Radiotherapy Cuts Myeloma Risk in Rare Head and Neck Cancer
TOPLINE: In patients with extramedullary plasmacytoma of the head and neck, radiotherapy and surgery provide comparable survival outcomes, but radiotherapy significantly ...
Can Hormones Guide Sex-Specific Treatments for AUD?
MILAN — Specific combinations of hormonal and biochemical factors were associated with different clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of alcohol ...
Species Possibly Responsible for COVID Pandemic Identified
The origin of the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked much debate, and various hypotheses have been put forward."My colleagues and I ...
Does Screening for CKD Benefit Older Adults?
TOPLINE:Short-term mortality, hospitalizations, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) events are not significantly different between patients diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) ...
Ferritin Cutoff Values Affect Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency
Ferritin is the parameter most often used in primary care to diagnose iron deficiency. The cutoff value of ferritin can ...
Resistance Trends for S aureus in Atopic Dermatitis
TOPLINE:Global antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Staphylococcus aureus in atopic dermatitis (AD) highlight suboptimal effectiveness for several antibiotics, with significant differences ...
Mum nearly dies after taking bogus weight loss jab
BBCMs Sword said she regretted taking the slimming drug "every single day"A mother of two who nearly died after taking ...
FDA Approves Osimertinib for Unresectable NSCLC
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved osimertinib (Tagrisso, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals) for the treatment of locally advanced, unresectable ...
NIH Neuroscience Leader Committed Research Misconduct, Agency Says
The NIH found evidence of research misconduct by Eliezer Masliah, MD, a longtime head of the neuroscience division of the ...
UVA Med School Faces Toxic Work Environment Allegations
Members of the University of Virginia (UVA) faculty senate have reportedly shown support for a group of medical school colleagues ...
How to Help Patients Save on Drug Costs
Lee is an internist and an instructor of medicine. Both of the major political parties in the U.S. are finally ...
Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths Rose During the Pandemic
The rate of sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a potential link to respiratory syncytial ...
The Data Are Clear: Patients Regain Weight After Stopping GLP-1 Drugs
This story is part of a series called "Ozempic: Weighing the Risks and Benefits." It was produced in part through ...
Prompt Engineering in Med School; Messages From Dr. ChatGPT; AI Scientist’s Papers
Welcome to MedAI Roundup, highlighting the latest news and research in healthcare-related artificial intelligence each month. Doctors -- especially medical ...
‘Turning 50 Felt Like a Superpower’
Share on PinterestActor and advocate Brooke Shields says learning how to embrace aging and prioritize preventive health in her 50s ...
GLP-1 Agent May Hold Opioid Use Disorder Benefit
Semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) may help reduce the risk of an opioid overdose in certain people, an emulation target trial suggested. ...
Placebos Linked to Potential Harms in IBD Clinical Trials
In successful clinical trials of drugs for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), patients who received a placebo were at significantly higher ...
40-Hour Hurricane Hospital Shift; Giardia’s Marketing Strategy; Complaining for Good
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US FDA Lifts Clinical Hold on Biomea’s Diabetes Trials After Safety Review
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted a clinical hold on Biomea Fusion's ongoing studies of its experimental drug ...
Timely Skin Cancer Screening After Organ Transplant Still Lacking
Recent skin cancer risk stratification guidelines did not improve rates of timely dermatologic follow-up visits among solid organ transplant recipients, ...
