Month: October 2024

The European Commission has approved the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommendation to change the terms of ...

ART Outcomes: Female Physicians vs Nonphysicians

TOPLINE:Female physicians and nonphysicians have similar assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcomes, with no significant difference in live birth rates, and ...

Rural Health Improvements Are Possible

Preventable deaths were higher for residents in rural counties than in urban counties every year from 2010 to 2022, according ...

AI-Assisted EUS for Pancreatic Lesions

PHILADELPHIA — Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool capable of detecting and differentiating cystic and solid pancreatic lesions ...

Targeted Hyponatremia Intervention Does Not Reduce Mortality

SAN DIEGO — The use of a targeted plasma sodium correction did not reduce 30-day mortality and rehospitalization rates in ...

The Rise of Sham Peer Reviews

While a medical peer review occurs once a patient, fellow doctor, or staff member reports that a physician failed to ...

New Data to Alter Planned ICH Guidelines

ABU DHABI, UAE — In the past 9 months, a surge of new trials related to the management of intracranial ...

Ins and Outs of Using Obesity Meds in Pediatric Patients

ORLANDO, Fla. — The rationale for using obesity medications in pediatric patients is that it’s using “a biological intervention to ...

Should the Body Roundness Index Replace BMI?

In daily practice, physicians need a quick and simple way to assess whether a patient's weight presents a health risk. ...

What It Will Take to Get a Next-Generation COVID Vaccine

Nearly 4 years since the first messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines were developed, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

ED Visits Before and After Dementia Diagnosis

TOPLINE:Having a diagnosis of dementia is associated with an increase in emergency department (ED) visits in the United States, highlighting ...

Novel Drug for Chronic Inducible Urticaria Delivers in Mid-Stage Trial

BOSTON -- Treatment with an investigational anti-KIT monoclonal antibody induced clinically meaningful responses in the two most common forms of ...

House Members Introduce Bill to Reverse Pending Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Cut

A bipartisan group of House members introduced a bill Tuesday that would reverse a proposed 2.8% Medicare Physician Fee Schedule ...

Could RFK Jr. Really Become HHS Secretary?

Former president Donald Trump's rhetoric during his rally at Madison Square Garden last weekend about letting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ...

Brain Edema Risk May Be Lower With Modified Donanemab Dosing

An alternate dosing plan for the anti-amyloid drug donanemab (Kisunla) reduced the risk of brain edema and effusion but still ...

Wegovy Cut Albuminuria by Half in Non-Diabetic CKD

SAN DIEGO -- Semaglutide (Wegovy) reduced albuminuria in patients with overweight or obesity and chronic kidney disease (CKD) but without ...

We Can Better Protect Kids From Head Injury in Football

Sethi is an associate professor of neurology. Without a doubt, football remains the national pastime of the U.S. football is ...

Cold Weather Heart Attacks; Preemptive Valve Procedures Flop; Better Bleeding Score

A Chinese study suggested that cold weather may make people more susceptible to myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries compared ...

AirPods’ Hearing Aid Feature Could Help People Face a Problem They’d Rather Ignore