Lawmakers Grill Health System Execs on Cost Increases
Are health system executives mostly worried about income and profits, or are they just struggling to serve patients amid increasing ...
Lung Cancer Screening Rates in Eligible Adults Remain Low, Uneven
About a quarter of survey respondents who met USPSTF eligibility criteria were up to date with lung cancer screening in ...
Zanubrutinib May Have PFS Edge Over Combo Therapy in CLL
A post hoc analysis evaluates zanubrutinib vs acalabrutinib-venetoclax in treatment naive chronic lymphocytic leukemia using indirect comparisons of data from ...
FDA Says First ‘Real-Time’ Clinical Trial Is Underway
The FDA announced the launch of the first "real-time" clinical trial, with a second soon following, that will enable agency ...
FDA Claims ‘Manipulated’ Data Led to Drug’s Approval, Proposes Withdrawal
The FDA said that "manipulated" data supported the approval of avacopan (Tavneos) for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, and the ...
Decoding Coffee-Dementia Links; Three Alzheimer’s Trajectories; Mumps Encephalitis
A neuroscientist offered a guide to reading studies about high coffee consumption and low dementia risk. (Washington Post) A longitudinal ...
FDA Staff Raises Concerns on Two Cancer Drug Applications
For the first time since last July the FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) will meet on Thursday to evaluate ...
SCOTUS Grapples With Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuits Over Roundup Cancer Claims
The Supreme Court seemed divided Monday over whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the maker of the weedkiller Roundup ...
UK Clinical Trial Regulations Come Into Force
New UK clinical trial rules come into force today, cutting set-up times by more than a quarter and making trial ...
Patients Warned to Check Sertraline Packs After Recall
The MHRA has urged patients prescribed Sertraline 100 mg to check their pack after a batch was found to contain ...
Advanced Cardiogenic Shock Programs a Good Match for Sickest Patients, Study Finds
There was a survival advantage to having hospitals with mechanical circulatory support (MCS) escalation capabilities treat people with acute myocardial ...
Psoriasis and Obesity: A ‘Special’ Relationship With Clinical Impact
At the recent American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) annual meeting, a presentation called "Psoriasis Beyond the Skin: Obesity, Metabolism, and ...
GLP-1 Pill Spurred New Scripts; ‘Food Noise’ Phenomenon; Diabetes and Dementia
First-time prescriptions for anti-obesity medications jumped by 21.7% around the time that oral semaglutide (Wegovy) for weight loss launched, according ...
Moderate Diet Change Tied to Renal Benefit in CKD
Over 15 years, a moderately protein-restricted diet was tied to a lower risk of starting dialysis in patients with stages ...
Former Top Fauci Advisor Indicted by DOJ
The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged David Morens, MD -- a top aide to Anthony Fauci, MD, during the pandemic ...
Medical Board Wants AI Doctor Program ‘Immediately Suspended’
The Utah Medical Licensing Board has called for the immediate suspension of a state-run pilot program that would allow artificial ...
Can AI Ease Clinician-Patient Conversations About Obesity?
The Obesity Medicine Association’s interactive tool was designed to help clinicians practice real-world obesity-care discussions ‘grounded in science and compassion.’ ...
Are First-Time Seizures a Red Flag for Cancer?
A new study explores whether first-time seizures are associated with a higher risk for cancer in the short or long ...
Prediction markets: Gamblers are betting millions of dollars on measles outbreaks
New York State Department of Health Commissioner James McDonald talking in New York last year about measles outbreaksJim Franco/Albany Times ...
Is consciousness more fundamental to reality than quantum physics?
Imagine you could take a cosmic mixing bowl and cook up reality from scratch. It would be a strange kind ...
