Can Restricting Carbs Cut the Need for Medication in T2D?
Eating a low-carbohydrate diet can help preserve beta-cell function in people with mild type 2 diabetes (T2D), potentially allowing some ...
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Lack of Awareness of Steroid Toxicity Risk in Neurologists
SAVANNAH, Georgia — There is a lack of understanding among neuromuscular specialists on how to balance the risks for and ...
Therapeutic DMARD Monitoring Has Potential but Also Hurdles
Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) — the practice of using laboratory testing to measure blood levels of drugs — has garnered ...
At-Home tDCS With Remote Supervision Safe, Effective for MDD
Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with real-time remote supervision was associated with significantly greater symptom improvement and higher clinical ...
E. Coli Tied to McDonald’s Burgers; ‘Goldwater Rule’ Doc Weighs In; New Mpox Spreads
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The CDC and officials in multiple states are investigating an outbreak ...
For Radiation ‘Downwinders,’ Cancer Compensation Is On Hold
For more than three decades, the federal government sought to make amends to countless Americans who developed cancer after being ...
PCPs Can Help Ease This ‘Public Health Catastrophe’
Recent reports suggest diabetic retinopathy is more common in younger people than previously thought, leading to a call for more ...
Remote Assessments a Win-Win for ALS Patients and Clinics?
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA — Remote monitoring of respiratory scores in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) helps predict the best timing ...
Social Adversity Tied to Worse Mortality in PH
BOSTON — Social adversity is associated with worse survival among patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH), according to a new retrospective ...
Cancer’s Other Toll: Long-Term Financial Fallout
SAN FRANCISCO — While the physical toll of cancer is well documented, the financial toll can also be severe and ...
New Stroke Guidelines Include GLP-1 Drugs and Diet, Lifestyle Changes
Share on Pinterest PIKSEL / Getty ImagesNew guidelines for stroke prevention from the American Stroke Association emphasize the benefits of ...
New Ransom Demands, AI Risks
From the largest healthcare companies to solo practices, just every organization in medicine faces a risk for costly cyberattacks. In ...
Marburg virus: All your questions about the deadly disease outbreak answered
A scanning electron micrograph of Marburg virus particlesNIAID Rwanda is facing its first ever Marburg virus outbreak. Beginning in late ...
Health Secretary Wes Streeting will vote against legalising assisted dying
Health Secretary Wes Streeting will vote against changing the law on assisted dying, the BBC has confirmed.Backbench Labour MP Kim ...
A Doctor Gets the Save When a Little League Umpire Collapses
Emergencies happen anywhere, anytime, and sometimes, medical professionals find themselves in situations where they are the only ones who can ...
Gotistobart Trial for NSCLC on Partial Clinical Hold
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a partial clinical hold on the phase 3 PRESERVE-003 trial of ...
Three vs Six Cycles of Chemo for Retinoblastoma
TOPLINE:Compared with six cycles, three cycles of chemotherapy for high-risk retinoblastoma showed noninferior 5-year disease-free survival (DFS). The three-cycle regimen ...
ICD-10-CM Codes Debut for Two Hair Loss Disorders
On October 1, 2024, International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes for central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) ...
US Medicaid Programs Say Cost a Key Factor for Weight-loss Drug Coverage, Survey Finds
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most U.S. states do not currently cover highly sought after weight-loss drugs from Novo Nordisk and ...
NHS will not fund new drug to slow Alzheimer’s
A new drug that slows the pace of Alzheimer's disease is too expensive for too little benefit to be used ...
