FDA Approves Pneumococcal Vax Designed Specifically for Adults Covers serotypes responsible for over 80% of invasive pneumococcal disease in those 50 and up Jun 18, 2024
Vaping, Chantix Show Similar Benefit for Quitting Cigarettes, in the Short Term Confirmed abstinence rates with either doubled versus placebo at 26 weeks Jun 17, 2024
H5N1 Is Highly Lethal, but Only in Some Animals. Scientists Want to Know Why. And what if the virus mutates in a way that changes all that? Jun 16, 2024
Some Pasteurization Methods May Not Clear H5N1 in Heavily Infected Milk In experimental study, trace infectious virus detectable in some samples heated for short periods Jun 14, 2024
People Flock to Indian City to Swallow Live Fish as 'Miracle Cure' for Asthma But scientific groups and others say there is no proof behind it Jun 14, 2024
PPI Prevents Upper GI Bleeds During Intubation, With No Effect on Mortality But expert still suggests the approach may not be appropriate for the most severely ill Jun 14, 2024
Doc Paralyzed After COVID; Legionella at Medicare HQ; Mystery Grand Canyon Illness Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 14, 2024
Early Menopause Tied to Higher Risk of Respiratory Mortality Greatest risk observed for women with bilateral oophorectomy Jun 13, 2024
Diet Change Revealed Deadly Diagnosis: Medical Mystery Solved! Can you guess what caused this patient's salt cravings? Jun 13, 2024
Preoxygenation With Noninvasive Ventilation Led to Less Hypoxemia During Intubation Fewer critically ill adults had hypoxemia compared with preoxygenation with an oxygen mask Jun 13, 2024
Senators Blast Health and Law Enforcement Officials Over Illegal E-Cig Use in Teens The two best-selling disposable vapes alone generated more than $500 million in sales last year Jun 12, 2024
Another KRAS Inhibitor Scores an Early Win in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Half of patients responded, but editorialists call for new directions in therapy development Jun 11, 2024
With Bird Flu Tests Hard to Get, How Will We Know When to Sound a Pandemic Alarm? If government doesn't prepare to ramp up testing, U.S. could be caught off guard again Jun 11, 2024
Repeat Anesthesia in Kids With Cystic Fibrosis Didn't Lead to Neurobehavioral Harms Repeated BAL-directed therapy with general anesthesia at young ages safer than once believed? Jun 11, 2024
Dendritic Cell Therapy Offers No Survival Advantage in Pleural Mesothelioma Immunotherapy may have been given too late, researchers suggested Jun 10, 2024
FDA Expands Use of RSV Vaccine to Include More Adults Arexvy now approved for people 50 years and older at increased risk of serious outcomes Jun 10, 2024
Lung Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low in the U.S., Especially in the South But one study showed that patient navigation added to usual care may increase uptake Jun 10, 2024
'Uncertainty' Is Indeed a Bad Word: A Second Opinion on Pandemic Communication Information should be presented to the public using a three-part approach Jun 09, 2024
Artery Inflammation and CV Events; Stepped Palliative Care for Lung Cancer Patients Also in TTHealthWatch: diets and medicine in IBS and active surveillance in prostate cancer Jun 08, 2024 podcast
Melatonin Use Tied to Decreased Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Retrospective research isn't definitive but cheap supplement has been linked to better eye health Jun 07, 2024
Sleep Disturbance Common in Postmenopausal Women With Troublesome Hot Flashes Most reported trouble sleeping, staying asleep, and many said their sleep was of poor quality Jun 07, 2024
Juul Vaping Products' Stay of Execution Is Now More Official FDA rescinds marketing denials pending further review Jun 06, 2024
Paxlovid Trial Flops for COVID Pneumonia Small study found no decrease in mortality among inpatients in three countries Jun 06, 2024
Cucumbers Hospitalize 54; First H5N2 Bird Flu Death; FDA Warns on Oysters, Clams Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 06, 2024
Phrenic Nerve Stimulation Shows Benefits in Central Sleep Apnea With Heart Failure Use of the nerve stimulator tied to a fivefold higher chance of better clinical outcomes Jun 06, 2024
'Transformative': Novel Drug for Narcolepsy Effective in Mid-Stage Trial Unlike its predecessor, TAK-861 did not result in any hepatotoxicity or serious adverse events Jun 05, 2024
PPG-Based AI to Detect Obstructive Sleep Apnea Shows No Bias Based on Skin Color No significant differences between AI analysis and gold-standard polysomnography Jun 04, 2024
Insomnia Trajectory Tied to Subsequent Depression Risk Progressive worsening insomnia tied to greatest risk Jun 04, 2024
Limited-Stage SCLC Gets a New Standard of Care With Consolidation Durvalumab Median OS was 55.9 months in the durvalumab group compared with 33.4 months in the placebo group Jun 03, 2024
'Uncertainty' Isn't a Bad Word: U.S. Agencies Must Tighten Up H5N1 Communications More effective and efficient public messaging is the need of the hour Jun 03, 2024
'Practice Changing' Trial for Inoperable Locally Advanced NSCLC EGFR testing now needed for all patients with stage III disease, experts say Jun 02, 2024
Virtual and In-Person Palliative Care Equally Beneficial in Advanced Lung Cancer No differences observed in quality of life metric, patient and caregiver satisfaction Jun 02, 2024
Subcutaneous Amivantamab Plus Lazertinib Non-Inferior to IV Dosing in NSCLC Unexpectedly offers a possible overall survival benefit, researchers say Jun 01, 2024
Novel Bispecific in EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer Boosts PFS After Targeted Agents China-based trial may present a hurdle to FDA approval, however Jun 01, 2024
Guillain-Barre Syndrome Rates After RSV Shots in Sync With Trial Data, CDC Says But compared with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, GBS was more common than expected May 31, 2024
Unprecedented PFS Results in ALK-Positive Lung Cancer Trial "We have not seen anything close to this," says expert May 31, 2024
First U.S. Bird Flu Case With Respiratory Symptoms Emerges The third human case of H5N1 occurred in a Michigan dairy farm worker May 30, 2024
Smoking Isn't the Only Source of Nicotine Addiction in Town Emerging data suggest pharmacological interventions may help patients quit vaping May 29, 2024
Kids' Spirometry Results Differed When Switching to Race-Neutral Equations Magnitude of differences "substantially larger in children of Black race," researcher noted May 28, 2024
