Emergency departments (EDs) are increasingly overwhelmed not only with new patients but also with admitted patients waiting for inpatient beds, a practice commonly known as "boarding." Boarded ...

Over the past week, Israeli strikes destroyed at least two clinics at opposite ends of Gaza City and forced two others to shut down, including a children's hospital and a specialized eye center, ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Treatment with intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) or intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) resulted in similarly low rates of late toxicity in patients with locally ...

The authors of a controversial 2022 paper that claimed to measure neuronal activity using functional MRI retracted their work after their reanalysis "did not robustly support the original conclusions.

The investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist MET-097i, which may be able to be dosed just once a month, yielded weight loss of up to 14.1% by week 28 with class-leading tolerability in a phase IIb trial ...

For persistent or longstanding persistent Afib, one-shot epicardial and endocardial ablation with left atrial appendage exclusion showed promising results using AtriCure devices. ( Circulation: ...

An investigation by KFF Health News found that lawsuits filed by injured patients have trailed the industry's growth, in some cases alleging that surgeons lacked adequate training, had histories of ...

The nonoperative regimen led to a 2-year total mesorectal excision (TME)-free survival of 57% in 63 evaluable patients, and a 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) of 84%. Almost all patients ...

For recently diagnosed pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), adding sotatercept (Winrevair) to standard care lowered the risk of clinical worsening, the randomized HYPERION trial showed. Among 320 ...

Widespread HPV vaccination slashed infection risk and delivered protection for vaccinated and unvaccinated adolescent girls and young women alike, according to a cross-sectional analysis of six ...

Gabapentin is approved for seizures and postherpetic neuralgia; gabapentin enacarbil is approved for restless legs syndrome. Despite limited indications, gabapentin and its cousin pregabalin are ...

Louisiana is pursuing a criminal case against another out-of-state doctor accused of mailing abortion pills to a patient in the state, court documents filed this month revealed. A warrant for the ...