It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Donate an Organ
Mallavarapu is a transplant nephrologist and clinical associate professor. Simon* was stunned to see how exhausted and ill his best ...
Month: October 2024
Hospital hit by Hurricane Milton gets system to grab water from air
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital was hit by Hurricane Milton earlier this weekDirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Wire/Alamy A children’s hospital ...
Marstacimab Gets FDA Nod for Hemophilia A or B Without Inhibitors
The FDA approved marstacimab (Hympavzi) for routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce bleeding episodes in adults and adolescents ages 12 ...
Doc Who Blamed COVID Vax for Patient’s Death Could Face Discipline
A California physician accused of gross negligence for attributing a stroke patient's death to the COVID vaccine without any evidence, ...
Payments to Medicare Plan Brokers Need Reform, MedPAC Says
Payments to brokers who enroll people in Medicare plans should be reformed so that no preferential treatment is given for ...
FDA Approves Pfizer’s Hympavzi for Hemophilia A, B
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Hympavzi (marstacimab, Pfizer) as routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the ...
ACS Guidelines Expand Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility — Is That a Good Thing?
BOSTON -- Whether low-dose CT screening for lung cancer should be expanded to include people who quit smoking more than ...
Loneliness Tied to Alzheimer’s and Dementia Risk
Loneliness was associated with a 31% higher risk of overall dementia.Links were seen with Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and cognitive ...
Safety Data Favor Diuretic Strategy Triggered by Cardiac Monitoring Alerts in HF
For a range of hospitalized patients at risk of worsening heart failure (HF), tying medical interventions to cardiac monitoring seemed ...
Medical Licensing Exam Scores Sent to Residency Programs After Switch to Pass/Fail
Numerical scores for the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX) Level 1 were mistakenly made visible to ob/gyn programs despite ...
MedPAC Commissioners Pan Some Medicare Advantage Plans’ ‘Extra Benefits’
A report detailing flaws with the "extra benefits" Medicare Advantage (MA) plans offer generated passionate debate Thursday during a meeting ...
Back-to-Back Hurricanes Have Left Medical Disaster in Their Wake
Edwin Leap is a board-certified emergency physician who has been practicing for 30 years since finishing residency. He currently works ...
Tezepelumab for Severe Asthma Improves the Odds of a Good Night’s Sleep
BOSTON -- Patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma had significantly higher odds of improvement in asthma-related sleep disturbances and improvement in ...
Real-World Evidence Links Faricimab to Rare Eye Adverse Effects
A retrospective case series suggested that faricimab (Vabysmo) intravitreal injections may be associated with rare cases of noninfectious intraocular inflammation. ...
Study Details Perinatal Risks of Blood Cancers Diagnosed in Pregnancy
Women diagnosed with hematologic cancers during pregnancy had increased risks for serious maternal morbidity and obstetric complications, according to results ...
Stool test could provide a simpler way to diagnose endometriosis
Endometriosis tissue viewed under a microscopeBIOPHOTO ASSOCIATES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Low levels of a particular compound in faeces could be a ...
France slashed bird flu outbreaks by vaccinating ducks
A duck getting its flu jab at a French farm in November 2023Shutterstock/Leitenberger Photography France would have had hundreds of ...
Experts Highlight Alarming Jump in HIV Infections Among Latinos
More resources are urgently needed to overcome the growing HIV crisis among Latinos in the U.S., researchers argued. While annual ...
Low Zoster Vaccination Rates in Immunocompromised Veterans
TOPLINE:A study has found that less than half of US veterans on chronic immunosuppressive medications, and a much lower percentage ...
Excess Deaths Highest Among Younger Minorities During COVID Pandemic
When it came to excess U.S. deaths during the COVID pandemic, racial and ethnic disparities hit younger populations particularly hard, ...
