Make the Diagnosis: Can You Diagnose This Painful, Tingling Lesion? A 55-year-old man visited his doctor for a growth that developed on his right leg, at the site of previous surgery, 2 months prior. Can you diagnose the patient? Aug 20, 2024
Oldest Person Dies; University of California Mask Ban; Ground Cinnamon Recall Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Aug 20, 2024
Healthcare a Major Player at the Democratic Convention's Opening Night Abortion, COVID, gun violence, and drug prices were among the topics in the spotlight Aug 20, 2024
Personalized Brain Stimulation Improves Parkinson's Motor Symptoms Adaptive approach senses symptoms before they occur and calibrates stimulation to prevent them Aug 19, 2024
Shingles Tied to Long-Term Cognitive Changes Study of healthcare professionals suggests 20% higher risk of subjective cognitive decline Aug 16, 2024
New Lines of Attack Form Against the Affordable Care Act Republicans say changes are needed regarding misreported incomes and enhanced subsidies Aug 16, 2024
What Medicare Advantage Changes Would a Trump or Harris Administration Make? Experts also predict next administration's potential moves on the ACA, drug price negotiations Aug 15, 2024
FDA to Challenge Food Industry to Take Up New Sodium Targets Agency hopes mean intake will drop to approximately 2,750 mg/day if companies comply Aug 15, 2024
Racial, Ethnic Differences in Fracture Risk for Postmenopausal Women Revealed Fracture prevention strategies should be emphasized in other groups beyond white women Aug 15, 2024
Blood Test for Colon Cancer: Panacea or Hype? This newly approved testing modality brings challenges and opportunities Aug 14, 2024
Older Adults Most Concerned About Healthcare Costs Ahead of Election Of healthcare-related concerns, costs of long-term care rose to the top Aug 14, 2024
Bleeding Better Controlled When Protamine Is Part of TAVR Wrap-Up Routine ACE-PROTAVI trial tested upfront vs selective use of heparin reversal agent Aug 14, 2024
Why Spicy Foods Appeal; Congressman Has Mild Stroke; Indian Doctors on Strike Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Aug 14, 2024
Well-Being Declines Before Mild Cognitive Impairment Two components hit hardest: purpose in life and personal growth Aug 13, 2024
Prior Authorizations on the Rise in Medicare Advantage, Report Finds Increase corresponds to a climb in Medicare Advantage enrollment Aug 13, 2024
Where Harris and Trump Stand on Top Issues in Healthcare From abortion to drug prices to gun control, here's how the presidential candidates stack up Aug 13, 2024
'Scared to Death': Nurses, Residents Confront Violence in Dementia Care Facilities Altercations are surprisingly common Aug 13, 2024
Death Is Inevitable. It's Time We Learned to Talk About It. By fostering honest and compassionate discussions, we can provide patients with more dignity Aug 13, 2024
GLP-1 Agonists for Diabetes Tied to Lower Hyperkalemia Rates Class was compared with DPP4-inhibitors Aug 12, 2024
Dementia Risk Dropped With Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Certain Patients Brain markers of degeneration, injury were better, too Aug 12, 2024
EVT on Large Core Strokes: Sobering Results for the Oldest Old Successful reperfusion associated with good functional outcomes regardless of age Aug 12, 2024
What's the Best Way to Help Specialists Succeed? Beef Up Primary Care Let us handle the garden-variety hypertension and diabetes, and give them the complex cases Aug 12, 2024
CDC Action 'Likely Unlawful'; RFK Jr. Loses in Court; 24 Years for Urgent Care Doc Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Aug 12, 2024
Methotrexate for Knee Osteoarthritis; Evaluating Squamous Cell Cancers Also in TTHealthWatch: blood tests for Alzheimer's Aug 10, 2024 podcast
More Rural Hospitals Are on the Verge of Closing, Report Finds Private insurers are paying less than the cost of care, data show Aug 09, 2024
Clues for Smarter Rhythm Monitoring After Cardiac Surgery? Predictors of POAF burden, late-occurring POAF identified in prospective study Aug 08, 2024
New Extended-Release Parkinson's Drug Approved Novel levodopa and carbidopa formulation led to more time without troublesome dyskinesia Aug 08, 2024
Common Antibiotics Linked With Serious Skin Reactions in Older Adults Sulfonamides and cephalosporins the worst offenders, study finds Aug 08, 2024
Parkinson's Dementia May Be Less Common Than Once Thought Progression from normal cognition to dementia may have a fairly long window of time Aug 07, 2024
Giving RSV and Flu Vaccines Together Led to Adequate Immune Responses Co-administration generally safe, could reduce vaccine burden, researchers say Aug 07, 2024
Extend the Hospital-at-Home Waiver Before It's Too Late Older adults should continue to receive care where they feel and heal their best Aug 07, 2024
Poor Physical Function Likely the Main Reason for Higher Fracture Risk in T2D Skeletal characteristics may not be to blame among older women Aug 06, 2024
Coffee-Dementia Link Continues to Unfurl Two studies hint at protective relationships for some coffee and tea drinkers Aug 05, 2024
Intermittent Fasting May Improve Memory, Executive Function, Early Trial Suggests Exploratory study lays groundwork for larger trials to evaluate brain health Aug 04, 2024
GOP Charge That Harris Backed Tax-Funded Care for All Immigrants Overlooks Details PolitiFact has found the claim to be "Mostly False" Aug 04, 2024
Midlife Blood Biomarkers Predict Late-Life Dementia Study provides clues that one day, we could detect who's at risk decades in advance Aug 02, 2024
Medicare Lags, Medicaid Leads for Biosimilar Uptake Infliximab copycat usage varies widely with payer type Aug 02, 2024
