Pharmacy Barriers Can Hinder Telehealth Treatment for Opioid Addictions
(MedPage Today) -- A large proportion of opioid use disorder (OUD) patients getting care via telemedicine reported missed buprenorphine doses ...
Are Vaccine Panels at CDC, FDA ‘Plagued’ by Conflicts? Numbers Say No
(MedPage Today) -- Financial conflicts of interest (COIs) among federal vaccine panel members have been at historical lows since the ...
Multidrug Therapy Could Help Both the Heart and the Brain
A groundbreaking analysis reveals that older adults taking a combination of medications for high blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes showed ...
Texas Declares Measles Outbreak Over
(MedPage Today) -- The Texas measles outbreak that sickened 762 people since late January is over, state health officials said ...
Unprecedented Arctic heatwave melted 1 per cent of Svalbard’s ice
Svalbard saw record-breaking high temperatures in the summer of 2024Xinhua/Shutterstock During the summer of 2024, six weeks of record-smashing heat ...
Letting Any Leaky Watchman LAA Implants Slide Linked to Stroke Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Any leakage around a percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) implant, no matter how small, predicted strokes and ...
AMD Prevention: Which Strategies Help Keep Eye Disease at Bay?
(MedPage Today) -- Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the nation's leading cause of blindness in older adults, outpacing even glaucoma ...
Novel Biologic Tackles Severe Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps
(MedPage Today) -- For severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, novel stapokibart reduced symptoms and polyp size atop treatment with ...
University Offers Psychedelic Therapy Training
(MedPage Today) -- This fall, the University of Colorado Denver's Center for Psychedelic Research will launch the nation's first state-approved ...
Is OTC Birth Control Reaching Patients Who Face Care Barriers?
(MedPage Today) -- Over-the-counter (OTC) birth control users were more likely than prescription oral contraceptive users to initiate use after ...
No Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection Needed in Selected Early NSCLC, Trial Says
(MedPage Today) -- Selected patients with early non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) did not benefit from mediastinal lymph node dissection ...
Breastfeeding May Protect Against Early Puberty
(MedPage Today) -- Exclusive breastfeeding during the first 4 to 6 months of life was associated with a lower risk ...
FDA Approves First-in-Class Drug for Fibromyalgia
The FDA has approved cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride sublingual tablets (Tonmya, Tonix Pharmaceuticals), a first-in-class, nonopioid treatment for adults with fibromyalgia, a ...
Semaglutide Gets FDA Greenlight for MASH
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA expanded the indication for semaglutide (Wegovy) to treating adults with noncirrhotic metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), ...
Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies at Bat-Infested Cabins at National Park
(MedPage Today) -- Health officials are working to alert hundreds of people in dozens of states and several countries who ...
Vaccine Tied to Reduced Risks for Heart Attack, Stroke
(MedPage Today) -- The recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (Shingrix) was not only associated with a reduced risk of herpes zoster ...
Getting — and Dealing With — the Data: Large, Medium, and Small
(MedPage Today) -- All day long we deal with data. Our morning e-mail is jam-packed with reports on everything from ...
Art charity ‘buzzing’ to move into new £75m Gloucester campus
Sophia AllsoppBBC News, West of EnglandBBCThe former Debenhams in Gloucester has been transformed into a university buildingAn art charity has ...
Why Hasn’t Herpes Treatment Advanced in 40 Years?
(MedPage Today) -- Approximately two-thirds of the world's population under the age of 50 years have oral or genital herpes ...
FDA’s New Expert Panels Are Rife With Financial Conflicts and Fringe Views
(MedPage Today) -- When the FDA needs outside guidance, it normally turns to a trusted source: a large roster of ...
