Do Doctors Need More ‘Sacred Moments’ in Medicine?
(MedPage Today) -- Ivy Lin, MD, a hospice physician at Providence Hospital in Portland, Oregon, vividly remembers a patient in ...
Retinal implant restores sight for blind mice
Damage to the retina at the back of the eye can lead to blindnessBSIP SA/Alamy A retinal implant has partly ...
Taurine may not be a key driver of ageing after all
Taurine supplements have been considered promising for delaying ageing, but that may not be the caseShutterstock / Eugeniusz Dudzinski The ...
A Town’s Worth of Endoscopy Waste; IBS Drug Toxicity; E. Coli-Tainted Ground Beef
(MedPage Today) -- A study from Germany suggested that the annual waste generated by endoscopy in hospitals and outpatient settings ...
Ranibizumab Ocular Implant Shows Long-Term Benefits in Retinal Disease
(MedPage Today) -- The ranibizumab ocular implant (Susvimo) reduces the need for frequent intravitreal anti-VEGF injections in patients with neovascular ...
Picking the Right Osteoanabolic Agent First, and What Comes Next
(MedPage Today) -- Not all osteoporosis medications work the same, and that's especially true for the small class of osteoanabolic ...
Setting Up a Successful Fracture Liaison Service
(MedPage Today) -- After emerging on the scene in the early 2000s, fracture liaison services (FLS) have solidified their place ...
EPA Moves to Roll Back Rules Projected to Save Thousands of Lives and Billions of $$
(MedPage Today) -- When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a wide-ranging rollback of environmental regulations, he ...
A Double Threat to Allergy Patients
TOPLINE:Patients with pollen allergy who were exposed to higher concentrations of grass pollen were more likely to have physical symptoms ...
Primary Surgery for Ovarian Cancer Scores a Win — Sort Of
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Upfront surgery for advanced ovarian cancer failed to improve overall survival (OS) versus interval debulking ...
Worms team up to form tentacles when they want to go places
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JlPEimmgyw What do you do when food is running low and you are a tiny, millimetre-long worm? The answer, it ...
We’ve figured out how our brains sort imagination from reality
Similar brain regions are involved in imagination and perceiving realityNaeblys/Alamy How do you tell if something is real or imaginary? ...
Fusion power may never happen if we don’t fix the lithium bottleneck
The ITER project is an experimental fusion power reactorITER Nuclear fusion has the potential to deliver nearly limitless power – ...
Semaglutide Linked to Age-Related Macular Degeneration Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Older adults taking GLP-1 receptor agonists, primarily semaglutide (Rybelsus, Ozempic, Wegovy), had a small uptick in their ...
Doctor Sues Over Spicy Dish; Physician Arrested for Protesting; Husel Back in Court
(MedPage Today) -- California neurologist Harjasleen Walia, MD, sued a restaurant alleging a dish was so spicy it burned her ...
MHRA Urges Contraception With GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has reiterated that women using weight-loss drugs must use effective contraception, as ...
GLP-1 RAs Linked to Doubled Risk for Macular Degeneration
TOPLINE:Patients with diabetes using glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) may face more than twice the risk for developing ...
GLP-1 Drugs May Cause Tooth Decay, Experts Say
Share on PinterestPeople using GLP-1 drugs are reporting an unusual side effect impacting dental health that some are calling “Ozempic ...
Dual-Energy CT Boosts Diagnostic Accuracy in Arthritis
(MedPage Today) -- Contrast-enhanced dual-energy CT (CE-DECT) helped to diagnose patients with painful and/or inflamed hand joints, researchers said. Initial ...
GMC Updates Fitness to Practise Rules Amid PA Criticism
The General Medical Council (GMC) has published updated fitness to practise guidance aimed at providing greater clarity and consistency in ...
