Which COVID Strain Is Expected to Take Over in the Coming Months? You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz Sep 21, 2024
Women With MS Less Likely to Receive Treatment Than Men Is "therapeutic inertia" to blame? Sep 21, 2024
High ADHD Medication Doses Tied to Psychosis; Rapid Tests for Malaria Also in TTHealthWatch: youth and opioids, and pembrolizumab for triple-negative breast cancer Sep 21, 2024 podcast
Zachary Quinto Steps Into Giant-Sized Doctor's Shoes in NBC's 'Brilliant Minds' The actor plays a character inspired by Oliver Sacks, MD, the "poet laureate of medicine" Sep 21, 2024
FTC Sues Top Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Prices The three companies process about 80% of prescriptions in the U.S. Sep 20, 2024
Turning 'Cold' Tumors Into 'Hot' Tumors Adoptive cell therapy, bispecific antibodies, novel immunotherapies among numerous strategies Sep 20, 2024
Kids With MS May Have Better Outcomes When Started on High-Efficacy Treatment Early Starting monoclonal antibody therapy during childhood reduced long-term disability Sep 20, 2024
Documentary Explores Racism, Gatekeeping in Nursing "People who don't fit comfortably into an environment can't thrive," director of the film says Sep 20, 2024
FDA OKs First Flu Vaccine for At-Home Use FluMist nasal spray can now be used without the help of a healthcare provider Sep 20, 2024
A Georgia Woman's Death After Delayed Abortion Care Was Preventable. Who's to Blame? Physicians need more clear guidance and protocols from their healthcare systems Sep 20, 2024
Cytokine Release Syndrome and Neurotoxicity After CAR T-Cell Therapy Treatment with tocilizumab and steroids is standard, but new therapies are emerging Sep 20, 2024
Reconsider When a Prophylactic ICD Is Needed in Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Meta-analysis holds LGE higher than LVEF in identifying high-risk NIDCM Sep 20, 2024
First Drug Approved for Niemann-Pick Disease Type C Arimoclomol (Miplyffa) greenlit for ultra-rare genetic disorder Sep 20, 2024
New Consensus Report: Myopia Should Be Classified as a Disease Experts also call for more time outdoors for kids to help prevent myopia from developing Sep 20, 2024
U.S. Will Let More People Take Methadone at Home This is the first update to methadone regulations in 20 years Sep 20, 2024
Tolebrutinib Slows Disability in Non-Relapsing Secondary Progressive MS Liver toxicity may still be a concern Sep 20, 2024
Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of Parkinson's Disease Risks observed for the akinetic rigid form of the disease, as well as dyskinesia Sep 20, 2024 video
COVID Czar's 'Sex Parties'; Nationwide Drug Recall; Steward CEO Held in Contempt Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 20, 2024
Is Healthcare Consolidation Fueling the Physician Burnout Crisis? New report finds pandemic burnout is still lingering Sep 19, 2024
House Staff Unionization Has Come in Waves Residents' efforts to organize date back some 90 years Sep 19, 2024
FDA Rejects NK1R Antagonist for Gastroparesis Drugmaker none-too-pleased with agency's request for additional studies Sep 19, 2024
Blood Markers Help Predict MS Disease Progression Patients with high NfL at disease onset may benefit from high-efficacy treatments Sep 19, 2024
After Georgia Deaths Tied to Abortion Ban, Experts Maintain Safety of Abortion Pills Facts about mifepristone and misoprostol Sep 19, 2024
New Genetic Analysis of Animals in Wuhan Market in 2019 May Help Find COVID's Origin Findings "shift the dial more in favor of an animal origin," said one expert Sep 19, 2024
Chia Seed Medication Interactions; A Star Is Born; Doc Says to #MaskUp Healthcare social media content gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 19, 2024
Hitting Psoriatic Arthritis Early With Apremilast Helps Some Patients, Trial Finds But only a minority achieved minimal disease activity within 16 weeks Sep 19, 2024
Earlier Info on Financial Stress; Obesity and Second Cancers; Carcinogenic Condoms? News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Sep 19, 2024
'I'm a Neurosurgeon and I Quit.' Physician Reacts to Viral Video. A look at how things can change for doctors once they leave school and start practicing Sep 19, 2024
Critics Call Feds' Response to Cyberattacks on Healthcare Feeble and Fractured There were 249 attacks targeting health institutions in 2023, the most of any industry Sep 19, 2024
Docs Accused of Treating Fatal COVID With Peroxide; Cardiologists' Defamation Suit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Sep 19, 2024
Is Wegovy Shrinking Bariatric Surgery, Too? GLP-1 drugs have the potential to reduce healthcare costs in unexpected ways Sep 19, 2024
Flu Shots Appear Safe in Successive Pregnancies No increased perinatal risks found with flu vaccines, even in closely spaced pregnancies Sep 19, 2024
RFK Jr. Helping Trump Pick CDC Chief; Excess COVID Death Lingers; Turmoil at 23andMe Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 19, 2024
Older Migraine Drugs More Effective Than Newer Ones, Analysis Suggests Triptans are efficacious and underused, researchers say Sep 18, 2024
Rucaparib-Nivolumab Maintenance Not the Answer in Newly Diagnosed Ovarian Cancer Poorer survival outcomes plus more toxicity versus rucaparib alone Sep 18, 2024
California Pledges to Halve Maternal Mortality By Late 2026 But how will the state with the lowest maternal mortality rate do it? Sep 18, 2024
California Clarifies Role of CRNAs Amid Scope-of-Practice Clash Letter says CRNAs can administer anesthesia that's ordered by a physician Sep 18, 2024
Experts Debate Whether IRA Provisions Stifle Pharma Innovation at Senate Hearing Law already caused some drug development programs to be halted, one Senator says Sep 18, 2024
Higher Comorbidity Burden in Multiple Sclerosis Tied to Worse Outcomes Analysis looks at pooled data of 17,000 MS trial participants Sep 18, 2024