Med Student Killed; Puberty Blocker Data Go Unpublished; Alzheimer's Trial Inquiry Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 24, 2024
Prolonged Treatment for Endometriosis May Harm Live Birth Rate in IVF Interim analysis of small trial raises alarm about using progestins in particular prior to IVF Oct 23, 2024
ACIP Backs Extra COVID Vax Dose for Seniors, Pneumococcal Vax for Adults 50 and Up CDC advisors also formalize recommendations on extra COVID vaccine doses in the immunocompromised Oct 23, 2024
First Cases of New Neurology Syndrome Identified Long non-coding RNA implicated in human disease Oct 23, 2024
Scripts for GLP-1, SGLT2 Drugs on the Rise in Type 1 Diabetes Patients Findings leave researcher "concerned" Oct 23, 2024
New Elective for Med Students Gives Credit for Parenting, Caregiving The elective allows new parents to spend time with their child while gaining knowledge Oct 23, 2024
Want to Fix ED Boarding? Try 'Surgical Smoothing,' Expert Says And no, it doesn't involve doing surgery on the weekends, notes Peter Viccellio, MD Oct 23, 2024
Poor Sleep at Age 40 Linked to Accelerated Brain Aging Sleep quality in early midlife predicted brain age 15 years later Oct 23, 2024
A Look at Food-Related Illnesses at Restaurants Over the Years While pretty rare for well-known restaurant chains, they do happen Oct 23, 2024
Surgical Centers Urged to Nix Mandatory Pre-Op Pregnancy Tests Question of when to test involves navigating patient privacy, legal, ethical concerns Oct 23, 2024
Fast-Acting Novel Depression Tx; Lumryz Label Expanded; GLP-1s for Addiction? News and commentary from the psychiatry world Oct 23, 2024
Hawking Health Conspiracies; How UnitedHealth Pressures Docs; Hospital's High Prices This past week in healthcare investigations Oct 23, 2024
FDA Expands Approval of RSV Vaccine Abrysvo to Include All At-Risk Adults Decision was based on need for RSV protection in younger people with chronic conditions Oct 23, 2024
What Will the IV Fluid Shortage Mean for Hospital Finance? A more strategic approach to production is key to preventing crises like this Oct 23, 2024
Make the Diagnosis: She Feels Fine, But Why Do Her Fingers Look Like This? A 38-year-old woman visited her doctor about itchy, raised spots that developed on her fingers 5 days prior. Can you diagnose the patient? Oct 23, 2024
What Is the Recreational Drug 'Pink Cocaine'? It rarely contains cocaine and is more likely to contain ketamine Oct 23, 2024
E. Coli Tied to McDonald's Burgers; 'Goldwater Rule' Doc Weighs In; New Mpox Spreads Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 23, 2024
Oral Cephalosporin May Hold Potential for Early Syphilis Cefixime offers several benefits over penicillin G, researcher says Oct 22, 2024
Misinformation a Concern of Physician Advocates on Both Sides of the Abortion Issue Anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups each decry tactics of their opponents Oct 22, 2024
Most Egg Donors Feel Good About Donation, Open to Meeting Kids, Survey Shows A notable 23.6% said they had concerns about their health or future fertility Oct 22, 2024
Sodium Channel Blocker Relieves Acute Pain in Phase III Data Trials favor a first new class of pain drug in years Oct 22, 2024
'My Womb Isn't My Legacy' We must look beyond women's childbearing potential in healthcare and society in general Oct 22, 2024
Asthma Drug Did Not Reduce Symptom Duration in Mild to Moderate COVID Future studies should investigate whether getting montelukast earlier makes a difference Oct 22, 2024
MIND Diet and Cognitive Decline; Gene Therapy for Parkinson's; Curbing MS Fatigue News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Oct 22, 2024
Acromegaly Injectable Rejected; Nobel Prize Winner Dies; Obesity Doubles in Kids News and commentary from the endocrinology world Oct 22, 2024
Private Equity's Tighter Grip; ApoB Inhibitors vs Liver? Promising New RDN System Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 22, 2024
Prepregnancy Obesity, Eating Disorders Linked to Mental Health Diagnoses in Kids Largest effect sizes seen for sleep disorders, social functioning and tic disorders Oct 22, 2024
Medicare Drug Plans Are Getting Better Next Year. Some Will Also Cost More. A redesigned drug benefit will operate more like other private insurance policies Oct 22, 2024
Doctors Share Their Favorite Pet Theories They may not have the data, but "the University of My Eyeballs confirms it conclusively" Oct 22, 2024
Evidence of Durable Vision Improvement With Gene Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa Significant improvement beyond 100 weeks after single injection of mutation-agnostic MCO-010 Oct 22, 2024
IV Fluid Shortage May Impact Surgeries Around the U.S. for Weeks Hurricane-related damage keeps sterile fluids factory shut down Oct 22, 2024
Mpox Vaccine in Teens Generates Robust Immune Response, Proves Safe A vaccine for younger children is urgently needed, researcher says Oct 22, 2024
No X-Ray Proof of Rare Surgical Complication Tied to GLP-1 Agonists Conundrum of holding meds continues following conflicting reports of aspiration events Oct 22, 2024
Another Stab at Disease-Modifying OA Drug Hits Home in Early Study Taking a page from HIV medicine Oct 22, 2024
Laser Trabeculoplasty Tops Eye Drops as Frontline Treatment for Glaucoma Office procedure reduced visual field loss by 29% over 6 years versus eye drops Oct 22, 2024
Women in Ban States Are Getting Abortions at Similar Rates as Under Roe, Report Says Out-of-state travel and medication via mail are main methods Oct 22, 2024
Embryo Transfer Guidelines Reduced Multiple Births Without Harming Live Birth Rate Multiple birth rate plummeted after revamped single embryo transfer guidance in 2017 Oct 22, 2024
Why Hospital Gowns Are Ugly; Mass Food Poisoning in Maryland; Eli Lilly Files Suit Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 22, 2024
Hearing Loss May Signal Early Parkinson's Disease Early interventions with hearing aids attenuated the risk Oct 21, 2024
