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The FDA on Friday approved datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd; Datroway) as a first-line option for unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer ...

Food Preservatives and CVD; Keto Diet Study Retracted; Impella Controller Errors

Food preservatives had substantial ties with hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, according to a cohort study. (European Heart Journal) Meanwhile, stand-out ...

‘Things That Had Never Been Tried’: American Clinicians on Treating Ebola in 2014

Aneesh Mehta, MD, was the physician on call when the first Ebola patient arrived at Emory University Hospital on Aug. ...

Botulinum Toxin for Frown Lines Moves Toward EU Approval

EMA advisers have backed a botulinum toxin for moderate to severe frown lines in adults, with reported onset of action ...

How a radical new view of life could reveal its origin – and aliens

Wherever you are reading this, look around you. Every living thing you can see – other people, pets, birds flying ...

FDA Staff Blindsided by Move Allowing More E-Cigs, Nicotine Pouches Onto Market

Senior officials in the FDA's tobacco center were blindsided by a recent decision that opens the door to allowing more ...

Investigational Drug Lowers Tourette Relapse Risk in Kids

Investigational ecopipam lowered relapse risk in pediatric Tourette patients compared with placebo over 24 weeks.Common side effects in the phase ...

More People Being Monitored at Home for Potential Hantavirus Exposure

States are monitoring additional people for potential hantavirus exposure, in many cases due to air travel, MedPage Today has learned. ...

Curcumin Supplementation May Help Ease Depression

Curcumin, the primary active compound in the spice turmeric, was associated with significant reduction in depressive symptoms in new research ...

Space storms could switch signals and cause serious train accidents

Trains entering and exiting London’s Clapham Junction StationJack Taylor/Getty Images A number of electrical systems in the railways of many ...

Trump’s Medical Exam; Ebola Outpacing Response; Eating Disorders and GLP-1s

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. President Donald Trump is expected to have a medical exam today ...

HCV Antiviral Moves Toward EU Use in Acute Infection

European regulators have recommended expanding Maviret, a dual direct-acting antiviral, to include acute hepatitis C infection in adults and children. ...

What Can Patients With HFpEF Gain From Iron Supplementation?

Intravenous iron supplementation may resolve iron deficiency in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction but may not improve ...

Earliest use of anaesthetics uncovered in Chinese doctor’s tomb

Scissors and tweezers from the tomb of Xia Quan, with residues containing the anaesthetic aconitineCourtesy Xue Ling, et al Two ...

Shingles Shot Shows Short-Term Safety in People With HIV

In people living with HIV, the adjuvanted recombinant subunit herpes zoster vaccine shows a favorable short-term safety and tolerability profile. ...

Weight-Loss Pill Approval Highlights Important Role of PCPs

FDA approval of Eli Lilly’s weight-loss pill on April 1 shows the fast-changing landscape for weight loss, obesity medications. Medscape ...

Attack on Iran’s oil released as much pollution as a volcano

Flames and smoke rise from an oil storage facility struck during attacks on Iran on 7 MarchAlireza Sotakbar/ISNA/AP/Alamy Israeli airstrikes ...

Will lab-grown sperm let infertile men have children of their own?

Coloured scanning electron micrograph of human sperm cellsPDC/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Infertility isn’t something men like to talk about but it’s ...

Lilly’s New Drug Helped People Lose Up to 85 Pounds