Low Vitamin D Tied to More Severe Respiratory Infections
(MedPage Today) -- Very low serum vitamin D was linked to a greater risk of hospitalization for respiratory tract infections ...
Colon Cancer Now Leading Cause of Cancer Death in Younger People
(MedPage Today) -- Mortality from the deadliest cancers has decreased among people younger than 50 over the last three decades ...
Apple Watch Raises Afib Diagnoses in High-Risk Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Smartwatches beat standard cardiology care when it came to detecting atrial fibrillation (Afib, or AF) in a ...
‘Bonkers’ Nurse Pay; Collateral Measles Disruptions; Brain’s Master Clock
(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. As ...
Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis
Treponema pallidum bacteria cause diseases including syphilisScience Photo Library / Alamy Traces of a bacterium related to syphilis have been ...
Death Comes With a Price Tag
(MedPage Today) -- I am going to be clear: as a physician in the U.S., I am terrified. There is ...
Fellow Nurses: What’s Happening With the Nurses in NYC Right Now?
(MedPage Today) -- Approximately 16,000 nurses across three of New York City's largest private-sector hospital networks are currently on strike, ...
Dupilumab Boosts Survival in Immune-Related Skin Events
In patients who developed cutaneous immune-related adverse events, researchers compared outcomes for those who received dupilumab with those who did ...
Ancient giant kangaroos could have hopped despite their huge size
Procoptodon goliah was 2 metres tall, but it might have hoppedMICHAEL LONG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Even the giant kangaroos that roamed ...
Unusual oral microbiome signature linked to obesity
Oral bacteria (blue) on human cheek cells (yellow) shown in a scanning electron micrographSTEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Some people with ...
Wes Streeting admits NHS ‘falling short’ on autism and ADHD
The Health Secretary has admitted the NHS is "falling short" on meeting demand for adult autism and ADHD diagnosis.Speaking to ...
Eye Practices Will Pay Feds $6M; Nurse’s Sexual Assault Cases; Impostor Nurse
(MedPage Today) -- Five ophthalmology practices will pay nearly $6 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to ...
Family Hubs Must Reach Every Community, Say MPs
MPs say England has Europe's worst child health outcomes and call for 1000 more health visitors and restored 95% vaccine ...
Astronauts Say Space Station’s Ultrasound Machine Was Critical During Medical Crisis
(MedPage Today) -- The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in ...
Screening Older Doctors Unfair? Fertility Clinic Mix-Up; Improved Gluten Labeling
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Many late-career physician screening programs are designed unfairly, ...
Employment and Arthritis: Natural Enemies?
(MedPage Today) -- People with arthritis face a dramatically shortened working life compared with other individuals, researchers found, putting numbers ...
New Precision Drug for Gastric Cancer Approved in Scotland
Scotland has approved its first CLDN18.2-targeted therapy for advanced gastric and GEJ cancer, expanding options for patients with HER2-negative disease. ...
When Do Imaginary Friends Warrant Clinical Attention?
Imaginary friends are part of normal childhood development, but clinicians should assess rigidity, distress, or functional impairment to separate healthy ...
Utah Approves AI-Powered Prescription Renewal Program
The pilot program allows an AI system to renew a limited list of routine medications for patients without requiring an ...
How to Challenge Patients’ Misinformation but Maintain Trust
A recent panel of experts discussed how physicians can address patients’ dangerous and misleading beliefs about their health. Medscape Medical ...
