Chicken Broth Recall; Medicaid at Risk; Princess Kate Thanks Medical Staff
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Over 2,000 cases of Great Value chicken broth were recalled due ...
Day: January 14, 2025
Kate thanks staff at cancer hospital where she was treated
Kate meets patients at cancer hospital where she was treatedThe Princess of Wales has made a personal visit to thank ...
Wait Lists for Health, Social Services Rising for BC Seniors
Older adults are living longer, but wait lists for services to support healthy aging in British Columbia (BC) have increased ...
New Weight Loss Drugs May Fight Obesity-Related Cancer, Too
The latest glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists have been heralded for their potential to not only boost weight loss ...
Most Kids With COVID-Linked MIS-C Recover by 6 Months
The most common symptoms reported at 2 weeks were fatigue (15.9%) and low stamina/energy (9.2%); both decreased to 3.4% and ...
Time Management: Medical School’s Greatest Challenge?
Beginning medical school is one of the greatest adjustments a person will ever make.“Medical school is a whole new beast ...
Valaciclovir May Prevent Herpes Zoster in Lupus Treatment
TOPLINE:The use of valaciclovir as prophylaxis prevents herpes zoster (HZ) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) receiving anifrolumab treatment, ...
HDL and Eye Disease: A Goldilocks Effect?
High and low levels of high-density lipoprotein and a novel single-nucleotide polymorphism were found to be associated with an increased ...
NHS home bowel-cancer tests to be extended to over-50s in England
All 50-74-year-olds in England will now receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years.NHS England has been posting ...
Is Obesity in Children With Cancer Tied to Worse Survival?
TOPLINE:Overall, obesity at the time of cancer diagnosis is independently associated with worse survival outcomes in pediatric patients. The association, ...
What Is Behind Norovirus Spikes This Season?
Norovirus cases continue to rise in the United States this winter, at levels higher than the same time period in ...
TNF Inhibitors May Be Safe in US Veterans With RA-ILD
TOPLINE:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors led to no significant difference in survival or respiratory-related hospitalizations compared with non-TNF inhibitors, in ...
Early-Onset Asthma May Slow Memory Development
Children with asthma scored significantly lower than those without asthma on measures of episodic memory, based on longitudinal data from ...
Pre-Cancer Exercise Linked to Better Disease Outcomes
TOPLINE:Physical activity before stage I cancer diagnosis is associated with reduced risk for disease progression and mortality. Members engaging in ...
Simplified HIV Treatment Matches Standard Care Success
TOPLINE:Among treatment-naive people with HIV (PWH), dolutegravir/lamivudine demonstrates effectiveness comparable with those of the commonly prescribed three-drug regimens but offers ...
Flu Shot Shields Kids Across Severity Levels
TOPLINE:Influenza vaccination demonstrates consistent effectiveness of approximately 50% across all severity levels in children, with higher protection observed in younger ...
DoxyPEP Cuts STIs in At-Risk Groups
Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) has the potential to substantially reduce real-world population-level incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a study ...
Innovations in HIV Care for Women Worldwide
Every week, 4000 young cisgender women aged 15-24 years contract HIV globally, according to 2023 data. Infections in this age ...
Women seeking abortions after using ‘natural’ contraception
Getty ImagesThere has been a rise in the proportion of women seeking abortions despite using "natural" methods to prevent pregnancy, ...
‘We re-mortgaged to fund our children’s medication’
BBCJannine described her son's ADHD as "debilitating"Nearly 400,000 private prescriptions for ADHD medication were issued last year as patients sought ...
