Health inequities in the U.S. currently cost $320 billion annually and could balloon to $1 trillion by 2040, as the population becomes less white, per-capita…
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WHITE OAK, Md. — The FDA on Thursday ordered e-cigarette maker JUUL to take all of its products off the market, citing “insufficient evidence” that…
Caregivers should continue putting infants to sleep in a supine position, according to updated pediatric guidelines that make the additional recommendation to make sure the…
Growing pains?: How to stop yourself getting injured while gardening – from essential exercises to the perfect posture Bending to dig, twisting to prune and…
You want to know how bad communication has been throughout the pandemic? In February I appeared on the podcast “Medicine and the Machine,” with host…
A MedPage Today Clinical Challenges series on renal cell carcinoma (RCC) examined the role of surgery in metastatic disease, use of adjuvant therapy, and selection…
Fifteen years ago, the average patient who walked into an oncology clinic with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) would be told that they had a…
The FDA has granted accelerated approval to the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib (Tafinlar) combined with the MEK inhibitor trametinib (Mekinist) for the treatment of adults and…
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on Wednesday unanimously endorsed a group of influenza vaccines thought to provide better protection for older adults,…
A nurse practitioner has been arrested in connection with a scheme that involved profiting off of student loans she helped secure for patients who didn’t…