, 2025-04-16 13:23:00 In 2025 alone, doctors and legislators across the country have already introduced more than 100 pieces of legislation meant to reform prior authorization. The cumbersome approval process is a leading cause of burnout among doctors, and changing it is a top priority of the American Medical Association (AMA). According to a 2024…
Sara Kellner , 2025-04-16 20:43:00 April 16, 2025 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process…
Ed Silverman , 2025-04-16 22:24:00 Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders has signed a first-in-the-nation law that prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from operating both retail and mail-order pharmacies, a move designed to eliminate a conflict of interest…
Matt Morgan , 2025-04-16 09:45:00 Matt Morgan, consultant in intensive care medicine Cardiff mmorgan{at}bmj.comFollow Matt on X @dr_mattmorgan I’ve been sitting on my hands over the topic of assisted dying. Not because I’m scared, or irritated, or confused. I’ve purposely not spoken out owing to something much more serious. Because of my writing, I’m often…
, 2025-04-16 21:16:00 The double-blind sham-controlled randomized trial included 44 people. Credit: Quentin Collier, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, UCalgary Lucy Mulloor woke up one morning and realized something was terribly wrong. The 45-year-old single-mom could hear her two daughters in the kitchen but couldn’t call out to them. She’d lost the ability to talk and…
, 2025-04-16 18:09:00 Individuals with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease show altered blood levels indicating damaged neuronal contacts as early as 11 years before the expected onset of dementia symptoms. This is evident in the levels of the protein “beta-synuclein”. An international team, including researchers from DZNE, Ulm University Hospital and University Medicine Halle…
, 2025-04-16 20:06:00 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the state of Texas are struggling to contain growing measles outbreaks in the face of declining support from the federal government, said a CDC official at a meeting of the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on Tuesday. Even as the…
, 2025-04-16 17:27:00 hellocare.ai, which offers AI-enabled virtual care delivery for smart hospital rooms, has secured $47 million in an oversubscribed funding growth round. HealthQuest Capital led the round with participation from several health systems and digital health investors, including UCHealth, Bon Secours Mercy Health, LRVHealth and OSF Ventures. WHAT IT DOES The Florida-based company…
Robert Herpen, MA , 2025-04-16 19:57:00 April 16, 2025 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to…
John Wilkerson , 2025-04-16 19:57:00 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has an expansive view for how it can lower drug prices for Americans. It has been here before. The question is whether this time will be different. During his first term, President Trump tried to tie U.S. drug prices to those in other rich nations,…
Richard Smith , 2025-04-16 14:11:00 Richard Smith, chair UK Health Alliance on Climate Change Darcie is a woman in her early 20s with migraine, hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, anorexia, irritable bowel syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, and anxiety. She was referred to the neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan because she developed seizures….
, 2025-04-16 19:56:00 Credit: Ravi Kant from Pexels A disabling mosquito-borne disease called chikungunya has killed six people in the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion but the outbreak appears to be easing, authorities said on Wednesday. The island located east of Madagascar has been hit by the epidemic since last August, with one…
, 2025-04-16 18:19:00 A stem cell–based therapy initially developed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) may lead to a new treatment for advanced Parkinson’s disease, according to results from a phase 1 clinical trial reported in Nature. The treatment involved creating nerve cells (neurons) derived from embryonic stem cells and transplanting them into the…
, 2025-04-16 15:00:00 TOPLINE: A retrospective case series found that treatment with an interleukin (IL)-5 inhibitor reduced eosinophil levels and improved clinical outcomes in patients with drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), with no adverse events or long-term autoimmune sequelae. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a retrospective case series of 16 patients treated with IL-5…
Stephanie Baum , 2025-04-16 11:45:00 The journey of a healthcare startup is not for the faint of heart. Navigating the path to demonstrating proof of concept, finding stakeholders to champion their mission, and generating investment, takes effective communication, management, and workflow efficiency. In a webinar scheduled for May 8th at 1pm ET, sponsored by fintech…
, 2025-04-16 18:13:00 Specialty pharmaceutical distributor Morris & Dickson is partnering with Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC) and the Cost Plus Marketplace to ensure access to vital injectable medications. MCCPDC offers consumers a broad range of low-cost prescription and over-the-counter drugs from National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) accredited suppliers. The Cost…
Hunter Firment , 2025-04-16 18:14:00 April 16, 2025 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ” data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later….
