Andrew Joseph , 2025-05-16 11:35:00 Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.45. LONDON — Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, who led Novo Nordisk as it rode the boom of its obesity and diabetes medications to become one of the biggest players in pharma, only to…
, 2025-05-17 08:50:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A pharmaceutically produced cannabidiol formulation had a good overall safety profile, including cardiac safety, according to research presented at Heart Failure 2025. Currently, there are limited treatment options for inflammatory conditions of the heart, such as myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the membrane…
, 2025-05-17 01:53:00 A new study from Indiana University scientists may aid the pharmaceutical industry in better understanding a popular over-the-counter pain reliever: Tylenol. Michaela Dvorakova, a postdoctoral researcher at IU’s Gill Institute for Neuroscience and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Gill Institute research scientist Alex Straiker…
, 2025-05-16 12:00:00 Few primary care providers (PCPs) are testing patients with asthma who have suspected allergen triggers, which may delay treatment that could improve outcomes, new data suggested. Mridula Sree Naagendran, MBBS, internal medicine resident at UConn Health in Farmington, Connecticut, presented the information in a poster at the Society of General Internal Medicine…
, 2025-05-17 09:00:00 Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the FDA’s phasing out of fluoride drops and tablets for children on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on May 15. Click here to watch Gounder on “CBS Mornings.” KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed what Medicaid cuts could mean for Georgia on The…
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O. Rose Broderick , 2025-05-16 13:02:00 Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. I’ve been re-reading one of my favorite sci-fi series of all time, Martha Wells’ Murderbot, ahead of its TV debut tomorrow. Tell me, dear reader, what are your favorite sci-fi book…
, 2025-05-16 17:12:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Back pain, migraines, arthritis, long-term concussion symptoms, complications following cancer treatment—these are just a few of the conditions linked to chronic pain, which affects 1 in 5 adults and for which medication is not always the answer. Now, a new review study offers insight into how specific types…
, 2025-05-17 02:29:00 The United States is in the midst of the second-highest year of measles cases since 2000, when the disease was declared eliminated in this country, meaning that cases within the United States originated outside the country. As of May 8, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that in…
, 2025-05-16 12:26:00 Weight gain can lead to high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia, a metabolic disorder of abnormal lipids. As the body gets bigger, cardiac changes occur and the left ventricle — the heart’s main pumping chamber — enlarges too. The ventricle thickens and it can be more difficult to pump blood…
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Meghana Keshavan , 2025-05-16 13:36:00 Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Morning! Today we start with some breaking newss: Novo Nordisk’s CEO is stepping down. We also discuss a new, tailored CRISPR treatment for an infant with a deadly disease, how…
, 2025-05-16 17:43:00 by I. Edwards A new report says rice sold in U.S. stores contains toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury. The report—released by Healthy Babies, Bright Futures—found arsenic in 100% of rice samples tested from stores in 20 metro areas, including New York City, Los Angeles and Miami, CBS News…
, 2025-05-17 02:32:00 Ochsner Health proudly shares its kidney transplant program, part of the Ochsner Transplant Institute, has been awarded ELITE Status within the credentialed Programs of Excellence transplant network by INTERLINK COE Networks & Programs. ELITE Status is awarded to only a select few programs nationwide certifying delivery of superior transplant care. To earn…
, 2025-05-16 12:27:00 Orlando, Fla. — Fracture risk in people treated for obesity appears significantly lower with semaglutide (Wegovy) vs sleeve gastrectomy, new data suggest. Previous animal studies have suggested a dose-dependent effect of glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists on trabecular bone, including increased osteoblast activity, reduced apoptosis, and suppressed osteoclast activity. However,…
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Bob Herman , 2025-05-16 13:49:00 Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also the author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09. Twenty-eight Democratic members…
, 2025-05-16 17:44:00 Exposure to air pollution may worsen bone loss in postmenopausal women, according to a study published online April 24 in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. Diddier Prada, M.D., Ph.D., from the Institute for Health Equity Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and…
