Secukinumab Cuts Chronic Pain in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
TOPLINE:Compared with placebo, secukinumab demonstrated superior pain reduction in moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa in two phase 3 trials. Improvements ...
Maternal Preeclampsia Tied to Kidney Disease Risk in Kids
TOPLINE:Children exposed to maternal preeclampsia and born at term (37 weeks or more) were 26% more likely to develop kidney ...
Reframing Anxiety Helps Young People Cope, Says GP
BIRMINGHAM — General practitioners (GPs) can play an important role in helping young people cope with anxiety, delegates heard at ...
Quick Turn to Mechanical Thrombectomy Improves PE Outcomes
Patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) who were treated with mechanical thrombectomy (MT) within 12 hours of hospital admission had significantly ...
Many Definitions, No Easy Solutions
SAN FRANCISCO — Frailty is hard to define and hard to distinguish from the effects of illness, injury, and medical ...
Fewer Americans Developing Dementia, More Living With It
New cases of dementia declined in the United States from 2015 to 2021, possibly due to better risk factor management, ...
Postpartum Psychosis Risk Linked to Sister’s Medical History
LOS ANGELES — Risk for postpartum psychosis is significantly higher in women who have a sister who has experienced the ...
Honeybees are getting confused by electric pollution from power lines
Honeybees may use an electric sense to locate nectar-rich flowersproxyminder/Getty Images Electric signals from power lines discourage bees from landing ...
Supporting Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Rebecca Smith, 28, endured a series of sexual assaults between ages 17 and 21. When she became pregnant for the ...
How to boost your brain power just by changing how you breathe
Breathing in oxygenates your body – and helps you think more clearlyCarlos Barquero/Getty Images When my kids get nervous or ...
Horse charity calls on NHS to fund child wellbeing services
Kelly MorganBBC News, West of EnglandListen: How horses help young people facing emotional and mental health challengesA charity has called ...
Going to Mars? Your Body Might Disagree
Astronauts face severe health risks on their journey to Mars, dealing with muscle loss, vision changes, and immune system challenges. ...
Extra cancer screening could help pick up early cases in dense breasts
Dense breast tissue and tumours appear similar on scans, which can make the latter hard to identifyGorodenkoff/Shutterstock If you have ...
Target mosquito parasites with drugs to cut malaria, study says
Mosquitoes should be given malaria drugs to clear their infection so they can no longer spread the disease, say US ...
Call for NHS to give women with dense breasts extra cancer scans
Getty ImagesWomen with very dense breasts should be offered additional scans as part of the UK's NHS breast screening programme ...
Supplementary Contrast Imaging Techniques for Dense Breasts Better Than Ultrasound
(MedPage Today) -- Supplementary breast cancer imaging with abbreviated MRI and contrast-enhanced mammography detected more cancers than automated whole-breast ultrasound ...
Link Between Viral Infection and Alzheimer’s Emerges in New Data
(MedPage Today) -- People diagnosed with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the virus responsible for cold sores, were more ...
Judge Vacates Federal Rules Requiring Employers to Provide Abortion Accommodations
(MedPage Today) -- A federal judge on Wednesday struck down regulations requiring most U.S. employers to provide workers with time ...
Is the FDA Poised to Ban Talc?
The FDA may be poised to ban talc as an ingredient in the products it regulates, including foods, pharmaceuticals, and ...
Stoke-on-Trent MP Allison Gardner in tears over ‘excruciating’ chronic UTI
Gavin KermackBBC News, West MidlandsAllison Gardner spoke through tears as she described her experiences in a Westminster Hall debateAn MP ...