Isabella Cueto , 2025-04-16 16:53:00 WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the country will soon know what is causing a rise in autism rates, but there is little sign he has a team in place yet. Nearly two dozen prominent voices from mainstream autism research and in the anti-vaccine world said they have not…
Gareth Iacobucci , 2025-04-16 15:20:00 The UK government has launched an independent review to examine how hundreds of children in England were given a misdiagnosis by NHS hearing services.1Camilla Kingdon, a consultant neonatologist at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital and former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, will lead the review…
, 2025-04-16 16:52:00 Engineering hiPS cell-derived mZ-HLOs. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08850-1 One reason why our livers excel at clearing waste from our blood system is that the organ functions according to three key “zones” that perform specific major tasks. So, if scientists hope to create self-growing patches of liver organoid tissue that could help…
, 2025-04-16 16:39:00 Hypersensitivity to the cold, especially ice cold feet, as well as a feeling of heaviness in the legs, are linked to the presence of varicose veins, finds a large study published in the open access journal Open Heart. Cold hypersensitivity is often underestimated as a subjective symptom, say the researchers. Varicose veins are…
, 2025-04-16 16:25:00 An investigational drug, currently known as AZD0780, lowers low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) to target levels in most patients whose cholesterol is still over target despite statin therapy, results from the phase 2b PURSUIT trial show. AZD0780 inhibits PCSK9, a protein that regulates cholesterol metabolism. Inhibition of this protein has proven useful in lowering…
Winston Leung , 2025-04-16 13:45:00 Healthcare systems are grappling with immense social and economic pressures, including increasing worker burnout rates, an aging population requiring more attentive care, and severe staffing shortages. This challenging landscape was not only evident during the Covid-19 pandemic but also highlights the longing need for support to stifle this harsh reality….
Michael McHale , 2025-04-16 13:16:00 Legal processes outlined in Bill could lead to ‘barriers to care and spiralling legal costs,’ consultants’ group warns Parts of the new Mental Health Bill are ‘unworkable’ and would undermine patients’ right to timely treatment if enacted, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has said. While welcoming the Bill, a…
MNB Guest , 2025-04-16 15:24:00 With one in eight people worldwide living with a mental health condition, many are still hesitant about asking for help. The condition of our minds influences how we think, feel, and interact with others — yet it is often misunderstood or ignored until problems spiral. Therapy offers a disciplined, evidence-based…
Patricia D. Franklin, MD, MBA, MPH; Brocha Z. Stern, PhD, MOT , 2025-04-16 15:02:00 April 16, 2025 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on…
Paul Knoepfler , 2025-04-16 15:00:00 Welcome to Lab Dish, a new First Opinion column on regenerative medicine from Paul Knoepfler. I’m upbeat about cell therapy development for Parkinson’s disease, but it has been a marathon. Now two new clinical trial papers published Wednesday in Nature on stem cell-based therapies for Parkinson’s are another step forward….
Elisabeth Mahase , 2025-04-16 10:36:00 An Israeli attack on Al-Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza forced critically ill patients out onto the street, killing at least one patient who relied on oxygen, and destroyed vital equipment, including the hospital’s only x ray machine, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has said.1 The attack took place at dawn…
, 2025-04-16 14:27:00 Gsdmd deficiency reduces myeloid cell recruitment to the liver during schistosome infection. Credit: PLOS Pathogens (2025). DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012108 New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis—a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm—have been revealed by researchers at Penn State….
