MAY 30, 2024 by Ernie Mundell Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, there’s been a third case of H5N1 avian flu confirmed in a dairy worker, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. The previous two human cases—the first in Texas, the second in Michigan, where this latest case also occurred—involved only a...
May 24, 2024 07:15 AM EDTUpdated 08:02 AM R&DPharma AUTHORKatherine LewinNews [email protected] Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide cut the risk of major cardiovascular events and death from multiple causes in a Phase 3 study involving patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, building the company’s case for expanding the drug in a broad range of...
MAY 24, 2024 by Elana Gotkine Patients with fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have increased rates of severe multiple drug intolerance syndrome (MDIS), according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Alicia A. Alvarez, M.D., from Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida, and colleagues...
MAY 30, 2024 Microscopic image of an HIV-infected T cell. Credit: NIAID More than 300 politicians, health experts and celebrities on Thursday called for US pharmaceutical giant Gilead to allow cheap, generic versions of a promising new HIV drug to be produced so it can reach people in developing countries most affected by the deadly...
MAY 30, 2024 by Lori Solomon Neuromuscular exercise and pain neuroscience education do not provide superior pain and function outcomes versus pain neuroscience education alone in patients with chronic pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), according to a study published online May 24 in JAMA Network Open. Jesper B. Larsen, Ph.D., from Aalborg University in...
Novo Nordisk is ”very enagaged” in India, the CFO says, but the weight-loss drug will not be launched there until 2025. Photo: Tom Little BY CHRISTIAN BUNDGAARD28 May 2024at 09:50 People with obesity in India will have to wait to get access to Novo Nordisk’s big seller Wegovy, according to the local Indian media Business...
Medscape Medical News > Conference News > AUA 2024 Tara Haelle May 20, 2024 An updated clinical approach to diagnosing urinary tract infections (UTIs) that considers five potential phenotype categories instead of the usual three could aid clinical management and better center patient needs, according to the authors of a new study in The Journal...
theheart.org on MedscapeCOMMENTARY Christopher Labos, MD CM, MSc, FRCPC DISCLOSURES | May 02, 2024 How did cholesterol denialism become a pseudoscience? It happened so slowly that many of us didn’t notice. But somewhere along the way, cholesterol deniers stopped questioning the scientific evidence and started denying it. Christopher Labos, MD CM, MSc If you weren’t...
10 May 2024 By Shiona McCallum,Technology reporter A new device to help reduce the time cancer patients spend in hospital has been given regulatory approval. The Liberty allows patients to take blood tests – and upload the results – at home, and without supervision. Its users say it allows them to cut down on draining...
MAY 26, 2024 by Robin Foster A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended the approval of a new blood test that can spot colon cancer. The panel voted 7-2 that the benefits outweighed the risks when using the Guardant Health’s Shield test for colon cancer. “The advisory committee’s strong support for...
