TOPLINE:Long-term treatment with Oleogel-S10 (birch bark extract, Filsuvez) gel significantly reduced wound burden and disease activity in individuals with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), with a high adherence rate and a manageable...

SAN ANTONIO — Can breast cancer screening be better tailored to a person’s individual risk of cancer?Guidelines advise heightened surveillance in certain women, including those with a family history of...

TOPLINE:The use of anti–calcitonin gene-related peptide monoclonal antibodies (anti-CGRP mAbs) was not linked to increased risk for a cardiovascular disease (CVD) event in a cohort study of older adults with...

TOPLINE:Adjuvant combination leucovorin calcium, fluorouracil, irinotecan hydrochloride, and oxaliplatin (FOLFIRINOX) and other multiagent chemotherapy regimens boost overall survival (OS) in patients with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma after preoperative FOLFIRINOX. Single-agent adjuvant...

In a recent study, beta blockers appeared to significantly lower both the annualized risk for conversion from presymptomatic to symptomatic Huntington’s disease (HD) and the rate of worsening among symptomatic...

Intraoperative frozen section histology (IFSH) demonstrates high diagnostic accuracy for individual surgical margins in human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC), but it may fall short in predicting final...

Experiencing one’s parents’ divorce in childhood is associated with increased risk for stroke in older adults, according to a recent study.A secondary analysis of public data suggests that parental divorce...

An investigational blood test for early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC) in average-risk adults met the primary endpoints of sensitivity and specificity in the PREEMPT CRC study, the largest study...

As a steady stream of studies suggests associations between rosacea and comorbidities, ranging from cardiovascular disease to depression and gastrointestinal (GI) issues, patients may look to their dermatologists for guidance...

Michelle Roberts, Nat Wright and Adam EleyBBC NewsKyleSome online sites are prescribing men a hair loss drug that has potentially risky side effects without consistent safety checks, the BBC has...

More thyroid cancers were detected soon after starting a GLP-1 receptor agonist than other diabetes drugs, a secondary analysis of a target trial emulation of a comparative effectiveness study found....

Some scientific meetings involving the NIH were abruptly cancelled this week, leaving researchers concerned about their work and the implications for science under the second Trump administration. An email from...

In the opinion of R. Rox Anderson, MD, patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) have long been underserved in the medical field.This tumor-predisposition syndrome affects an estimated 1 in 3500...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved treosulfan (Grafapex, Medexus Pharmaceuticals) in combination with fludarabine as a preparative regimen to clear bone marrow before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell...

Novel agent abelacimab has potential to be a safer anticoagulant, according to the randomized AZALEA-TIMI 71 trial.The trial had been stopped early because of a surprisingly large reduction in bleeds...

Depressive symptoms were not consistently associated with Alzheimer's pathology in people without dementia.In people with normal cognition, amyloid and depressive symptoms were not linked.In people with mild cognitive impairment, depressive...

Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, announced last week that she was in remission from cancer. Since she never disclosed the type of cancer, it's hard to know exactly what...

Thrul is an associate professor of mental health and an alcohol policy research fellow. Platz is a professor of epidemiology. Alcohol causes cancer, and we should be drinking less of...

The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Doctors including Zachary Rubin, MD, and Eric Burnett, MD, blasted the Trump administration's decision...

Members of the family who own Purdue Pharma, the maker of oxycodone hydrochloride (OxyContin), and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to...