At-home colon cancer screening compares well with colonoscopy
Researchers report that at-home colon cancer screening could reduce the risk of colorectal cancer death by 33%. The findings were published on July 19, 2024 in JAMA Network… read more.
Researchers report that at-home colon cancer screening could reduce the risk of colorectal cancer death by 33%. The findings were published on July 19, 2024 in JAMA Network… read more.
More than 82% of Americans age 50 to 80 take one or more kinds of prescription medication, and 80% of them say they’d be open to stopping one… read more.
On 25 July 2024, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation for the medicinal product… read more.
The Stockholm3 blood test is equally precise at detecting prostate cancer in different ethnic groups, and it could reduce unnecessary biopsies by about half, researchers reported on July… read more.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industry announced that the FDA approved Leqselvi (deuruxolitinib) 8 mg tablets for the treatment of adults with severe alopecia areata. Alopecia areata affects around 700,000 people… read more.
The US Surgeon General recently recommended a warning label for social media platforms due to concerns about their impact on youth mental health. The Surgeon General’s Advisory on… read more.
GSK plc announced that ViiV Healthcare, the global specialist HIV company majority owned by GSK, with Pfizer and Shionogi as shareholders, has shared 48-week findings from the PASO… read more.
High levels of the respiratory irritant ozone and grass pollen are likely during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games if hot, sunny weather prevails, suggests an analysis of… read more.
It might be an exaggeration to claim that “sitting is the new smoking,” but significant research indicates that people who are sedentary face more health challenges than their active counterparts. Office workers… read more.
Medications used by astronauts on the International Space Station might not be good enough for a three-year journey to Mars. A new study led by Duke Health shows… read more.
Hydrogels have a variety of use cases, including contact lenses, delivering doses of medication within the body, moisturisers, water storage in soil, cleaning polluted water and as gelling… read more.
A nationwide study found a marked increase in new GLP-1RA prescriptions over the last decade, particularly since 2020. Semaglutide was the most prescribed GLP-1RA, by far, in 2023…. read more.