Are you feeling grotty all the time?
Getty ImagesHow are you feeling?There has been a vibe in BBC HQ that friends, colleagues and family have been having ...
Day: July 26, 2024
Using This Simple Trick When Reading Food Labels Can Help
Most food products have a Nutrition Facts label.A good rule of thumb for utilizing this label is the 5/20 rule.Under ...
Single HIV RNA Test Delivered False Positives With Long-Acting Cabotegravir PrEP
A single positive HIV viral load test often falsely identified HIV infection in people who were using long-acting cabotegravir (Apretude) ...
PTSD Ripples Through Communities After Mass Violence
The psychological harm from mass shootings spilled beyond direct survivors and into their communities, a cross-sectional study found. Among survey ...
Third JAK Inhibitor for Alopecia Areata Wins FDA Approval
The FDA approved the oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor deuruxolitinib (Leqselvi) to treat alopecia areata, drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical announced on ...
Compounded Semaglutide Overdoses Tied to Hospitalizations
Patients are overdosing on compounded semaglutide due to errors in measuring and self-administering the drug and due to clinicians miscalculating ...
Twice-Yearly Shot Offers 100% HIV Protection, Study Finds
Share on PinterestSunleca (lenacapavir) has been shown to be 100% effective at preventing HIV in females. andreswd/Getty ImagesA new study ...
Ancient DNA May Fuel Cancer; ASCO Appeals to Oncologists; Pesticide Cancer Risk
Flecks of leftover ancient viral DNA intertwined with the genetics of modern humans may help cancer survive. (U.S. News & ...
Deli Meat Recalled Nationwide Due to Listeria Outbreak
Share on PinterestDeli meats sliced at the counter have been linked to a Listeria outbreak that led to two deaths ...
Lessons for Healthcare From the Global IT Outage
Moura is a clinical neurologist and a health informatics expert. The recent global information technology (IT) outage, which spurred thousands ...
Autumn date to fix hacked blood transfusion services
Blood testing partnership Synnovis has warned that its hacked blood transfusion services may not be fully functioning again until the ...
Tick-Borne Illnesses Are on the Rise in Canada
The incidence of tick-borne illnesses in Canada is on the rise. Diseases that were once limited to the United States ...
As Doctors Leave Puerto Rico in Droves, a Rapper Tries to Fill the Gaps
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- On a recent morning in an Afro-Caribbean community in northeast Puerto Rico, Pedro Juan ...
EU regulator rejects Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab
Getty ImagesThe European Medicines Agency (EMA) has rejected a licence for an Alzheimer’s treatment which slows cognitive decline. The EMA ...
EMA Says Don’t Mix Mysimba and Opioid-Containing Meds
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended strengthening existing advice to minimize the risks from interactions between Mysimba (naltrexone/bupropion; Orexigen ...
EU Backs Drug to Relieve Itching in Alagille Syndrome
A drug to treat severe itching in patients with Alagille syndrome should be granted a marketing authorization in the European ...
Study Raises Questions About Key Features of H5N1 Infection in Cattle
A new paper challenged two ideas about how the H5N1 bird flu behaves in cattle: that it always produces mild ...
Anzupgo Approved in Europe for Severe Hand Eczema
Europe's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended the granting of marketing authorization for Anzupgo (delgocitinib; LEO Pharma) ...
Oral Minoxidil for Alopecia Not Affected by Concurrent Antagonistic Medications
The efficacy of low-dose oral minoxidil for the treatment of alopecia may not be affected by the concomitant use of ...
FDA Approves JAK Inhibitor for Alopecia Areata
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor deuruxolitinib for the treatment of ...
