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Wide variations in the numbers of type 1 diabetes patients and specialists throughout the U.S. may affect care availability as diagnostic and treatment modalities continue to advance, data from a cross-sectional study...
A 2-year-old girl whose parents sued a Texas hospital to prevent it from testing if she was brain-dead after she drowned in a hotel pool on Memorial Day has been removed from life support and died, her family said thi...
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Liposomal daunorubicin and cytarabine (Vyxeos) didn't hold up to standard daunorubicin/cytarabine induction therapy in children and young adults with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a phase III trial fro...
Former First Lady Jill Biden said she noticed a concerning symptom before former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer -- he was waking up to use the bathroom up to seven times a night. (US...
Colder was not better when it came to donor heart storage, according to preliminary findings from a retrospective analysis. Between static cold storage (SCS) at 4-8°C and 10°C, there was a marked difference in outcome...
I have been friends with Tony Fauci, MD, for 40 years, working alongside him, from AIDS and Ebola through to the COVID-19 pandemic and mpox. He deserves our gratitude, not politics. But that's not what I want to write...
The most dangerous advice you'll get as a premed is the advice that feels good -- the well-intentioned kind that everyone around you repeats. But a lot of it lowers your odds of ever becoming a doctor, and you won't n...
In the past year, the U.S. has seen a jump in frequent marijuana users going to the hospital with a nausea and vomiting condition, according to a report released Thursday. "The abruptness and sustained magnitude of th...
States unhappy about a new "medical frailty" provision in the Medicaid work requirement rule are continuing their fight over the rule in court. The work requirement -- or "community engagement" requirement, as it is o...
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. White House officials are considering an executive order addressing vaccines and autism, aligning with President Donald Trump's push for increased federal...
FDA today issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for CLiK Extra (dicyclanil topical suspension) wound spray for application on or around wounds for the prevention of New World screwworm (NWS) infestations (myiasis).
The FDA granted accelerated approval to vusolimogene oderparepvec (Tudriqev), known as RP1, in combination with nivolumab (Opdivo) to treat adults with unresectable advanced cutaneous melanoma, the agency announced Th...
The FDA approved oveporexton (Orzeyful) for the treatment of narcolepsy type 1 (narcolepsy with cataplexy) in adults, the agency announced Wednesday. Oveporexton is a first-in-class orexin treatment that goes beyond s...
More than 900 people in Washtenaw County, Michigan, have been sickened with cyclosporiasis since mid-June. Linda Kim, a public health nurse, has called more than 100 of them. Almost everyone has said the same thing: I...
The FDA approved the trivalent flu vaccine mRNA-1010 (mFLUSIVA) for use in all adults age 50 years or older, Moderna announced on Wednesday. It is the first approved flu vaccine to use the mRNA technology that sped CO...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Tudriqev (vusolimogene oderparepvec-wtpg), a genetically modified oncolytic viral therapy for the treatment of advanced, refractory melanoma.
The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. "This is a new level of disrespect," said cardiologist Ali Haider, MD, on TikTok, responding to He...
I led the CDC. I know what greets a new director on day one: an inbox that never empties, urgent calls about health threats worldwide, a workforce at every level watching her every move, and a Congress that controls w...
Maintaining three key health factors during midlife -- normal blood pressure, no diabetes, and not smoking -- was associated with nearly 13 additional dementia-free years, a study of 12,000 people in the U.S. showed....
A White House policy that seeks to end what it calls "dangerous gain-of-function" (DGOF) research is not as restrictive as experts feared, but several said it could still suppress essential work that would better prep...
A doctor in the U.K. was banned from practicing medicine after creating a "closed loop" digestive system in a patient during emergency surgery. (People) A West Virginia orthopedist was accused of intentionally spreadi...
Adults with overweight who adopted a low-fat vegan diet ate fewer calories per gram of food without intentional calorie restriction, a secondary analysis of a randomized trial showed. Among 244 participants, those ass...
Stacy Norton, MD, was only 7 years old when her mother died of colon cancer, one of several family members struck by aggressive tumors at unusually young ages. Decades later, Norton rolled up her sleeve to help test i...
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