James Earl Jones Dies After Long Battle with Diabetes: What to Know

September 11, 2024 — The FDA has launched an investigation of the potential exposure to heavy metals when using tampons, ...

Ultra-Processed Doesn’t Always Mean Bad — Here’s How to Tell

September 11, 2024 — You may have been warned that ultra-processed foods can wreak havoc on your health. But not ...

Hormone Therapy Can Benefit Women Into Their 80s

Hormone therapy (HT) can help women manage menopause symptoms into their 80s, and the reasons are varied, according to a ...

Diabetic Complications Increase Risk for Periodontitis

TOPLINE:Diabetic neuropathy and retinopathy are associated with a higher risk for moderate/severe periodontitis. Dyslipidemia further increases this risk, highlighting the ...

Should CAR T Best Be Used in Early MM Relapse?

HOUSTON — Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR T) has emerged as a game changer for the treatment of multiple ...

Study Reports Safety Data in Children on JAK Inhibitors

TOPLINE:Reports of blood and lymphatic disorders were higher in pediatric patients treated with Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors than in adults ...

PAP Therapy Linked to Decreased Heart Failure, Attacks

TOPLINE:The utilization of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy is associated with reduced rates of mortality and incidence of major adverse ...

‘One more infection and we could lose our boy’

Zachary Bradford had a liver transplant when he was 22 months old but it failed If Zachary Bradford does not ...

Early Glaucoma Doesn’t Impair Vision-Related Quality of Life

TOPLINE:Patients with ocular hypertension who develop primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) without visual field loss did experience a decreased vision-related quality ...

One dose of a smallpox vaccine still gives good protection for mpox

There is little good-quality research into smallpox vaccines’ effectiveness against mpoxEmmanuele Contini/NurPhoto via Getty Images Receiving a single dose of ...

Second Malignancy Risk With CAR T-Cell Therapy on Par With Other Treatments

CAR T-cell therapy carried a risk of second primary malignancy (SPM) that was no worse than that of other standard-of-care ...

Cheap Antidepressant Flops for Severe Breathlessness in Trial

An inexpensive antidepressant proved no better than placebo for alleviating severe, persisting breathlessness from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or ...

NHS must reform or die, PM to say, after critical report

Getty Images"Ballooning" NHS waiting times and delays getting vital treatment in A&E and cancer care is harming health and costing ...

Threats to Whistleblowers, Rampant Fraud Plague Transplant System, Lawmakers Told

Presumably deceased organ donors waking up and mouthing, "Help me." Organ transplant executives threatening whistleblowers with being "cremated alive." Pancreases ...

Circulating H5N1 Bird Flu Spotted by Wastewater Monitoring During Summer

H5N1 influenza surfaced in wastewater samples across all 10 Texas cities monitored by the TexWEB team at the Texas Epidemic ...

Inpatient CBT Reduces Suicide and Readmissions After Discharge

Brief cognitive behavioral therapy (BCBT) sessions adapted for psychiatric inpatients reduced postdischarge suicide attempts and readmission rates, according to a ...

Microvascular Diabetes Complications Linked to Moderate/Severe Gum Disease