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Elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor combination therapy shows no clinically meaningful improvement in bone health or calcium metabolism in patients with cystic fibrosis, a ...

Match Brings Double Joy for Twins Who Joined Same Program

Anesthesiologists Danielle Kerr and Christine Kerr encourage medical students: ‘You will end up where you were meant to be.’ Medscape ...

Are more people cutting off their parents?

Ben Cole Edwards, 30, built a career as a trauma coach after posting about being estranged from his mum. Source ...

Bariatric Surgery Reduces Sleep Apnea Long Term

In adults with obesity, bariatric surgery is linked to a higher sleep apnea remission rate and fewer new cases of ...

Alternative Medicine for Breast Cancer: Study Raises Concern

Patients who receive both standard medical treatment and complementary and alternative therapies have higher mortality — possibly due to reduced ...

‘I’m in constant pain’ – woman harmed by vaginal mesh urges action on redress scheme

Susan McLarnon is travelling to Downing Street later to call for "urgent action" to be taken on redress for those ...

Cancer Drug Pulled From Market Over Safety Concerns

(MedPage Today) -- The cancer drug tazemetostat (Tazverik) is being voluntarily withdrawn in the U.S. and all other markets over ...

Routine Mammograms That Also Flag CVD: Two Birds With One Stone?

Along with the use of AI, routine screening mammograms could identify women at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, a retrospective ...

Another Study Finds No Ties Between Tylenol in Pregnancy and Autism

In a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan, positive associations between maternal acetaminophen prescriptions during pregnancy and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and ...

Sentinel Node Biopsy Improves Survival in Melanoma, Meta-Analysis Shows

(MedPage Today) -- Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) significantly reduced the risk of death from melanoma, results from a systematic review ...

CDC Study Warns on Infection-Related Cancers After Organ Transplant

(MedPage Today) -- Cases of suspected Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) infections in U.S. organ transplant recipients jumped in the last ...

Effort to Fix Harms of Race-Based Kidney Testing Helps Black Transplant Candidates

(MedPage Today) -- An unprecedented effort to reverse the effects of a racially biased medical test that blocked or delayed ...

Why is black rain falling on Iran and how dangerous is it?

Black smoke rises after fires broke out following US-Israel attacks targeting oil storage facilities in Tehran, Iran, on 8 MarchFatemeh ...

Retinopathy Risk With Long-Term HCQ Treatment Detailed in Meta-Analysis

(MedPage Today) -- About one in 18 patients taking hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for 15 years develop retinal damage, a new meta-analysis ...

Diltiazem With Blood Thinners Tied to Bleeding Risk

Patients with atrial fibrillation who use diltiazem combined with apixaban or rivaroxaban face an increased risk for serious bleeding events ...

Portable Oxygen Did Not Increase Physical Activity in Fibrotic Lung Disease Patients

(MedPage Today) -- For people with exertional-only hypoxemia from fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD), use of a portable oxygen concentrator ...

We’ve only just confirmed that Homo habilis really existed

Homo habilis lived in East Africa up to 2 million years agoNatural History Museum, London/Alamy This is an extract from ...

When Food Policy Becomes Punishment

(MedPage Today) -- "I'm sorry I've been feeding him bad food," my young patient's mother said, eyes down, voice shaking. ...

FDA Approves Deucravacitinib as First TYK2 Inhibitor for PsA