Category: Health
TikTok removes AI weight loss ads from fake Boots account
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/tiktok-removes-ai-weight-loss-ads-from-fake-boots-account/ Fake adverts for weight loss drugs by a company pretending to be health and beauty retailer Boots have been removed from TikTok after the firm complained. The adverts for prescription-only weight loss drugs appeared to show smiling healthcare professionals from the British retailer – but in reality they were made with…
Antipsychotic Use Surges Among Older US Adults
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/antipsychotic-use-surges-among-older-us-adults/ Antipsychotic use in older adults in the US soared from 2015 to 2024, with a growing share coming from long-term care pharmacies and not psychiatrists, a new study shows. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/antipsychotic-use-surges-among-older-us-adults-2025a1001044?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-23 10:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked…
FDA: BMD Can Be Surrogate Endpoint in Osteoporosis Trials
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/fda-bmd-can-be-surrogate-endpoint-in-osteoporosis-trials/ The FDA greenlights treatment-related changes in bone mineral density as a surrogate endpoint in anti-osteoporosis drug trials in postmenopausal women. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fda-bmd-can-be-surrogate-endpoint-osteoporosis-trials-2025a100102r?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-23 09:35:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post FDA: BMD Can Be Surrogate Endpoint…
Europa’s thick ice may hinder the search for life in its oceans
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/europas-thick-ice-may-hinder-the-search-for-life-in-its-oceans/ Europa has a vast, salty ocean covered by a thick shell of ice Claudio Caridi / Alamy Europa’s liquid ocean may be sealed off from the surface under a frozen sheet six times thicker than the deepest Antarctic ice, making it harder for any life there to be detected. Thanks to…
Painful Knee OA May Affect Glycemic Control in T2D
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/painful-knee-oa-may-affect-glycemic-control-in-t2d/ Individuals with type 2 diabetes and painful symptomatic knee osteoarthritis are less likely to achieve target glycemic control. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/painful-knee-osteoarthritis-may-affect-glycemic-control-t2d-2025a100102m?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-23 07:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Painful Knee OA May Affect Glycemic Control in…
Flibanserin Approved for Postmenopausal Women
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/flibanserin-approved-for-postmenopausal-women/ While the expanded approval fulfills an unmet meet in postmenopausal women, its benefits are marginal in that population. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fda-expands-flibanserin-approval-postmenopausal-women-2025a100102d?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-23 06:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Flibanserin Approved for Postmenopausal Women first appeared on…
How Old Is ‘Current’ and Why Do Users Confide in Chatbots?
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/how-old-is-current-and-why-do-users-confide-in-chatbots/ Research published in the BMJ shows that language suggesting recent evidence frequently masks older citations with implications for scientific accuracy. Medscape News Europe Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/how-old-current-and-why-do-users-confide-chatbots-2025a100102a?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-23 05:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post How Old Is ‘Current’ and Why…
Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Long-Term Meningioma Risk
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/childhood-cancer-survivors-face-long-term-meningioma-risk/ Childhood cancer survivors have an elevated lifetime risk for meningioma, with the greatest risks among those who received higher cranial radiation doses or certain chemotherapies. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/childhood-cancer-survivors-face-long-term-meningioma-risk-2025a1001026?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-23 03:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Childhood…
Apremilast Shows Sustained Benefit for Genital Psoriasis
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/apremilast-shows-sustained-benefit-for-genital-psoriasis/ A phase 3 trial shows that apremilast, an oral phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, improves symptoms, disease severity, and quality of life in patients with genital psoriasis over 32 weeks. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/apremilast-shows-sustained-benefit-genital-psoriasis-2025a1001024?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-23 02:36:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.…
FDA Opens Door to Quicker Approval of Osteoporosis Drugs
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/fda-opens-door-to-quicker-approval-of-osteoporosis-drugs/ (MedPage Today) — The FDA gave the greenlight to use total hip bone mineral density (BMD) as a validated surrogate endpoint for clinical osteoporosis drug trials, the FDA announced on Friday. A BMD test measures calcium and other bone minerals… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/osteoporosis/119140 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 20:19:00…
Benzodiazepines Linked With Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/benzodiazepines-linked-with-adverse-pregnancy-outcomes/ (MedPage Today) — Use of benzodiazepines during pregnancy, particularly in the second trimester, was linked to some adverse pregnancy outcomes, a Taiwanese cohort study found. Among 454,477 pregnancies, benzodiazepine use was associated with… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregnancy/119141 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 20:25:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the…
I’ve Survived Two School Shootings. I Implore You to Speak Up.
