Month: June 2024

"What a waste of everybody's time." -- Sabin Dang, MD, of the Retina Institute in Missouri, on long waits for ...

Aspirin Overuse; Biotypes of Depression and Anxiety

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine ...

No One Wins in a Medical Student Research Arms Race

Holmes is an associate professor of pediatrics, and previously served in a medical school’s Office of Student Affairs. "Good morning, ...

Is there a summer wave and new variant?

8 minutes agoBy Aurelia Foster, Health reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThere has been a small rise in the number of Covid cases in ...

Is sugar the missing ingredient in election manifestos?

Getty ImagesThere was a lot to chew on in the party manifestos on health and the NHS, with promises to ...

What Soup Seemed to Help Osteoarthritis?

The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage ...

Did Cold Medications Affect Biden’s Debate Performance?

Sonnenfeld is a professor of leadership practice. Krumholz is a cardiologist and a professor of medicine. Early last week, Donald ...

Why Protecting Black Girls on Social Media Should Be a Public Health Priority

Opara is an associate professor of public health at Yale University. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, recently discussed the ...

How Forcing Yourself to Chill Out Can Lead to ‘Stresslaxing’

Share on PinterestStressing out over needing to relax can make anxiety worse, leaving you feeling ‘stresslaxed.’ Anchiy/Getty ImagesStressing out about ...

Daily Aspirin Use Still Common Among Older Adults, Despite Dangers

Share on PinterestMany older adults still take daily aspirin to help prevent cardiovascular disease, even though it can pose other ...

Docs Unmoved by Supreme Court’s Emergency Abortion Decision

Legal and clinical experts around the country agreed that a recent Supreme Court ruling did not not materially change the ...

Gene Silencing Benefit of Zodasiran in Hyperlipidemia

LYON, France — The drug zodasiran (formerly ARO-ANG3), which targets the production of a liver protein, substantially lowers triglyceride and ...

Can Individual States Effectively Cap Prescription Drug Costs?

The median price of a newly launched drug in 2023 was $300,000 a year, up from $2,115 in 2008. A ...

Antibiotic Overuse in Preemies’ Early Life Tied to Higher Risk of BPD, Death

Overuse of antibiotics early in life may increase the risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) or mortality in very premature infants, ...

Is Semaglutide Anti-inflammatory?

LYON, FRANCE — The anti-obesity drug semaglutide is associated with significant reductions in the inflammatory marker high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), ...

Women Lose More Weight Than Men Taking Semaglutide

Share on PinterestNew research found that females living with obesity and heart failure lost more weight taking the GLP-1 drug ...

Revised Criteria for AD Diagnosis, Staging Released

A work group convened by the Alzheimer's Association has released revised biology-based criteria for the diagnosis and staging of Alzheimer's ...

A More Selective Enoxaparin Thromboprophylaxis Protocol May Be Safer for New Moms

A more selective risk-stratified approach to postpartum enoxaparin (Lovenox) thromboprophylaxis for venous thromboembolism (VTE) was linked to reduced rates of ...

Novel Rotator Cuff Repair Device Modeled After … Python Teeth?