New research links tattoos with cancer. Here’s what scientists know about the potential connection, and their advice for those who have a tattoo or are thinking about getting inked. WebMD...

Outsourced billing can keep revenue flowing and reduce staffing headaches — but it comes with costs, conflicts, and red flags. Here’s what veteran physicians say to watch for before signing...

A large retrospective study finds a higher risk for microscopic colitis and other immune-mediated gastrointestinal conditions in patients with alopecia areata. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/alopecia-areata-associated-higher-risk-microscopic-colitis-2025a1000mzc?src=rss Author :...

Recruiting patients from lower-income countries is associated with higher placebo response rates in rheumatoid arthritis trials, a recent study finds. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/economic-factors-shape-rheumatoid-arthritis-trial-outcomes-2025a1000mzd?src=rss Author : Publish...

In heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, vericiguat was associated with a reduction in all-cause death. But are the data strong enough to make the drug a new addition to...

(MedPage Today) -- MADRID -- Vericiguat (Verquvo) missed the mark for reducing heart failure (HF) hospitalizations but lowered the risk of cardiovascular death in patients with HF with reduced ejection...

A new class of antihypertensive agent that blocks the production of aldosterone has shown impressive results in patients with resistant or uncontrolled hypertension. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/baxdrostat-game-changer-hypertension-2025a1000mz7?src=rss...

(MedPage Today) -- "They're not protecting healthcare workers. They're trying to threaten them." -- Dorit Reiss, PhD, of UC Law San Francisco, discussing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s support...

(MedPage Today) -- MADRID -- Beta-blockers may be relegated to a smaller role for secondary prevention after myocardial infarction (MI) in contemporary practice, based on the arrival of three new...

(MedPage Today) -- Members of the Senate and House of Representatives are back in their states and districts for the August recess. Here's what their constituents should ask them: do...

(MedPage Today) -- A measure that would allow nearly any private citizen to sue out-of-state prescribers and others who send abortion pills into Texas has won first-round approval in the...

Getty ImagesA baby whose mother was not vaccinated against whooping cough while pregnant has died after contracting the infection, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.The death, which occurred...

Sharon BarbourHealth correspondent, BBC North East and CumbriaSupplied Baby Saskia had the typical measles rashNowhere in the north-east of England and Cumbria has the childhood measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)...

Share on PinterestThose who live with Lyme disease, like Erika Schlick, may experience a broad range of symptoms that can impact daily life. Photography courtesy of Erika SchlickHealth coach and...

Luke MintzBBC NewsBBCHarold Dillard was 56 when he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer around his abdomen in November 2009. Within weeks the former car mechanic and handyman - a...

A home-based AF screening strategy was well accepted in a new study, but whether it will be worthwhile for widescale use is unclear. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/remote-ecg-screening-ups-atrial-fibrillation-detection-2025a1000myx?src=rss...

(MedPage Today) -- MADRID -- Extended low-dose apixaban (Eliquis) after venous thromboembolism (VTE) provoked by events like trauma or surgery in patients with obesity or other enduring risk factors dramatically...

(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/quizzes/news-quiz/117232 Author : Publish date : 2025-08-30 21:00:00 Copyright for syndicated...

In one of two trials with myosin inhibitors for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, one showed effectiveness for the obstructive type, while the other fell flat against the non-obstructive form. Medscape Medical News...

Despite observational evidence supporting a low-dose approach to antihypertensive therapy in the old and frail, a randomized prospective trial finds no clear benefits for doing so. Medscape Medical News Source...