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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare progressive disease characterized by fibrosis in the alveoli of the lungs, has a median survival ...

Goodbye FAERS? FDA Launches New Combined Adverse Event Database

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has launched a new adverse event reporting system that will consolidate several systems it has ...

Lead Suits Cut Physician Radiation Exposure for Interventional Cardiology Cases

Suspended lead suits significantly reduced interventional echocardiographers' radiation exposure to the head compared to conventional aprons during left atrial appendage ...

Traditional Medicare Enrollees Paid Billions More in Premiums Due to MA Overpayments

(MedPage Today) -- Overpayments in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans led to higher premiums for the average Medicare enrollee, with $13.4 ...

FDA Warns GLP-1 Maker Over Failure to Properly Report Deaths, Strokes

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA issued a warning letter to Novo Nordisk for failing to report and investigate potentially serious ...

Drug Cuts Treatment Modifications From Chemotherapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia

The use of romiplostim reduced treatment modifications due to chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia in patients with gastrointestinal cancers in a phase III ...

Apixaban Snags a Win in Head-to-Head Trial of Direct Oral Anticoagulants

The COBRRA trial directly tested apixaban and rivaroxaban, the oral anticoagulants most frequently used to treat acute venous thromboembolism.The risk ...

GLP-1 Drugs May Benefit Cancer Patients With Brain Lesions

In cancer patients with brain metastases and type 2 diabetes, those using GLP-1 drugs had a 37% lower risk of ...

Medical Equipment Maker Stryker Says Cyberattack Disrupted Its Global Networks

Stryker, a major U.S. medical equipment company, said a cyberattack disrupted its global networks Wednesday. "We have no indication of ...

Missed ADHD Symptom; Nursing Home Antipsychotic Regulations; Rising Temps and Mood

(MedPage Today) -- A psychiatrist detailed how emotional dysregulation is often an overlooked symptom of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in ...

Health Canada Issues Warning About Chikungunya Vaccine

Frail, older adults with comorbidities face risk of serious side effects. Medscape News Canada Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/health-canada-issues-warning-about-chikungunya-vaccine-2026a10007im?src=rss Author : ...

Maggie Aderin’s dream: To walk by the footprints of Neil Armstrong

Maggie Aderin has presented the BBC’s The Sky at Night since 2014Paul Wilkinson Photography Maggie Aderin grew up watching Star ...

Why are we so obsessed with protein? A new book looks for answers

Protein is important for our health, but how much of it should we eat?MAXIMILIAN STOCK LTD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY ProteinSamantha King ...

New Scientist recommends sci-fi novel Under the Eye of the Big Bird

‘Tender … yet haunting’: Under the Eye of the Big Bird Most fiction looking into a future where humanity faces ...

A glimpse into the rare earth riches of Greenland

Greenland’s Kvanefjeld site, complete with sodalite stones glowing under ultraviolet lightJonas Kako/Panos Pictures Under ultraviolet light, these sodalite stones at ...

King penguins are thriving in a warmer climate, but it may not last

Two king penguins calling in the middle of a colony on Possession Island, a French territory in the southern Indian ...

Miniature magnet rivals magnetic behemoths in strength for the first time

Even small magnets can sometimes be exceptionally powerfulResonX /Jasmin Schoenzart A magnet small enough to fit in the palm of ...

Oz Didn’t Invent the Medicare Fraud Fight. Is He Changing It?

For decades, the federal government took a simple approach to Medicare and Medicaid fraud: Pay first, chase later. Now there ...

Proton beam hope for asbestos cancer patients