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 ...
The What, How, and Why of Ultraprocessed Foods
Zaltz is a social and behavioral scientist who studies global food policies. Ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) are having a real moment. ...
How to Better Manage ‘No Show’ Appointments
Fred Pelzman is an associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell, and has been a practicing internist for nearly 30 ...
Most Antiviral Drugs Showed Limited or No Effects Against Flu
Antiviral drugs commonly used to treat non-severe influenza appeared to have little or no effect on key clinical outcomes, except ...
Flu, RSV, COVID-19, Norovirus Cases Surging. How to Protect Yourself
Share on PinterestA surge in winter illnesses like flu, RSV, and norovirus may make it seem like everyone around you ...
Attempted murder charge after nurse stabbed
A man has been charged with attempted murder after a nurse was stabbed at a hospital and left with life-changing ...
US Dementia Cases Projected to Double Within 40 Years
The number of US adults who will develop dementia each year is projected to increase from approximately 514,000 in 2020 ...
Top FDA Official Exits; SCOTUS Takes Up Obamacare Case; Texas Doc Suspended
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Patrizia Cavazzoni, MD, will step down from her role as FDA's ...
High Radon Levels Linked to Gestational Diabetes
New data link higher county-level radon exposure to gestational diabetes (GD) in women who haven’t previously given birth, emphasizing the ...
Canadian Family Physicians Seeing Fewer Patients on Average
The number of patients that family physicians see has declined, according to the latest report by the Canadian Institute for ...
Endocrinology Researcher Receives Top American Science Award
Reproductive endocrinology researcher Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, has been awarded a National Medal of Science for her pioneering work in ...
Red Wine May Not Be a Health Tonic, But Is It a Cancer Risk?
The evidence is clear: Alcohol can cause cancer.Earlier this month, US surgeon general Vivek Murthy, MD, issued an advisory, calling ...