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/ive-survived-two-school-shootings-i-implore-you-to-speak-up/ (MedPage Today) — If you’ve read the news recently, chances are you have seen the headlines about the mass shooting at Brown University that killed two of my fellow Brown students and injured nine others. You might have also seen me on the news… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/119148 Author : Publish…
Once-Weekly Oral Combo for HIV Maintains High Rates of Virologic Suppression
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/once-weekly-oral-combo-for-hiv-maintains-high-rates-of-virologic-suppression/ (MedPage Today) — A once-weekly oral combination of islatravir plus lenacapavir (Sunlenca) for HIV maintained similarly high rates of virologic suppression compared with standard daily oral treatment in an open-label phase II trial. In 104 virologically… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/hivaids/119149 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 22:42:00 Copyright for syndicated content…
Air Pollution Linked to Depression
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/air-pollution-linked-to-depression/ (MedPage Today) — Long-term exposure to pollution from fine particulate matter and its major components — soil dust, sulfate, and elemental carbon — correlated with a greater risk of depression among older adults, a U.S. study showed. In… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/geriatrics/depression/119143 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 21:07:00 Copyright for…
More Americans Experience Troublesome Healthcare Costs Than Previously Thought
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/more-americans-experience-troublesome-healthcare-costs-than-previously-thought/ (MedPage Today) — A greater share of Americans than previously suggested experience burdensome healthcare costs, according to results from a nationally representative cohort study. Among more than 12,600 survey participants, 6.5% said they experienced… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/equity-in-medicine/119147 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 22:03:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to…
Nirsevimab Might Top Maternal Vax for Infants’ RSV Protection
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/nirsevimab-might-top-maternal-vax-for-infants-rsv-protection/ (MedPage Today) — Infants given the monoclonal antibody nirsevimab (Beyfortus) to provide passive immunity against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) had a lower rate of related hospitalizations and severe outcomes than those whose mothers got… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/rsv/119142 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 20:50:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to…
Half of Transgender, Gender Diverse Youth Report Suicidal Thoughts
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/half-of-transgender-gender-diverse-youth-report-suicidal-thoughts/ (MedPage Today) — Nearly one in two transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth reported suicidal ideation or self-injury, and one in four attempted suicide, a global meta-analysis showed. In a study of 131,429 TGD individuals ages 25 and younger… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/transgendermedicine/119138 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 19:55:00 Copyright…
Twins Joined at the Heart: Single Embryo Transfer Results in Unusual Case
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/twins-joined-at-the-heart-single-embryo-transfer-results-in-unusual-case/ (MedPage Today) — When a woman in her mid-40s underwent a single, genetically normal embryo transfer, clinicians expected — and counseled for — a singleton pregnancy. What followed instead was one of the rarest outcomes in assisted reproduction… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/generalobgyn/119136 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 18:17:00 Copyright for…
Is Art the Missing Tool From Modern Healthcare?
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/is-art-the-missing-tool-from-modern-healthcare/ Research across Europe suggests creative environments can support well-being, ease burnout, and reshape how care settings work for patients, staff, and visitors. Medscape News Europe Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/art-missing-tool-modern-healthcare-2025a1001011?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 17:58:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Is Art the Missing…
Adding Tucatinib in First-Line Maintenance Boosts PFS in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/adding-tucatinib-in-first-line-maintenance-boosts-pfs-in-her2-positive-breast-cancer/ (MedPage Today) — At the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, investigators presented results from HER2CLIMB-05, a registrational trial evaluating the addition of tucatinib (Tukysa) to trastuzumab (Herceptin) and pertuzumab (Perjeta) maintenance… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/sabcsvideopearls/119134 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 17:56:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.…
Trump Announces Lower Drug Price Deals With 9 Pharmaceutical Companies
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/trump-announces-lower-drug-price-deals-with-9-pharmaceutical-companies/ (MedPage Today) — President Trump announced on Friday that nine drugmakers have agreed to lower the cost of their prescription drugs in the U.S. Pharmaceutical companies Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/119128 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 16:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs…
Polatuzumab-Based Combination Continues to Impress in Real-World DLBCL Analyses
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/polatuzumab-based-combination-continues-to-impress-in-real-world-dlbcl-analyses/ (MedPage Today) — At the recent American Society of Hematology annual meeting, real-world analyses examined how polatuzumab vedotin (Polivy) with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone (pola-R-CHP) is being adopted outside of… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ashfuturefocusdlbcl/119127 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 15:55:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.…
Hallucinogen Emergency Care May Predict Mania, BD Risk
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/hallucinogen-emergency-care-may-predict-mania-bd-risk/ Acute care after hallucinogen use is linked to a significantly increased risk for incident mania or bipolar disorder within 3 years, a new study shows. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/hallucinogen-emergency-care-may-predict-mania-bd-risk-2025a1000zyr?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 13:27:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Hallucinogen…
Cheddar Cheese Recalled; Nick Reiner’s Medication Change; How Safe Is U.S. Food?
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/cheddar-cheese-recalled-nick-reiners-medication-change-how-safe-is-u-s-food/ (MedPage Today) — Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Some cheddar cheese products branded as Charlevoix Cheese Company Farm have been recalled due to potential Listeria contamination. Flu activity is high or very… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/dietnutrition/119124 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 14:28:00 Copyright for syndicated content…
Novel Treatment Combo Ups Survival in Multiple Myeloma
Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/novel-treatment-combo-ups-survival-in-multiple-myeloma/ Tec-Dara shows treatment effects in RRMM after just one prior line of therapy. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/novel-treatment-combo-ups-survival-multiple-myeloma-2025a1000zz9?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-22 13:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Novel Treatment Combo Ups Survival in Multiple Myeloma first appeared on News Health.…