7 Healthy Things TikTok Gets Right About Cottage Cheese
Share on PinterestThanks to viral posts on TikTok, the popularity of cottage cheese is skyrocketing. Lauri Patterson/Getty ImagesCottage cheese is ...
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Incyte’s Blood Cancer Drug Succeeds Late-stage Trial
(Reuters) - Incyte said on Thursday its drug met the main goal in a late-stage trial evaluating it in patients ...
Infected blood compensation payouts on the way
The government has announced it will push ahead with compensation payments to infected blood victims.The previous government had announced the ...
Why More People Are Overdosing on Weight Loss Drugs
Share on PinterestThe FDA warns that overdoses related to compounded forms of GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and ...
We have tools to solve the opioid crisis – so why aren’t they used?
An opioid treatment clinic in VermontJordan Silverman/Getty Early in August, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a sixth ...
Untreated High Blood Pressure May Raise Your Risk by 42%
Share on PinterestUntreated high blood pressure may significantly raise your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests. FreshSplash/Getty ...
What Medicare Advantage Changes Would a Trump or Harris Administration Make?
Policy experts and former health officials cast their predictions on what health policy changes to expect from the next administration ...
Brain Implant Helps ALS Patient Quickly Restore Conversational Communication
A novel brain implant helped an ALS patient with severe dysarthria communicate quickly.Another ALS patient was able use her brain-computer ...
In-Hospital Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance Declined Over 13 Years
Over a period of 13 years, hospital-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance declined simultaneously for common pathogens at U.S. Veterans Affairs ...
Study Suggests No Overall Increased Risk of MS Relapse After COVID Boosters
Overall, people with multiple sclerosis (MS) were not at increased risk of relapse after receiving booster doses of the COVID-19 ...
Journal Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policies Are All Over the Map
The nation's leading medical journals have widely varying policies regarding the conflicts of interest they require authors to disclose, a ...
Pregnancy and Delivery Feasible After Uterus Transplant, but Risks Exist
Recipients of a successful uterus transplant were able to carry a pregnancy to term and have children without abnormalities, a ...
First case of more dangerous mpox found outside Africa
Sweden's public health agency has recorded what it says is the first case of a more dangerous type of mpox ...
Benefits of Adjuvant RT for Early Breast Cancer Limited to First 10 Years
Adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) for early breast cancer protected against ipsilateral recurrence for 10 years after treatment but not thereafter, according ...
Bayer Wins US Legal Victory Against Roundup Cancer Claims; Shares Surge
(Reuters) - Bayer won a legal victory in its fight to limit liability from claims its Roundup weed killer causes ...
FDA Calls Them ‘Recalls,’ Yet Many Devices Often Stay in Use
In 2016, medical device giant Abbott issued a recall for its MitraClip cardiac device— "a Class I recall, the most ...
I’ve Seen the Extreme Pain of IUD Insertion
Bhaskar is a third-year medical student. The guidelines recently issued by the CDC regarding intrauterine device (IUD) insertion mark a ...
Vision Loss a Dementia Risk Factor? What Do the Data Say?
In 2019, 57 million people worldwide were living with dementia, a figure expected to soar to 153 million by 2050. ...
Mpox risk to UK low but medics on alert
UK health chiefs say they are making plans in case a new type of mpox virus is detected in the ...
Mississippi Opioid Settlements: What Happens Next?
Hundreds of Mississippians die every year from opioid overdoses, an epidemic that has claimed the lives of tens of thousands ...
