The Labor Department's proposed rule to make it easier for employers to offer a fertility benefit isn't likely to result in many more employers doing so, although it may tip...

Patients with breast cancer and metabolic comorbidities have increased risks for cancer recurrence and death.This retrospective study suggested that GLP-1 agonist use for diabetes or obesity was associated with lower...

Two anticoagulants showed similar safety and efficacy in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients with newly diagnosed nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (Afib), according to a retrospective study of real-world data. Among 660 patients,...

Incidence rates of de novo stage IV breast cancer increased overall from 2010 through 2021.The incidence of stage IV breast cancer increased significantly across sexes and age groups and numerically...

Poul Thorsen, MD, PhD, a Danish researcher who co-authored key papers demonstrating no links between childhood vaccines and autism, was arraigned on federal wire fraud and money laundering charges after...

Prescription rates for ivermectin-benzimidazole doubled after actor Mel Gibson promoted the combination as a cancer cure on a popular podcast.Prescribing for patients with cancer increased significantly among white men under...

Two non-pharmaceutical approaches for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) feasibly offered patients symptom relief, according to research presented at the annual Digestive Disease Week meeting. In a post-hoc analysis of a...

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, resigned on Tuesday after just over a year at the agency and days of speculation about whether he'd be fired. Kyle Diamantas, the agency's...

New understanding about the pathophysiology of the condition, along with new clinical trial endpoints for approval, have resulted in a flood of new treatments. Medscape Medical News Source link :...

(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. healthcare system has officially entered the era of artificial intelligence (AI). Organizations, practitioners, and patients are no longer merely trying on a new fad, they...

Self-administered finger-prick tests correlated well with venous blood biomarkers and with cognition in people who were cognitively normal or who had mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease. (Nature Communications) In...

A federal judge blocked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from investigating the Endocrine Society and World Professional Association for ‌Transgender Health, which support gender-affirming care in minors. (Reuters via Yahoo!...

Scientists are tweaking a powerful cancer therapy in hopes it could fight HIV instead, by supercharging patients' own immune cells. On Tuesday, researchers said a single dose of those revved-up...

MedPage Today brought together three expert leaders for a virtual roundtable discussion on atopic dermatitis (AD) following the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting: Moderator Peter A. Lio, MD, of...

There have been hundreds of hantavirus cases in the U.S. over the 30 years that the CDC has been tracking it -- and most of those cases have been in...

Compared with the recommended 4- to 7-day antibiotic course, a 1-day regimen achieved similar clinical cure rates, with no differences in mortality or other outcomes. Medscape Medical News Source link...

President Donald Trump is scheduled to see doctors for a medical and dental checkup this month -- his fourth publicized visit to medical experts since returning to office -- in...

U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Marty Makary resigned on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said, the latest leadership change at the federal health department which comes... Reuters Health Information Source link...

A longitudinal survey of patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) uncovered discrepancies in patient preferences, as well as limited advance care planning and clinician discussions. Among 297 respondents...

The FDA on Monday alerted clinicians about the risk of new primary hematologic malignancies in patients treated with tazemetostat (Tazverik), a sarcoma and lymphoma drug now being pulled from global...