Air Pollution Tied to Preterm Birth Risk
Exposure to air pollution was associated with an increased risk of spontaneous preterm birth, according to a population-based cohort study ...
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Will Trump Adopt the Current FTC’s Antitrust Posture?
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under Chair Lina Khan took an aggressive approach to tackling anticompetitive behavior in the healthcare ...
Gabapentinoids Tied to Hip Fractures in Older Adults
Gabapentinoids -- pregabalin and gabapentin -- were tied to increased hip fracture risk in older adults.Risks were high for people ...
Perioperative Anti-PD-1 in Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Boosts Disease-Free Survival
Adding a PD-1 inhibitor to standard of care improved disease-free survival (DFS) in stage III soft-tissue sarcoma of the extremity, ...
Are There Some Words That Doctors Should Never Use?
Some "never-words" should not be used in conversations with seriously ill patients, according to a group warning against language that ...
Targeted Combination Shows Promise in Metastatic Kidney Cancer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- More than half of patients with newly diagnosed metastatic kidney cancer responded to a novel drug combination, ...
GLP-1 Drugs Could Help People With Alcohol Use Disorder
Some GLP-1 receptor agonists may hold promise as treatments for alcohol use disorder (AUD), a Swedish observational study suggested. Among ...
Frailty Tied to Future Dementia
Frailty was tied to a higher risk of future dementia in older adults.Trajectories rose more rapidly 4 to 9 years ...
Stroke Risk Is Changing With the Climate
The world endured its hottest summer on record in 2024, and the transition to fall brought devastation from multiple hurricanes ...
Mounting evidence points to air pollution as a cause of eczema
Air pollution is hard to avoid, particularly for city dwellersRon Adar/Alamy Air pollution is increasingly being linked to a raised ...
U.S. Overdose Deaths Are Down, Giving Experts Hope for an Enduring Decline
The decline in U.S. drug overdose deaths appears to have continued this year, giving experts hope the nation is seeing ...
Novel Weekly Oral HIV Drug Safe in Early Trial of Healthy Volunteers
Data from a phase Ia clinical trial of an oral, long-acting integrase inhibitor (GS-1720) in development for HIV demonstrated promising ...
1 in 5 Adults Report Anxiety, Depression; New Esketamine Warning; Autism Dx Up 175%
One in five adults said they experienced any symptoms of anxiety or depression in a 2-week period, according to a ...
RSV Severity, Deaths on Par With Flu and COVID
In the years before the introduction of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines, the virus was linked with substantial hospitalizations, intensive ...
Alzheimer’s Researcher Placed on Leave; War on Drug Recovery; Lax Coroner Oversight
Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Alzheimer's ...
Hallucinogens Tied to Striking Increased Risk of SSD
Emergency department (ED) visits related to hallucinogen use are linked to a 21-fold increased risk of schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD), ...
Electronic Symptom Screening in Kids With Cancer Boosts Quality of Care
Symptom screening improved symptom scores among children with cancer compared with usual care, two randomized trials showed. Among 445 patients ...
Trump’s Age: Is It a Risk?
When president-elect Donald Trump is sworn in for a second term he will become the oldest president ever inaugurated -- ...
Heavy Alcohol Use Up 20% Among US Adults Under 50
Share on PinterestPandemic-era drinking habits persisted after the pandemic ended, particularly among adults in their 40s. Alistair Berg/Getty ImagesA large ...
Why we now think the myopia epidemic can be slowed – or even reversed
I vividly remember getting my first pair of glasses as a child. My mum is very near-sighted and dispatched me ...
