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FDA approves new drug to treat patients with myelofibrosis

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Inrebic (fedratinib) capsules to treat adult patients with certain types of myelofibrosis.

18 Aug 2019

FDA approves novel device to treat symptoms associated with advanced heart failure

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Barostim Neo System for the improvement of symptoms in patients with advanced heart failure who are not suited for treatment with other heart failure devices, such as cardiac resynchronization therapy.

18 Aug 2019

Despite failed promises, stem cell advocates again want taxpayers to pony up billions

Californians voted in 2004 to shell out billions of dollars in taxpayer money to fund cutting-edge stem cell treatments.

16 Aug 2019

Among hurdles for those with opioid addictions: Getting the drug to treat it

Louis Morano knew what he needed, and he knew where to get it. He made his way to a mobile medical clinic parked on a corner of Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, in the geographical heart of the city's overdose crisis. People call it "the bupe bus."

16 Aug 2019

Health plan’s ‘Cadillac tax’ may finally be running out of gas

The politics of health care are changing. And one of the most controversial parts of the Affordable Care Act — the so-called Cadillac tax — may be about to change with it.

16 Aug 2019

Scientists find a potent weapon against antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance is a big threat to global health, and a growing number of infections are now becoming harder to treat. The usual treatments, like antibiotics used to treat them, becomes less effective. Now, a team of researchers may have found a potent weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which can help treat persistent infections.

15 Aug 2019

Doctors can change opioid prescribing habits, but progress comes in small doses

When they started practicing medicine, most surgeons say, there was little or no information about just how many pain pills patients needed after specific procedures.

14 Aug 2019

Impulsive behavior associated with less sleep and more screen time

A paper published today in Pediatrics suggests that children and youth who do not sleep enough and use screens more than recommended are more likely to act impulsively and make poorer decisions.

14 Aug 2019

As states strive to stabilize insurance marketplaces, insurers return

Felicia Morrison is eager to find a health plan for next year that costs less than the one she has and covers more of the medical services she needs for her chronic autoimmune disease.

14 Aug 2019

Trump administration hits brakes on law to curb unneeded Medicare CT scans, MRIs

Five years after Congress passed a law to reduce unnecessary MRIs, CT scans and other expensive diagnostic imaging tests that could harm patients and waste money, federal officials have yet to implement it.

14 Aug 2019

Collaborative care reduces health care costs and improves patient outcomes

Lowering costs and improving patient outcomes are common goals for most health care providers. A new study from Creighton University School of Medicine and Center for Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research, published Aug. 12 in the Annals of Family Medicine, yielded a reduction in health care costs in an especially vulnerable group: high risk patients.

14 Aug 2019

Facebook could be key to helping new moms overcome breastfeeding challenges

Facebook could be the key to helping mothers overcome breastfeeding challenges. That's according to a new study from the University of Georgia.

14 Aug 2019

Charity care spending by hospitals plunges

California hospitals are providing significantly less free and discounted care to low-income patients since the Affordable Care Act took effect.

13 Aug 2019

Latest advances in cardiovascular medicine to be unveiled

Journalists looking to stay abreast of the hottest research in cardiology are invited to follow the press program for ESC Congress 2019, this year held together with the World Congress of Cardiology.

13 Aug 2019

Cultural factors influence Chinese Americans' health, study reveals

Since 2011, the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago, the most extensive epidemiological cohort study of Chinese older adults in the United States, has revealed critical health disparities among the growing Chinese American population.

13 Aug 2019

Resistance to two critical antibiotics widely distributed in Southeast Asia

Resistance to two critical antibiotic types, one a "drug of last resort" when all others fail against some "superbugs," are widely distributed in Southeast Asia, raising the risk of untreatable infections, say a team of investigators led by Georgetown University Medical Center.

13 Aug 2019

Osteoporosis drugs associated with reduced risk of premature mortality

Two studies led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have revealed that nitrogen-bisphosphonates, drugs commonly prescribed for osteoporosis, reduced the risk of premature mortality by 34% in a cohort of over 6,000 individuals.

13 Aug 2019

SU2C Dream Team to develop new drug combination to stop spread of breast cancer

At a press conference at McGill University today, Stand Up To Cancer Canada, the Canadian Cancer Society, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research announced the launch of the SU2C Canada Metastatic Breast Cancer Dream Team to pursue the development of a new drug combination that may help stop the spread of breast cancer to other organs of the body.

13 Aug 2019

Rutgers Health emergency physician offers tips to prevent pediatric vehicular deaths

The statistics and dangers are real. Yet according to the National Safety Council, on average, there are still more than three dozen children dying in parked cars every year. In 2018, that number climbed to 52. There were three cases that made the news just in the past two weeks.

13 Aug 2019

Warning signs of serious mental illness in children

A recent report by the New Jersey Poison Control Center at Rutgers University showed a rise in suicide attempts by pre-teens over the past 18 months - a trend that has been seen across the nation.

13 Aug 2019