Elderly patients spend five days in ED
BBCTwo elderly patients have been in the emergency department of the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Belfast awaiting admission for ...
Month: January 2025
Osteoporosis Medications Linked to Acute Angle Closure Risk
TOPLINE:The use of bisphosphonates, particularly risedronate, in patients with osteoporosis is linked to a higher risk for acute angle closure ...
ESG Alone Offers Lasting Benefits for Obesity Comorbidities
TOPLINE:Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) as a standalone treatment is a safe and effective minimally invasive therapy that could help achieve ...
UK’s first liver transplant for bowel cancer deemed a success
Phil Tragen/The Christie/PA MediaBianca Perea said she is "so grateful" to the family who agreed to donate their loved one's ...
Major Depression in Older Adults Tied to Risky Driving
Older adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) exhibit riskier driving behaviors than their nondepressed peers, including hard braking, cornering, and ...
RA Tied to Higher Risk for Specific Heart Failure Type
TOPLINE:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) face a higher risk for heart failure (HF) than those without the condition, with the ...
Preoperative Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases Shows Promise
TOPLINE:Patients undergoing stereotactic radiosurgery before resection of brain metastases demonstrated low rates of local recurrence, radionecrosis, and nodular leptomeningeal disease ...
Prourokinase Rivals Alteplase in Acute Stroke Treatment
TOPLINE:Recombinant human prourokinase is noninferior to alteplase for acute ischemic stroke outcomes and is associated with decreased rates of symptomatic ...
Inflammation Now the Key Target for Seborrheic Dermatitis
NEW YORK — Topical antifungals should no longer be considered a first-line therapy for seborrheic dermatitis for two reasons: Topical ...
Married Couple Lost 118 Pounds Together Without Weight Loss Drugs
After years of feeling unwell and overweight, Richard and Jill Wendt decided to embark on a weight loss journey together.The ...
Government unveils plan to reduce NHS waiting list backlog
The government has unveiled a new pledge to cut the list of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for NHS ...
‘We Should Be Really Concerned’: What We Heard This Week
"If we start seeing lots of cases outside of agricultural workers, we should be really concerned." -- James Lawler, MD, ...
Don’t Be a Jerk in a Donor OR
Kon is a cardiothoracic surgeon with expertise in heart and lung transplant, and the founder and CEO of ProCure On-Demand. ...
Will a CEO’s Murder Nudge American Healthcare Toward the Unthinkable?
Ron Harman King is CEO of Vanguard Communications, a healthcare marketing and practice management consulting firm, and author of “The ...
CAR-T Warning for Secondary Malignancies: Warranted or Not?
Early in 2024, we reported on the FDA's call for new boxed warnings on the labeling of all approved chimeric ...
Woman had eight organs removed in rare cancer treatment
A woman who had eight organs removed after being diagnosed with a rare cancer has returned to work.Faye Louise, from ...
Is the TikTok fitness challenge really worth it?
Getty Images75 Hard is being approached by many as a way to kickstart 2025 or New Year's resolutionsWhen you think ...
NHS App upgrade to give patients more choice over treatment
BBCPlans for an upgraded NHS App to allow more patients in England to book treatments and appointments will be part ...
What Happened to Patient Portal Messages After a Health System Billed for Them?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage ...
Heated Mittens for Hand OA; Pediatric Firearm and Motor Vehicle Deaths
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine ...
