TNF Inhibitors May Be Safe in US Veterans With RA-ILD
TOPLINE:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors led to no significant difference in survival or respiratory-related hospitalizations compared with non-TNF inhibitors, in ...
Early-Onset Asthma May Slow Memory Development
Children with asthma scored significantly lower than those without asthma on measures of episodic memory, based on longitudinal data from ...
Pre-Cancer Exercise Linked to Better Disease Outcomes
TOPLINE:Physical activity before stage I cancer diagnosis is associated with reduced risk for disease progression and mortality. Members engaging in ...
Simplified HIV Treatment Matches Standard Care Success
TOPLINE:Among treatment-naive people with HIV (PWH), dolutegravir/lamivudine demonstrates effectiveness comparable with those of the commonly prescribed three-drug regimens but offers ...
Flu Shot Shields Kids Across Severity Levels
TOPLINE:Influenza vaccination demonstrates consistent effectiveness of approximately 50% across all severity levels in children, with higher protection observed in younger ...
DoxyPEP Cuts STIs in At-Risk Groups
Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) has the potential to substantially reduce real-world population-level incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a study ...
Innovations in HIV Care for Women Worldwide
Every week, 4000 young cisgender women aged 15-24 years contract HIV globally, according to 2023 data. Infections in this age ...
Women seeking abortions after using ‘natural’ contraception
Getty ImagesThere has been a rise in the proportion of women seeking abortions despite using "natural" methods to prevent pregnancy, ...
‘We re-mortgaged to fund our children’s medication’
BBCJannine described her son's ADHD as "debilitating"Nearly 400,000 private prescriptions for ADHD medication were issued last year as patients sought ...
GPs turn to AI to help with patient workload
Deepali Misra-SharpDr Deepali Misra-Sharp uses AI to help take notesThis is the fifth feature in a six-part series that is ...
More U.K. Abortion Patients Relying on Cycle Tracking Over Hormonal Contraception
Over a 5-year period, fewer patients seeking abortion in the U.K. reported relying on hormonal contraception at the time of ...
Docs Organize Against, and for, RFK Jr.’s Nomination to Run HHS
With controversy continuing to swirl around President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as HHS secretary, ...
Getting Lung Cancer Screening Staff Involved Improved Tobacco Cessation
Integrating smoking cessation into a lung cancer screening program had the biggest benefit for patients who wanted to quit, a ...
How Nurses, Doctors Rank in Gallup’s Poll of Most Trusted Professions
Nurses once again earned the top spot as the most trusted profession in America, with pharmacists and physicians ranking fourth ...
Vaccinating Toddlers Too Early, Too Late Has Decreased Over Time
Vaccine doses given to U.S. toddlers outside the recommended age or timing intervals have decreased over time, but still don't ...
Prospect Is Another Casualty of Private Equity in Healthcare, Experts Say
Prospect Medical Holdings -- a company that was named in a recent Senate report on the negative impacts of private ...
Intra-Arterial Lytics After Successful Stroke Thrombectomy Did Not Improve Outcomes
Two randomized trials found that intra-arterial urokinase and tenecteplase did not improve functional outcomes after mechanical thrombectomy in selected stroke ...
Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Double the Risk of Melanoma as Adults
A history of childhood cancer more than doubled the risk of melanoma and premature death in adults, a large retrospective ...
Dementia Cases to Double in the U.S.
U.S. dementia cases were projected to reach 1 million annually by 2060, doubling from 514,000 cases in 2020.Lifetime dementia risk ...
CAR Natural Killer Cell Therapy Shows Promise in B-Cell Lymphomas
An investigational induced pluripotent stem cell-derived CAR natural killer cell therapy was well tolerated both as monotherapy and in combination ...
