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
Long COVID Patients Saw Improvements After Group Rehab Program More patients reported feeling "much better now" compared with usual care group 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
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Tied to Less Alzheimer's Risk Large U.K. study tracked health records of 270,000 men Feb 07, 2024
Ex-Doctor Charged With Manslaughter; NIH Subpoenaed; Social Cost of Obesity Drugs Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff 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
Smoking Tied to Increased Mortality From Early-Stage Melanoma Association only see among current smokers, however 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
Early Marker Found for Long-Term Gout Flare Potential And the bad news: urate-lowering therapy seemed to make no difference Feb 06, 2024
Even With Alzheimer's Pathology, Healthy Lifestyles May Preserve Cognition More data support the idea of "cognitive reserve" Feb 05, 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
Durable Weight Loss Follows Just a Few Injections of Novel Drug Most of the body weight reduction persisted 150 days after the last dose in an early-phase trial 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Feb 05, 2024
Health Effects of Diabetes Remission; High-Deductible Plans for Cancer Patients Also in TTHealthWatch: USPSTF weighs in on screening for language disorders or delays in kids Feb 03, 2024 podcast
Dressing to Inspire Confidence in Medicine How the clothes you wear can change perceptions Feb 03, 2024
Getting a Dental X-Ray? New Recommendation Says You Don't Need a Lead Apron Advocacy and education needed to change more minds about the apron, according to an expert Feb 03, 2024
CDC: Biennial Surge in Acute Flaccid Myelitis Has Come to a Halt When to expect next spike in cases is unclear, researchers say Feb 02, 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
HHS Expands Access to Methadone, Buprenorphine Updates to 20-year-old rules allow take-home methadone, treatment initiation via telehealth Feb 02, 2024
U.S. Officials Call for More Programs, Education to Improve Diets in America More research on "gut-brain axis" is also needed Feb 02, 2024
Cognitive Slowing May Be a Hallmark of Long COVID Reaction time to visual stimuli shows promise as a cognitive marker Feb 01, 2024
Here's How Effective the Latest COVID-19 Shots Are for Adults Effectiveness of the 2023-2024 vaccine lands at 54% for symptomatic cases Feb 01, 2024
Improved Fitness May Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk Observational study finds reduced incidence in men who increased their cardiorespiratory fitness Feb 01, 2024
Mental Health Disparities Stark for Transgender, Gender-Diverse People British survey found higher rates of mental health conditions, unmet needs Feb 01, 2024
Pulse Oximeters Once Again in the Spotlight at FDA Advisory panel to discuss how to improve device accuracy for patients with darker skin Jan 31, 2024
Undiagnosed Liver Disease May Be Common in Patients With Dementia Hepatic encephalopathy could be contributing to cognitive symptoms, study suggested Jan 31, 2024
Controversial Alzheimer's Drug Abandoned Biogen will stop developing and selling aducanumab Jan 31, 2024
Miracle Cures: Conspiracy Theories Are Fueling a New Age of Unproven Treatments Social media and online skepticism feed fears about traditional care Jan 31, 2024
Doctors Warn Patients May Be Billed Twice Bringing up concerns outside the main scope of the visit could prompt separate bills Jan 30, 2024
Perioperative Complications Not Deciding Factor Between Two Bariatric Procedures Short-term complications and safety similar for sleeve gastrectomy and RYGB Jan 30, 2024
Community Health Centers: A Safety Net Under Stress One in 11 Americans rely on these centers for routine medical care, social services, fresh food Jan 30, 2024
Drug-Related Endocarditis: A First Stab at Recommendations for Surgeons STS consensus statement on ethics, surgical criteria, transcatheter debulking Jan 30, 2024
Why Aren't More Doctors Prescribing Paxlovid to High-Risk Patients? It's not all about drug-drug interactions, experts say Jan 29, 2024
