Researchers compared the efficacy and safety of four JAK inhibitors, a medication used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA). According to the researchers, no significant differences in efficacy or safety were observed between the four medications. Over 85% of participants remained on the medication during the six-month trial. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune and inflammatory disease, according to the Centers for […]

A new gene therapy for sickle cell disease has been deemed safe by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel, paving the way for full approval by early December 2023. The FDA had already decided that the therapy, known as exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel), was effective. Developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Boston and CRISPR Therapeutics of Switzerland, exa-cel frees patients […]

WASHINGTON, DC — The nation’s largest group of pediatricians is advising parents to recognize the limits of “toddler milk,” formula products purporting to be beneficial for young children. These products are not nutritionally complete and are not to be confused with formulas for infants younger than 12 months.  Dr George Fuchs III “Toddler drinks do not offer anything nutritionally exceptional,” […]

New research from the NIH’s Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program suggests that during the COVID-19 pandemic, some teens with a history of depression, anxiety, autism and ADHD experienced more severe impacts than those without. This research, titled “Life Satisfaction for Adolescents with Developmental and Behavioral Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” is published in Pediatric Research. Although researchers […]

Key findings About 12.6% of study participants experienced a complication within 90 days of surgery. The odds of experiencing a complication within 30 days after surgery were 45% less (odds ratio 0.55) if patients took more than 7,500 steps per day prior to surgery than if their Fitbit recorded fewer than 7,500 steps. After adjusting for comorbidities, BMI, sex, race, […]

Pediatric Emergency Department (ED) visits for firearm injuries doubled during the pandemic compared to earlier trends, according to a multicenter study published in the journal Pediatrics. During this time, deaths from firearm injuries in children and adolescents that occurred after arrival to the hospital also doubled—up from 3 percent of ED visits pre-pandemic to 6 percent of ED visits during […]

Efforts to strengthen contemporary health professionals’ education and medical ethics should be informed by a robust understanding of medicine’s role within the Nazi regime, according to a new report from the Lancet Commission on Medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust: Historical Evidence, Implications for Today, Teaching for Tomorrow. An education in how and why such atrocities were enabled can further empower […]

Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Chaoyang Hospital have developed a new “pseudo cell” formulation based on self-healing microcapsule-loading exosomes to treat diverse vitreoretinal diseases. The study was published in Nature Biomedical Engineering on Oct. 23. Vitreoretinal diseases include a wide spectrum of vision-threatening disorders, which may cause severe irreversible […]

Meet the 22-year-old who survives on BEIGE food because she’s so terrified that she’ll throw up if she doesn’t stick to eating ‘like a toddler’ Sara Barnes diet mainly consists of plain bread or bagels and white meat READ MORE: boy, 8, who ate chocolate can eat normally after being hypnotised A young woman only eats beige food over fears […]

Strain on the body: Marijuana raises risk of heart attack, heart failure and stroke by up to a THIRD, two major studies find One study said daily marijuana users had 34% higher risk of heart failure Second said they were 20% more likely to suffer a major heart event or stroke READ MORE: Marijuana is behind three in ten schizophrenia […]