‘My school’s EpiPen saved my life when I collapsed after drinking ginger beer’
BBCElaine Fraser recognised the symptoms of anaphylactic shock thanks to training by the school where she works When teacher Elaine ...
Will I be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s like my mother?
Sally Magnusson Sally Magnusson has already written a book about how her family coped with her mother's dementiaThere can’t be ...
NHS trust put in place do-not-resuscitate rule, Covid inquiry told
Getty ImagesIntensive-care units came under severe strain during Covid, the inquiry has heard (stock photo)At least one NHS trust put ...
Peer Reviewers Pocket Millions in Industry Payments
TOPLINE: More than half of the US peer reviewers for four major medical journals received industry payments between 2020 and 2022, ...
Folate Levels in Pregnancy and Congenital Heart Disease Risk
TOPLINE:Maternal serum folate levels during early to midpregnancy show a U-shaped association with congenital heart disease (CHD) risk in offspring. ...
Study Evaluates Safety of BPO Products for Acne
Among 111 prescription or over-the-counter products for acne that contain benzoyl peroxide (BPO), 38 (34%) contained benzene levels above the ...
Is Thyroid Cancer a ‘Good’ Cancer? Experts & Patients Say No
Papillary thyroid cancer is widely known as the "good cancer." This term has been around for years and is used ...
Officials Scramble to Protect IV Supplies in Wake of Hurricane Disruption
Federal officials are working to move critical hospital supplies out of the path of Hurricane Milton, which is threatening another ...
Long-Term Cognitive Monitoring Warranted After First Stroke
A first stroke in older adults is associated with substantial immediate and accelerated long-term cognitive decline, suggested a new study ...
Pulsed Dye Laser an Option for Acne Treatment
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Lasers and energy-based treatments alone or in combination with medical therapy may improve outcomes for patients with ...
Can Antiseizure Drugs Increase Cardiovascular Risk?
Enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications (EIASMs) increase the risk for new-onset cardiovascular events among older adults with epilepsy, a new study suggests.In ...
Excess Body Weight Tied to Increased Risk for Second Cancers
TOPLINE:Cancer survivors who had overweight or obesity at the time of their initial cancer diagnosis have a higher risk for ...
10M Pounds of Meat Recalled; Kentucky Nurse Wins Lottery; Crocs and Foot Issues
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. BrucePac is recalling approximately 9,986,245 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry ...
Low Lipids Linked to Thyroid Cancer Recurrence
TOPLINE:Lower preoperative levels of triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol are linked to higher recurrence rates in patients with papillary ...
Hurdles to CAR T Cells in Lung Cancer
SAN DIEGO — CAR T-cell therapies offer the tantalizing prospect of dramatically altering the outcome of lung cancers, but there ...
Positive Phase 3 Results for First-in-Class Parkinson’s Med
PHILADELPHIA — Tavapadon, an experimental first-in-class oral selective partial D1/D5 dopamine receptor agonist for Parkinson's disease (PD), was shown to ...
Primary Care Screenings Cut Suicide Risk, Study Shows
In the winter of 2023, Cynthia Smith, MD, an internal medicine physician in Philadelphia and the chief membership and engagement ...
A New Way to ‘Smuggle’ Drugs Through the Blood-Brain Barrier
Getting drugs to the brain is difficult. The very thing designed to protect the brain's environment — the blood-brain barrier ...
AF Linked to Severe AEs After UACDT for Thrombolysis
BOSTON — Ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis (UACDT) is an important tool for treating acute pulmonary embolism (PE), but it can pose a ...
Fluconazole Resistance in Vulvovaginal Yeasts Increases
TOPLINE:Fluconazole resistance in yeast isolates from women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis in Leeds, England, increased from 3.5% to 9.6% over ...
