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BARCELONA, Spain — A “treat-to-target” approach for gout was associated with a modest but significant reduction in the risk for ...

Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death Is Possible

For patients with certain cardiovascular conditions and risk factors, sudden cardiac arrest is more than a theoretical concern.But over the ...

Tempted to Quit? These Doctors Remade Their Careers Instead

“A lot of doctors feel stuck, and I definitely felt stuck for a really long time,” said Nicole Tully, MD, ...

‘I paid £15,000 then it went bust’

Emer MoreauBusiness reporter, BBC NewsSyreeta SandhuSyreeta Sandhu has spent £15,000 on IVFIVF patients are being warned over unregulated "concierge clinics" ...

Could Traveling by Bicycle Protect Against Dementia?

TOPLINE:Cycling, alone or combined with other modes of travel, was associated with a 19% reduced risk for all-cause dementia compared ...

Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae: Small and speedy dinosaur recognised as a new species

Illustration of Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a newly recognised dinosaur speciesBob Nicholls Art A newly discovered species of dinosaur is going on ...

Enigmatic lizards somehow survived near Chicxulub asteroid impact

A yellow-spotted tropical night lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum)Dante Fenolio/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A small, secretive group of lizards that still exists today ...

Millions of children at risk as vaccination uptake stalls

Progress in vaccinating children against a variety of life-threatening diseases has stalled in the past two decades - and even gone ...

Physician Lawmaker Confronts RFK Jr. About ACIP Firings: ‘You Lied’

(MedPage Today) -- Rep. Kim Schrier, MD (D-Wash.), tore into HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday, accusing him ...

Health Groups Cautiously Optimistic on Prior Authorization Announcement

(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare groups are sounding cautiously optimistic about Monday's announcement from HHS that it had gotten voluntary agreement ...

Women’s pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

Medical advances have changed childbirth – potentially enough to impact human evolutionFatCamera/Getty Images Women’s pelvises have become narrower over the ...

Blood-Based KRAS Testing Fails in Ovarian Cancer

Blood-based circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) testing has proven to be insufficient for detecting KRAS mutations in patients with low-grade serous ...

COVID’s Long Shadow

John Bolecek, 41, of Richmond, Virginia, was diagnosed with long COVID in 2022 after a mild case of acute COVID. ...

Could Brain Scans Improve RA Treatment?

(MedPage Today) -- Functional MRI brain imaging could one day help identify rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients most likely to respond ...

Semaglutide Shows Benefits for PAD Across T2D Subgroups

CHICAGO — Use of the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide improved walking capability in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and ...

Combination Treatment Reduces Weight While Keeping Muscle