(MedPage Today) -- Pulse oximetry was less accurate for people with darker skin tones in two studies, one regarding home-use devices and the other hospital-grade devices, although with some surprising...

(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare spending reached $5.3 trillion in 2024, an increase of 7.2% over the previous year, CMS said Wednesday. This marks the second consecutive year of growth above...

(MedPage Today) -- When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a revised childhood immunization schedule last week, experts were quick to say that they'd be sticking with the old...

(MedPage Today) -- Moving childhood influenza vaccination from a universal recommendation to one based on shared clinical decision-making endangers a group facing a high risk of flu complications, pediatric infectious...

(MedPage Today) -- Yet another non-cancer disease can be treated successfully with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, researchers showed. Eleven patients with refractory autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) were all...

(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Patients with colon cancer and comorbid obesity treated with GLP-1 receptor agonists had lower mortality and fewer serious non-cancer complications, a propensity-matched cohort study...

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved a prescription at-home brain neuromodulation therapy as an adjunctive depression treatment for adults, maker Neurolief announced on Tuesday. ProlivRx is the first home-based prescription...

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA told influenza vaccine makers they should add a warning about an increased febrile seizure risk in babies and preschoolers the day after flu vaccination. The...

(MedPage Today) -- A review found that exercise appeared to be as effective as psychological or pharmacological treatments for reducing depression symptoms, but the conclusion was based on a few...

(MedPage Today) -- U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades. Federal data released Wednesday showed...

(MedPage Today) -- During a telehealth visit last month, I met a 31-year-old woman from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who recalled rushing to the emergency department with severe belly pain as...

(MedPage Today) -- A cardiovascular risk score used in primary care helped to predict patients at highest risk of future serious eye diseases, a large prospective cohort study suggested. Among...

More than 50 years ago, Jane Goodall stunned the scientific community by reporting that chimpanzees in Tanzania were using tools, inserting twigs into termite mounds to extract the insects. This...

Marco Schioppo (back) and Adam Parke monitoring the ultra-stable laser at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, UKDavid Severn, Part of Quantum Untangled (2025) at Science Gallery, King’s College London...

Imagine forming a relationship with a chatbot that suddenly starts suggesting products to youMaria Korneeva/Getty Images Love MachinesJames Muldoon, Faber & Faber Artificial intelligence is now unavoidable – although there...

Ievgenii Meyer/Shutterstock It’s January, which means I am slogging through Dry January after the festive overindulgence. This year, however, I am doing so with a book in hand: Charles Knowles’s...

The last big breakthrough in treating depression was all the way back in the 1980s. That was when Prozac, the first SSRI antidepressant, was released. It and its subsequent copycats...

Looking for a new sense of directionAlexandre Morin Laprise / Alamy With the turning of the calendar, many of us may have started reappraising our lives. As one Dear David...

Pilot John Peters (front) and navigator John Nichol became prisoners of warTrinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy The Uncertainty ToolkitSam Conniff and Katherine Templar-Lewis, Bluebird (UK, now; US, April) Few...

The removal request is based on a ‘comprehensive review of available data’ that showed no increased risk of suicidal ideation and behavior. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fda-requests-removal-suicide-warning-glp-1s-2026a10001cr?src=rss Author...