, 2025-04-16 13:56:00 In this interview, CellVoyant founder and CEO Rafael Carazo Salas explores how AI, live-cell imaging, and stem cell technologies are converging to transform cell therapy development. He shares insights on the challenges of scaling living therapies, the role of predictive AI in clinical trials, and how spinning a biotech company out of…
, 2025-04-16 13:37:00 An American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) multidisciplinary panel has reached the conclusion that no recommendation can be made for or against the use of computer-aided detection (CADe)–assisted colonoscopy for colorectal cancer (CRC), the third most common cause of cancer mortality in the United States. The systematic data review is a collaboration between the…
Pedram Afshar , 2025-04-16 13:19:00 According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget office (CBO), 93% of non-Medicare spending goes to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). During the next 10 years, these two programs will cost more than $8.2 trillion. The proposed federal plan intends to cut $880 billion — more than 10% of Medicaid and…
Editorial Staff , 2025-04-16 12:07:00 RCSI, Dublin 2 / March 4, 2025 Photos: David Coleman / BobbyStudio The post Photos: Sphere Conference 2025 appeared first on Irish Medical Times. Source link
Karen Brown, New England Public Media , 2025-04-16 09:00:00 Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts, a small city two hours west of Boston, for about 10 years. She was happy with the care, though she started to notice it was becoming harder to get an appointment. “You’d call and you’re talking…
Michael Monostra , 2025-04-16 12:50:00 April 16, 2025 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process…
Torie Bosch , 2025-04-16 08:30:00 In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther all died after being infected with the same virus that has caused egg prices to skyrocket. House cats are vulnerable to H5N1, too, as Meghan F. Davis,…
Matthew Limb , 2025-04-16 11:21:00 NHS outpatient care is “archaic, disjointed, and inefficient” and needs radical reform to bring down waiting lists, the Royal College of Physicians and the Patients Association have said.1 The two organisations said in a joint report that the current approach to providing planned clinical investigations, tests, treatments, and diagnoses confuses…
, 2025-04-16 09:00:00 Mansfield Senior High School teacher Tony Davis talks to his health class about the topic of sleep Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Mansfield, Ohio. Credit: AP Photo/Phil Long Navigating bedtime with a teenager is, in many homes, a nightly battle with a constant refrain: Get off your phone! Go to bed! Research…
, 2025-04-16 11:38:00 Patients who receive an add-on medication soon after a heart attack have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive it later, or not all. This is according to a new study from researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Imperial College London. The findings suggest that treating patients earlier with a…
, 2025-04-16 11:08:00 Despite being effective, PrEP uptake in Europe remains low due to issues like cost, access, and stigma, hindering its potential to reduce HIV transmission. Medscape Medical News Source link
Samantha Liss , 2025-04-16 09:00:00 If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Overcome by worries, Lynette Isbell dialed a mental health hotline in April 2022. She wanted to talk to someone about her midlife troubles: divorce, an…
Leonard H. Calabrese, DO , 2025-04-16 09:30:00 April 16, 2025 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable…
Meghan F. Davis, Kirsten Koehler, Judy Bass, Julie Sorensen, and Gurumurthy Ramachandran , 2025-04-16 08:30:00 In a single day, 10,000 federal workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration were laid off, including 90% or more of those at the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health…
, 2025-04-16 09:10:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Years of negotiations culminated early Wednesday with countries agreeing the text of a landmark accord on how to tackle future pandemics, aimed at avoiding the mistakes made during the COVID-19 crisis. After more than three years of talks and one last marathon session, weary delegates at the World…
, 2025-04-16 08:58:00 Atelerix, a biotech company revolutionizing cell preservation and biological transport with its pioneering hydrogel encapsulation technology, today announced it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with MineBio, a leading Chinese supply chain and logistics organization. Under the terms of the agreement, MineBio will act as the sole distribution partner for Atelerix’s products…
, 2025-04-16 09:12:00 SAN DIEGO — The investigational drug AXS-12 (reboxetine, Axsome Therapeutics) is safe and effective for the treatment of cataplexy (emotionally induced muscle weakness) and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in patients with narcolepsy, a new study suggested. Reboxetine was available previously in the United States as an antidepressant, but its preliminary approval was…
, 2025-04-16 07:42:00 Walking is considered one of the best forms of exercise for heart health. Researchers now say, it’s not just how much you walk but the pace at which you stride also counts when it comes to heart rhythms. A recent study published in the journal Heart suggests that not just walking but…
brendan , 2025-04-16 07:00:00 Western Health and Social Care Trust Consultant Intensivist Location: Altnagelvin Area Hospital Salary: £106,424 – £139,920 per annum pro rata Ref No: 54891299 Closing date: Friday 9th May 2025 @ 3:30pm For full criteria, job description and application form for the above please visit jobs.hscni.net and apply online. A waiting list…
Rebecca L. Forand , 2025-04-15 17:00:00 April 15, 2025 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to…
Associated Press , 2025-04-15 14:51:00 WASHINGTON — U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and maybe heal. The first-of-its-kind clinical trial has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, according to pig producer eGenesis,…