Millions of Aging Americans Are Facing Dementia by Themselves "I will not survive this in the end -- I know that," says one patient Oct 15, 2024
Why Would a Promising Young Physician Take His Own Life? The loss of William West Jr. forces us to consider the role of health systems in staff well-being Oct 15, 2024
Allele May Heighten Risk of Severe Ulcerative Colitis Finding on HLA-DRB1*01:03 supports need for more and earlier genetic studies Oct 15, 2024
Docs Demand Trump's Medical Records; Anesthesiologist's Sex Crimes; Daily Loneliness Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 15, 2024
CHEST Roundup: Diabetes in RA Patients Ups Risk of Interstitial Lung Disease Plus: nalbuphine for IPF cough and AI for reducing lung allograft discards Oct 14, 2024
Protein Drivers of Heart Attack Risk Disproportionately Affect Women Study suggests mechanistic underpinnings of known sex disparities in MI Oct 14, 2024
Billing for Patient Messages May Have Negative Consequences, Analysis Suggests A survey showed that physicians and patients were concerned about the effects of such fees Oct 14, 2024
Study Suggests No Suicide Signal in Teens Prescribed GLP-1 Agonists GLP-1 treatment was tied to lower risks of suicidal ideation, attempts vs lifestyle interventions Oct 14, 2024
Alzheimer's Drug in Smaller Vial Sizes Could Save Medicare Hundreds of Millions Nearly 6% of lecanemab may be discarded each year Oct 14, 2024
Hospitals Unhappy With New Requirement to Report Bed Capacity and COVID Count One group calls it "needlessly heavy-handed" Oct 14, 2024
Female Genital Mutilation Happens in America, Too Physicians must partner with their patients to provide appropriate care Oct 14, 2024
Novel Drug Effective Against MASH in Phase II Trial Fatty acid synthase inhibitor targets main drivers of liver injury Oct 14, 2024
Do Lipid Values in Adolescence Improve CVD Risk Prediction? Including lipids did not prove superior to non-laboratory-based criteria alone, study finds Oct 14, 2024
Democratic Ob/Gyn Running for Open House Seat in Minnesota Reproductive rights, cost of healthcare, and mental health central to Kelly Morrison's campaign Oct 14, 2024
Type 2 Diabetes Diagnoses Emerge in Teens Months After COVID Risk of new diabetes diagnosis was higher compared with non-COVID respiratory infections Oct 14, 2024
Pharmacist Gets Up to 15 Years in Prison for Meningitis Outbreak Deaths More than 700 people in 20 states were sickened and dozens died, according to the CDC Oct 14, 2024
A Look at Kamala Harris' Medical History Veep in "excellent health," doctor says, with history that includes seasonal allergies, urticaria Oct 14, 2024
Acupuncture for Sciatica: Will This Trial Finally Silence the Skeptics? Findings from new study raise the bar Oct 14, 2024
Nurse in Critical Condition; JD Vance's Mom Got Obamacare; Bird Flu Cluster Grows Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 14, 2024
'This Was Worse Than Our National Election': What We Heard This Week Quotable quotes heard by 51˶'s reporters Oct 13, 2024
Older Men's Connections Often Wither When They're on Their Own Nearly one in four men over 75 live alone, leaving them vulnerable to depression and suicide Oct 13, 2024
Election Got You Stressed and Anxious? Here's how to maintain your composure when patients have differing views Oct 13, 2024
'Personalized' Approach to RT for Bladder Cancer Promising but Challenging Low rates of toxicity and salvage cystectomy, with 2-year survival similar to surgery Oct 13, 2024
What Exercise Improved Lower Back Pain? You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz Oct 12, 2024
Weekend Warrior Benefits; Time-Restricted Eating and Metabolic Syndrome Also in TTHealthWatch: menopause hormone therapy in the U.S. Oct 12, 2024 podcast
It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Donate an Organ Financial support and incentives can help close the living donor gap Oct 12, 2024
Poppy Seed Brew Triggers Morphine Overdose, Drawing Attention of Lawmakers During harvesting and processing, the seeds can become coated with the opium Oct 12, 2024
Marstacimab Gets FDA Nod for Hemophilia A or B Without Inhibitors First once-weekly subcutaneous prophylactic option for hemophilia B Oct 11, 2024
Doc Who Blamed COVID Vax for Patient's Death Could Face Discipline Medical Board of California also says physician told high-risk patient to avoid boosters Oct 11, 2024
Payments to Medicare Plan Brokers Need Reform, MedPAC Says No preferential treatment should be given for enrolling people in Medicare Advantage, they argue Oct 11, 2024
ACS Guidelines Expand Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility -- Is That a Good Thing? Debate highlights pros and cons of the new recommendation Oct 11, 2024
Loneliness Tied to Alzheimer's and Dementia Risk Feeling lonely also linked with cognitive impairment that's not dementia, meta-analysis shows Oct 11, 2024
Safety Data Favor Diuretic Strategy Triggered by Cardiac Monitoring Alerts in HF Effectiveness of this personalized approach now under investigation Oct 11, 2024
Medical Licensing Exam Scores Sent to Residency Programs After Switch to Pass/Fail Numerical scores from the COMLEX Level 1 mistakenly shared with ob/gyn programs Oct 11, 2024
MedPAC Commissioners Pan Some Medicare Advantage Plans' 'Extra Benefits' Services cost Medicare an extra $83B in 2024; are debit cards and groceries really healthcare? Oct 11, 2024
Back-to-Back Hurricanes Have Left Medical Disaster in Their Wake Some thoughts for responders and leadership Oct 11, 2024
Tezepelumab for Severe Asthma Improves the Odds of a Good Night's Sleep However, analysis did not control for treatments of comorbid sleep disorders, expert points out Oct 11, 2024
Real-World Evidence Links Faricimab to Rare Eye Adverse Effects After faricimab injections, two eyes had retinal vasculitis, one with significant vision loss Oct 11, 2024
