This finding contradicts some recent studies indicating the number of people with cardiovascular disease who did not have any of the standard modifiable risk factors (SMuRFs) was rising. Those data ...

Clinicians and researchers continue to address unproven and debunked claims about the origins of autism — most notably that vaccines and prenatal acetaminophen use may increase the risk for the ...

Ultrasound demonstrated a strong correlation and agreement with CT in assessing the diameter of the ascending aorta in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA), supporting its use as an effective ...

Five-year cancer survival rises in US states that expanded Medicaid, specifically in rural and high poverty communities.

Almost three-quarters of UK GPs say workload pressures are putting patient safety at risk, according to a new Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) survey. The college’s annual GP Voice survey ...

As of October 7, there have been 133 cases of measles in Australia this year. By way of comparison, there were 57 cases in 2024, 26 in 2023, 7 in 2022, and none in 2021. Numerous cases have been ...

Hello. It's Mark Kris from Memorial Sloan Kettering. Recently, I presented information about the published trials of neoadjuvant nivolumab chemotherapy vs chemotherapy, showing robust, disease-free ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool is able to identify focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) — the microscopic lesions responsible for refractory epilepsy in children — with up to 94% accuracy. Dubbed ...

In stroke patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and cardiovascular disease (CVD), adding an antiplatelet to an oral anticoagulant (OAC) does not reduce ischemic events and more than doubles bleeding ...

The analysis included 172,556 UKB participants with continuous primary care records, of whom 17.8% had depression at baseline, with 168,641 participants included in the final analysis. Researchers ...

A large real-world study found that fewer than half of adults who started colorectal cancer (CRC) screening with an at-home stool test completed the recommended repeat test, creating gaps in ...

Anecdotal and survey evidence suggests that adult-onset food allergies may be increasing. “We don’t talk about it enough, but adult food allergy is real,” Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, told Medscape Medical ...