Wasteful tests before surgery: Study shows how to reduce them safely
For many patients, getting ready to have surgery means getting their blood drawn, their heart rhythm checked, or having other tests in the weeks leading up to their… read more.
For many patients, getting ready to have surgery means getting their blood drawn, their heart rhythm checked, or having other tests in the weeks leading up to their… read more.
Our immune system is armed with an array of defenses designed to detect and eliminate harmful threats. One of its most powerful defense mechanisms is the complement system—a… read more.
Caitlin Dugdale, MD, MSc, and Kimon Zachary, MD, physicians in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and assistant professors of Medicine at Harvard Medical… read more.
Traditional approaches to prostate cancer screening involve blood tests, MRI, and biopsies. However, in addition to being uncomfortable, some of these procedures result in overdiagnosis of low-grade cancers…. read more.
Antibiotic overuse is a key driver in the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major global health crisis. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National… read more.
NICE (UK): 1.1 Eplontersen is recommended, within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating hereditary transthyretin-related amyloidosis in adults with stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy. It… read more.
Children and young people with high levels of mental health needs are struggling to receive the help they need, or to have their difficulties recognised, according to a… read more.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the FDA has approved Tryngolza (olezarsen) as an adjunct to diet to reduce triglycerides in adults with familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS), a rare,… read more.
A new Tulane University study suggests the Mediterranean diet’s brain-boosting benefits may work by changing the balance of bacteria in the gut. In a study published in Gut Microbes Reports, researchers… read more.
In April 2021, a provision in the 21st Century Cures act took effect which required that all medical test results be released to a patient’s electronic medical record… read more.
Merck Inc., ( known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada), announced that the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted… read more.
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. announced the FDA approved Crenessity (crinecerfont) capsules and oral solution as an adjunctive treatment to glucocorticoid replacement to control androgens in adult and pediatric patients four years… read more.
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