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(MedPage Today) -- Several organizations have sprung up in recent years with names that sound very similar to long-standing established nonprofit public health and medical groups, whose science-based policies have withstood the test of time. Here...

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted accelerated approval to doruxapapogene ralaplasmid and lalikinogene sifuplasmid (Voceryq) to reduce the frequency of surgical papilloma excisions in adults with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), the...

(MedPage Today) -- For de novo coronary lesions, drug-coated balloons (DCBs) were just as effective as standard drug-eluting stents, the TRANSFORM II trial showed. Among patients with native coronary lesions undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention...

(MedPage Today) -- The thalassemia drug mitapivat (Aqvesme) significantly improved hemoglobin response in patients with sickle cell disease but failed to top placebo when it came to reducing pain crises in a phase III trial that aims to support...

(MedPage Today) -- A person in Washington state has died from complications of the bird flu, the first such U.S. death in a year. The Yakima County resident, who had previous health conditions, was exposed to avian influenza at a dairy with infected...

(MedPage Today) -- A statistical model that extrapolated data from deceased National Football League (NFL) brain donors to include all former NFL players who died from 2008 through 2023 estimated that nearly three in four had chronic traumatic...

(MedPage Today) -- Parental autoimmune diseases were associated with an increased risk of type 1 diabetes in offspring, according to a Swedish registry cohort study. In an analysis of nearly 1.5 million individuals, children born to mothers with...

(MedPage Today) -- Spinal fusion added to decompression surgery in patients with spinal stenosis did not provide any added benefit versus decompression alone, Norwegian national registry data indicated. With outcomes compared for 1,446 patients...

(MedPage Today) -- The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital pathology in early breast cancer will be a major theme at the upcoming San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), with new research exploring whether image-based tools can...

(MedPage Today) -- More than one in four adults said they misrepresented symptoms to try to get antibiotics for themselves or their children, survey results showed. Among 959 adults, 27.9% said they had misrepresented symptoms to their clinicians...

(MedPage Today) -- First-ever guidelines for cancer caregivers offer information and advice on topics ranging from medical management and emotional support to finances and legal issues. Published by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN...

(MedPage Today) -- BALTIMORE -- Use of a combined GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist was associated with improved menstrual regularity, an analysis of a prospective cohort showed. Women taking the combination incretin drug had a reduction in cycle length...

(MedPage Today) -- We heard about the outbreak by accident. In December 2025, I (Meyer) was chatting with a friend who has a teenager in a rival San Francisco high school. Our conversation turned to football first, then to prom. "It's going great...

(MedPage Today) -- In spondyloarthritis (SpA), the wealth of biologic and disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) options still leaves some patients unsatisfied with their treatment outcomes, most likely due to residual disease. This year...

(MedPage Today) -- Researchers continue to lay the groundwork for expanding treatment in juvenile spondyloarthritis (SpA), borrowing from advances in disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in adults. Earlier this year, the interleukin...

(MedPage Today) -- Ahead of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting, frontline treatment for multiple myeloma continues to evolve, with quadruplet regimens increasingly becoming standard for both transplant-eligible and -ineligible...

(MedPage Today) -- Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) made it feasible and safe to plan percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures before cardiac catheterization, as shown by the open-label randomized P4 trial. At 12 months, a CCTA-guided...

(MedPage Today) -- Barbara Weigand could not have prepared more for retirement. She stayed healthy and saved diligently for years. This year, though, a shoulder surgery and a bladder cancer diagnosis have really tested her finances. She recently...

(MedPage Today) -- As the nation gears up for Tuesday's midterms, healthcare is on many voters' minds -- and some voters will see physicians on their ballots this time around, including in congressional and statewide races. In addition to one...

(MedPage Today) -- A young woman with a known allergy to penicillin had a severe allergic reaction immediately after intercourse with her husband, who was taking amoxicillin. The case underscores the fact that sexual contact can lead to mucosal...