Gen X, Millennials At Higher Risk for 17 Types of Cancer
Share on PinterestA new study found that Gen Xers and Millennials have a higher risk of 17 types of cancer ...
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Healthcare Groups Want Congress to Make Assaulting a Health Worker a Federal Crime
Mark Boucot has his signs ready. "The signs that will be hung around my facility say 'It is a federal ...
Bacteria originally found in faeces help chronic wounds heal
The bacterium Alcaligenes faecalis has unexpected wound-healing effectsSciMAT /Science Photo Library An open wound is the perfect playground for bacteria ...
Olympic Gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik Is Living with 2 Eye Conditions
Share on PinterestOlympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik is living with two eye conditions, strabismus and coloboma. Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesOlympian Stephen Nedoroscik, ...
FDA Approves New Blood Test for Screening
Share on PinterestThe FDA has approved a new colorectal cancer blood test by Guardant Health called Shield for Medicare coverage. ...
AI-Powered Device Estimated Gestational Age as Accurately as Sonographers
An artificial intelligence (AI)-powered handheld ultrasonography device operated by novice users estimated gestational age as accurately as credentialed sonographers using ...
Midlife Blood Biomarkers Predict Late-Life Dementia
PHILADELPHIA -- Blood biomarkers specific to Alzheimer's disease -- specifically, amyloid-beta 42/40 ratios and measures of phosphorylated tau 181 (p-tau181) ...
Approval in Endometrial Cancer Expanded; Masks at Cancer Centers; NPR Reporter Dies
The FDA expanded the approval of dostarlimab (Jemperli) plus chemotherapy for primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer to include patients ...
FDA Approves First Engineered Cell Therapy for a Solid Tumor
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved afamitresgene autoleucel (afami-cel) (Tecelra, Adaptimmune LLC) to treat advanced synovial sarcoma. Afami-cel — ...
Our Understanding of IBD Has Come a Long Way—So Have the Options to Treat It
As someone who has been on the front lines of caring for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for a ...
Physician Fights Insurer to Cover Her Baby’s Brain Cancer Treatment
On June 9, 2023, Eunice Stallman, MD, a psychiatrist in Boise, Idaho, got some of the worst news of her ...
FDA Greenlights First Gene Therapy for a Solid Tumor
The FDA granted accelerated approval to afamitresgene autoleucel (afami-cel, Tecelra) for treating advanced synovial sarcoma, the first engineered cell therapy ...
An Effective Nondrug Approach to Improve Sleep in Dementia
A multicomponent nonpharmaceutical intervention improves sleep in people with dementia living at home, early results of a new phase 3 ...
After the End of Roe v. Wade, a New Beginning for Maternity Homes
ORANGE, Va. -- On the wall of the maternity home is the motto: "Saving Babies, One Mom at a Time." ...
Statin Use Linked to Higher Risk of Glaucoma
Statin use was associated with a higher likelihood of glaucoma in adults with hyperlipidemia, even those whose "bad" cholesterol was ...
Community Pharmacy Gets an Unfairly Bad Rap
Goldstein is a pharmacist. Community pharmacies are facing an existential crisis. According to the National Community Pharmacists Association, there are ...
How Do Oncologists Differ in End-of-Life Therapy?
TOPLINE:Oncologists show significant variability in prescribing systemic cancer therapies in the last 30 days of life. Patients treated by oncologists ...
Medicare Lags, Medicaid Leads for Biosimilar Uptake
Infliximab biosimilars have taken an increasing share of prescriptions for the first tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor to win approval, ...
SUNY Downstate EM Doc Accused of $1.5M Fraud
In a case that spotlights the importance of comprehensive financial controls in medical offices, a leading New York City emergency ...
Early Post-Hospitalization Therapy Cuts Opioid Overdose Risk
TOPLINE:Initiating medication for opioid use disorder (OUD) within 7 days of a hospital visit reduces the risk for fatal or ...
