A survey found that people reading the CDC's revised, uncertainty-based statement on vaccines and autism were more likely to agree that vaccines might cause adverse events.People who read the statement...

From a Romanian pharmacist forced to dispense to Maltese GPs afraid of lawsuits, the barriers to change run far deeper than awareness. Medscape News Europe Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/why-cant-europe-kick-its-antibiotic-habit-2026a1000dys?src=rss Author...

Dozens of physician groups, including the American Medical Association and the American College of Emergency Physicians, sent a letter to HHS and other federal agencies urging stronger enforcement of legislation...

The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Doctor Mike and NFL player Damar Hamlin teamed up with the American Heart Association...

When implanting a subcutaneous ICD, routine defibrillation testing could be safely skipped when using a scoring system to evaluate device position and implant technique. Medscape Medical News Source link :...

Most research testing the medical reasoning abilities of large language models (LLMs) has lacked physician baselines.Across six experiments with human baselines, a sophisticated LLM matched or outperformed physicians and other...

An early care scheme could prevent thousands of miscarriages a year. Source link : https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/crmp28vxdv7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-04-30 20:42:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked...

A novel strategy for switching breast cancer therapy intrigued members of an FDA advisory committee but failed to sway the panel to recommend approval of the strategy. By a 6-3...

Women online are sharing an unusual over-the-counter treatment for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) symptom relief: doubling up on antihistamines. In one video, a woman said that after taking fexofenadine (Allegra)...

As the prevalence of liver disease continues to climb alongside diabetes and obesity, the role of the primary care physician is evolving from referral maker to frontline manager. Medscape Medical...

A GOSH-led trial found that replacing intensive chemotherapy with blinatumomab in relapsed childhood ALL eliminated treatment-related deaths while maintaining survival rates. Press Association Source link : https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/kinder-chemo-approach-boosts-survival-child-all-2026a1000dv5?src=rss Author : Publish...

In a Medicare population with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), no higher risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attacks or strokes was observed for patients taking immunomodulators or biologics...

Patients undergoing resection of Merkel cell carcinoma have improved distant metastasis-free survival with adjuvant pembrolizumab — but any benefits for overall survival remain to be seen. Medscape Medical News Source...

The FDA is proposing the removal of three GLP-1 drugs from the 503B bulks list of active ingredients that outsourcing facilities can use to make compounded medicines, the agency announced...

People getting a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) did fine skipping the defibrillation test after all, according to the PRAETORIAN-DFT randomized trial. In people randomized to de novo S-ICD placement, a...

Chia is a cryptocurrency that relies on empty hard disk spaceAndrey Zhuravlev/Alamy A cryptocurrency marketed as a green alternative to bitcoin is actually consuming 18 times more energy than its...

Ibogaine is getting an accelerated federal research push, but the drug is unapproved and understudied and carries a documented risk for fatal cardiac arrhythmias. Medscape Medical News Source link :...

President Trump says he's nominating Fox News contributor Nicole Saphier, MD, for surgeon general after the path forward for Casey Means, MD, stalled in the Senate over questions about her...

With outcomes on par with standard care, patients monitoring blood pressure at home had fewer clinic visits and hospitalizations. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/remote-blood-pressure-monitoring-reduces-visits-preeclampsia-2026a1000dxk?src=rss Author : Publish date...

A scanning electron micrograph of bacteria on the surface of a human tongueScience Photo Library/Alamy They say you are what you eat, but the microbes in your mouth may be...