Can Popular Weight Loss Drugs Lower Cancer Risk?
Blockbuster weight loss and type 2 diabetes drugs, such as Ozempic, carry a growing list of benefits.These drugs — known ...
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Transfusion in Acute Brain Injury: Is Less Still More?
Blood transfusions are commonly given to patients with acute brain injury, but there is ongoing debate over whether a restrictive ...
rTMS May Alleviate Common, Resistant Schizophrenia Symptoms
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is both safe and effective for treating nonexistent spoken voices heard by patients with schizophrenia, ...
Cassava Shares Sink on Plans to Stop Alzheimer’s Drug Studies
(Reuters) -Cassava Sciences said it will stop all trials of its Alzheimer's disease drug after it failed a late-stage study, ...
Trump Health Agency Nominations Spark Controversy
President-elect Donald Trump’s vision for the nation’s top health agencies is coming into focus with three nominations announced late Friday ...
Why gene editors want to treat fetuses when they are still in the womb
Gene editing could be more effective before birthLeigh Prather/Alamy Doing CRISPR gene editing while fetuses are in the womb could ...
Larger Bleeds but Better Outcomes?
TOPLINE:Men with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) experience larger ICH volumes and a higher risk for deep bleeds than women, but they ...
MASLD and MetALD Linked to Increased Cancer Risk
TOPLINE:Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), MASLD with increased alcohol intake (MetALD), and other combination etiologies of steatotic liver disease ...
Merck’s Therapy for Rare Lung Condition Shown to Help Reduce Risk Of Death in Study
(Reuters) - Merck said on Monday its drug, Winrevair, helped significantly reduce the risk of death in patients with a ...
Can New Target Boost Bone Health in Older Women With T2D?
TOPLINE:In older postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes (T2D), pyridoxamine treatment has potential to prevent fractures and protect bone tissue ...
USPSTF Calls for Universal Syphilis Screening in Pregnancy
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued an updated draft recommendation statement advising early screening for syphilis ...
Over 160,000 lb of Ground Beef Recalled for E coli Risk
Nov. 22, 2024 — Wolverine Packing Co. of Detroit has recalled about 167,277 pounds of ground beef products because of ...
Gout Experts Approve New Remission Criteria
In a nearly unanimous vote at the annual research symposium of the Gout Hyperuricemia and Crystal-Associated Disease Network (G-CAN), members ...
Family Doctors Can Intervene to Treat and Prevent STIs
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Family physicians should familiarize themselves with doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxy PEP) as a prescription for patients ...
Exclusive-Thousands Turn to Wegovy Copies Each Month as FDA Considers Shortage Status
(Reuters) - More than 200,000 prescriptions for copies of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy are getting filled by U.S. patients ...
Anticoagulant Considered After Bioprosthetic Valve Surgery
CHICAGO — Edoxaban, a direct oral anticoagulant, appeared to be as effective as or more effective than warfarin in preventing ...
Plant-Based Diet Improves Uric Acid Levels, Gout Symptoms
A Mediterranean-inspired plant-based diet improved self-reported measures of gout as well as uric acid levels, a pilot study has found. There ...
Hoarding Disorder: A Looming National Crisis?
A report published earlier this year by the US Senate Special Committee on Aging is calling for a national coordinated ...
Expert Consensus Provides Low-Dose Oral Minoxidil Guidance
Recently published consensus guidelines for low-dose oral minoxidil (LDOM) treatment of hair loss provide best-practice recommendations in areas ranging from ...
Spinal Cord Stimulation Promising for Chronic Back, Leg Pain
TOPLINE:Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapies for chronic back and/or leg pain is superior to conventional medical management (CMM) for reduced ...
