More Thyroid Cancers Found After Starting GLP-1s: Researchers Think They Know Why
More thyroid cancers were detected soon after starting a GLP-1 receptor agonist than other diabetes drugs, a secondary analysis of ...
Trump Administration Forces NIH Meeting Cancellations
Some scientific meetings involving the NIH were abruptly cancelled this week, leaving researchers concerned about their work and the implications ...
Novel Treatments for Cutaneous Neurofibromas Show Promise
In the opinion of R. Rox Anderson, MD, patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) have long been underserved in the ...
FDA Approves Grafapex (Treosulfan) for HSCT Conditioning
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved treosulfan (Grafapex, Medexus Pharmaceuticals) in combination with fludarabine as a preparative ...
Injectable Anticoagulant Substantially Cuts Bleeding Risk in Afib
Novel agent abelacimab has potential to be a safer anticoagulant, according to the randomized AZALEA-TIMI 71 trial.The trial had been ...
Alzheimer’s Pathology May Not Explain Links Between Cognitive Decline and Depression
Depressive symptoms were not consistently associated with Alzheimer's pathology in people without dementia.In people with normal cognition, amyloid and depressive ...
Kate Middleton and Remission: Oncologists Weigh In
Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, announced last week that she was in remission from cancer. Since she never disclosed ...
Alcohol Causes Cancer. We Should Be Drinking Less.
Thrul is an associate professor of mental health and an alcohol policy research fellow. Platz is a professor of epidemiology. ...
Docs, Nurses React to Trump Executive Orders; RNs vs ICU Mom; Post-Wildfire Masking?
The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Doctors including Zachary Rubin, ...
Purdue Pharma and Owners to Pay $7.4B in Settlement to Lawsuits Over OxyContin
Members of the family who own Purdue Pharma, the maker of oxycodone hydrochloride (OxyContin), and the company itself, agreed to ...
Trump’s Gag Order Halts CDC Publication
For the first time in its more than 60-year history, the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) did not ...
Muscle Strength, Fitness Linked to Lower Mortality Risk in Patients With Cancer
Cancer patients with high muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) had a significantly lower risk of death from any cause, ...
If This Is the Best AI Can Do, Rheumatologists’ Jobs Are Safe
(MedPage Today) -- Three well-known artificial intelligence (AI) systems (also called large language models or LLMs) missed the cut when ...
Like It or Not, Teledermatology Is Here to Stay
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and clinicians turned to telemedicine video chats as a substitute, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, ...
Simone Gold, MD, Pardoned By Trump
Simone Gold, MD, JD, posted on X that she "wept tears of joy" after President Donald Trump granted her "a ...
New AGA Guideline; Imaging for HCC Surveillance; ‘Breakthrough’ Hepatitis D Drug
The American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) issued a new clinical guideline recommending antiviral drugs for patients at high risk for hepatitis ...
Obesity Medications: Who Needs Priority Access
When new medications are so effective that physicians refer to them as “gamechangers,” it tends to generate a lot of ...
Adult ADHD Diagnosis Linked to Earlier Death
A diagnosis of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults was associated with a 7-year reduction in life expectancy, on average, ...
Why Loneliness Is Now Common Among Doctors
“There are so many times when I feel like I’m experiencing Groundhog Day,” says Rachel Southard, DO, a resident physician ...
Normal Fasting Glucose Doesn’t Guarantee Diabetes Prevention
TOPLINE:Fasting plasma glucose levels outside 80-94 mg/dL, male sex, older age, and abnormal body mass index (BMI) categories all contribute ...
