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(MedPage Today) -- A novel formulation of the muscle relaxant drug cyclobenzaprine has won FDA approval for treating fibromyalgia, manufacturer ...

Quantum device detects all units of electricity at once

To measure electricity, we need standardised unitsYuichiro Chino/Getty Images A single quantum device could define all three units we use ...

Oral Minoxidil For Hair Loss Not Linked to Tachycardia

TOPLINE:In a large retrospective study of patients with androgenic alopecia or other nonscarring hair loss, treatment with low-dose oral minoxidil ...

Eating More Cruciferous Vegetables May Cut Colon Cancer Risk

TOPLINE:A higher consumption of cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower was associated with a notably reduced risk for colon ...

New Tool Guides Blood Cancer Txs For Patients 60+

TOPLINE:A novel Comprehensive Health Assessment Risk Model (CHARM) incorporating seven health variables effectively predicts nonrelapse mortality and survival in allogeneic ...

Ointment Cuts Severe Radiation Mucositis in Nasopharyngeal Cancer

TOPLINE:Bacterial decolonization with mupirocin nasal ointment significantly lowered rates of severe acute radiation oral mucositis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma ...

Cardiac Biomarker Flags Preeclampsia Before Onset

Preeclampsia is a serious multisystem disorder that typically manifests as hypertension and proteinuria after 20 weeks’ gestation. The condition is ...

Risk for VTE Elevated in Rheumatoid Arthritis

TOPLINE:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) had a 46% higher risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) than matched control individuals, with an ...

Flu Shot Cuts Infection Risk in UK Healthcare Workers

TOPLINE:Among UK healthcare workers, seasonal flu vaccination substantially lowered the risk for infection during the winter of 2023-2024, and vaccinated ...

Elevated FIT Result Ups All-Cause and Non-CRC Mortality Risk

TOPLINE:In an English cohort study, patients with symptomatic presentation of colorectal cancer (CRC) and faecal immunochemical test (FIT) results ≥ ...

Rare ‘triple-dip’ La Niña may explain why 2023 was so hot

The Pacific Ocean released heat into the atmosphere in 2023blickwinkel/Alamy An unusual “triple dip” La Niña that suppressed ocean temperatures ...

Wegovy Approved for MASH With Fibrosis, No Cirrhosis

On Friday, the FDA granted accelerated approval to Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy for the treatment of metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in adults ...

Dogs Able to Sniff Out Parkinson’s Before Symptoms Appear

Dogs can be trained to identify individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) by sniffing out a disease-specific odor in skin swabs ...

Legionnaires’ Disease Hits Hard in Harlem

A cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases in New York City has risen to more than 100 individuals, four of whom ...

CNS Prophylaxis in DLBCL: What Clinicians Should Know

The risk for central nervous system (CNS) involvement is small in cases of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) because only ...

Monitoring Parathyroid Hormone Guides Parathyroidectomy

TOPLINE:High baseline parathyroid hormone levels were associated with single-gland disease and successful localization of the affected gland on preoperative imaging, ...

Free Genetic Tests May Aid People With Rare Kidney Disease

Genetic testing covered by companies that make treatments for primary hyperoxaluria can help identify cases of this rare condition, which ...

Jupiter’s moon Ganymede could be a giant dark matter detector

A view of Ganymede from NASA’s Juno spacecraftJunoCam/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kalleheikki Kannisto Jupiter’s moon Ganymede could be a vast dark matter detector, and ...

Difficulty Playing Music Follows Treatment for BC