Shaping the Microbiome to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy
WASHINGTON — For years, oncologist Jonathan Peled, MD, PhD, and his colleagues at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in ...
Brain Surgery and D.C. Strategy: A Q&A With AMA President Bobby Mukkamala
(MedPage Today) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) inaugurated Bobby Mukkamala, MD, an otolaryngologist from Flint, Michigan, as its 180th ...
Early Talk Therapy After Stroke Tied to Better Psych Outcome
TOPLINE:Psychological therapy was associated with significantly reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety among patients with a history of stroke, with ...
Intensive Bevacizumab Boosts Vision in Macular Degeneration
TOPLINE:Dutch patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) who initiated bevacizumab achieved greater long-term improvements in visual acuity than patients ...
Vaccination Tied to Better Survival in COVID-Linked AKI
TOPLINE: Among patients hospitalized with COVID and acute kidney injury (AKI), unvaccinated individuals had longer hospital stays, more frequent need for ...
Is It Worth Adding Chemo to ICI for NSCLC in Older Adults?
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are a cornerstone of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment, but it’s not clear whether adding ...
Common Psychiatric Meds Tied to Increased ALS Risk
TOPLINE:Prescribed use of anxiolytics, hypnotics and sedatives, or antidepressants was associated with a significantly increased risk for future development of ...
NICE Rejects Alzheimer’s Drugs Over Limited Benefit for Cost
Two new drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease have been rejected for NHS use in England and Wales because they are ...
Empagliflozin Not Linked to Urinary Tract Cancer in T2D
TOPLINE:Adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who initiated empagliflozin treatment did not face a higher risk for urinary tract cancers ...
CKD Tied to Depression Risk, More So in Young Patients
TOPLINE:Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) showed a 2.6-fold higher risk for depression requiring antidepressant treatment than those without CKD. ...
Can Dose Spacing of IL-17i Maintain Efficacy in Psoriasis?
TOPLINE:Dose spacing of interleukin-17 (IL-17) inhibitors maintained therapeutic efficacy in patients with stable psoriasis, with no substantial differences observed between ...
Abortion Clinics Are Closing, Even in States Where Abortion Is Legal
(MedPage Today) -- The abortion funding system across the U.S. is battered 3 years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe ...
30C heatwave approaches as amber health alerts in place
Simon KingLead Weather PresenterPA MediaAmber heat health alerts are in place across the whole of England with temperatures likely to ...
How Does Owning Private Equity Affect Heart Failure Care?
TOPLINE:The acquisition of hospitals by private equity firms did not reduce 30-day mortality or hospital revisit rates among patients with ...
Cold sore virus immediately reshapes our genome to boost its growth
Human DNA in its natural state inside cells (left) compared with its state eight hours after being infected with the ...
Social Determinants of Child Health Up Odds of Injury
Several social determinants of child health (SDoCH) were associated with an increased risk for pediatric injury in Manitoba and can ...
Injectable HIV Prevention Drug Gets FDA Nod
Individuals at risk for sexually-acquired HIV have a new injectable option for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with the US Food and ...
What are the heat exhaustion and heatstroke symptoms?
Michelle RobertsDigital health editorGetty ImagesDuring hot weather, it can be easy to overheat.Although heat exhaustion is not usually serious - ...
What do heatwaves do to the body and who is most at risk?
Getty ImagesHot weather during the summer can affect anyone, but some people run a greater risk of serious harm.Experts recommend ...
How to sleep in the heat
Getty ImagesTemperatures are expected to be high over the coming days in many parts of the UK, so here are ...
