Women’s health campaigners want results for pelvic mesh victims
Harriet HeywoodBBC News, CambridgeshireBBCPelvic mesh was used to give weak or damaged tissue extra support and treat incontinence in women ...
First malaria vaccine for babies approved for use
The first malaria treatment suitable for babies and very young children has been approved for use.It's expected to be rolled ...
Why Long COVID May Hit Toddlers Harder Than Thought
In young children, the long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection may differ significantly from those in older children or adults.A recent ...
The doctor fighting for women’s health on Ukraine’s front line
Serhii BaksheievDr Baksheiev has carried out over 1,000 gynaecological examinations in his mobile ambulance since 2022In a rural village close ...
Multilevel Intervention Increased HPV Vaccination for Most Children
(MedPage Today) -- A multilevel intervention involving parent nudges and clinician reports increased human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for most children, ...
American Kids’ Health Has Been Declining, Study Finds
(MedPage Today) -- Child health in the U.S. has been declining in multiple domains in recent years, researchers found. From ...
Large Study Shows No Ties Between Ever Using Birth Control Pills and Liver Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- There was little association, if any, between ever using oral contraceptives and the risk of liver cancer, ...
Obese Population Swells Under Proposed New Framework
(MedPage Today) -- More adults would be diagnosed with obesity when using a framework recently outlined by the European Association ...
Forests’ vanishing snow is also bad news for carbon storage
Forests like Mount Mansfield State Forest in Vermont are losing their snowpacksDouglas Rissing/Getty Images Many forests are losing their winter ...
Pregnant Doc, Medical Groups Sue Over Kennedy’s New Vax Recs
(MedPage Today) -- Medical and public health organizations sued the Department of Health and Human Services and its secretary over ...
Higher Education May Be a Double-Edged Sword in Alzheimer’s
(MedPage Today) -- Higher education appeared to protect against tau accumulation during the amyloid-negative stages of Alzheimer's disease but was ...
Rural Hospitals Brace for Financial Hits Under Republicans’ $1 Trillion Medicaid Cut
(MedPage Today) -- OMAHA, Neb. -- Tyler Sherman, APRN, a nurse at a rural Nebraska hospital, is used to the ...
Study: Yes, Psoriasis Progression to PsA Can Be Stopped
(MedPage Today) -- Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor therapy was effective in reducing the likelihood that psoriasis would progress to ...
Easing Fears of Cardiac Testing
It's common for patients to schedule an office visit due to symptoms like shortness of breath from doing regular tasks, ...
Can Long COVID Be Decoded?
For Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, senior clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis, this is a critical time for long ...
Mathematicians are chasing a number that may reveal the edge of maths
What lurks at the edge?kertlis/Getty Images Amateur mathematicians are closing in on an unimaginably huge number – one so large ...
First Targeted Therapy for Exon 20 Insertions in NSCLC Wins FDA Accelerated Approval
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted accelerated approval to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor sunvozertinib (Zegfrovy) for advanced non-small cell lung ...
Scheduling Done Right
(MedPage Today) -- The new academic year brings with it a brand-new group of freshly-minted physicians in the incoming intern ...
Obesity Drug Prices Are Dropping, but Getting a Steady Supply Remains a Challenge
(MedPage Today) -- Prices are falling for the popular obesity treatments semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Zepbound), but steady access to ...
US Physician Groups Sue Kennedy Over Vaccine Policy
(Reuters) -Several leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit against U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of ...
