Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios Drug and biotech companies are coming to the defense of the Food and Drug Administration and assailing a Texas court's ruling on abortion pills, saying it sets a dangerous precedent for undermining federal drug approvals. Why it matters: If the ruling is upheld, FDA decisions could be stayed by individual judges, injecting chaos into the regulatory process […]

In a recent study published in the journal BMC Medicine, researchers evaluate the effect of lifestyle behaviors on various fertility and reproductive outcomes. Study: Associations between health behaviours, fertility and reproductive outcomes: triangulation of evidence in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Image Credit: Chinnapong / Shutterstock.com Factors contributing to infertility Fertility guidelines include smoking cessation, limiting the consumption of […]

Most new parents have experienced the agony of colic: hours of inconsolable crying from their newborn, leaving them at wit’s end. It’s more common than some might think: The American Pregnancy Association estimates that 20% to 25% of babies have colic. And parents of a colicky baby will tell you that it is very stressful for both them and their […]

A comparison of Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency approvals of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the field of thoracic cancer found significantly longer approval times at the European agency, as well as some examples of different perspectives on biomarkers. The findings of this new study suggest that patients in Europe may face delayed access to new therapies, the […]

Why, why, why do birthdays cause so much drama? In the last couple of months, we’ve seen a mother-in-law pick a fight over canned nacho cheese, sisters-in-law fighting over who should pay for parties, and a mom yelling at a kid for gifting “broken” toys. Will there ever be a post on the “Am I the A—hole” subreddit where someone […]

A new study's finding that urban light pollution may disrupt the winter dormancy period for mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus could be considered both good news and bad news. The good news is that the disease-carrying pests may not survive the winter if their plans to fatten up are foiled. The bad news is their dormancy period, known as […]

Adults who were victims of gunshot, stab, and assault wounds as children had higher rates of PTSD A study of young adults who were victims of violent injuries as children found significantly higher levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in this group than the general population. The study—conducted by University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) researchers—surveyed 24 respondents who were […]

Many Americans breathed a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court left the Affordable Care Act in place following the law’s third major legal challenge in June 2021. This decision left widely supported policies in place, like ensuring coverage regardless of preexisting conditions, granting coverage for dependents up to age 26 on their parents’ plan and removing annual and lifetime […]

Photo: Oracle Redwood Shores, California-based Oracle offers a comprehensive and fully integrated stack of cloud applications and platform services, including Oracle Health and its acquired electronic health record giant Cerner. Going into next week’s 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, the most important healthcare trend for the Big Tech company is the human element. The company knows physicians and […]

I made 200 calls to see a GP about my troubling symptoms – I’ve now been diagnosed with cancer after switching surgery Jolene Segrave, from Bradford, was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma She claims she tried to call The Ridge Medical Practice 200 times to no avail It wasn’t until five months after her symptoms began that she was […]