Microwave ablation (MWA) of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) had low rates of failure and morbidity and warrants consideration as definitive treatment, authors of a large clinical review suggested. Over a...

While counseling about walking did not increase step counts for people with peripheral artery disease (PAD), it still was linked to cardiovascular prevention in a post hoc analysis of a...

Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics. While the skin risks of ultraviolet (UV) radiation...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) dropped a proposed policy to further delineate Medicare coverage for the types of blood tests that organ recipients often get to monitor...

Patients with highly active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experienced faster declines in kidney function than those whose disease was under better control, analysis of a large registry indicated. Compared with RA...

Nivolumab (Opdivo) plus ipilimumab (Yervoy) combined with chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) did not improve overall survival (OS) and led to more adverse events...

ORLANDO -- Midwife Jennie Joseph touched Husna Mixon's pregnant belly, turned to the 7-year-old boy in the room with them and asked: "Want to help me check the baby?" With...

Pieces of mitochondrial DNA can get added to the main genome of cellswir0man/Getty Images Mutations that involve DNA from energy-producing mitochondria being mistakenly added to the main genome of cells...

Community-wide distribution of azithromycin to both infants and children in Niger was effective in preventing deaths, but communities where only infants received the drug had no decrease in mortality, according...

The FDA approved and granted emergency use authorization for updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna (Spikevax) and Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty), the agency announced on Thursday. The new vaccines, authorized in...

Covid-19 is a risk all year roundRosem Morton for The Washington Post via Getty Images Traditionally, summer is the season of sunburn and allergies, while winter is a time for...

Getty ImagesThe first drug to slow the progression of early stage Alzheimer’s will not be available on the NHS in England because health assessment body NICE says the benefits “are...

Getty ImagesNewspaper headlines are warning eating "a ham sandwich a day" increases a the risk of type 2 diabetes - but experts say it is not that simple. A study...

Getty ImagesClade 1b has spread in eastern DR Congo since 2023, and now to neighbouring countries previously unaffected by mpoxThe rapid spread of mpox – what used to be called...