WASHINGTON — Congress must extend Medicare’s payment bonus to doctors participating in alternative payment models (APMs) to incentivize them to continue, doctors and health policy…
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Mucosal vaccines against COVID-19 have potential to prevent even mild infections and stop transmission – a challenge current vaccines are unable to address. But it’s…
‘Junk’ DNA could unlock new treatments for neurological disorders as scientists discover its breaks and repairs affect our protection against neurological disease. The groundbreaking research…
For patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), a response-based dose-reduction strategy for ponatinib (Iclusig) may limit its toxicity while maintaining or improving efficacy, a…
Healthcare providers need to play a role in the discussion about climate change. We have a unique perspective to offer because our patients’ health is…
In this exclusive video, Robert Kushner, MD, a weight management specialist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, discusses common misconceptions that patients…
The investigational anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody magrolimab combined with azacitidine showed promising efficacy and was well tolerated in patients with untreated higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), according…
Early use of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) following a course of antibiotics offered a superior treatment option for patients experiencing a first or second Clostridioides…
The FDA cleared the artificial intelligence-assisted Skout polyp detection device for adults undergoing colorectal cancer screening and surveillance, Iterative Scopes announced. Nexpowder, an endoscopic hemostasis…
An aborted fetus brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the Arizona doctors and the clinic who provided the abortion. (Rolling Stone) John Strand, the former…