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(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- IV tenecteplase (TNKase) could be beneficial as far out as 24 hours after stroke ...

Gabapentin Misuse Persists, Two Analyses Show

(MedPage Today) -- Two analyses suggested that non-medical (illicit) gabapentin use persisted in recent years as patterns in prescribing shifted. ...

As ICE Uses Medicaid Data, Hospitals Are in a Bind Over Warning Immigrant Patients

(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states ...

FDA Updates Risks in Capecitabine, Fluorouracil Labels

The labeling updates address the risk of early-onset toxicity, including life-threatening adverse events in patients with DPD deficiency who are ...

FDA Calls for Testing Before Treatment With Widely Used Chemotherapies

(MedPage Today) -- Oncology specialists should inform patients about a risk of serious toxicity related to dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency ...

Rural America Needs Immigrant Doctors More Than Ever

(MedPage Today) -- It's now been 32 years since publication of My Own Country, the powerful memoir of Abraham Verghese, ...

Intrusive thoughts? John has a room for that

John tells Elis and Dave about his mind's "resentment room". Source link : https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cje1qnz0lg2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-02-06 ...

Emails Undermine RFK Jr.’s Testimony on His Trip to Samoa Before a Measles Outbreak

(MedPage Today) -- Over 2 days of questioning during his Senate confirmation hearings last year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated ...

Use of GLP-1 Drugs Under Scrutiny at Winter Olympics

(MedPage Today) -- As the Winter Olympic Games get underway, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is monitoring an unexpected class ...

Why exercise isn’t much help if you are trying to lose weight

There are lots of reasons to exercise, but it may not lead to weight loss as much as we have ...

Kate Middleton’s Cancer Battle; RFK Jr. Claims Keto Can ‘Cure’; FDA Chief’s Warning

(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. On World Cancer Day, Princess of Wales Kate ...

Comedy on Prescription? Pilot Raises Hopes for NHS Care

Early pilot data suggest comedy-based social prescribing could complement care, boost wellbeing, and ease pressure on NHS services. Press Association ...

Study Maps Extensive Disease Links Beyond Childhood Eczema

Using millions of NHS records, researchers mapped extensive links between childhood eczema and later inflammatory and eye diseases. Medscape News ...

Synchronised volcanic eruptions on Io hint at a spongy interior

A volcanic eruption on Io photographed by the Galileo spacecraftNASA/JPL/DLR Five volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io erupted all at once ...

Home Visits Don’t Reduce Heat-Related ED Use in Older Adults

Medicaid home visits before heat events are not associated with changes in emergency department visits among older adults during extreme ...

Trump Administration Launches TrumpRx Website for Discounted Drugs

(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs ...

Court upholds return of surgeon who harassed staff

James Gilbert, who was based in Oxford, was previously suspended for sexual harassment. Source link : https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07x793pmjno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss Author : Publish ...

Which Imaging Method Best Detects At-Risk MASH?

Noninvasive imaging tests may help identify at-risk metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, with a FibroScan-based scoring system performing best among commonly used ...

Probiotics May Have Benefit for AD in Kids After 2 Months