Vitamin D in Pregnancy Results in Stronger Bones for Kids
TOPLINE:Gestational supplementation of 1000 IU/d cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) from early pregnancy until delivery increases the bone mineral content, bone mineral ...
Month: October 2024
Adding ADT to High-Dose RT Benefits Some Prostate Cancers
WASHINGTON — Combining short-term androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with high-dose radiotherapy improves disease-free survival in men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer ...
Can Normotensive Pregnancies Lead to Hypertension?
TOPLINE:Nearly 18% of previously normotensive pregnancies develop hypertension by 6 months postpartum. Non-Hispanic Black patients and those with a BMI ...
CA Catholic Hospital Under Fire After Abortion Refusal
When Anna Nusslock showed up at her local hospital 15 weeks pregnant and in severe pain earlier this year, she ...
‘Endometriosis spreads like my cancer, so why are waits so long?’
Cardiff endometriosis patient wants condition treated more urgentlyLara Stevens says endometriosis is like the cancer she had as a child, ...
FDA’s Pulse Oximeter Guidance Unlikely to End Racial Bias
OAKLAND, Calif. — The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his ...
‘I found out I had cervical cancer while I was pregnant’
BBCDorothy Masasa is one of the thousands of women diagnosed with cervical cancer every year in MalawiDorothy Masasa happily walks ...
ERAS Applications Are Trending Down With Program Signaling, but Still Too High
Compared to recent years, residency applicants are, on average, applying to fewer programs and paying less in the 2025 application ...
Acne Treatments Taken Right Off the Shelf Had High Levels of Benzene
Dozens of over-the-counter acne products had very high levels of the known carcinogen benzene, even when they were taken right ...
Cannabis Use in Teens, Young Adults Linked to Lower Academic Success
Cannabis use during adolescence and young adulthood was linked to lower academic performance, a systematic review and meta-analysis suggested. Among ...
Can Women Living With HIV Safely Breastfeed?
The HIV reservoir in breast milk was reassuringly limited in a preliminary study on two individuals with long-term, sustained viral ...
Hormonal Contraception Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Risk in BRCA1 Carriers
Carriers of the BRCA1 cancer gene had a significantly increased risk of breast cancer if they used hormonal contraception (HC), ...
The US is ramping up bird flu surveillance – but will it be enough?
Dairy cows in CaliforniaMarmaduke St. John / Alamy Stock Photo The United States has ramped up influenza surveillance amid an ...
FDA Antidepressant Warnings Tied to Increase in Suicidality
Black box warnings added to antidepressant medications on increased risk for suicidality were associated with a decline in mental health ...
Finding Humanity in Provider Burnout, and Other Stories of Perseverance
Statistics don't tell the full story of healthcare burnout, maintains Jessi Gold, MD, MS, of the University of Tennessee Health ...
AI: Could It Answer Patient Emails, or (Legitimately) Excuse You From Jury Duty?
Fred Pelzman is an associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell, and has been a practicing internist for nearly 30 ...
U.K. Doc Admits Trying to Kill Mother’s Partner With Poison Disguised as COVID Vax
LONDON -- A British doctor on Monday admitted to trying to kill his mother's long-term partner, who stood between him ...
Coroner highlights lack of specialist ME care
Family handout/PA MediaMaeve Boothby-O’Neill died at home in Exeter in October 2021A coroner has highlighted the lack of specialist care ...
North Carolina Is Distributing Allergy Meds as Bees Swarm After Helene Flooding
Deadly flooding from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina has also disrupted the underground nests of yellow jackets, bees, and ...
SGLT2 Inhibitors Tied to Better Outcomes in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
BOSTON -- Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors were linked to long-term reductions in mortality risk among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension ...
