Can Metformin Be Repurposed to Shrink Aneurysms?
A small number of potentially game-changing trials in Europe and around the world could be on the verge of identifying, ...
Day: November 25, 2024
Surgery Better Than Obesity Drugs for Some With MASLD
SAN DIEGO — In patients with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), bariatric surgery appears to carry a lower risk ...
Three Vascular Risk Factors May Up Severe Stroke Risk
TOPLINE: Hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and smoking are more strongly linked to increased risk for severe stroke than nonsevere stroke, whereas a ...
Dapirolizumab Cuts Disease Activity, Steroid Use in SLE
WASHINGTON — The investigational anti-CD40 ligand agent dapirolizumab pegol (DZP) outperformed placebo in improving disease activity and reducing high-dose corticosteroid ...
Guidelines Endorse Earlier Use of High-Efficacy Drugs for UC
In a rapidly expanding therapeutic landscape, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has issued updated practice guidelines for the pharmacological management ...
Can Planning Models Enhance Radiation Therapy for Cancer?
TOPLINE:Knowledge-based planning models for radiation therapy can produce fully automated, consistent, and high-quality radiation therapy treatment plans for numerous cancer ...
California Sets 15% Goal for Primary Care Spending by 2034
A California agency charged with slowing health costs has set a lofty goal for insurers to direct 15% of their ...
RSV Infections Take Toll on Adults
Approximately 1 in 20 adults with outpatient respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections were readmitted to the hospital within 28 days, ...
AI Robot Scanner as Good as Rheumatologists at Assessing RA
WASHINGTON — A fully automated ultrasound scanning system combined with artificial intelligence–based disease activity scoring performed as well as expert ...
GP staff tell of death threats after hundreds of reports of abuse
BBCNurse consultant Jennifer Loke says she is not frightened by death threats, but abuse has taken its tollStaff at a ...
‘At 31, I was told if I didn’t stop drinking, I could die’
Daniel Taylor-Sweet / BBCBBC journalist Hazel Martin was told to cut out drinking alcohol altogetherAt 31 years old, I was ...
