Year: 2025

A “chasm of misunderstanding and miscommunication” is often experienced between clinicians and patients, leading to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and vasculitis being wrongly diagnosed as psychiatric or psychosomatic conditions, with a profound and lasting impact on patients, researchers have found…Read More

A clinical trial has found that the medication omalizumab, marketed as Xolair, treated multi-food allergy more effectively than oral immunotherapy (OIT) in people with allergic reactions to very small amounts of common food allergens…Read More

People with obstructive sleep apnea have an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease, but if started early enough, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may reduce that risk, according to a preliminary study presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 77th Annual Meeting taking place April 5–9, 2025…Read More

Several weeks ago, I visited a local NHS urgent care center with my toddler on what might be called a semi-annual pilgrimage related to having a child in nursery. Owing to what is now a typical three- or four-hour wait, during which he made a recovery…Read More

Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, making early diagnosis and intervention critical. In a recent study published in IEEE Access, our team introduced a groundbreaking end-to-end approach to stroke imaging analysis, combining effective connectivity modeling with interpretable artificial intelligence (AI). This innovation has the potential to transform clinical workflows by enhancing […]

MedPage Today) — SAN DIEGO — Novel ultra-long-acting biologic depemokimab reduced nasal polyps in chronic rhinosinusitis, two parallel phase III trials showed. Twice-yearly injections cut total nasal polyps score by a mean of 0.7 more than…Read More

MedPage Today) — “No one wants to lose their job. In the absence of any guidance, opinions fly about what we should do.” — An anonymous federal health worker discussing the employees’ reaction to a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE…Read More

MedPage Today) — Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was linked with an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease, but continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment reduced that risk, Veterans Administration (VA) data showed. At 5 years after OSA…Read More

MedPage Today) — Dear Gerald Parker, DVM, PhD (Pandemic Czar), The threat of a widespread human outbreak of bird flu is on the horizon. And, with it, the potential for a pandemic. The next pandemic — whether from the H5N1 strain circulating…Read More

MedPage Today) — President Donald Trump’s plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth will remain blocked on a long-term basis under a federal judge’s ruling in Seattle late Friday…Read More