Automated text message reminders with embedded behavioral nudges are linked to higher colorectal cancer screening completion rates than reminder phone calls from nurses. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/text-reminders-outperform-nurse-calls-crc-screening-2026a1000d9g?src=rss...

A remote culinary medicine program combining cooking and health coaching leads to an average weight loss of more than 4% at 1 year in adults with overweight and obesity. Medscape...

The global comparison, based on World Health Organization data, compared the UK to other nations in western Europe, the Nordics, North America and Oceania. It is now ranked 20th out...

For many patients without a primary care provider, a dermatologist may be the only healthcare professional who can counsel them about minimizing metabolic disease risks with GLP-1 therapy. Medscape Medical...

Critics say the government does not give effective strategies enough time or money to scale up and deliver robust outcomes. Medscape News Canada Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/bcs-efforts-contain-toxic-drugs-still-floundering-2026a1000d86?src=rss Author : Publish...

Widespread use of online medical content and AI tools is reshaping decision-making and raising concerns about misinformation. Medscape News Europe Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/why-quality-health-information-may-drive-health-outcomes-2026a1000d7w?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-04-27...

"The dead cannot advocate for themselves." -- Suneel Kamath, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic, highlighting the funding gap for highly lethal cancers. "You can't go above 100%." -- Krina Patel,...

It's not like someone forced you to go into medicine. If you don't like it, leave. Doctors are only in it for the money, or they'd treat people for free....

Gabapentin administered on the day of traumatic brain injury (TBI) was tied to a reduced risk of durable cognitive impairment and mortality, a retrospective, longitudinal study of 50,000 patients showed....

Rachel Moore spent years in debilitating chronic pain due to the womb disease, adenomyosis. Source link : https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cvg02k39d5no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-04-26 06:09:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs...

Track and field star Allyson Felix shares rest and recovery tips and explains why motherhood inspired her to advocate for paid leave.Share on PinterestAllyson Felix, mom of two and the...

The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can...

Allowing patients to keep using their personal diabetes technology during hospitalization improves glycemic control and reduces length of stay. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/continued-insulin-pump-use-hospital-improves-outcomes-2026a1000d76?src=rss Author : Publish date...

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech...

For infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) who were at risk of pharmacologic treatment and cared for with the Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) approach, symptom-based dosing decreased time to...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week concluded a marathon series of hearings with federal lawmakers, during which he deflected blame for measles outbreaks and dwindling vaccination rates across...

Share on PinterestResearch shows that fructose, especially in ultra-processed foods, may increase the risk of metabolic diseases. Image Credit: Ivan Solis/StocksyA recent study has shown that fructose plays a role...

Dr Rhiannon Mihranian Osborne of the health campaign group Medact told the BBC: "Every day that the NHS continues this contract with Palantir makes our health system complicit in Palantir's...

High-dose vitamin D3 was associated with a reduced risk of progressing from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes in people with specific genetic profiles, data from a randomized trial suggested.Participants with...

Chronic hepatitis B increases the risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer in adulthood, and a three-dose vaccine series is recommended starting at birth.Among U.S. infants born from 2014 to 2023,...