COVID Drug Recall; Update on Nurse Struck by Lightning; Surrogates' Pregnancy Risks Health news and commentary gathered by staff Sep 24, 2024
One in Three Former NFL Players Believe They Have CTE About 25% of men who thought they had CTE reported feeling suicidal Sep 23, 2024
TESLA Trial: Does Timing Make or Break Thrombectomy for Large-Core Strokes? Trial results deemed "neutral" for endovascular therapy in contrast with other recent studies Sep 23, 2024
CDC Alerts on Mpox Prevention for Patients Heading to Areas With Clade I Outbreaks Clinicians should urge vaccination, provide patient education to at-risk travelers Sep 23, 2024
Prolonged Symptoms After Lyme Disease: What CDC Wants Doctors to Know Validating patients' symptoms, active listening is critical to prevent "medical wandering" Sep 23, 2024
Training on Cadavers Still Essential for Medical Students Donor dissection teaches skills not easily acquired with other methods Sep 23, 2024
JAK Inhibitors Edge Out Anti-TNFs for Pain Relief in Rheumatoid Arthritis Swedish study looks at neglected issue in RA treatment Sep 23, 2024
Euphoric 2 Years Ago, Anti-Abortion Movement Now Divided, Worried as Election Nears "Things have not necessarily unfolded as we would hope," says one abortion opponent Sep 23, 2024
Younger Patients Have More Regrets About Hysterectomy Survey indicates persistent pain and re-intervention may play a role Sep 23, 2024
Mpox: Lessons From 2022 for Future Preparedness We must be ready for possible systemic complications Sep 23, 2024
Perfecting the On-Call System Some patients clearly need emergency care, but maybe others could be triaged to primary care Sep 23, 2024
Gamification Offers Youth Some Benefit in ADHD, Depression Systematic review shows small but significant effects from game-like interventions Sep 23, 2024
10-Minute Intervention Boosts Health Worker Well-Being Work-life integration and emotional exhaustion, recovery, and thriving all improved within 8 days Sep 23, 2024 video
McDonald Criteria Revisions Signal Shift Toward MS as a Biologically Based Disease Some cases of radiologically isolated syndrome will be considered multiple sclerosis Sep 23, 2024
Florida's New COVID Booster Guidance Is Straight-Up Misinformation, Experts Say State's health department advising against most shots Sep 23, 2024
Lebanese Doctor Races to Save the Eyes of Those Hurt by Exploding Tech Devices Authorities have not said how many people lost their eyes Sep 23, 2024
U.S. Deaths Tied to Extreme Temps May Double, Triple by Mid-21st Century Study finds that increase in heat deaths will far outweigh reduction in cold deaths Sep 23, 2024 video
Pope's Illness; Docs Against Trump; Another Contact of Missouri H5N1 Case Fell Ill Health news and commentary gathered by staff Sep 23, 2024
'Do a Real Study, Then We Can Talk': What We Heard This Week Quotable quotes heard by 's reporters Sep 22, 2024
Abortion Clinics -- And Patients -- Are on the Move, as State Laws Keep Shifting Clinics struggle to meet demand as thousands travel out of state for abortion care Sep 22, 2024
The Best Prescription for Safety in Pharmacy Well-being and safety in the profession have come a long way, but the work isn't done yet Sep 22, 2024
EPA Scientists Say They Were Pressured to Downplay Health Harms From Chemicals And a watchdog found they were retaliated against Sep 22, 2024
Which COVID Strain Is Expected to Take Over in the Coming Months? You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz Sep 21, 2024
Women With MS Less Likely to Receive Treatment Than Men Is "therapeutic inertia" to blame? Sep 21, 2024
High ADHD Medication Doses Tied to Psychosis; Rapid Tests for Malaria Also in TTHealthWatch: youth and opioids, and pembrolizumab for triple-negative breast cancer Sep 21, 2024 podcast
Zachary Quinto Steps Into Giant-Sized Doctor's Shoes in NBC's 'Brilliant Minds' The actor plays a character inspired by Oliver Sacks, MD, the "poet laureate of medicine" Sep 21, 2024
FTC Sues Top Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Prices The three companies process about 80% of prescriptions in the U.S. Sep 20, 2024
Turning 'Cold' Tumors Into 'Hot' Tumors Adoptive cell therapy, bispecific antibodies, novel immunotherapies among numerous strategies Sep 20, 2024
Kids With MS May Have Better Outcomes When Started on High-Efficacy Treatment Early Starting monoclonal antibody therapy during childhood reduced long-term disability Sep 20, 2024
Documentary Explores Racism, Gatekeeping in Nursing "People who don't fit comfortably into an environment can't thrive," director of the film says Sep 20, 2024
FDA OKs First Flu Vaccine for At-Home Use FluMist nasal spray can now be used without the help of a healthcare provider Sep 20, 2024
A Georgia Woman's Death After Delayed Abortion Care Was Preventable. Who's to Blame? Physicians need more clear guidance and protocols from their healthcare systems Sep 20, 2024
Cytokine Release Syndrome and Neurotoxicity After CAR T-Cell Therapy Treatment with tocilizumab and steroids is standard, but new therapies are emerging Sep 20, 2024
Reconsider When a Prophylactic ICD Is Needed in Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Meta-analysis holds LGE higher than LVEF in identifying high-risk NIDCM Sep 20, 2024
First Drug Approved for Niemann-Pick Disease Type C Arimoclomol (Miplyffa) greenlit for ultra-rare genetic disorder Sep 20, 2024
New Consensus Report: Myopia Should Be Classified as a Disease Experts also call for more time outdoors for kids to help prevent myopia from developing Sep 20, 2024
U.S. Will Let More People Take Methadone at Home This is the first update to methadone regulations in 20 years Sep 20, 2024
Tolebrutinib Slows Disability in Non-Relapsing Secondary Progressive MS Liver toxicity may still be a concern Sep 20, 2024
Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of Parkinson's Disease Risks observed for the akinetic rigid form of the disease, as well as dyskinesia Sep 20, 2024 video
COVID Czar's 'Sex Parties'; Nationwide Drug Recall; Steward CEO Held in Contempt Health news and commentary gathered by staff Sep 20, 2024
