Where Harris’ VP Options Stand on Healthcare
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is said to be announcing her vice presidential candidate imminently, and major news organizations have ...
Day: August 1, 2024
Utah’s Top Court Refuses to Revive Abortion Ban for Now
(Reuters) - Utah's highest court on Thursday refused to allow the enforcement of a near-total abortion ban while a lower ...
More E-Cig Use Linked to Greater Chances of Quitting Smoking
More frequent use of e-cigarettes was associated with higher rates of quitting traditional, combustible cigarettes, a national cohort study revealed. ...
PBMs Overpay Their Own Pharmacies to the Detriment of Insurers, Taxpayers, FTC Says
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) often reimburse their own affiliated pharmacies at higher rates than they do independent pharmacies, to the ...
From Gaza to Kyiv, a Palestinian Doctor Lives Between Two Wars
KYIV, Ukraine -- In war-torn Ukraine, he is Alya Shabaanovich Gali, a popular doctor with a line of patients waiting ...
Senate Probe of Births in Prisons Exposes ‘Pervasive Abuse and Mistreatment’
An investigation into jail and prison conditions for pregnant and postpartum women revealed dangerous, unsanitary, and inhumane conditions, according to ...
How Good Is Wegovy’s Heart Benefit?
This story is the first in a series called "Ozempic: Weighing the Risks and Benefits." It was produced in part ...
Fighting Blind: There Remains Much We Don’t Know About the H5N1 Outbreak
Adalja is a practicing infectious disease, critical care, and emergency physician. For approximately the past year, the ongoing influenza A ...
Lilly CEO Says Weight-loss Drug Shortage to End ‘very Soon’, Bloomberg News Reports
(Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly expects its blockbuster weight-loss drug to officially come out of shortage in the United ...
Olympian’s Eye Condition Explained; BRAT Summer Diet; Can Patients Predict Death?
The following contains links to social media websites including X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. As the Summer Olympic Games ...
Genomic Testing in Endometrial Cancer
Genomic testing matters in endometrial cancer both for prognostication and therapeutic selection, but there's work to do in making sure ...
Researchers Try to Better Understand PANS/PANDAS
Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) -- along with the related pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) -- ...
Aspirin for CRC Risk Reduction May Benefit Unhealthy People Most
Regular aspirin use was associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) among individuals with less healthy lifestyles, according ...
Hospital Sued for Overpaying Docs; Fake Doc Gets 3 Years; Vacuum Delivery Lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused Erlanger Health System in North Carolina and Tennessee of overpaying doctors whose ...
Woman Denied Abortion at Kansas Hospital Sues, Alleging Her Life Was Put at Risk
A woman who was denied an abortion at a Kansas hospital after suffering a pregnancy complication that her attorneys say ...
Too Much Coffee Linked to Accelerated Cognitive Decline
Drinking more than three cups of coffee a day is linked to more rapid cognitive decline over time, results from ...
FDA Panel to Consider Arimoclomol for Rare Genetic Disorder
An FDA advisory committee meeting this week will focus on whether an investigative treatment for an ultra-rare and fatal neurovisceral ...
Corticosteroid Use in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are prescribed corticosteroid anti-inflammatory drugs as standard of care, but long-term use comes with ...
Fauci Tells All on Relationship With Trump
In this exclusive video interview, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, talks to Anthony Fauci, MD, former director of ...
No Benefit of Intensive Glucose Control in Critical Patients
Intensive glucose control doesn't reduce mortality risk in critically ill patients when compared with conventional glucose control. Instead, it increases ...
