Zha is a physician and a nonfiction writer. "Been thinking about you. When are you going to start a family?" A distant friend texted me out of the blue. "I...

Among patients with mild to moderate COVID-19, the asthma drug montelukast (Singulair) did not reduce duration of symptoms, results of the randomized controlled ACTIV-6 trial showed. After receiving montelukast or...

Before now, no one had studied the brain before, during and after taking hormonal birth controlShutterstock / Krakenimages The largest brain imaging study of a woman to date shows that...

The MIND diet was associated with slower cognitive decline in both Black and white older adults, but relationships appeared to vary with other lifestyle and vascular factors. (Alzheimer's and Dementia)...

The FDA declined to approve investigational octreotide (CAM2029) extended-release injection for acromegaly, said developer Camurus, citing facility-related deficiencies identified during an inspection of a third-party manufacturer. Paternal use of metformin...

Nearly half of all cardiology private practices were under private equity as of 2023, and there was a slight decrease in the proportion of groups owned by hospital systems, according...

Among mothers, a history of eating disorders or body mass index (BMI) outside the normal range was associated with a higher risk of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders in their offspring,...

A popular thread on medical Reddit, also known as r/medicine or Meddit, asked users for their "favorite personal theory in medicine that you will never get published." Commenters -- who...

CHICAGO -- A mutation-agnostic gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa (RP) showed promise for improving vision in severely vision-impaired and blind patients, a randomized clinical trial showed. After 52 weeks of...

Surgery schedules around the country may be washed out for several more weeks while a crucial IV and sterile fluids factory remains shut down for hurricane-related damage. People often plan...

Women's health problems are being sidelined and not treated effectively, resulting in individual distress and significant costs to the economy from lost working days and lower productivity, according to a...

Trapasso is a death doula. The dying taught me about living. As a hospice social worker and death doula I have worked with hundreds of dying people from all walks...

The modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic mpox vaccine (MVA-BN; Jynneos) generated robust immune responses in adolescents against mpox and was safe, according to an interim analysis of a phase II clinical...

PHILADELPHIA -- Chest x-rays did not support the existence of an aspiration risk for surgical candidates using GLP-1 receptor agonists, according to a retrospective study. During the years when patients...

When he was in need of inspiration, the inventor Thomas Edison used to take a nap in a chair while holding a metal ball in each hand. The moment he...

Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee receiving an investigational chemokine inhibitor showed some improvements in pain and disability, said researchers with the drug's developer. In a phase I study...

CHICAGO -- Upfront laser trabeculoplasty significantly slowed glaucoma progression and vision loss as compared with eye drops, long-term follow-up from a large randomized trial showed. After 6 years of follow-up,...

Women living in states with abortion bans obtained the procedure in the second half of 2023 at about the same rate as before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade,...

DENVER -- After 2017 guidelines recommended single embryo transfer in most situations, the multiple birth rate dropped by 58%, according to a large national registry study. Moreover, single embryo transfer...

Many patients use cannabis to manage their cancer-related symptoms. However, research indicates that patients often do so without speaking to their oncologist first, and oncologists may be hesitant to broach...