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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare progressive disease characterized by fibrosis in the alveoli of the lungs, has a median survival ...

Goodbye FAERS? FDA Launches New Combined Adverse Event Database

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has launched a new adverse event reporting system that will consolidate several systems it has ...

Lead Suits Cut Physician Radiation Exposure for Interventional Cardiology Cases

Suspended lead suits significantly reduced interventional echocardiographers' radiation exposure to the head compared to conventional aprons during left atrial appendage ...

Traditional Medicare Enrollees Paid Billions More in Premiums Due to MA Overpayments

(MedPage Today) -- Overpayments in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans led to higher premiums for the average Medicare enrollee, with $13.4 ...

FDA Warns GLP-1 Maker Over Failure to Properly Report Deaths, Strokes

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA issued a warning letter to Novo Nordisk for failing to report and investigate potentially serious ...

Drug Cuts Treatment Modifications From Chemotherapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia

The use of romiplostim reduced treatment modifications due to chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia in patients with gastrointestinal cancers in a phase III ...

Apixaban Snags a Win in Head-to-Head Trial of Direct Oral Anticoagulants

The COBRRA trial directly tested apixaban and rivaroxaban, the oral anticoagulants most frequently used to treat acute venous thromboembolism.The risk ...

GLP-1 Drugs May Benefit Cancer Patients With Brain Lesions

In cancer patients with brain metastases and type 2 diabetes, those using GLP-1 drugs had a 37% lower risk of ...

Medical Equipment Maker Stryker Says Cyberattack Disrupted Its Global Networks

Stryker, a major U.S. medical equipment company, said a cyberattack disrupted its global networks Wednesday. "We have no indication of ...

Missed ADHD Symptom; Nursing Home Antipsychotic Regulations; Rising Temps and Mood

(MedPage Today) -- A psychiatrist detailed how emotional dysregulation is often an overlooked symptom of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in ...

Health Canada Issues Warning About Chikungunya Vaccine

Frail, older adults with comorbidities face risk of serious side effects. Medscape News Canada Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/health-canada-issues-warning-about-chikungunya-vaccine-2026a10007im?src=rss Author : ...

King penguins are thriving in a warmer climate, but it may not last

Two king penguins calling in the middle of a colony on Possession Island, a French territory in the southern Indian ...

Miniature magnet rivals magnetic behemoths in strength for the first time

Even small magnets can sometimes be exceptionally powerfulResonX /Jasmin Schoenzart A magnet small enough to fit in the palm of ...

Oz Didn’t Invent the Medicare Fraud Fight. Is He Changing It?

For decades, the federal government took a simple approach to Medicare and Medicaid fraud: Pay first, chase later. Now there ...

Proton beam hope for asbestos cancer patients

Mesothelioma is an incurable cancer linked to asbestos, but a trial hopes to prolong patient lives. Source link : https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly0pn1xn79o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss ...

Money Talks in Hospitals’ Adoption of Oncology Biosimilars

Hospitals' use of biosimilars for three major oncology drugs increased from 18-37% in 2020 to 84-93% in 2024.Hospitals' profit and ...

Is Epic Too Big to Fail?

(MedPage Today) -- For years, I have written about consolidation in healthcare -- how mergers of hospital systems, insurers, and ...

Endometriosis study aims for safer diagnosis

Researchers in Worcestershire are using electrodes as a non-invasive diagnosis tool. Source link : https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj89nlr4eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss Author : Publish date : ...

Why a Peruvian mountain is becoming an ‘impossible’ particle detector