The Key to Meet BMI Cutoff for Orthopedic Surgery?
The woman, in severe pain from hip and knee osteoarthritis, was confined to a wheelchair and had been told that ...
Month: January 2025
US Surgeon General Issues Warning On Alcohol Use and Cancer Risk
Share on PinterestA new Surgeon General advisory urges cancer warnings on the labels of alcoholic beverages, including beer and wine. ...
Student-Run Clinics Seen Expanding With Promise and Pitfalls
As the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 disrupted patients’ access to medical care, students at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, ...
Cost Barriers Influence Adherence to Asthma Care
TOPLINE:Nearly one in six adults with asthma in the United States is nonadherent to medications due to costs, with younger ...
Kidney Transplant Program Drops Patient Notification Rule
In November 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final rule establishing a 6-year mandatory payment ...
What to know about China’s human metapneumovirus cases
Getty ImagesBeijing has experienced a surge in flu-like HMPV cases, especially among children, which it attributed to a seasonal spikeIn ...
Health Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs
When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: Coverage for prosthetic limbs.Adams, ...
First Human Bird Flu Death Confirmed in United States
The first human patient in the United States with a confirmed case of avian influenza has died, according to a ...
Ready for Residency, but Not Career
By the end of graduation, how prepared should a medical student feel for their career or residency? That’s one of ...
Cases double in NHS trust death and injury investigation
Mark Norman / BBCA police investigation into allegations of preventable deaths and injuries at an NHS trust has doubled the ...
Gestational Eclampsia Linked to Fivefold Epilepsy Risk
Gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, or eclampsia is associated with a significantly higher risk for neurologic disorders such as migraine or epilepsy ...
Meta-analysis Finding of a Fluoride-IQ Link Controversial
Results published from a systematic review and meta-analysis find an inverse association and a dose-response link between fluoride exposure and ...
DoxyPEP Rollout Tied to Dent in STI Epidemic in the Real World
A decrease in California's sexually transmitted infections (STIs) followed early real-world adoption of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP), suggesting real population-level ...
Journal Editors Sound Alarm on Predatory Medical Journals
Action by all stakeholders is required to protect authors and the public from predatory medical journals, an international group of ...
Louisiana Person Is the First U.S. Bird Flu Death, Health Officials Say
The first U.S. bird flu death was reported, a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. ...
US reports first human death related to bird flu
Coloured transmission electron micrograph of H5N1 virus particlesScience Photo Library A person in Louisiana has died from a bird flu ...
Gabapentin May Not Raise the Risk of Falling After All
Gabapentin didn't appear to show a greater risk of falls after older adults started using it.The analysis compared new gabapentin ...
Denosumab May Offer Better Fracture Protection for Dialysis Patients
Dialysis patients on denosumab (Prolia, Xgeva) had a lower risk for fracture but higher risk for a certain heart event, ...
Anti-Zoster Drug Prevents Shingles in Lupus Patients on Anifrolumab
The antiviral drug valaciclovir (Valtrex), given prophylactically, kept patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) under treatment with anifrolumab (Saphnelo) from ...
