The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Regional Office for Europe has introduced a new toolkit to help policymakers identify gaps in their long-term care systems and design policies to address them. “This...

TOPLINE:Home spirometry shows potential for early detection of pulmonary function decline in patients with systemic sclerosis–associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). It shows good cross-sectional correlation with hospital tests, along with...

TOPLINE:Early escalation to biologic therapies after failure of treat-to-target with methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) does not significantly reduce the risk for the development of difficult-to-treat RA.METHODOLOGY:Researchers conducted...

TOPLINE:The use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) is associated with a higher risk for retained gastric contents in upper endoscopy but not when the procedure is combined...

Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about...

They might not be the cuddliest creatures, but robotic pets may be one answer to the loneliness epidemic in older adults.Companion robotic pets reduced depression, anxiety, and loneliness in women...

Warning: This video contains scenes which some viewers may find distressingAs I waited for brain surgery, I instinctively pressed record on my phone camera, thinking I might be documenting the...

BBC Cassandra Wardle is one of hundreds of women part of the group action against Johnson & JohnsonHundreds of women in the UK are planning to take on one of...

Family photoWidow Samantha Morris says she feels "pain and sadness" being a single parent to three childrenThe wife of a motorcyclist who could have been saved after a crash, had...

BBCDr Andrew Purbrick, who represents thousands of GPs in the south of England, says surgeries are facing a "funding crisis"GP practices could be pushed "over the edge" by a planned...

Getty ImagesThe government has ordered a review of physician associates (PA) and anaesthesia associates (AA) in England after mounting concern about their use in the NHS.The number of PAs and...

High fitness was associated with lower dementia risk, even in people with genetic predisposition.Across all age groups between 39 and 70, higher fitness was tied to better cognitive function.Cardiorespiratory fitness...

Nov. 19, 2024 — President-elect Donald J. Trump has said that he would nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS...

Treatment with metformin was associated with a reduction in asthma attacks among patients with asthma and type 2 diabetes, with additional reductions observed with the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists,...

Adding an anthracycline to adjuvant chemotherapy for TOP2A-normal early breast cancer significantly improved disease-free survival (DFS) but not overall survival (OS) at 10 years, and doubled the risk of heart...

In the wake of the presidential election, physicians have been flocking to the social media platform Bluesky, asserting there's now a critical mass of medical professionals engaging on the site....

From enforcing the Comstock Act to reversing guidance on emergency care, there are multiple avenues for the Trump administration to dramatically limit access to abortion, even without a federal ban,...

Cumulative high opioid use was tied to increased dementia risk in adults 60 and older.At or below a threshold of 90 total standardized doses, there was no significant link between...

President-elect Donald Trump says he is nominating Mehmet Oz, MD, a heart surgeon who hosted a long-running television talk show, to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)....

Lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), was successfully reduced in phase II trials of muvalaplin and zerlasiran. (JAMA) The possibility of a drug interaction between SGLT2 inhibitors and statins was not supported by...