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Type of Alzheimer's With Intact Memory Offers New Research Paths
Patients with primary progressive aphasia-associated Alzheimer's seem to be more resilient to effects of neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, a...
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California Urges Stop to 300K COVID-19 Vaccines After Some Fall Ill
California's state epidemiologist is urging a halt to more than 300,000 coronavirus vaccinations using a Moderna vaccine version because some...
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Repeated Ketamine Infusions Linked to Rapid Relief of PTSD
In what investigators call the first randomized controlled trial of repeated ketamine infusion for chronic PTSD, the treatment was associated with...
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TRILUMINATE in Print: TriClip's Promise Awaits Further Validation
Single-center results look promising, but observers say randomized data are needed to firmly establish transcatheter tricuspid repair and to...
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Ultra-Early Tranexamic Acid of No Benefit for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
In patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage due to a ruptured aneurysm, ultra-early, short-term tranexamic acid did not improve clinical outcomes in a...
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Further Warning on SGLT2 Inhibitor Use and DKA Risk in COVID-19
A cluster of cases of diabetic ketoacidosis in which there was no hyperglycemia supports recommendations that SGLT2 inhibitors be discontinued in...
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Better Survival With S-1/Docetaxel in Stage III Gastric Cancer
Postoperative adjuvant S-1/docetaxel after D2 gastrectomy significantly improved survival in comparison with S-1 alone for patients with stage III...
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Gut Microbiome Predicts Nivolumab Efficacy in Gastric Cancer?
Preliminary data suggest that the diversity of the gut microbiome could potentially predict nivolumab response for patients with gastric cancer....
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Biden Unveils National 5-Point COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy
The President-elect aims to set up 100 mass vaccination clinics by late February and use FEMA to mobilize thousands of workers to give vaccines....
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More Transmissible Variant Could Dominate by March, CDC Warns
Modeling predicts the US will see rapid growth of a highly transmissible new strain of SARS-CoV-2 first detected in the UK. Medscape Medical...
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New Trump Administration Policies for FDA Under Fire
The Trump administration's attempts in its final days to revise FDA policies have drawn criticism from watchdog groups and former commissioner...
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White House Being Deep Cleaned Before Inauguration
Because of COVID-19 outbreaks that occurred at White House events under President Donald Trump, the federal government is spending more than...
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Pandemic Screen Time: Will Blue Light Glasses Help?
As people in lockdown spend more time staring at laptops and other digital screens, they're ordering more blue light glasses, despite a lack of...
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Billions of Years Old, Lithium Still Has a Promising Future
The story behind "the most effective medication in psychiatry" is one of both serendipity and dogged persistence, but its utility is far...
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Smart Contact Lens Targets Vision Improvement
The device, which is like a smartphone in the eye, took home an award at the year's biggest tech conference, but it's not quite ready for prime...
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Biden's Federal Boost to Vaccine Rollout Is Critical to Speeding Inoculations
President-elect Joe Biden's plan to boost the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, including by spending $20 billion to create mass vaccination centers,...
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Biden Chooses Ex FDA Chief Kessler to Help Lead USÂ Vaccine Drive
US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen David Kessler, the ex-head of the FDA, to help lead the COVID-19 vaccine push, his transition team said on...
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In-Person K-12 Classes Don't Fuel COVID-19 Outbreaks, Study Says
At the beginning of December 2020, COVID-19 cases in counties with in-person schooling were similar to the rates in counties with only virtual...
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Expanded Vaccine Rollout in US Spawns a New Set of Problems
The rapid expansion of COVID-19 vaccinations to senior citizens across the U.S. has led to bottlenecks, system crashes and hard feelings in many...
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HHS Will Drop Buprenorphine Waiver Rule for Most Physicians
HHS intends to expand use of buprenorphine in treatment for opioid use disorder by easing a requirement that has often been cited as an...
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FDA Welcomes Sotagliflozin Data for Heart Failure in Diabetes
The FDA says data from two pivotal trials can be used to help support a new drug application for the dual SGLT1/2 inhibitor, according to a...
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Baby Gets Cancer From Mother During Birth: First Report
For the first time, transmission of cancer via the birth canal has been documented: the mothers had cervical cancer, the infants later developed...
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Deep South Falls Behind in COVID Vaccine Drive
In Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina, less than 2% of the population had received its first dose of a vaccine at the start of the...
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ED Doc Fired for COVID Tweets Talks to Biden, Returns to Job
Since Cleavon Gilman, MD, lost his job for sharing concerns about the pandemic, he has talked with President-elect Joe Biden, got an offer from...
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5 Reasons to Wear a Mask Even After You're Vaccinated
'I honestly don't think I'll ever go without a mask at work again,' said Dr Eugenia South, faculty director of the Urban Health Lab in...