Lazarus is an adjunct professor of psychiatry. Reconnecting with former mentors can be both a nostalgic and enlightening experience, often offering insights into how our past influences have shaped our...

The severity of hearing loss in middle age was linked with several domains of cognitive impairment. (JAMA Network Open) Two Omani siblings who presented with early-onset parkinsonism had a mutation...

A Parkrun event in Newcastle, UKAlan Harbottle/Alamy Taking part in Parkrun events – a free weekly activity where people are encouraged to walk or run for 5 kilometres – appears...

The Florida Department of Health has suspended the license of Thomas Shaknovsky, DO, who removed a patient's liver instead of his spleen, contributing to his death. An emergency suspension order...

Compared with usual care, an Australian modeling study found that a structured program of education and exercise for people with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee wasn't cost-effective over the long...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved ustekinumab-aauz (Otulfi), a biosimilar that references Johnson & Johnson's ustekinumab (Stelara).This is the fourth ustekinumab biosimilar approved in the United States. Like...

Patients with brain metastases who experienced cognitive side effects following radiation therapy often fully regain cognitive function, according to a pooled analysis of three phase III trials. Of 288 patients...

The FDA cleared a drug-free capsule for weight management in adults with a BMI of 25-40, said maker Epitomee Medical. Once swallowed, the capsule absorbs water in the stomach and...

A Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state's abortion law, which took effect in 2022 and effectively prohibited abortions beyond about 6 weeks of pregnancy. Fulton County Superior Court...

A look at the feasibility of coronary angiography and angioplasty procedures using the Meta Quest 3 virtual reality (VR) headset. (European Heart Journal) FDA approved flurpiridaz F-18 (Flyrcado), a radiotracer...

Patients on GLP-1 receptor agonists had a low risk of food retention when an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) was combined with a colonoscopy, a small retrospective study found. Among more than 200...

Adequate lymph node yield for patients with papillary thyroid cancer is associated with longer operations, longer hospitalization, and higher risk of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and hypocalcemia, according to results...

Among patients with Crohn's disease, a multicenter prospective cohort study found that anti-TNF therapy failed to achieve remission at 3 years in about two-thirds of cases, and that high drug...

ORLANDO -- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) rolled out its first clinical practice guideline detailing evidence-based approaches to safely prescribe opioids for children and adolescents with acute pain in...

(Reuters) - The top U.S. consumer financial watchdog on Tuesday warned medical debt collectors they face enforcement action by federal regulators if they illegally attempt to collect on inaccurate or...

A network of illegal drug sellers based in the U.S., the Dominican Republic, and India packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs and sold millions...

Physicians were less likely than chronic pain patients to support expanding access to cannabis for medical purposes, according to survey findings published in JAMA Network Open. Respondents included 1,000 physicians...

PHILADELPHIA — The investigational agent ecopipam reduces tic severity in children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome (TS) without exacerbating common psychiatric comorbidities, results of a new analysis suggest.As previously reported,...

Mark TilleyMark Tilley worked as an ambulance technician in south-east England through the first two waves of the pandemicAmbulance crews faced crucial delays trying to save dying patients in the...

MADRID — Metformin is taken every day by more than 200 million people worldwide. Its value as a glucose-lowering agent has been established for decades. But does metformin hold similar...