Drug Slashes Risk of Severe Allergic Reactions to Multiple Foods Benefits with omalizumab shown for patients with nut, milk, egg, and wheat allergies Feb 26, 2024
Take Your Supplements With a Big Grain of Salt We must guide patients who get lost managing their own care Feb 26, 2024
Fact Check: No, COVID-Vaccinated People Aren't Banned From Giving Blood Debunking false claims of "tainted" blood Feb 26, 2024
Three Tools to Address Health Equity Data, communication and respect, and private-sector partnerships are key Feb 25, 2024
Alzheimer's Supplements Fail Compared With Generic Drugs Prescription galantamine drugs were labeled accurately, but dietary supplements were not Feb 23, 2024
Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Prior Authorization? Possibly, but "complete transparency" about its use would be needed, expert says Feb 23, 2024
Study Identifies Ways to Improve Gender-Affirming Healthcare Interviews with transgender adults yields provider- and systems-level guidance for better care Feb 23, 2024 video
Brain Dysfunction, Immune Abnormalities Seen in Post-Infectious Chronic Fatigue Deep phenotyping study provides new clues about ME/CFS Feb 22, 2024
Another COVID Toll: Over 134,000 Undiagnosed Cancers During Height of Pandemic Diagnosis rates remained low throughout 2020, with mortality increase projected Feb 22, 2024
How Many Docs Are Feeling Burned Out? Almost All of Them, Survey Finds More than half have considered taking a non-patient-facing job or leaving the field entirely Feb 22, 2024
Acupuncture Tops Sham for Easing PTSD in Combat Veterans Large treatment effect observed for clinical and biological measures of combat-related PTSD Feb 22, 2024
How Common Are False Positive Rapid COVID Tests? Persistent false positives more common in women, autoimmune disorders Feb 21, 2024
Some People Who Attempt Suicide Do Not Meet Criteria for Psychiatric Disorders Study findings challenge the notion of which individuals are at risk for suicidal behavior Feb 21, 2024
Annual Breast Cancer Screening Starting at Age 40 Best, Modeling Study Says Estimates suggest mortality was reduced by 42% with annual screening for this age group Feb 20, 2024
Potential Biomarker for Perforated Appendicitis Shows Link to Severe Sepsis Test that can differentiate between simple and perforated appendicitis is "highly desirable" Feb 20, 2024
Surgical Remission of Cushing's Disease Tied to New Autoimmune Conditions But glucocorticoid replacement right after surgery may be protective Feb 19, 2024
Could Niacin Actually Induce Heart Disease? Americans consume too much vitamin B3, researchers suggest Feb 19, 2024
States Target Health Insurers' Red Tape Around Prior Authorization Pending bills in multiple states include policies backed by the AMA Feb 19, 2024
First Drug OK'd for Reducing Allergic Reactions From Multiple Foods 68% of patients who received omalizumab tolerated a single dose of peanut after 16-20 weeks Feb 16, 2024
RNA Silencer Zilebesiran: Infrequent Injections Bring Down BP Sustained BP reductions seen in early trial whether patients got one or two doses in 6 months Feb 16, 2024
U.S. Probes Role of Supply Chain Middlemen in Generic Shortages Goal: identify "root causes" and "potential solutions" Feb 15, 2024
E-Cigs Show Some Benefit as Smoking Cessation Aid in Clinical Trial More people able to abstain from smoking tobacco than after traditional counseling alone Feb 14, 2024
New Acne Guidelines Recommend Topical Combinations, Judicious Use of Antibiotics Conditional approval for novel treatments, doxycycline over minocycline for antibiotic therapy Feb 14, 2024
FDA Approves First Drug for Severe Frostbite Vasodilator iloprost significantly cut the risk of amputations in trial Feb 14, 2024
Artificial Intelligence Versus Sir William Osler Note-taking in the electronic health record still leaves much to be desired Feb 12, 2024
Shaping the Future of Effective Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Testing and rating the performance of AI models used in healthcare will be key Feb 12, 2024 video
Flu Hangs on in the U.S., Fading in Some Areas and Intensifying in Others COVID seems to have peaked at around the same time Feb 11, 2024
Phenylephrine Sales Steady Before FDA Panel Called It Ineffective But reformulation of products containing OTC "decongestant" could affect the supply chain Feb 09, 2024
Outpatient Visits Among Veterans Increased After COVID Number of visits remained higher for a year, reflecting persistent health effects of infection Feb 09, 2024
Does the QoL Impact of Food Allergies Affect Girls, Women More? Female patients and caregivers report worse QoL scores than male counterparts, review finds Feb 08, 2024
Can a Common Diabetes Drug Turn Patients' Urine Into Alcohol? Case study highlights importance of proper urine sample storage Feb 07, 2024
Smokers Who Quit and Stick With It See Greatest Reduction in Cancer Risk Cessation at any age proved helpful for lowering cancer risk Feb 06, 2024
Triptans Warrant Their Current Contraindication, Analysis Suggests Acute migraine drugs raised ischemic event odds for people with underlying risk factors Feb 06, 2024
Suicide Risk 8-Fold Higher After Common Reproductive Disorder Diagnosis Young women carry the highest risk, study finds Feb 05, 2024
Tirzepatide's Association With BP Reduction Reinforced With ABPM Data Combination GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist is currently approved for T2D and weight loss Feb 05, 2024
The Perennial Problem of No-Show Appointments Instead of overbooking, let's focus on why patients aren't showing up Feb 05, 2024
Sleep Disorders Are More Common Than You Think Plus, how primary care providers can squeeze this topic into their discussions with patients Feb 05, 2024 video
Rudest Doctor's Office Behavior; Disease Spread by Dog Poop; Defining Sobriety Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Feb 05, 2024
Dressing to Inspire Confidence in Medicine How the clothes you wear can change perceptions Feb 03, 2024
Health Effects of Extreme Heat, Wildfire Smoke Worse When Combined And the negative effects harm low-income and nonwhite communities the most Feb 02, 2024
