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Last September, I (Whaley) testified before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight about something that should trouble every American who has ever paid a hospital bill or a health insurance premium: the no...
Last year, Baltimore had three mass overdose incidents in the span of 3 months in its Penn North neighborhood. In one incident, more than two dozen people were hospitalized after many were found unresponsive, lying in...
GLP-1 drugs, used for type 2 diabetes and weight loss, have been touted for their many benefits, but it's their side effects that often make headlines, especially those with compelling monikers like "Ozempic teeth." H...
A year ago, a gunman fired 500 rounds at the CDC campus, killing DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose. I was inside the building during the attack. Authorities said the shooter was radicalized by the anti-vaccine c...
There were plenty of people whose normal weight belied the higher cardiovascular risk evident in their waist size, according to a pooled analysis of over a dozen cohort studies. Among those with normal weight or overw...
Shanghai-based biotech company HuidaGene Therapeutics disclosed the death of a child 1 year ago in a trial of an investigational gene-editing therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Semaglutide (Wegovy) attenuated a...
The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record started in February, months before it was officially declared in mid-May, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday as responders in eastern Congo struggle to catch u...
Ever since "The Pitt" season 2 finale aired in April, fans have been (not so) patiently waiting for season 3. Noah Wyle, who plays Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, recently revealed a few details to get fans through t...
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. At least 2,000 people have died amid the 4,381 confirmed cases in Congo's Ebola outbreak, the fastest-growing on record. (AP) The U.S. reported 117 new me...
President Trump signed an executive order that shrinks the number of universally recommended vaccines for children, calls for splitting up the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) shot, and says each vaccination should o...
Outcomes have substantially improved over time in patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), according to a retrospective, registry-based co...
Most older adults with type 2 diabetes whose HbA1c level was outside the American Diabetes Association (ADA)-recommended target did not have their medications adjusted, a review of electronic health records indicated....
Patients with painful osteoarthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) -- aka the big toe -- would do better with immediate surgery than letting nature take its course, results of a randomized trial indica...
People with autoimmune cerebellar ataxia were more likely to have been exposed to pet hamsters versus a control group, a hospital-based study in China suggested. Among patients matched on age and sex, hamster exposure...
In "Beyond Diagnosis: Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer," Cleveland Clinic oncologist Christopher Wee, MD, and host John Mangels discuss how clinicians can guide patients through the initial complexities...
The public spectacle surrounding the congressional testimony of Anthony Fauci, MD, along with the recent scrutiny of his private, COVID-era diaries, has reignited a persistent debate: what kind of public accounting do...
The monoclonal antibody nirsevimab (Beyfortus) consistently performed well against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related hospitalization during infants' first year after receipt but without a benefit for other hos...
U.S. health officials on Monday proposed a rule change that would require food manufacturers to notify regulators before introducing new ingredients or additives into processed or packaged foods. The proposal would ch...
Living in areas of greater social vulnerability was linked to worse overall survival among women with epithelial ovarian cancer, particularly Black women, a retrospective cohort study suggested. Overall, living in are...
She shaved her perineal area, then applied a topical herbal substance provided by an alternative practitioner -- but a week later, the 40-year-old woman developed aggressive necrotizing fasciitis. What ensued was a 12...
More than a million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the leg bones with metal, and drops in a plastic spacer to allow the new joint to glide. While knee replacement proc...
Although biomarker testing is playing a greater role in the management of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), treatment selection still relies on relatively few validated biomarkers. Markers for Immunotherapy Severa...
Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. Louisiana has confirmed nine cases of Vibrio vulnif...
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Former President Joe Biden's prostate cancer metastasized to the bone and has become painful and debilitating, his son said. (AP) During his acceptance sp...
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