Oral Antibiotics Alone Miss the Mark for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis But adverse events, quality of life, and patient satisfaction similar to oral/IV approach Apr 17, 2024
Death After Hemorrhoid Cream; Working Late and Illness; Full-Blown Hoarding Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Apr 17, 2024
No New Safety Signals Seen With Migraine Prevention Drug At 48 weeks, atogepant showed consistent safety profile and efficacy Apr 16, 2024
Lawmakers Take Up Fallout From Change Healthcare Cyberattack Health sector likely to remain an "attractive target," says congressman Apr 16, 2024
The H5N1 Outbreak Is Not a Test Run, It's a Warning Shot A true public health success would be preventing the virus from further adapting to humans Apr 16, 2024
Only One Harm From mRNA COVID Vaccines, Report Determines Independent reviewers reject causal links to infertility, myocardial infarction, stroke Apr 16, 2024
Improper Payments in Medicare and Medicaid: Who's at Fault? Republicans and Democrats took differing approaches on the subject at a House hearing Apr 16, 2024
Possible Pulmonary Benefit With Viltolarsen for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Exon-skipping therapy was well-tolerated, phase II data showed Apr 16, 2024
The California Saga: Why Some DOs Fear Combined Medical Boards Their main concern is that their scope of practice would be "trampled" Apr 16, 2024
Should DOs and MDs Have Separate Licensing Boards? They Still Do in 13 States West Virginia effort hits late obstacle; some DOs fear bias under a combined board Apr 16, 2024
Can Testosterone Aid Women's Menopausal Symptoms? Some physicians prescribe the hormone to women, while others call for more data Apr 16, 2024
Brenzavvy vs Farxiga for T2D; PFAS in Seafood; 100 Deaths Linked to GLP-1 Drugs? News and commentary from the endocrinology world Apr 16, 2024
Novel Chlamydia Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Trial Fourfold seroconversion rate of 100% in all active vaccine groups Apr 16, 2024
FDA Advisors' COIs; Ongoing Ukraine Heart Transplants; N.J. Cardiologist's $2M Fraud Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Apr 16, 2024
TNF Inhibitors for IBD Linked to Kidney Function Declines Observational VA data support recommendations for monitoring with initiation Apr 16, 2024
Roundup Maker Seeks Lawmakers' Help to Squelch Claims It Failed to Warn About Cancer Legal experts say legislation could provide immunity from lawsuits Apr 16, 2024
White House Announces Partnership With 50 Countries to Stifle Future Pandemics President Biden asking for $1.2 billion for global health safety efforts Apr 16, 2024
Counterfeit 'Botox' Spreading Across the U.S., CDC Warns Nine people hospitalized across nine states after receiving the injections Apr 16, 2024
The 340B Program Isn't Going Anywhere, Lawmaker Tells Hospital Executives Rep says it's a great program that helps rural areas, and needs to continue Apr 16, 2024
Automated, Personalized Outreach Boosts CRC Screening in Diverse Patient Population Absolute improvement of 30-40% in screening participation after 1 year Apr 16, 2024
Algorithm Predicts Disability From Point-of-Care EEGs Hospitalized patients with seizure burden of at least 50% had poor outcomes Apr 16, 2024
Decaying Bodies and COVID Fraud? Health Worker Minimum Wage; Pharma's Small Tax Bill Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Apr 16, 2024
Many With Breast Cancer 'Systematically Left Behind,' Report Says Lancet Commission issues recommendations to address inequities in global breast cancer care Apr 15, 2024
Multidisciplinary Team Intervention Flops for Improving CKD Outcomes Intervention "did not overcome barriers" to PCP, patient behavior changes, editorialists say Apr 15, 2024
High Lipoprotein(a) Levels' Hit on Heart Health Doesn't Discriminate Atherogenic particle appeared to be a risk factor regardless of age, sex, race, diabetes status Apr 15, 2024
MedPAC Wrestles With Wide Variation in Generic Rx Prices, Availability Commissioners baffled by factors affecting Part D drug prices Apr 15, 2024
Pediatric Eye Care 'Deserts' Pervasive in the U.S. 87% of counties don't have a single pediatric ophthalmologist or pediatric optometrist Apr 15, 2024
Bird Flu Is Spreading to More Farm Animals. Are Milk and Eggs Safe? Health officials say the risk to the public is low and the food supply remains safe Apr 15, 2024
It's the First Drug Shown to Slow Alzheimer's. Why Is It Off to a Slow Start? Limited impact, possible side effects, lack of delivery systems, insurance denials all in the way Apr 15, 2024
Don't Rule Out Breast Cancer Surgery for 90-Year-Olds Retrospective study suggests survival benefit over conservative management Apr 15, 2024
What Kate Middleton Reminds Us About the Role of Privacy in Healing Everyone deserves the "sanctity of space" during a course of illness Apr 15, 2024
After Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes, Mortality Risk Lingers for Decades 40 years of data connect preterm birth, other gestational problems to multiple causes of death Apr 15, 2024
Cryoablation for Early-Stage Breast Cancer a Safe Option in Older Women Breast cancer survival rate was 97% at 5 years Apr 15, 2024
Cardiac Events Common in Older, Hospitalized RSV Patients New RSV vaccines could reduce risk, researchers said Apr 15, 2024
Taking Care of Patients Beyond the Confines of the Traditional Office Visit Home monitoring can offer a great way to extend our services Apr 15, 2024
Anesthesiologist Convicted; Oldest Conjoined Twins Die; 'Donald Trump Did This' Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Apr 15, 2024
Anesthesiologist Convicted of Tampering With IV Bags Linked to Death Actions also caused cardiac emergencies for several patients, said federal prosecutors Apr 15, 2024