Mpox Is Back in the News. Here’s What Clinicians Need to Know.
Amid a new surge of mpox in Africa, the spread of the more deadly clade I subtype, and a rising ...
Day: September 4, 2024
Novel Agent Reduces Monthly Migraine Days
Investigational Lu AG09222 bested placebo in preventing migraine in a phase II trial.The treatment showed a 2-day difference in reducing ...
Teclistamab Shows Promise in Refractory Autoimmune Diseases
TOPLINE: Teclistamab, a T-cell engager that targets B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA), improved disease activity in four patients with refractory autoimmune conditions. ...
Doxorubicin-Trabectedin Strategy Boosts Survival in Challenging Sarcoma
Treatment with doxorubicin plus trabectedin (Yondelis), followed by trabectedin maintenance, improved overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients ...
Off-the-Shelf Drug Matches CAR-T Effects in Refractory Lupus
A new chapter may have begun in the exciting story of "immune reset" therapy for difficult-to-treat autoimmune diseases, with a ...
Presidential Candidates Should Undergo Standardized Cognitive and Physical Testing
Mark is an endocrinologist, geriatrician, and women’s health specialist, and former senior medical advisor to the White House and HHS. ...
PA Group Sends Second Letter Asking AMA for Policy Truce
The American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) sent a second letter to the president of the American Medical Association (AMA) ...
Just How Addictive Is the Drug That Killed Matthew Perry?
Matthew Perry's death from the "acute effects of ketamine" may be a harbinger of a larger ketamine addiction problem in ...
Sweat monitor could reveal when you are exercising too hard
This band can collect sweat excreted around the wrists or anklesSoongwon Cho & Ruihao Song Elastic bands embedded with colour-changing ...
Pregnancy After Tubal Ligation May Be More Common Than Expected
Rates of pregnancy after tubal sterilization may be higher than previously expected, according to an analysis of national survey data. ...
More ADHD Drug Production; Psilocybin vs Lexapro; Addiction a Chronic Brain Disease?
Amid ongoing shortages, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is allowing 24% more production of Takeda Pharmaceuticals' attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ...
Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse
Narratives around addiction often reduce it to a series of poor choices, lack of values and weakness. This has real-world ...
RSV Vaccines Show High Effectiveness Against Hospitalization in Older Adults
During the first season of use, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination among older adults was associated with a substantially reduced ...
Surgeon Removed Liver Instead of Spleen, Family Says
An Alabama woman is seeking legal action against a surgeon whom she alleges removed her late husband's liver instead of ...
Gender Care Docs Threatened; Optum Takeover Regrets; Profiting Off Patients
Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Threats ...
The Higher the Disability Burden From Disease, the Higher the Suicide Risk
Having a medical condition was associated with an increased risk of suicide in a dose-response-like manner, such that the higher ...
Does the structure of your brain affect your risk of depression?
A network of neurons in the brain seems to be larger in people with depression, which could change how we ...
From D-Day to Assassination Attempts: Where Medicine and History Intertwine
Twice over the course of this summer I have been glued to the TV by breaking news coverage of the ...
Will an experimental mRNA vaccine help fight the mpox outbreak?
Health workers attend to an mpox patient at a treatment centre in Munigi, the Democratic Republic of the CongoAssociated Press/Alamy ...
What to Know About Delta-8 and Other Common Vape Shop Drugs
They're sold in gas stations, vape shops, online, and in other stores around the country in seemingly countless enticing forms: ...
