CDC’s No-Bid Contract on Vaccine-Autism Study Raises Alarm
(MedPage Today) -- The HHS intention to award a sole source contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to study an ...
RFK Jr. Appoints 5 New Members to CDC Vaccine Panel, Days Ahead of Meeting
(MedPage Today) -- HHS announced five new appointees to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) just days ahead ...
They Witnessed Charlie Kirk’s Assassination. Now Students Reckon With the Trauma.
(MedPage Today) -- OREM, Utah -- One student holed up in his house for 2 days after witnessing Charlie Kirk's ...
Semaglutide, Tirzepatide Cost-Effective in Knee OA, Obesity?
Tirzepatide is more cost-effective than semaglutide for knee osteoarthritis and obesity, optimizing resources for patients not seeking surgical options, which ...
Multicancer Detection Tests Not Ready for Prime Time, Review Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- The jury is still out on the merits of multicancer detection (MCD) tests in asymptomatic adults, according ...
Eye Drops Can Help People Ditch Their Reading Glasses
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with presbyopia had consistent and durable vision improvement across multiple doses of a combination eye drop ...
Over Half of U.S. Healthcare Workers Plan to Look for New Jobs, Survey Says
(MedPage Today) -- Amid projected workforce shortages and an aging population, a large number of U.S. healthcare workers are planning ...
The oldest human mummies were slowly smoked 14,000 years ago
Left: The remains of a middle-aged woman at the Liyupo site in southern China, who was smoke-dried prior to burial ...
Heart Risks of Hormone Therapy for Hot Flashes Double Starting at This Age
(MedPage Today) -- Age appeared to impact risk of cardiovascular disease associated with oral hormone therapy (HT) for treatment of ...
Lonely Children Have Higher Dementia Risk Later in Life
(MedPage Today) -- Loneliness in childhood was associated with cognitive decline and dementia risk later in life, even when adult ...
Modular nuclear reactors sound great, but won’t be ready any time soon
A proposed Xe-100 plant in the US from X-Energy uses similar technology to one planned in the UKCentrica The UK ...
Heart Valve Patients Face Dangerous NHS Delays
A survey has revealed stark inequalities in UK heart valve care, with diagnostic and treatment delays leaving patients at risk ...
Higher-Dose Semaglutide Injection Proves Mettle in Phase III Trials
(MedPage Today) -- Tripling the weekly dose of semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) resulted in greater weight loss compared with placebo in ...
Mars once had an atmosphere that was thicker than Earth’s today
Modern Mars barely has an atmosphereNASA/JPL/USGS Mars’s atmosphere may have once been hundreds of times thicker than it is today, ...
Maternity review ‘will not deliver justice’
Jamie CoulsonYorkshire health correspondent andSteve JonesYorkshireBBCLauren Caulfield's daughter, Grace, was stillborn in March 2022A woman whose baby daughter was stillborn ...
Younger Women’s Heart Attacks Often Nontraditional
A 15-year study from Minnesota finds that women younger than 65 years are more likely than men to have heart ...
Cannabis Use Tied to Higher Risk for Incident Diabetes
An analysis of real-world data from more than 4 million adults shows that cannabis users have a notably higher risk ...
Millions Face Skyrocketing Health Insurance Costs Unless Congress Extends Subsidies
(MedPage Today) -- There's bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for ...
Less Than Half of U.S. Boys Now Circumcised
(MedPage Today) -- Neonatal male circumcision in the U.S. has fallen over the past decade and now sits below 50%, ...
Reducing MMI Dose Pre-Stop Cuts Relapse in Graves Disease
Patients with Graves disease who taper methimazole to a maintenance dose of 1.25 mg/day before discontinuing the drug experience improved ...