, 2025-05-17 03:03:00 A new study published in Science Advances reveals that a single gene plays a big role in how the liver stores energy, a process that’s critical for overall health and for managing diseases like type 2 diabetes. Led by Penn Nursing’s Kate Townsend Creasy, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science in the…
, 2025-05-16 12:28:00 The massive budget bill now being debated in Congress includes a proposal for raising Medicare pay for clinicians starting in 2026. That could be good news for physicians who in 2025 saw a nearly 3% effective pay cut in Medicare reimbursement. However, clinicians and advocates remain concerned about potentially large cuts to…
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Ed Silverman , 2025-05-16 14:14:00 Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us, and we’ll share it with others. That’s right. Send us your changes, and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going. And here is…
, 2025-05-16 17:46:00 Over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids (HAs), in which audiologists provide limited services, are effective, but do not achieve the same outcomes as HAs fitted by audiologists (AUD service model), according to a study published online May 15 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Yu-Hsiang Wu, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Iowa in…
, 2025-05-17 03:43:00 In the largest clinical genomic profiling study of non-Hispanic Black men with metastatic prostate cancer to date, researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, University of California Los Angeles and the Veterans Affairs (VA) National Precision Oncology Program found key differences in tumor biology between non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic white veterans, but similar survival outcomes when…
, 2025-05-16 12:29:00 TOPLINE: Infants born to mothers with disabilities had higher rates of emergency department (ED) visits in their first year of life than those born to mothers without disabilities. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a population-based study of 1,596,932 live-born infants from April 1, 2008, to March 31, 2021, in Canada. A total of 139,698…
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Elaine Chen and Adam Feuerstein , 2025-05-16 19:19:00 The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday the first blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease, opening up a quicker way for patients to get detected for the neurological condition and receive treatment. The test, developed by Japan-based Fujirebio Diagnostics, uses a blood sample to detect the…
, 2025-05-17 02:30:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Is stress associated with Alzheimer’s disease? It may be in women who are postmenopausal, a study led by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) shows. Analyzing data from 305 cognitively unimpaired participants in the Framingham Heart Study, a long-term and…
, 2025-05-17 02:40:00 The prototype of a new machine that can detect tumors in women with dense breast tissue has been developed by researchers from UCL, Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle University, in partnership with international technology group Kromek. All breasts are composed of adipose (fatty) and fibroglandular (dense) tissue. Up to 40% of women have…
, 2025-05-16 12:54:00 Patients with early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) who initiated lecanemab treatment at a specialty memory clinic showed an expected and manageable side-effect profile, new research showed. “The findings are very reassuring,” Barbara Joy Snider, MD, PhD, professor of neurology, and director of the Memory Diagnostic Center and Knight ADRC Clinical Trials Unit, Washington…
Ronan McGrath , 2025-05-16 07:30:00 In today’s financial landscape, global markets are experiencing notable volatility, writes Ronan McGrath These are challenging, emotional times for investors, particularly those nearing or in retirement. While several factors contribute to the current turbulence, the primary driver is President Trump’s erratic tariff policy, which has injected fresh instability into the…
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Helen Branswell , 2025-05-16 21:55:00 Earlier this week, Lisa Blunt Rochester asked a seemingly simple question of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his testimony to the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee: “Who is the acting CDC director?” Kennedy, the secretary of Health and Human Services, offered the name “Matt Buzzelli,” who he described…
, 2025-05-16 18:09:00 Schulich Medicine & Dentistry researcher and bioinformatician Abayomi Olabode is working on an algorithm to help researchers better classify HIV’s constantly changing strains. Credit: Megan Morris/Schulich Medicine & Dentistry Hiding behind numerous disguises, HIV has been evading researchers for years, leaving the search for a vaccine as elusive as the virus itself. Once…
