JAK Inhibitors Edge Out Anti-TNFs for Pain Relief in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Targeted drugs for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are not created equal when it comes to pain relief, a retrospective study from ...
Euphoric 2 Years Ago, Anti-Abortion Movement Now Divided, Worried as Election Nears
Just 2 years ago, leading anti-abortion activists were euphoric as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ...
Children with cancer may benefit from having a cat or dog ‘pen pal’
A drawing by a child who took part in the animal pen pal schemeCourtesy of YAPS and Anne Gillespie Seriously ...
Younger Patients Have More Regrets About Hysterectomy
Patients who had a hysterectomy at age 30 or younger had higher rates of regret compared with those who had ...
Mpox: Lessons From 2022 for Future Preparedness
Shah is a an internal medicine physician and hospitalist. The 2022 mpox outbreak caught many off guard, quickly spreading beyond ...
Perfecting the On-Call System | MedPage Today
Fred Pelzman is an associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell, and has been a practicing internist for nearly 30 ...
Navigators Act as Trusted Guides for Rheumatology Patients
When a large rheumatology clinic in Richmond, Virginia, heard that Medicare would be reimbursing patient navigators, they decided to launch ...
Gamification Offers Youth Some Benefit in ADHD, Depression
Digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) with game-like elements -- also known as gamification -- appeared to provide limited benefit for ...
FDA Approves Bimekizumab for Three Rheumatologic Conditions
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved bimekizumab-bkzx (Bimzelx; UCB) for adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA), active ...
10-Minute Intervention Boosts Health Worker Well-Being
In a randomized trial involving healthcare workers, a brief web-based intervention integrated into routine continuing medical education led to short-term ...
McDonald Criteria Revisions Signal Shift Toward MS as a Biologically Based Disease
An upcoming revised version of the McDonald diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS) will include new MS biomarkers, a panel ...
Lebanese Doctor Races to Save the Eyes of Those Hurt by Exploding Tech Devices
BEIRUT -- For almost a week, ophthalmologist Elias Jaradeh has worked around the clock, trying to keep up with the ...
What Doulas Do for Moms-to-Be
It's well known that the United States enjoys the dubious distinction of having the worst maternal morbidity and mortality rates ...
U.S. Deaths Tied to Extreme Temps May Double, Triple by Mid-21st Century
Deaths related to extreme temperatures in the U.S. were projected to increase substantially by the mid-21st century, with Black and ...
FDA Clears AI-Powered Thyroid Ultrasound Analysis System
TOPLINE:The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued 510(k) clearance to See-Mode Technologies for their AI-based thyroid ultrasound analysis ...
Brazil Has Many Physicians, Few Medical Residency Positions
Brazil has never had so many active physicians. The latest survey conducted by the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) in ...
Big Strides and Big Gaps
Despite the "remarkable progress" in cancer research and care, cancer remains "an ongoing public health challenge," which requires significant attention ...
Pertussis Rates Climbing in the United States
Pertussis cases in the United States have increased fourfold compared with the same time period last year, according to data ...
How the Future of Medicine Will Revolve Around Our Gut
Meet your new patients.You can't see them, but trillions — maybe quadrillions — of them travel in and out of ...
Pope’s Illness; Docs Against Trump; Another Contact of Missouri H5N1 Case Fell Ill
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The Pope canceled audiences on Monday due to flu-like illness. (AP) ...
