One in Six Adults With Asthma Didn’t Adhere to Meds Due to Cost
Despite a declining trend, the number of adults in the U.S. who say they did not adhere to their asthma ...
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‘My autistic son had no safety net when in crisis’
Family handoutDeclan Morrison's father said the 26-year-old had enjoyed listening to birdsong at twilightThe family of a man who died ...
Who Is Luigi Mangione, the ‘Person of Interest’ in the UnitedHealthcare Murder?
Police arrested a 26-year-old man on Monday in the Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO after they say a Pennsylvania McDonald's ...
Procalcitonin Confirmed as Good Gauge for Window of Sepsis Antibiotics
For critically ill patients on antibiotics for suspected sepsis, monitoring one biomarker safely shortened the course of these medications in ...
How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.’s Watch
The availability of safe, effective COVID vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the ...
Rheumatoid Arthritis Boosts Risk for Heart Failure, but Not Every Kind
Rates of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) were doubled in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) relative to other ...
Hydroxyurea Shows Some Benefits in Milder Sickle Cell Disease
SAN DIEGO -- Treatment with hydroxyurea led to more hematologic dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) compared with placebo in patients with hemoglobin ...
Disability Redefines ‘Ability’ in the Medical Profession
Lazarus is an adjunct professor of psychiatry. Last month, Elton John told Good Morning America's Robin Roberts that he has ...
Racial Diversity Lacking in Epilepsy Genetics Studies
LOS ANGELES -- Low racial diversity has limited genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in epilepsy, researchers found, with implications for prognostication ...
Use of Depression Treatments Lower for Teens in States With Parental Consent Laws
Use of treatment for depression among adolescents was significantly lower in states that mandate caregiver consent for such treatment, according ...
Modernizing the Electronic Health Record
Fred Pelzman is an associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell, and has been a practicing internist for nearly 30 ...
Stopping MS Drugs Leads to Inflammatory Activity in Some Stable Patients
Nearly one in five stable MS patients developed significant radiological inflammation after stopping first-line treatment.The median time to disease activity ...
Person of Interest in CEO’s Killing in Police Custody
A man with a gun thought to be similar to the one used in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian ...
Fixed-Duration Oral Doublet for Fit CLL Wins in Frontline Setting
SAN DIEGO -- A fixed-duration oral combination significantly reduced the risk of disease progression or death compared with chemoimmunotherapy in ...
Could a Hypertension Drug Protect Against Post-Stroke Epilepsy?
LOS ANGELES -- Use of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) was linked to a lower risk of epilepsy after an acute ...
Women With Epilepsy Often Remain Unaware of Medication’s Pregnancy Risks
LOS ANGELES -- Many women of reproductive age who were taking antiseizure medication didn't fully understand its implications for pregnancy ...
Treatment of Smoldering Myeloma Cuts Progression Rate in Half
SAN DIEGO -- The risk of progression from smoldering multiple myeloma to symptomatic disease decreased by 50% in patients treated ...
Thirteen proteins in your blood could reveal the age of your brain
Researchers trained an artificial intelligence model to gauge people’s ages from their brain scanslaboratory/Alamy The abundance of 13 proteins in ...
Sugary Drinks Can Raise Heart Failure Risks but Occasional Sweets OK
Share on PinterestNew research suggests that consuming sugar-sweetened drinks may raise your risk of cardiovascular disease, while eating the occasional ...
RFK Jr. to Investigate Vaccines; Microdosing Semaglutide; Methadone Clinic Fraud?
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. President-elect Donald Trump suggested that HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ...
