(MedPage Today) -- Screening for heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia in childhood or early adulthood wouldn't come close to being cost-effective, despite reducing lifetime cardiovascular disease (CVD) events such as strokes or...

(MedPage Today) -- HOUSTON -- Rate of successful kidney transplantation was similar in adults, ages 65 and older, who received a lower dose immunosuppression regimen, according to the OPTIMIZE trial....

(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Elafibranor (Iqirvo) was well tolerated and led to sustained improvements in liver enzyme levels and itch severity through 28 weeks in patients with primary sclerosing...

A CRISPR-based gene therapy showed improvement in lipids in difficult-to-treat patients, but one study raised flags after a death last month in a trial of an unrelated gene therapy. Medscape...

(MedPage Today) -- "People can't call or email the traditional group leads and ask what's happening -- because there's nobody there." -- William Schaffner, MD, of Vanderbilt University in Nashville,...

(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- Neuropsychiatric events among children after starting montelukast (Singulair) for allergy and asthma treatment were more likely for those who had a history of comorbid psychiatric...

Available for over a yearEmily Berry leads us on an exploration of agoraphobia: a poetic journey through the lives of people who don't like going on journeys. Agoraphobia is elusive...

(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- Non-injection routes of epinephrine delivery are gaining proponents for rapid response to immunotherapy anaphylaxis in the allergists' office. "I was pretty shocked the first time...

(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- An investigational quadruple receptor agonist led to a substantial reduction in total body weight with minimal gastrointestinal adverse effects and no observed muscle loss, according...

(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS – Standard medical care seemed to be a better bet than a catheter-based procedure in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib), according to the CLOSURE-AF...

(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- For people with atrial fibrillation (Afib), there was no point cutting out coffee as it was not a disease trigger in the DECAF trial,...

The National Psoriasis Foundation recommends that patients with psoriasis be screened for PsA every 6 months. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/expert-shares-psa-screening-tips-people-psoriasis-2025a1000uzs?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-11-09 17:56:00...

(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- Adding the PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab (Repatha) to stable lipid-lowering therapy reduced major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients with atherosclerosis or high-risk diabetes, but...

The nursing watchdog "should've acted faster" when responding to concerns about baby killer Lucy Letby, its new boss has said.Paul Rees, appointed head of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)...

(MedPage Today) -- In just over a decade, egg freezing has moved from an experimental procedure to a mainstream medical option -- and, increasingly, a booming industry. According to a...

When added to optimized oral anti-lipid therapy, a PCSK9 blocker provided an additional 25% risk reduction in a first cardiovascular event, new data show. Medscape Medical News Source link :...

(MedPage Today) -- HOUSTON -- Two commonly used kidney function tests had a large degree of disagreement and were linked with serious health outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease...

(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- Anti-interleukin (IL)-5 receptor alpha monoclonal antibody benralizumab (Fasenra) reduced flares in hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), the phase III NATRON trial showed. Once-monthly injections reduced risk of...

James GallagherHealth and science correspondentGetty ImagesListen to James read this articleFlu strikes every winter, but this year something seems to be different.A seasonal flu virus suddenly mutated in the summer....

Share on PinterestA common drug used as an emergency contraceptive may also help lower breast cancer risk. Tom Werner/Getty ImagesResearchers say that a drug used as an emergency contraceptive or...