Month: December 2024

TOPLINE: Doxycycline discharge kits significantly improve guideline-directed treatment and reduce time to definitive treatment in patients with chlamydia who were discharged from the emergency department (ED). METHODOLOGY: A single-center retrospective chart review included adults with positive chlamydia tests in the ED between 2021 and 2023. In total…Read More

Extreme heat is increasingly common in Australia and around the world and besides making us uncomfortable, it can harm our health. For example, exposure to extreme heat can exacerbate existing medical conditions, or cause problems such as heat stroke…Read More

Imagine it’s Monday morning, too cold and too dark, but once that alarm goes off, you know you’ve got to rally. The kids have to get to school. You’ve got to get to work. And, of course, your ever-growing to-do list hangs over your head like a dark cloud…Read More

Imagine a world where food on grocery store shelves is ranked by its healthiness, with simple, research-backed scores. In some countries, that world already exists…Read More

In the heat of summer, many parents take their children to splash pools or splash pads and other recreational water parks to cool down. But indoor aquatic facilities—with their fountains and spraying jets of water—can often be just as popular over the festive period, once children have got over the novelty of their Christmas gifts […]

Pancreatic cancer screening has advanced significantly in recent years. There are now research-based guidelines on screening for people at high risk of developing the disease, and researchers are collaborating to develop new screening approaches involving genetic testing and artificial intelligence (AI…Read More

MedPage Today) — In place of our usual “What We Heard This Week” feature, and as part of our year-end wrap-ups, we’ve selected some of the best quotes our reporters heard in 2024. “It’s not just some little fever or some little rash. It’s much…Read More

MedPage Today) — In early 2024, Mark Spencer, MD, co-authored an op-ed on the inadequate healthcare provided in jails and prisons nationwide, as well as the mistreatment of ill incarcerated individuals, even after they arrive in the hospital…Read More

MedPage Today) — A study presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting revealed that multiple myeloma patients with higher socioeconomic deprivation, as measured by the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), experienced poorer outcomes…Read More

MedPage Today) — In March, we reported on back-to-back FDA approvals for two treatments in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). In this report, we follow up on what has happened since. After the FDA approved both combination macitentan/tadalafil…Read More