In the Annals of Internal Medicine, a general internal medicine physician and a urologist discuss treatment plans for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and how they would apply their recommendations to a patient who wishes to learn more about his options. Lower urinary tract symptoms due to BPH are common among older patients assigned male sex at birth, regardless of gender […]

Covid drops out of top five causes of death in England and Wales for first time since start of the pandemic – as dementia and Alzheimer’s becomes most common cause of mortality In both 2020 and 2021 Covid-19 was the leading cause of death In 2022 coronavirus was recorded as the sixth leading cause overall Covid-19 has dropped out of […]

A&E units ‘will be UNSAFE at night due to 4-day junior doctors’ strike’ that has left ‘very fragile’ hospitals braced for a month of carnage as picket lines mock Steve Barclay for refusing to cave in on huge 35% pay rise demand Doctors will mount picket lines outside hospitals from 7am today until Saturday An estimated 350,000 NHS appointments will be […]

Oracle Health this week announced that its Cerner Enviza life sciences division will work with John Snow Labs to develop a new artificial intelligence methodology to enhance computerized queries, or phenotyping, of digital patient data and clinical notes to support the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Sentinel Initiative drug studies. WHY IT MATTERS The Sentinel Innovation Center, spearheaded by Mass […]

In a recent study on the bioRxiv preprint server, researchers found antibodies that neutralize all current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOC) by conformational locking. Study: Antibodies that neutralize all current SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern by conformational locking. Image Credit: MicheleUrsi/Shutterstock.com *Important notice: bioRxiv publishes preliminary scientific reports that are not peer-reviewed and, therefore, should not […]

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday classified the recall of Philips’ respiratory machines as its most serious type, as their use could cause serious injuries or death. The Dutch medical devices maker’s unit Philips Respironics recalled 1,088 devices in the U.S. on Feb. 10. These devices help people with respiratory conditions to keep breathing at […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest long COVID news and guidance in Medscape’s Long COVID Resource Center. More than 3 years into the COVID-19 pandemic, lasting symptoms are becoming quite common, with residents of certain states, women, Hispanic people, and transgender people more at risk, a new report shows.  More than one in four adults sickened by the virus go on to […]

Although drugstore shelves might suggest otherwise, affordable dietary supplements that provide critical nutrients in appropriate doses for pregnant women are virtually nonexistent, researchers have found. In a new study published this month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, investigators observed what many physicians have long suspected: most prenatal vitamins and other supplements do not adequately make up the difference […]

Gay teenagers are more than twice as likely to suffer from insomnia, study suggests Many teenagers face sleep problems because of changes in their body clock But researchers say gay youngsters may be more at risk than others READ MORE: One-fifth of Gen Z identify as LGBT, survey data suggests  Gay teenagers are more than twice as likely to have […]

The number of U.S. kids dying by gunfire keeps rising. Stunning stat: Gun deaths among America’s kids rose 50% in the last two years, according to a new Pew Research Center report. More children and teens were killed by guns in 2021 than in any year since 1999, oregon pharmacy technician certification the first year the CDC began tracking the […]