Targeted drugs for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are not created equal when it comes to pain relief, a retrospective study from Sweden indicated, although the differences appeared to be modest. Three...

Just 2 years ago, leading anti-abortion activists were euphoric as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, thus ending the nationwide right to abortion. Now, with...

A drawing by a child who took part in the animal pen pal schemeCourtesy of YAPS and Anne Gillespie Seriously ill children and teenagers appear to get emotional benefits from...

Patients who had a hysterectomy at age 30 or younger had higher rates of regret compared with those who had the procedure after 30, a survey-based retrospective cohort study found....

Shah is a an internal medicine physician and hospitalist. The 2022 mpox outbreak caught many off guard, quickly spreading beyond endemic areas in Africa to other parts of the world,...

Fred Pelzman is an associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell, and has been a practicing internist for nearly 30 years. He is medical director of Weill Cornell Internal Medicine...

When a large rheumatology clinic in Richmond, Virginia, heard that Medicare would be reimbursing patient navigators, they decided to launch their own virtual navigator program. Blake Wehman"We read about it and...

Digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) with game-like elements -- also known as gamification -- appeared to provide limited benefit for some mental health conditions in young people, according to a...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved bimekizumab-bkzx (Bimzelx; UCB) for adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA), active nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) with objective signs of inflammation, and...

In a randomized trial involving healthcare workers, a brief web-based intervention integrated into routine continuing medical education led to short-term improvements in four domains associated with well-being, results published in...

An upcoming revised version of the McDonald diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS) will include new MS biomarkers, a panel of experts said. The revisions signal a shift toward looking...

BEIRUT -- For almost a week, ophthalmologist Elias Jaradeh has worked around the clock, trying to keep up with the flood of patients whose eyes were injured when pagers and...

It's well known that the United States enjoys the dubious distinction of having the worst maternal morbidity and mortality rates among industrialized nations. Maternal mortality in this country increased by...

Deaths related to extreme temperatures in the U.S. were projected to increase substantially by the mid-21st century, with Black and Hispanic adults projected to disproportionately be affected by this increase,...

TOPLINE:The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued 510(k) clearance to See-Mode Technologies for their AI-based thyroid ultrasound analysis and reporting software. While various AI tools for the evaluation...

Brazil has never had so many active physicians. The latest survey conducted by the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) in 2023 revealed 575,930 active physicians, which corresponds to an average...

Despite the "remarkable progress" in cancer research and care, cancer remains "an ongoing public health challenge," which requires significant attention and funding, according to the Cancer Progress Report 2024 from...

Pertussis cases in the United States have increased fourfold compared with the same time period last year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Reports...

Meet your new patients.You can't see them, but trillions — maybe quadrillions — of them travel in and out of your practice every day. They're hungry, mysterious, community-oriented, and small....

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The Pope canceled audiences on Monday due to flu-like illness. (AP) FDA said that the controversial fentanyl lollipops will no longer...