New research indicates that for patients with breast cancer, the cancer’s stage and receptor status can help clinicians predict whether and when cancer might recur after initial treatment. The findings are published by in the journal Cancer. For the study, Heather Neuman, MD, MS, of the University of Wisconsin, and her colleagues analyzed data on 8,007 patients with stage I–III […]

NEW ORLEANS – EHR-embedded alerts that a patient with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a great candidate for treatment with a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) more than doubled prescribing of this “pillar” class for HFrEF, compared with control practices that used usual care and no alerts. That’s according to results of BETTER CARE-HF, a single-center, randomized trial with […]

For older adults with clinical depression that has not responded to standard treatments, adding the drug aripiprazole (brand name Abilify) to an antidepressant they're already taking is more effective than switching from one antidepressant to another, according to a new multicenter study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Aripiprazole originally was approved by the FDA in […]

An international team of bee researchers involving Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has integrated a calcium sensor into honey bees to enable the study of neural information processing including response to odors. This also provides insights into how social behavior is located in the brain, as the researchers now report in the scientific journal PLOS Biology. Insects are important so-called […]

It seems Kate Middleton is a bit homesick! Within the past week, both the Prince and Princess of Wales stepped out to take part in the time-old tradition of honoring the Welsh Guards on St. David’s Day. While everyone was marveling over the festivities (and how gorgeous Kate looked in her showstopping suit look!), a bystander named Krystal Cunningham told […]

Cedars-Sinai investigators have produced the most extensive analysis to date of changes in the retina-;a layer of tissue at the back of the eye where visual information originates-;and how those retinal changes correspond to brain and cognitive changes in Alzheimer's disease patients. Their analysis, published in the peer-reviewed journal Acta Neuropathologica, is an important step toward understanding the complex effects […]

How the ‘cha cha’ will do wonders for your bowel and cabbage juice is a miracle cure. Beware the TikTok ‘doctors’ and their bonkers health tips A third of Gen Z TikTok users admit to using the app for medical advice  But TikTok doctors have been sharing bizarre and dangerous ‘medical’ remedies  In one popular video users are urged to […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Drugmaker Viatris Inc warned on Thursday that it will stop selling some essential medicines in the UK that are already in short supply unless the British government makes changes to its voluntary medicines pricing agreement. The programme, adopted in 2019, is designed to make branded drugs more affordable for the National Health Service (NHS) by capping annual […]

COPENHAGEN – Mortality rate, length of hospital stay, and cost of hospitalization all drop significantly in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) concurrently using cannabis, shows a study that supports wider availability of the substance for specified medical use. Inpatient mortality dropped by more than 70% in those patients concurrently using cannabis for another indication, compared with those not taking the […]

Most Americans view parasitic infections as a problem of the past or one that only impacts low-income countries. However, new research from Washington University in St. Louis finds evidence that the problem is likely widespread in low-resource communities throughout southern United States where environmental conditions combined with infrastructural neglect and inadequate access to health care create the perfect breeding ground […]