This is a MedPage Today story. This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Anthony Olson wanted a career, children, a partner with whom he could hike Montana’sContinue Reading
NHS website information on drinking while breastfeeding saw the highest increase in visits at Christmas last year, new figures show. Among the most visited pages on Christmas and Boxing Day in 2023 were advice coughs, colds and chest infections. But some people also wanted to know about drinking and breastfeeding,Continue Reading
In a new study, researchers examined the health effects people experienced when they returned to still-standing homes after the Marshall Fire outside Boulder, Colo., Read MoreContinue Reading
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TOPLINE: Older adults with celiac disease (CeD) face a higher risk of developing frailty within 5 years than those without the condition, a finding that indicates the need for targeted interventions. METHODOLOGY: Researchers used data from Swedish healthcare registries to a conduct nationwide retrospective cohort study that investigated the riskContinue Reading
Oregon authorities say a house cat died after eating raw frozen pet food that tested positive for bird flu, Read MoreContinue Reading
Twenty big cats – including a Bengal tiger and four cougars – have died of bird flu over the past several weeks at an animal sanctuary in the state of Washington. “This tragedy has deeply affected our team, and we are all grieving the loss of these incredible animals,” theContinue Reading
Middle-aged women who did many short bursts of vigorous-intensity exercise — amounting to as little as 3 min/d — had a 45% lower risk for major adverse cardiovascular events, reported investigators. This doesn’t mean just a walk in the park, explained Emmanuel Stamatakis, PhD, a researcher with the University ofContinue Reading
TOPLINE: Implementing a home-based exercise program alongside management strategies did not improve patients’ self-reported physical function after lung cancer surgery but did enhance exercise capacity, health-related quality of life, and exercise self-efficacy, a new study revealed. METHODOLOGY: Lung cancer survivors face long-term physical challenges post-surgery. Postoperative exercise programs have largelyContinue Reading
A whistleblower suit alleged a health insurer bilked Medicare by exaggerating how sick patients were…Read MoreContinue Reading
PA Media A recruitment drive for Scotland’s first ever Patient Safety Commissioner has failed for a second time. MSPs passed a law creating the new independent public advocate for NHS patients in September last year. The first round of interviews for the £89,685-a-year role in April failed to produce aContinue Reading
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic once-daily injectable version of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) liraglutide (Victoza, Novo Nordisk) to lower blood sugar in people aged 10 years or older with type 2 diabetes (T2D), as an adjunct to diet and exercise. …Read MoreContinue Reading
Getty Images Two NHS hospital trusts in London are using AI technology to see if they can spot type 2 diabetes in patients up to a decade in advance of the condition occuring. Imperial College and Chelsea and Westminster hospital NHS foundation trusts have started training the AI system –Continue Reading