AGA Urges Caution Before Surgery in Refractory Constipation
A new clinical practice update outlines a stepwise approach to diagnosing and managing refractory constipation before considering surgery. Medscape Medical ...
Watchdog Calls for Clearer Rules on Corridor Care
The HSSIB warns that corridor care is being used year-round in some hospitals in England, raising concerns about patient safety, ...
Beyond the Bots: How Clinicians Can Adapt to AI Lab Reviews
With AI interpreting lab results for a growing number of patients, clinicians must provide context and caution and prepare for ...
Alopecia Treatment Not Tied to Bone Loss in Women
A study evaluates the risk for osteoporosis or osteopenia associated with 5-alpha reductase inhibitors in women with two types of ...
Scalp Cooling to Prevent Hair Loss: 2 States Order Coverage
A handful of other states are considering mandating private insurance coverage of the technology, used to block chemotherapy-associated hair loss. ...
Amnesty bins installed at Birmingham hospitals after knives found
Joanne WrittleBBC Midlands Today Health Correspondent, BirminghamBBCTom Blyth, a consultant at Heartlands Hospital, said patients sometimes carry knives while in ...
FDA Clears First In-Ear EEG Device
The Naox Link system uses soft, biocompatible in-ear electrodes integrated into wired earbuds to acquire, record, and transmit EEG data ...
ADHD Treatment in Childhood May Affect Adult BMI and Height
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder who receive methylphenidate may be at an increased risk of having a higher BMI and shorter ...
Long waits for disability benefit claims unacceptable, MPs say
Becky MortonPolitical reporterGetty ImagesSome people are waiting more than a year to have their disability benefit claims processed, which risks ...
House Passes Bill to Extend Healthcare Subsidies in Defiance of GOP Leaders
(MedPage Today) -- In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired ...
CAR7 Gene Therapy Shows Promise in T-Cell ALL
(MedPage Today) -- The use of base editing to generate universal off-the-shelf CAR T cells induced durable remissions -- up ...
AMA Urges Congress to Make Telehealth Flexibilities Permanent
(MedPage Today) -- With the deadline for making pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities permanent looming at the end of the month, the ...
Not All Drugs Approved for Rheumatoid Arthritis Are Equal for Pain Relief
(MedPage Today) -- Among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients responding to upadacitinib (Rinvoq) or adalimumab, those receiving the former had significantly ...
‘They’ve Just Gotten It Wrong’: Vaccine Shift Raises Fears of Hepatitis A, B Surges
(MedPage Today) -- After plunging over the past several decades, hepatitis A and B rates could climb again now that ...
The 2025 MedPage Today Culture Awards Ceremony
(MedPage Today) -- For the inaugural MedPage Today Culture Awards, the MedPage Today social media team recognized some of the ...
Experts Blast New Pediatric Vax Schedule; How Not to Die Young; Flu Surge Warning
(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Health ...
Tree bark microbiome has important overlooked role in climate
Melaleuca wetland forests in New South Wales, Australia, are hotspots for tree microbial lifeLuke Jeffrey / Southern Cross University The ...
Parents Are Confused. I’m Worried for My Pediatric Patients.
(MedPage Today) -- One of the stated justifications for an overnight overhaul of the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is to ...
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to review your medical records
Liv McMahonTechnology reporterGetty ImagesOpenAI has launched a new ChatGPT feature in the US which can analyse people's medical records to ...
Exercise Matches Therapy in Easing Depression Symptoms
Exercise offers moderate symptom relief for depression on par with standard treatments, though long-term effects remain uncertain, a new review ...
