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Updated findings from a European randomized trial continued to show that colonoscopy screening significantly reduced colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence, but ...

Fatigue is Finally a Surgical Safety Issue

As new tech and changing norms drive fatigue mitigation, the moment is ripe to prioritize patient safety (and yours) by ...

‘I went undercover to expose dangerous advice given to parents’

Alison Scott-Wright, also known as 'The Magic Sleep Fairy' has appeared on TV giving advice around improving the sleep of ...

Dangerous baby-sleep advice given to parents by self-described experts, secret filming reveals

The advice puts babies at risk of serious harm, even death, medical professionals have told the BBC. Source link : ...

Will the Coming Cuts to Medicaid Spare the ‘Truly Needy’?

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act may impose the largest health insurance coverage losses in U.S. history.Studies of four previous ...

Blocking $600 Million in Global Vaccine Funding Is a Grave Misstep

I was born in Cameroon in the 1980s. Like millions of children in similar settings, survival into adulthood was not ...

Is Pure Autonomic Failure a Warning Sign for Parkinson’s? What a New Study Shows.

Over 6 years, about 30% of people with pure autonomic failure converted to Parkinson's, dementia with Lewy bodies, or multiple ...

Probiotics Linked to Positive Brain Changes in IBS

A randomized controlled trial correlates 4 weeks of probiotics to positive microstructure and function changes in several brain regions of ...

Game-Changer? Wegovy Cuts Heavy Drinking in Alcohol Addiction Trial

In a placebo-controlled randomized trial, adults with obesity and alcohol use disorder had a greater drop in heavy drinking days ...

Vision-Threatening Forms of Diabetic Retinal Disease Have Plummeted

DENVER -- Prevalence of diabetic retinal disease (DRD) declined modestly over a 20-year period, while severe forms dropped substantially, a ...

More Women Opted for Sterilization After Roe Fell

WASHINGTON -- More women underwent sterilization procedures in the 12 months after the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson ...

Mirum’s Rare Liver Disease Drug Meets Main Goal in Mid-stage Study

Mirum Pharmaceuticals said on Monday its experimental drug, volixibat, met the main ⁠goal of a mid-stage study by reducing severe ...

Kids’ Acute Kidney Injury Linked to These Lasting Health Risks

A meta-analysis looking at health outcomes after acute kidney injury in children showed increased likelihood of chronic kidney disease and ...

She Took a Supplement for Constipation. She Ended Up in the Cardiac ICU.

When a 24-year-old woman took a dietary supplement called "raiz de tejocote," she encountered some dangerous and unpleasant side effects. ...

South Carolina Confirms Second Measles Case in Saluda County

The South Carolina Department of Public Health on Monday confirmed a second measles ⁠case in Saluda County, saying it was ...

Addressing Risk Perception and Building Trust in Vaccine Conversations