(MedPage Today) -- Nearly three dozen babies and young children have received respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines, which are only approved for adults, according to a brief CDC report.
(MedPage Today) -- Alcohol-related deaths were not significantly higher for U.S. health workers compared with workers in the general population, with the lowest rates observed among physicians, a cross-sectional study found.
(MedPage Today) -- Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers that impose prior authorization requirements on doctors in accountable care organizations (ACOs) should have to get them pre-approved by CMS, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said…
(MedPage Today) -- In patients with acute stroke and a large infarct of unrestricted size, thrombectomy and medical care led to better functional outcomes and lower mortality compared with medical care alone, the prospective randomized…
(MedPage Today) -- Sexual harassment and other abusive behaviors are prevalent within the ob/gyn field, despite the specialty being female dominant for the last decade, according to a systematic review.
(MedPage Today) -- FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, described his agency's role in helping to prevent a wider outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday.
(MedPage Today) -- NEW YORK CITY -- Almost a quarter of surveyed U.S. adults met criteria for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), though the vast majority of them were undiagnosed, a retrospective cross-sectional study suggested here.
(MedPage Today) -- NEW YORK CITY -- Treatment with ketamine was noninferior to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for major depressive disorder, two meta-analyses showed, though it was inferior for patients hospitalized with major depressive…
(MedPage Today) -- Patients obtained nearly 100 million prescriptions through illegal online pharmacies in 2023, according to a report from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science.
(MedPage Today) -- Updates to national guidelines for the management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) endorse cardiac myosin inhibitor use in certain cases, greenlight more intensive physical activity, and expand treatment options for…
(MedPage Today) -- All dogs coming into the U.S. from other countries must be at least 6 months old and microchipped to help prevent the spread of rabies, according to new government rules published Wednesday.
(MedPage Today) -- Adding daily use of the investigational drug cytisinicline to behavioral support doubled abstinence rates in e-cigarette users attempting to quit, a randomized phase II trial showed.
(MedPage Today) -- There is a health crisis expected to cause more than 14 million deaths by 2050. Millions more will suffer physical and mental illness each year as a result of this crisis. No person is immune, though the poorest among us…
(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
(MedPage Today) -- In the post-vaccine era, rotavirus has become just another cause of acute gastroenteritis in most cases. But is there anything new in diagnosis and treatment?
(MedPage Today) -- NEW YORK CITY -- Sociodemographic factors such as religion and race were the most robust predictors of substance use initiation in early adolescence, according to an analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development…
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Research presented here provides more evidence that the overturning of Roe v. Wade has resulted in an increase in permanent contraception procedures, particularly among younger men and women.
(MedPage Today) -- Sherri Tenpenny, DO, the Ohio physician who claimed COVID vaccines can magnetize people, had her medical license reinstated last month, according to the State Medical Board of Ohio.
(MedPage Today) -- The term "Lost Generation" was initially used to describe the generation that came of age during World War I, popularized by Ernest Hemingway. It referenced the disillusionment experienced by many, especially…
(MedPage Today) -- CRISPR-based gene editing improved vision without serious adverse effects in patients with CEP290-associated inherited retinal degeneration, an interim analysis of a small phase I/II study showed.
(MedPage Today) -- In Part 1 of this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, and Lina Khan, JD, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), discuss the agency's role in healthcare.
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- A drug approved for hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in premenopausal women also improved sexual dysfunction in some men, according to a small dataset reported here.
(MedPage Today) -- Girls and young women who frequently suffer painful attacks of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) around the time they menstruate can expect good outcomes when treated according to recent evidence, Turkish researchers…
(MedPage Today) -- Colonoscopy performed within 6 months before or after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) did not increase the risk of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), according to a retrospective cohort study.