First gene-editing therapy could cure disorder
Kirthana BalachandranKirthana Balachandran was diagnosed when she was three months old and is now studying to be a doctorThe first ...
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Alternative PBMs Arise to Compete With the ‘Big Three’
As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Congress turn their attention to the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), ...
Parkinson’s Dementia May Be Less Common Than Once Thought
Parkinson's disease dementia may occur less frequently than previously thought.The estimated risk of dementia increased with disease duration.Age, male sex, ...
Targeted Agent Promising for Life-Threatening Fetal Condition
Treatment with the monoclonal antibody nipocalimab improved live birth outcomes and delayed or prevented fetal anemia or intrauterine transfusions in ...
Lawmakers Push for MDMA Approval; Dogs and Depression; Barriers to OUD Prescribing
A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers is pressuring the Biden administration to approve Lykos Therapeutics' midomafetamine (MDMA)-assisted treatment ...
Giving RSV and Flu Vaccines Together Led to Adequate Immune Responses
Administering the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prefusion F protein vaccine (Arexvy) at the same time as the adjuvanted seasonal quadrivalent ...
Experts Clash Over VP Pick Walz’s Health Policies
As some health policy experts cast the running mate of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris as a "healthcare champion" and ...
Extend the Hospital-at-Home Waiver Before It’s Too Late
Fulmer is a practicing nurse and president of a philanthropy dedicated to improving care for older adults. In November 2020, ...
Home Visit Scheme; FDA Faces Pressure on Psychedelics; Hospital Stifled Debate?
Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. $15B ...
U.S. Abortions Have Risen Slightly Since Roe Was Overturned, Study Finds
Abortion was slightly more common across the U.S. in the first 3 months of this year than it was before ...
How Does ‘Eat Less, Move More’ Promote Obesity Bias?
Experts are debating whether and how to define obesity, but clinicians' attitudes and behavior toward patients with obesity don't seem ...
David Lynch’s Emphysema; Trump Losing His Train of Thought; Emergency Blood Shortage
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Screenwriter and director David Lynch, whose credits include "Twin Peaks," said ...
Infliximab Biosimilars Uptake in US Reveals Ongoing Concerns
TOPLINE:Uptake of infliximab biosimilars rose slowly across private insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare when two were available in the United States ...
Chronic Itch in Older Adults: Workup and Management Advice
WASHINGTON — Immunoglobulin E (IgE) and eosinophils appeared to be reliable biomarkers of type 2 inflammation in chronic pruritus of ...
Psoriasis Medication May Slow Type 1 Diabetes Onset
TOPLINE:The monoclonal antibody ustekinumab, approved for treating psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease, appears to safely protect pancreatic beta-cell ...
Tool Can Help Predict Futile Surgery in Pancreatic Cancer
TOPLINE:An easy-to-use web-based prognostic tool, MetroPancreas, may help predict the likelihood of futile pancreatectomy in patients with resectable pancreatic ductal ...
Big Gain in PFS With Metastasis-Directed RT for Oligometastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Patients with oligometastatic pancreatic cancer lived more than four times longer without disease progression when they received metastasis-directed radiotherapy (RT) ...
Does Headache Surgery Really Work? Neurologists Unconvinced
Jeffrey E. Janis, MD, is on a mission. The professor of plastic surgery, surgery, neurosurgery, and neurology at The Ohio ...
Is Self-Injury the Same Everywhere?
A meta-analysis of 38 studies found that nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is twice as prevalent in female teenagers as it is ...
ECT Works, Now Scientists Believe They Know How
For years, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been a lifesaving treatment for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), yet exactly how it ...
