Back in March, we published in JAMA and reported here in MedPage Today that only 17% of immunosuppressed transplant patients — in stark contrast to…
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South Dakota neurosurgeon Wilson Asfora, MD, and his two medical device distribution companies, agreed to pay $4.4 million to settle federal allegations around kickbacks and…
Liraglutide (Saxenda) in combination with exercise yielded significant long-term weight loss in adults with obesity, a head-to-head trial found. After 8 weeks on a low-calorie…
A novel tuberculosis drug combination given for 4 months was noninferior to a standard 6-month regimen for an outcome of culture-negative survival at 12 months,…
The case of a Missouri patient who was awake during surgery is making headlines, as it appears that his sevoflurane was never turned on, leaving…
An FDA advisory panel will consider whether to recommend approval of an oral C5a inhibitor for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, with agency staff raising…
A hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) transplant selection tool incorporating dynamic alpha-fetoprotein response (AFP-R) accurately predicted patient outcomes and could potentially increase access to the curative procedure,…
MedPage Today Editor-in-Chief Marty Makary, MD, MPH, of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, discusses vaccine hesitancy, child vaccination, and the recent surge in India with Joshua…
Ash Tewari, MD, got an urgent call from the children of one of his good childhood friends from his hometown of Kanpur, India. It was…
For MedPage Today‘s “After the Pandemic” series, we asked our editorial board members to discuss what significant and lasting effects the COVID-19 pandemic will have…