Gut Microbiome Has Potential to Counter Gout
Efforts to combat hyperuricemia may find help from gut microbes, according to Dylan Dodd, MD, PhD, who spoke at the ...
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Do Statins Improve Nasopharyngeal Cancer Outcomes?
TOPLINE:Statin use during concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) for advanced nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is associated with a 52% reduction in all-cause mortality. ...
Exclusive-Medicaid Fuels US Coverage Of Novo, Lilly Weight-loss Drugs
(Reuters) - U.S. government health plans account for the lion's share of coverage for popular new weight-loss drugs, far beyond ...
Water Fluoridation: Where Does Canada Stand?
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, who has been nominated to head the US Department of Health and Human Services, has called ...
New Strategy Led to Modest Decline in Antibiotic Misuse
TOPLINE:Multifaceted antimicrobial stewardship interventions show varying effectiveness and modest reductions in unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, particularly in general practice. METHODOLOGY:Researchers conducted this ...
Does Repeated Anesthesia Affect IQ in Children?
TOPLINE:Multiple exposures to general anesthesia before age 5 years are linked to lower IQ, decreased verbal and perceptual skills, and ...
Health Security Scores Low on Europeans’ Health Agendas
LISBON, Portugal — Aging populations, climate change, and addressing the determinants of health through health for all and health in ...
Oral Drug Safe, Effective in Kids With Achondroplasia
The oral FGFR1-3 selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor infigratinib was found to be safe and effective at the highest studied dose ...
Prostate Cancer Overtreatment Persists
Overtreatment of men with prostate cancer and limited life expectancy (LE) has persisted in the era of active surveillance and ...
Blood Pressure Variability Linked to Glaucoma Progression
TOPLINE:Fluctuations in blood pressure over an extended period, along with their interaction with mean blood pressure or intraocular pressure, are ...
Providers’ ‘exploitative’ profits to be curbed
Getty ImagesPlans aimed at preventing companies that run children's homes in England from making excessive profits will be set out ...
Evidence is growing that microbes in your mouth contribute to cancer
Scientists may have found another reason to prioritise dental hygieneskynesher/Getty Images Mounting evidence suggests that the microbes in our mouths ...
What’s Exposome Data and Can It Lead to Healthier Kids?
LISBON, Portugal — Europe needs a Child Health Exposome Mission to better understand how to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases ...
Gynaecology waiting lists in UK double, leaving women in pain
BBCAnna Cooper has had 17 operations and is in constant pain Waiting lists for gynaecology appointments across the UK have ...
