FILE PHOTO: A sign marks the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File PhotoFRANKFURT (Reuters) -Novartis shareholders on Friday voted in favour of spinning off the Swiss company’s generic-drugs business Sandoz, with investors holding 99.7% of the represented capital supporting the complete separation. Ahead of the vote at the extraordinary general meeting, […]

What is RSV? Who is most at risk for serious RSV? Anyone with a weak immune system Infants under age 1, especially those 6 months or younger and those born premature Children younger than 2 years with chronic lung or heart conditions Children who have neuromuscular disorders, including those who have difficulty swallowing Adults over 60 Adults with chronic heart […]

Walking is an inexpensive form of exercise that many people of various abilities and ages can do. What about those 10,000 steps a day that many fitness apps recommend? Dr. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, says there is no magic number of steps per day that people should strive for because everyone is different. What matters most, he says, […]

Widely-used billing codes have been updated for 2024, including new ones for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines and medications, and new Spanish translations. The American Medical Association (AMA) last week released the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) 2024 Code Set. The update included 349 editorial changes, including 230 additions, 49 deletions and 70 revisions. With more than 11,100 codes in use, […]

1. For those who aren’t familiar, what is gluten? 2. How would you explain celiac disease? 3. Who is most likely to experience celiac disease? 4. How does celiac disease compare to gluten sensitivity? 5. Are there other factors that influence gut health more so than gluten intake for the average person? 6. For individuals who do not have celiac […]

Reviewed After 61 days of observation, NYU Langone Health doctors this month completed the longest-documented case of a genetically engineered pig kidney functioning in a human body. About the procedure The procedure, known as a xenotransplant, which involves the transplant of an animal organ into a human, was performed on July 14, 2023, and led by Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, […]

Online reviews and ratings provided by the likes of Tripadvisor and Yelp have changed how people select their hotels, restaurants, flights, plumbers and hair salons. Even hospitals and health clinics have got in on the act, with websites such as Care Opinion, Doctify and Google Opinion. But health care is different from other sectors. The way patients write comments can […]

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers demonstrated a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method sensitive to the live brain's iron homeostasis (the r1-r2 extent of relaxation or relaxivity). Study: Non-invasive assessment of normal and impaired iron homeostasis in the brain. Image Credit: ORION PRODUCTION/Shutterstock.com Background Iron homeostasis is critical for brain function and is compromised in aging, neurodegenerative […]

TOPLINE: A decision-support model for managing patients with heartburn in whom proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy fails suggests that endoscopy with ambulatory reflux monitoring is the optimal cost-effective approach, matching therapy to phenotype. METHODOLOGY: Researchers compared the cost-effectiveness over 1 year of four strategies for managing patients in whom empirical PPI treatment failed. Strategies were PPI optimization without diagnostic testing; […]

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Most of us have heard the joke: “How can you tell if someone is vegan? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you themselves.” In the three years I’ve been a herbivore, this has always confused me. Why on earth would I want to tell you […]