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(MedPage Today) -- The name of a condition that affects between 6-10% of all reproductive-age women was recently changed from PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) to PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome) by an international consensus process...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Of the five people exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship who left a Nebraska quarantine facility for their home states, two passengers went to New York, and one each went to Arizona, California, and Oregon. At least some of...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- LONDON -- Most patients with super-refractory, seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) responded well to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in the first part of an ongoing phase I/II trial, a researcher reported...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Treatment with investigational izalontamab brengitecan (iza-bren) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- As the Trump administration continues to target gender-affirming care for youth, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee debated the issue in a hearing on Wednesday. Committee members heard testimony...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Roughly one in five young people used an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for mental health advice last year, a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey showed. Among youths ages 12 to 21, 19.2% said that they had...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Deaths of despair -- fatalities from drugs, alcohol, and suicide -- declined by 16% in 2024, according to a report from Trust for America's Health. Georgia's Pathways to Coverage -- a Medicaid expansion program that conditions...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Last summer, the Kiel Institute, a non-profit think tank in Germany, asked me to lead an analysis of the global benefits of international health aid programs, such as the Global Fund, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Vaccines," Cleveland Clinic infectious disease specialist Donald Dumford III, MD, and host John Mangels continue their conversations on communicating effectively and empathetically with patients around vaccination...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- For egg-allergic children, an oral immunotherapy (OIT) protocol using low-dose liquid egg to start appeared to be the most successful in inducing tolerance in the outpatient setting, according to one academic center's experience...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- A month-long structured yoga program helped patients with cancer improve mood disturbance, anxiety, and fatigue, contributing to a reduction in insomnia, a large multicenter randomized trial showed. Scores on tests...
Read full article →Rising costs are eroding Americans’ trust in their commercial plans despite an industry-wide push to increase consumer satisfaction, the analytics firm found.
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