He Went Into Heart Failure. They Got Married in the ICU
Daniel Phan was in heart failure and days from undergoing lifesaving surgery when he and his girlfriend, Julia, decided to ...
What death doulas can teach us about dying
Death doulas or soul midwives have increased in popularity in recent years. What do they do? Source link : https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9vp0ld1leo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss ...
Telemedicine Visits Tied to Fewer Antibiotics for Respiratory Infections
Kids seen by primary care clinicians for acute respiratory tract infections were prescribed antibiotics less often during telemedicine visits versus ...
Unpacking Higher Cancer Rates in Young Adults; Increasing Vaccine Uptake
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine ...
I Was Told I Had 6 Months to Live. That Was 20 Years Ago.
Twenty years ago, I was told I likely had 6 months to live. I was 22 when I had a ...
Trump’s New Surgeon General Pick Has Both Praised and Cringed at His Administration
Nicole Saphier, MD, is President Donald Trump's latest pick for the vacant role of U.S. surgeon general, a nomination that ...
Court Restricts Abortion Access Across U.S. by Blocking the Mailing of Mifepristone
A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by ...
Your Dreams May Influence Your Morning Mood. Here’s Why
Share on PinterestResearch shows that your dreams may affect your morning mood. Image Credit: Studio Firma/StocksyA recent study has found ...
FDA Approves First Non-Antipsychotic Drug for Alzheimer’s Agitation
The FDA expanded the indication for dextromethorphan hydrobromide and bupropion hydrochloride (Auvelity) extended-release tablets to treat agitation associated with Alzheimer's ...
Novel Pulsed Field Ablation System Turns to High-Energy, Ultra-Short Zaps
The future of pulsed field ablation (PFA) technology could go in the direction of high-voltage nanosecond energy bursts, according to ...
US Court Blocks Mail-order Access to Abortion Drugs, for Now
A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a federal rule allowing the abortion drug mifepristone to be dispensed through ...
Study Examines if Prenatal Exposure to Sedatives Is Linked to Psych Disorders
Prenatal exposure to benzodiazepines or Z-hypnotics was not associated with an increased risk of psychiatric or neurodevelopmental disorders in children ...
FDA OKs Daraxonrasib Pancreatic Cancer Preapproval Access
FDA authorizes an expanded access treatment protocol after the oral RAS(ON) inhibitor doubled survival for metastatic patients in a phase ...
Vepdegestrant Earns FDA Nod for ESR1-Mutated Breast Cancer
Approval was based on findings from the phase 3 VERITAC-2 trial showing significantly improved PFS for patients with ESR1-mutated disease. ...
As RFK Jr. Downplays Rabies, CDC Staff Tells Docs It’s a Daily Threat
Just a week after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed rabies during a Senate hearing based on the few ...
Which Former NIH Official Was Indicted?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage ...
In Race to the First Psychedelic Approval, Who’s Leading?
A new FDA regulatory pathway could accelerate approval of psychedelic therapies for resistant depression and PTSD, and experts speculate that ...
RCP Warns on Specialists’ Place in Neighbourhood NHS
A Royal College of Physicians survey found nearly half of specialist doctors are unsure how they will fit into neighbourhood ...
FDA Opens Early Access to Novel Pancreatic Cancer Drug Generating Buzz
The FDA has given the green light to an expanded access program (EAP) for the investigational pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib. ...
Real-Time Trial Review Needs a Response Plan, Not Just a Data Feed
When the FDA announced recently that two drug companies had begun streaming clinical trial data to agency reviewers in real ...
