Risk of peanut allergies from air on planes has been overblown
Some airlines have stopped serving peanuts on board over allergy fearsCheryl Chan/Getty Images There is no strong evidence that people ...
Day: October 15, 2024
Risk of nut allergies from air on planes has been overblown
Some airlines have stopped serving peanuts on board over allergy fearsCheryl Chan/Getty Images There is no strong evidence that people ...
Want to Lower Preterm Birth Rates? Spend More on Social Programs
States that spent more on social programs tended to have lower rates of preterm birth, especially among infants of Black ...
Stop the Medicare Payment Cut and Pass a Permanent Fix, House Members Urge Leaders
A majority of House members urged House leaders to not only reverse a proposed 2.8% cut in the Medicare Physician ...
Anti-CD19 Monoclonal Antibody Shows Positive Results in Myasthenia Gravis
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Inebilizumab (Uplizna) had clinically meaningful efficacy and a favorable safety profile among people with generalized myasthenia gravis ...
This Cruise Ship Flunked Its CDC Inspection
One cruise ship "flunked" its CDC inspection this year, and five others just barely passed with scores right on the ...
State to Pay $13M After Shooter Drill Terrified Kids’ Psych Hospital
A judge has approved a $13 million settlement in a lawsuit over an unannounced active shooter drill at a Michigan ...
Most Doctors Regularly Engage With Healthcare Influencers on Social Media
The vast majority of physicians engaged with content created by healthcare influencers or key opinion leaders (KOLs) on social media ...
FDA Approves Fifth Ustekinumab Biosimilar
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ustekinumab-srlf (Imuldosa) as a biosimilar to ustekinumab (Stelara) for the treatment ...
COVID’s Outsized Heart Risk; Prehab for Cardiac Surgery; Telerobotic Valve Repair
Severe COVID-19 infection was associated with major cardiac events as much as -- and in some cases more than -- ...
Obesity Epidemic Peaked? FDA Reviews Menopause Drug; Metabolic Surgery and Cancer
The obesity epidemic may be plateauing in the U.S.; this could be why. (Washington Post) A cohort study of older ...
Distant Recurrence Risk in Early Breast Cancer on the Decline
The long-term risk of distant recurrence for women with early breast cancer has declined significantly, a decades-long analysis of clinical ...
Lessons for Medical Practices From Hurricane Milton
I was impressed with Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R.-Fla.) preparations before Hurricane Milton came ashore in Florida last Wednesday night. DeSantis ...
Want to Cut Urate Levels? Try Losing Weight
Japanese people with hyperuricemia saw some reductions in urate levels when they lost weight, with greater losses tied to greater ...
Clonidine Comparable to Morphine for Infants With Opioid Withdrawal
Length of treatment and neurobehavioral scores did not significantly differ between infants with prenatal opioid exposure randomized to either clonidine ...
Alzheimer’s-Heparin Link; Two Phases of Alzheimer’s Damage; Prion Disease Testing
Heparin treatment was associated with a delayed diagnosis of Alzheimer's dementia, electronic health records in two U.S. health systems showed. ...
Why Would a Promising Young Physician Take His Own Life?
N. Adam Brown is a practicing emergency physician, entrepreneur, and healthcare executive. He is the founder of ABIG Health, a ...
How I Learned to Stop Constantly Thinking About Food
Share on PinterestFor years, Sophia Pena couldn’t stop thinking about food, making it impossible for her to maintain a healthy ...
Allele May Heighten Risk of Severe Ulcerative Colitis
The presence of the single nucleotide variation HLA-DRB1*01:03 was associated with severe ulcerative colitis, according to a Danish genome-wide association ...
PCPs Are Key to Halting Atopic March
Primary care physicians (PCPs) play a key role in treating young patients as they progress through the "atopic march" from ...
