Paying Forward, Giving Back, and Being All the Better for It
During the peak of the pandemic, “it was so tough on everybody, and two of my co-residents quit,” recalled Todd ...
Canada Approves Novo Nordisk’s Obesity Drug to Reduce Risk Of Non-fatal Heart Attack
(Reuters) - Canada's health regulator has approved Novo Nordisk's weight loss drug Wegovy to reduce the risk of nonfatal heart ...
Canada Takes One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance
As the global public health community focuses its attention on the ongoing spread of avian influenza across North America — ...
Semaglutide Rocketing Past Statins as Millions Eligible
About 40% of American adults — some 137 million — are eligible to take the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor ...
Researchers Differ on How to Manage Incidental Findings
Disparate views on managing incidental imaging findings made during clinical research — particularly for unclear results — signal a need ...
The Most Promising Treatments for Long COVID
Long COVID is a symptom-driven disease, meaning that with no cure, physicians primarily treat the symptoms their patients are experiencing. ...
Early Tourniquet Use Linked to Improved Pediatric Outcomes
TOPLINE:In children with traumatic hemorrhage, tourniquets placed before the arrival of emergency medical services (EMSs) are associated with decreased initial ...
How ‘Make America Healthy Again’ May Have Found Its Moment
Within days of Donald Trump’s election victory, healthcare entrepreneur Calley Means turned to social media to crowdsource advice.“First 100 days,” ...
Can New Therapies Redefine Psoriasis Management?
"For too long, the management of psoriasis and other immune-mediated inflammatory diseases has suffered from an acceptance that improvement rather ...
Insurance Loss Reduces Postpartum Contraception Access
TOPLINE:Insurance loss more than 2 months after childbirth is associated with 26% lower odds of prescription contraception use, with Hispanic ...
GLP-1 Labels Don’t Reflect Trial Exclusions
About a third of people eligible for glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications for weight loss via the ...
Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Ketamine on the Rise
TOPLINE:Detection rates for ketamine in drug overdose deaths in the United States increased from 0.3% in 2019 to 0.5% in ...
ED Anticoagulation Unchanged Despite Use of Support Tool
TOPLINE:A multipronged intervention in US emergency departments (EDs) has been found to not significantly increase anticoagulation initiation within 30 days ...
Study Rules Out Weight Control Effect in Young Adults
TOPLINE:In young adults with overweight, inulin-propionate ester (IPE), a novel food ingredient that aims to mimic the beneficial role of ...
ASH 2024 Myeloma Studies: My Top 10 Picks
As a doctor with a keen interest in myeloma who is looking ahead to the 2024 American Society of Hematology ...
‘The East Midlands IVF postcode lottery is not fair
BBCHannah Newby will start treatment towards trying to have a family with her husband Dave in JanuaryHannah Newby has a ...
Trump picks Covid lockdown sceptic to lead top health agency
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a leading Covid lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to be the next director of a ...
Plan to boost NHS dental treatments ‘not on track’
The £200m rescue package to increase access to NHS dentistry this year is not on track, a spending watchdog says.The ...
How does assisted dying work in other countries?
Getty ImagesFor the first time in almost a decade MPs are going to vote on giving terminally ill adults in ...
Brain Volume Changes Come 10 Years Sooner for Men With Cardiovascular Risks
Men with cardiovascular risks had brain volume changes earlier than women.Cardiovascular risk and obesity were associated with lower gray matter ...
