Continuing anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy after 24 weeks of pregnancy is associated with a lower likelihood of relapse of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in…
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Why cancers in adults under 50 are rising globally
Researchers investigated the risk factors behind increasing cases of early-onset cancer, which are cancers that occur before the age of 50. They found that lifestyle…
Pharma-Funded FDA Gets Drugs Out Faster, But Some Work Only ‘Marginally’ and Most Are Pricey
Dr. Steven-Huy Han, a UCLA liver specialist, has prescribed Ocaliva to a handful of patients, although he’s not sure it helps. As advertised, the drug…
Ebola deaths in Uganda climb to four: health ministry
A total of four people have died from the highly contagious Ebola virus in Uganda, where the authorities declared an outbreak earlier this week, health…
New York State Ends Mask Mandates on Trains, Transit
(Reuters) – New York state on Wednesday ended a 28-month-old COVID-19 mandate requiring masks on trains, buses and other modes of public transit, as well…
Organ Transplants Are Up, but the Agency in Charge Is Under Fire
For the past decade, Precious McCowan’s life has revolved around organ transplants. She’s a doctoral candidate studying human behavior in Dallas who has survived two…
Medicaid Extensions for New Moms Grow, May Run Into Limits
States around the country are making it easier for new moms to keep Medicaid in the year after childbirth, a time when depression and other…
Could a change in smear tests be putting more lives at risk?
While at work and without any sort of presence of a medical professional, Katie Hirst found out via an online portal she had cervical cancer.…
Subcutaneous anchor securement systems prove to be effective at keeping central catheters in place
A new study on securement for central vascular access devices (CVAD) suggests that subcutaneous anchor securement systems (SASS) are shown to be more effective at…
What We Know About Long COVID So Far
Editor’s note: Find the latest long COVID news and guidance in Medscape’s Long COVID Resource Center. Long COVID: The name says it all. It’s an…