, 2025-05-16 15:04:00 In this interview, industry expert Blake Webb shares insights on the future of fluidic technology, highlighting trends in automation, microfluidics, and smart systems shaping medical diagnostics and laboratory workflows. Can you give us an overview of how fluidics has evolved in medical devices and laboratory equipment over the years? Over the years,…
, 2025-05-16 13:04:00 A quarter century of groundbreaking research has transformed the landscape for treating Philadelphia chromosome–positive leukemia. Medscape Medical News Source link
Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-16 20:03:00 Sprinter Health, a mobile healthcare provider, has raised $55 million in Series B funding to help the company expand its team and footprint, it announced Thursday. Menlo Park, California-based Sprinter Health works with health plans and offers both in-home and virtual care. Its community-based health staff, called Sprinters, and remote…
Editorial Staff , 2025-05-16 07:30:00 Service, operational since 2004, relocates to stand-alone setting on the grounds of southeast hospital The Sexual Assault Treatment Unit at University Hospital Waterford (UHW) has moved to a new home. Serving the southeast region, the unit, which had previously been accommodated within the hospital, has relocated to its own, dedicated,…
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Jason Mast , 2025-05-16 22:32:00 NEW ORLEANS — Greetings from the home stretch of American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy conference, where everyone is still talking about Baby KJ and no one wants to talk about Vinay Prasad. The Vinay Prasad in the room Last year, hundreds of people poured in to see Peter…
Kira Goodman, Liana Bailey, Megan Wright, Dave Lysecki , 2025-05-16 14:16:00 Kira Goodman, project director1, Liana Bailey, doctoral student and research coordinator2, Megan Wright, chief executive officer and executive director2, Dave Lysecki, associate professor and division head for pediatric palliative medicine3 on behalf of Canada’s Pediatric Palliative Care Alliance 1Canada’s Pediatric Palliative Care Alliance, Toronto,…
, 2025-05-16 18:23:00 Percentages of U.S. adults who know various ways that measles can be spread. Source: Annenberg Public Policy Center surveys in April 2024 and April 2025. Credit: Annenberg Public Policy Center The United States is in the midst of the second-highest year of measles cases since 2000, when the disease was declared eliminated…
, 2025-05-16 16:29:00 Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 15 million people suffer a stroke each year. Of these, 5 million die and another 5 million are left permanently disabled. It is also estimated that someone suffers a stroke every two seconds, and…
, 2025-05-16 13:48:00 BIRMINGHAM — A commonly used method by podiatrists and physiotherapists to manage osteoarthritis (OA) of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) is undergoing formal testing in a randomised clinical trial, a UK researcher said on the first day of The Primary Care Show 2025. Michael Backhouse The Big Toe OstEoarthritis (BigTOE) Inserts Trial…
Katie Adams , 2025-05-16 21:31:00 Trust is a major theme flowing through many of the conversations healthcare leaders are having about how to safely and effectively incorporate AI into the field, pointed out Joel Gordon, chief medical information officer at UW Health in Wisconsin. He made this observation during an interview this week at the…
Terence Cosgrave , 2025-05-16 07:30:00 RFK Jr’s cuts will have massive implications for the health of Americans, and the health of the world, writes Terence Cosgrave “You’ve been unable, in most instances, to answer any specific questions relating to your agency… You are the wrong person for this job.” That is what Democratic Senator Angela…
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Jason Mast , 2025-05-16 21:35:00 NEW ORLEANS — Last year, hundreds of people poured in to see Peter Marks, the FDA’s head of biologics, speak at the American Society for Cell and Gene Therapy conference. The regulator was seen by many advocates, researchers and executives as an ally in their efforts to get rare disease…
Jugdeep Dhesi , 2025-05-16 14:26:00 Jugdeep Dhesi, president British Geriatrics Society, Marjory Warren House, London, UK Jugdeep.Dhesi{at}gstt.nhs.uk Higginson and Ramjeeawon discuss whether the new palliative care commission in the UK can drive real change.1 Any review of palliative and end-of-life care must look at the needs of the ageing population. Approximately 670 000 people die every…
, 2025-05-16 19:07:00 The Gutruf Lab’s wearable device provides personalized health data without the constraints of adhesives and frequent reapplication. Credit: University of Arizona College of Engineering Wearable technologies are revolutionizing health care, but design limitations in adhesive-based personal monitors have kept them from meeting their full potential. A new University of Arizona study, published…