COVID Vaccination and Preeclampsia; Menstrual Blood for HPV Testing
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine ...
I’m an Emergency Doctor Who Mops Floors and Starts IVs During Strikes
(MedPage Today) -- Among my possessions is a frayed newspaper clipping of the first time my grandfather was arrested for ...
Dual Immunotherapy and Liver Perfusion Delays Progression in Uveal Melanoma
(MedPage Today) -- Adding the dual checkpoint inhibitor regimen of ipilimumab (Yervoy) and nivolumab (Opdivo) to percutaneous hepatic perfusion significantly ...
Parent Stress Emerges as Key Factor in Child Obesity
Adding a parental mindfulness intervention improved parenting and child food intake and obesity risk over nutrition and activity counseling alone. ...
Menopause Linked to Higher Risk of Depression, Bipolar Disorder
Share on PinterestMenopause may be associated with the onset of new mental health conditions, yet many females remain unaware of ...
The moment that kicked off the AI revolution
Lee Sedol faced AlphaGo in 2016AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon/Alamy The first time that AlphaGo revealed its full power, it prompted a ...
How an intern helped build the AI that shook the world
AlphaGo’s victory braodcast on TVIm Hun-jung/Yonhap/AP Photo via Getty Images In March 2016, Google DeepMind’s artificial intelligence system AlphaGo shocked ...
FDA’s Controversial Vaccine Chief Exits … Again
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA's top vaccine official Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, will leave the agency for the second time ...
Hospitals, Drugmakers, and U.S. Government Continue Battle Over 340B Program
A federal judge handed down a decision this week in a lawsuit involving the 340B prescription drug discount program as ...
Model Could Sound the Alarm on Preeclampsia Risk in Late Pregnancy
A machine learning model for prediction of preeclampsia risk using routinely collected data was feasible, according to a retrospective cohort ...
Pre-Op Chemo or Upfront Surgery in Colon Cancer: Is One Strategy Best?
(MedPage Today) -- The use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy failed to improve disease-free survival (DFS) over upfront surgery in patients with ...
The Chase Is Still On in Heart Pump Innovation
Durable mechanical circulatory support for patients with advanced heart failure is currently limited to one left ventricular assist device.Several ventricular ...
NASA changed an asteroid’s orbit around the sun for the first time
NASA gave the Didymos system a nudgeSteve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA Humanity has shifted an asteroid’s orbit around the sun for ...
Myeloma Combo With ‘Unprecedented’ Effect Wins FDA Approval
(MedPage Today) -- A promising combination for multiple myeloma received FDA approval as a second-line therapy. The approval of teclistamab ...
How Springing Forward to Daylight Saving Time Can Affect Health
(MedPage Today) -- Most of America "springs forward" Sunday for daylight saving time. Losing that hour of sleep can do ...
ACOG’s Endometriosis Guidelines Recognize That Pain Doesn’t Need Surgical Proof
(MedPage Today) -- She was 29 at the time of our visit, nearly a decade after first describing painful periods ...
Chemistry clues could detect aliens unlike any life on Earth
Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, is a prime target in the hunt for life elsewhere in our solar systemNASA/JPL/Space Science ...
Bubbles of Prostate Cancer Info; Cancer Drug Tops Moneymakers; Small Kidney Tumors
An investigational approach to diagnosis of prostate cancer uses sound waves to extract "bubbles of information" from cells. (Cancer Research ...
GLP-1 Weight Loss Higher Among Women
Studies in a new meta-analysis show sex differences in average weight loss, but similar benefits across other sub-groups. Medscape Medical ...
First-in-Class Tx for Dravet Syndrome Shows Early Success
A first-in-class gene-regulating therapy cut seizures by up to 91% in children with Dravet syndrome in extension studies, raising hopes ...
