Preterm Infants Treated Early for Patent Ductus Arteriosus Had Worse Outcomes
(MedPage Today) -- Active treatment of hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants within the first 2 weeks ...
Self-Reported Maternal Mental Health Declined in Recent Years
(MedPage Today) -- Self-reported maternal mental health declined in recent years, as did maternal physical health, though less drastically, a ...
Tendyne TMVR Gets FDA Nod; Breastfeeding and ASCVD; Sudden Bodybuilder Deaths
(MedPage Today) -- Abbott's Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system was approved by the FDA and indicated for those ...
Why It’s So Hard to Cut Healthcare Costs
(MedPage Today) -- Everyone claims to support making healthcare cheaper and more efficient. But when concrete steps are taken to ...
Paternal Valproate Questioned; ‘McMigraine’ Remedy; Alan Alda’s Face Blindness
(MedPage Today) -- A new analysis showed children whose fathers were treated with valproate during spermatogenesis had no increased risk ...
The four types of imagination and how they create our worlds
Jonathan Knowles / Brett Ryder When did you last imagine? Very recently is the likely answer. Indeed, we spend as ...
Humans were crafting tools from whale bones 20,000 years ago
A projectile point, made from the bone of a grey whale, from the Duruthy rock shelter in Landes, FranceAlexandre Lefebvre ...
CDC Ends COVID Vaccine Recs for Healthy Kids, Pregnant Women
(MedPage Today) -- The CDC dropped its recommendation that healthy children and pregnant women get routine COVID-19 shots, health regulators ...
Novel Agent for Major Depression Moves to Phase III, Even With Setback
(MedPage Today) -- Despite missing the primary endpoint, the novel KV7 potassium channel opener azetukalner showed benefit in major depressive ...
Maternal Mental Health Declines Sharply Over 8 Years
TOPLINE:Self-reported mental health deemed “excellent” declined from 38.4% to 25.8% between 2016 and 2023 in mothers in the United States, ...
Neurosurgeon Sheds Light on Billy Joel’s Rare Disorder
(MedPage Today) -- Musician Billy Joel announced plans last week to cancel all upcoming concerts after being diagnosed with normal ...
US Drops COVID Vaccine Recommendation for Healthy Kids, Pregnant Women
(Reuters) - The U.S. has stopped recommending routine COVID-19 vaccinations for pregnant women and healthy children, Health Secretary Robert F. ...
Refractory IBD? Consider Combination Therapies and Surgery
(MedPage Today) -- Most patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) respond to initial therapy, but an estimated 10% to 40% ...
Is It Crohn’s or Ulcerative Colitis? IBD Types Are Similar but Not the Same
(MedPage Today) -- Picture this common clinical scenario: A patient has chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, and weight loss. Blood and ...
World Health Assembly Adopts Rare Disease Resolution
On Saturday, May 24, the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) voted to adopt a resolution to establish a global framework ...
First Classification Criteria for AxJSpA Now Finalized
TORONTO — The lack of clinical trials testing the efficacy of treatments for axial disease in juvenile spondyloarthritis (axJSpA) remains ...
Do Ultraprocessed Foods Deserve a Bad Reputation?
Ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) are the staples of modern diets; however, their health effects remain a topic of debate. At the ...
New Imaging Triples Dense Breast Cancer Detection
Supplemental imaging techniques could more than triple cancer detection in dense breasts compared with standard care alone, according to new ...
Etrasimod Shows Promise in Eosinophilic Esophagitis
TOPLINE:Etrasimod, a once-daily oral selective sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor modulator, is well tolerated and effective in treating eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), demonstrating sustained ...
‘Japanese Walking’ May Improve Heart Health, Lower Blood Pressure
Share on Pinterest“Japanese walking” is a low impact exercise protocol that may help improve cardiometabolic health. Jacob Wackerhausen/Getty ImagesInterval walking ...
