Ever feel the need to switch off? Your vagus nerve might hold the key
Ruth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporterAlamyIt's the body's superhighway that carries information from your brain to your major organs. You might ...
How Will the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Change Next Year?
(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/quizzes/news-quiz/118382 ...
Major Trial Sours on Blanket DOAC Therapy After Successful Afib Ablation
(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- A direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) was unable to further lower the risk of atrial ...
Chronic Kidney Disease Now in the Top 10 Causes of Death Worldwide
(MedPage Today) -- HOUSTON -- Chronic kidney disease (CKD) took the ninth spot on the leading causes of death globally ...
Fish Oil Shows Cardiovascular Benefits in Dialysis Patients
Substantial reductions in adverse cardiovascular outcomes are especially notable for this high-risk population, but validation in further studies is still ...
Stem Cells After MI and Heart Failure; Blood Markers and Multiple Sclerosis
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for ...
App Helps Smartwatch ID Structural Heart Disease
An AI-powered app can turn a smartwatch into a predictor of structural heart disease, a new study finds. Medscape Medical ...
I’m a Dietitian. The Push for More Nutrition Education Is Spot On.
(MedPage Today) -- In August, the Trump administration announced a major initiative urging medical schools and medical-education organizations to implement ...
Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Cutting LDL in Half in Tough-to-Treat Dyslipidemia
(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS – A single injection of a gene-edited protein was deemed productive and safe in patients ...
Navigating the Skin-Related Variants of Lupus
‘A higher-titer ANA raises the suspicion that something more systemic may be going on,’ said Amanda Mixon, PA-C. Medscape Medical ...
Meta-Analyses Argue for Broader Use of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Chronic Kidney Disease
(MedPage Today) -- HOUSTON -- SGLT2 inhibitors may hold a benefit for a wider pool of patients with chronic kidney ...
Disease of 1,000 Faces Shows How Science Is Tackling Immunity’s Dark Side
(MedPage Today) -- Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off Ruth Wilson's rashes, swelling, fevers, and severe pain for 6 ...
Novel GLP-1 Drug on Attack Path Against Very High Triglycerides
(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- An investigational triple-receptor agonist made some headway in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia, a phase ...
GLP-1 Use Prior to Pregnancy Tied to Lower Gestational Diabetes Risk
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Women who had been taking GLP-1 receptor agonist medications prior to becoming pregnant had a ...
Artificial Light at Night May Raise CVD Risk
Increased exposure to artificial light at night is linked to higher stress-related activity in the brain, more inflammation in the ...
Mothers say AI chatbots encouraged their sons to kill themselves
Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura KuenssbergBBCWarning - this story contains distressing content and discussion of suicideMegan Garcia had no idea ...
NHS: More doctors and online booking
Nick TriggleHealth correspondentGetty ImagesGP Dr David Turner no longer sees patients on a Wednesday morning.Instead, he spends that time sifting ...
Trial Patient Dies After Receiving CRISPR Gene Therapy
(MedPage Today) -- A patient with transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) who received the investigational gene therapy nexiguran ziclumeran (nex-z) in a ...
Better Therapy, Care in Advanced Breast Cancer Has Led to Longer Survival
(MedPage Today) -- Patients newly diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in 2025 would be expected to live 7 months longer ...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Double-Helix Shape of DNA, Has Died at Age 97
(MedPage Today) -- James D. Watson, PhD, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the ...
