What the Brains of Centenarians Reveal
(MedPage Today) -- Most people who survived to age 100 and beyond had amyloid-beta accumulation and, when present, it was ...
CMS to Test Prior Authorization Model in Traditional Medicare
(MedPage Today) -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new experimental model late last week to ...
Widely Used Oncology Clinical Guidelines Get Digital Makeover to Streamline Access
(MedPage Today) -- The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) started the roll-out of a new digital format designed to streamline ...
What does it mean when an orca wants to share its lunch with you?
An orca attempting to share food with a researcher holding a cameraOrca Research Trust Orcas have been seen appearing to ...
Efgartigimod Use Extends to Myositis, Sjögren Disease
BARCELONA, Spain — Efgartigimod could have a role to play in the treatment of both myositis and Sjögren disease, according ...
Crash Risk After Heart Device Implant Still Hard to Predict
TOPLINE: Models using driving and health data to predict 1-year crash risk after the implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator showed poor discrimination ...
Without Federal Student Loans, I Wouldn’t Have My MD
(MedPage Today) -- Let's get real: becoming a doctor is not cheap. Three in four students leave medical school with ...
FDA Approves First Treatment for MAS in Still Disease
The FDA has approved the interferon gamma-blocking antibody emapalumab-lzsg (Gamifant) for the treatment of macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) in known ...
Does Medicaid Reimbursement for Postpartum Depression Screening Catch More Cases?
(MedPage Today) -- Medicaid reimbursement for postpartum depression (PPD) screening at well-child visits may increase detection and treatment of PPD ...
Experts Skeptical of Trump’s So-Called ‘Gold Standard Science’
(MedPage Today) -- Federal health agencies are expected to adopt so-called "gold standard science" in line with an executive order, ...
Single antiviral shot could offer better protection than flu vaccines
Influenza virus particles viewed with an electron microscope, with added colourJohn G/Imago/Alamy A single dose of a long-lasting antiviral drug ...
‘There’s Something Coming Out of My Body’
(MedPage Today) -- A couple of months ago, a new patient came to our practice with the chief complaint of, ...
FDA Drops REMS Programs for Some CAR-Ts
Using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies for blood cancer should be less burdensome following labeling updates from the FDA. Specifically, ...
Here’s Why There’s So Much Talk About Ivermectin for Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Every week, another patient asks Skyler Johnson, MD, the same question: Can ivermectin treat my cancer? His ...
Many Forget the Damage Done by Measles, Rubella, and Pertussis. Not These Families.
(MedPage Today) -- SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ...
The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t conquer the world
It was a lonely and cold life. In the chilly wastes of northern Europe during the last glacial period, when ...
Covid inquiry hears of ‘generational slaughter’ in care homes
James MelleySocial Affairs ProducerGetty ImagesNicky Hastie, holding an image of her mother, attended the inquiry in person on Monday A ...
Novel Drug Lowers Stubbornly High BP in Phase 3 Trial
TOPLINE:Lorundrostat, a novel aldosterone synthase inhibitor, lowered blood pressure among adults with uncontrolled hypertension in a phase 3 trial, including ...
Many U.S. Adults Wouldn’t Test for Suspected COVID, Survey Shows
(MedPage Today) -- Thirty percent of U.S. adults would not or might not test for suspected COVID-19, according to a ...
New AI System to Flag NHS Safety Risks Early
The UK is set to become the first country to use an artificial intelligence (AI) early warning system to flag ...
