Stem cell transplant gives hope for treating age-related sight loss
Holes in the retina can make vision patchy or blurredCHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A transplant of human stem cells sealed ...
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Patient-Controlled Analgesia Offers Superior Pain Management
BARCELONA — Intravenous patient-controlled administration of hydromorphone offers better pain control and higher patient satisfaction compared with conventional oral morphine ...
How to Recognize Tardive Dyskinesia
Differentiating tardive dyskinesia from other movement disorders can be challenging. "One major criterion is the history of exposure to neuroleptic ...
Intermittent Fasting May Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Heart Disease
Share on Pinterest New research shows a form of intermittent fasting improved blood glucose in people with metabolic syndrome, a ...
Can TikTok’s ‘Mucinex Pregnancy Trick’ Really Boost Fertility?
Share on PinterestPeople are flooding social media with Mucinex fertility success stories, sharing why they believe taking the over-the-counter cough ...
Chinese Immigrants Face Barriers to Cancer Healthcare
BARCELONA, Spain — Ethnic Chinese immigrants affected by cancer are a particularly vulnerable group and may face significant barriers to ...
Sharp rise in vaping among young adults who never regularly smoked
Getty ImagesMany people who take up vaping have never been regular smokersThe number of adults in England to have started ...
Immunotherapy Should Come After Radiation in SCLC
WASHINGTON — Timing matters when it comes to combining immunotherapy with chemoradiation in limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC), according ...
Is Healthcare Really Recession-Proof? | MedPage Today
N. Adam Brown is a practicing emergency physician, entrepreneur, and healthcare executive. He is the founder of ABIG Health, a ...
Advice for Suicide Prevention and Firearm Safety
ORLANDO, Fla. — Pediatricians and other healthcare providers have a valuable role to play in screening parents for firearm ownership ...
177Lu-Dotatate Shows Promise for Refractory Meningioma
WASHINGTON — A phase 2 study has demonstrated encouraging results for lutetium-177 (177Lu) dotatate in patients with surgery- and radiation-refractory ...
High Cadmium Level Associated With Cognitive Impairment Risk
TOPLINE:High levels of urinary cadmium are associated with double the risk for global cognitive impairment in White adults, a new ...
What Do Endos Need to Know?
Cannabis use is becoming increasingly common among people with diabetes. A recent US prevalence study estimated that 9% adults with ...
CRC Screening After 75: Is Shared Decision-Making Helpful?
TOPLINE:Physician training in shared decision-making does not increase the proportion of older adults who receive their preferred colorectal cancer (CRC) ...
Full Cognitive Recovery After Brain RT Possible for Many
About 40% of patients with brain metastases who experienced cognitive decline after brain radiation therapy regained full cognitive function within ...
University of Colorado’s LIC Program
Medical school hasn't changed much over the last few decades. However, the longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) program at the University ...
Where Are Trump’s Medical Records? New Sunscreen Under Review; Why Condoms Are Nixed
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Trump has yet to release his medical records he promised to ...
Medicare Will Speed Coverage of Some ‘Breakthrough’ Devices
Medicare will speed nationwide payment decisions for as many as five promising new medical devices a year, a move that ...
European Funding Takes a Lead in Unravelling Long COVID
At the end of 2020, Giulia Marchetti was puzzled that many of the patients hospitalized during the first wave of ...
Rapamycin could make an epilepsy drug much safer during pregnancy
Sodium valproate is an effective epilepsy drug, but it isn’t recommended to take during pregnancyMiljan Zivkovic/Shutterstock The drug rapamycin could ...
