Woman from Essex urges over-70s to self-refer for mammograms
Sam Robinson, from the Norfolk-based cancer charity Big C and who was previously a breast cancer nurse, said there were ...
New Charter Unveiled for CDC’s Influential Vaccine Committee
A new charter calls on the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to consider "non-vaccine interventions" and changes the ...
Aortic Stenosis Patients Still Tripped Up by Diagnosis Issues on the Path to AVR
NEW YORK CITY -- People with aortic stenosis (AS) were increasingly getting timelier diagnosis, though treatment delays persisted in a ...
Taste, Smell Disturbances Seen in GLP-1 Users
Diabetes patients using GLP-1 agents had a higher risk of smell and taste disturbances over 2 years, though absolute risk ...
988’s LGBTQ+ Hotline Is Relaunching. The Group That Helped Start It May Be Excluded.
The Trump administration is moving to restart the specialized LGBTQ+ option for youth who contact the 988 crisis intervention hotline, ...
European Regulators Move to Revoke Avacopan Authorization
A European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee recommended pulling the marketing authorization for avacopan (Tavneos) following a review over data integrity ...
What Journal Retracted a Hyped Cancer Study?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage ...
Scream, It’s Good for You; Release the Cancer Pigeons; Talk of Chemo Rationing
Every day begins with scream therapy at Camp Breastie for breast cancer survivors. (New York Times) Comedian and actor Moshe ...
AI Smart Glasses Show Promise, Limitations as Aid for Patients With Low Vision
AI smart eyeglasses showed some potential as an aid for individuals with low vision in a small pilot case series.The ...
New Parkinson’s Drug Combines Immediate and Slow Release
The EMA approves a new formulation of a levodopa-carbidopa combination to treat moderate-to-severe motor fluctuations in patients with Parkinson’s disease. ...
Huntington’s Therapy Rides Regulatory Roller Coaster
uniQure may seek approval in the UK first while in talks with the FDA about its request for a larger, ...
New Data Lead to Decision to Revoke Autoimmune Disease Drug
The EMA says the benefits of Tavneos no longer outweigh the risks for the treatment of active granulomatosis with polyangiitis. ...
Carcinogen Concerns Trigger Review of Rifadin Syrup
Europe will be reviewing the tuberculosis medication following concerns raised by the Dutch medicines agency. Medscape News Europe Source link ...
Trofinetide Approved for Rett Syndrome After Reexamination
The EMA reverses its previous decision and grants marketing authorization to the world’s first drug specifically approved for treating the ...
Who Opts for Home Cervical Cancer Screening?
Home-based human papillomavirus screening for cervical cancer shows modest uptake in a diverse community setting. Medscape Medical News Source link ...
I have a 100 per cent chance of getting cancer due to a rare gene
Tracy Hutchinson has a rare mutation of the TP53 geneTracy Hutchinson I started to wonder if something funky was going ...
Judge Blocks Trump Plan Limiting Graduate Student Loans in Nursing, Other Fields
A federal judge has blocked part of a Trump administration plan that would have limited access to loans for students ...
Tennis Legend’s Cancer’s Back; CDC Emails on RFK Jr. Released; Suicide Attempts Down
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Calling the disease "relentless," tennis legend Chris Evert said her ovarian ...
I Watched My Friend Choose Death. Physician-Assisted Suicide Needs More Guardrails.
"Have yourself a good life." That was my friend's message informing me of his plan to end his life through ...
Ancient human DNA found on cave art for the first time
A sample is collected from a rock art figure in Tebellín, SpainABAMIA ARKEOS-ALBERTO MARTÍNEZ VILLA Ancient human DNA can survive ...
