Out of Work by GLP-1 Drugs
This story is part of a series called "Ozempic: Weighing the Risks and Benefits." It was produced in part through ...
Congress Ditched Fix to Medicare Doc Pay Cut in Skinny Budget Bill
Following a tumultuous week of negotiations, Congress passed a skinny budget deal early Saturday morning, which President Biden signed into ...
