Chatbots Fail Standard Cognitive Test
President-elect Donald Trump may have once scored a perfect 30/30 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), but artificial intelligence (AI) ...
Day: December 18, 2024
Surgeons Best at Dexterity Game, but They Swear More
Surgeons beat out other hospital staff when it came to a "buzz wire" dexterity game, but they also were more ...
Remembering Marie Manthey, a Creator of the Primary Nursing Model of Care
Marie Ellen Manthey, MSN, one of the creators of primary nursing, a system of nursing care delivery, died on Dec. ...
New First-Line Option for Advanced ALK-Positive Lung Cancer
The FDA approved ensartinib (Ensacove) as a first-line treatment for adults with ALK-positive locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung ...
FDA Approves Ensartinib for ALK+ Advanced NSCLC
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ensartinib (Ensacove, Xcovery Holdings, Inc.) for the treatment of adults with ...
Health Spending Up 7.5% in 2023, CMS Says
Health spending in the U.S. rose by 7.5% in 2023, to $4.9 trillion, compared with an increase of 4.6% in ...
SCOTUS to Weigh State Moves to Cut Off Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider South Carolina's move to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the ...
Ring Vaccination During DRC Ebola Outbreak Reinforces Vaccine Efficacy
Non-randomized evidence on standard Ebola virus disease (EVD) control measures and ring vaccination in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...
Traditional Hand Eczema Treatments May Face Obsolescence
NEW YORK, NY — For immediate control of a hand eczema flare, the old soak and smear approach with moisturizers ...
Cardiovascular Protection Tracks With Wine Intake, Now Provable With Urinary Marker
Drinking 12-35 glasses of wine a month was tied to a lower risk of combined heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, ...
Advances in ALL at ASH Meeting Include New Blinatumomab Data and More
In the phase III ECOG-ACRIN E1910 study presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting, consolidation chemotherapy with ...
Combination Therapy Improves PTSD Symptoms
A combination of brexpiprazole (Rexulti) and sertraline improved post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms more than sertraline alone, a phase III ...
Cymbalta Bottles Recalled; 1 in 3 Older Adults Are Lonely; Walking Off Depression
Over 230,000 bottles of the antidepressant duloxetine (Cymbalta) have been recalled due to the presence of a potential carcinogen. (USA ...
U.S. Reports First Severe Case of Bird Flu
The U.S. has reported its first severe case of H5N1 bird flu requiring hospitalization, the CDC announced. The patient, in ...
New Guideline Revises Cautions Around Dental Work in Joint Replacement Patients
In an update 12 years in the making, two orthopedic surgeons' organizations have issued new guidance on preventing periprosthetic joint ...
What Americans Think of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and His Health Stances
The kids seen by Dolores Mejia around suburban Phoenix have been growing heavier in recent years. Their parents, too, she ...
The 2024 Election Should Remind Us of the Value of Listening to Our Patients
Ramnath is a critical care physician and an associate clinical professor. As a critical care physician in the blue-voter state ...
Experts Debate the Best Ways to Use Opioid Settlement Funds
WASHINGTON -- Policy experts and advocates debated the best ways to use opioid settlement funds during an event hosted by ...
Union Petitions Involving Physicians Spiked in the Last 2 Years
The number of union petitions with physicians in the bargaining units increased in 2023-2024 compared with 2000-2022, according to data ...
Malpractice Killed Mom; Opioid Giant Avoided Payout; Landmark Trial Questioned
Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Malpractice ...
