Order expected to affect specific medications covered under Medicare that are administered in a health care setting.

Personal attitudes, practice patterns, and lack of knowledge are reported barriers. (HealthDay News) — While treating sexual problems is considered an important health care practice, general ...

Persistent hyperglycemia linked to increased odds of worsening left ventricular hypertrophy over seven years. (HealthDay News) — Adolescent hyperglycemia and worsening insulin resistance (IR ...

SGLT2 inhibitors may enable continuation of RAAS inhibitors for hypertension treatment, which is linked with better kidney and cardiovascular outcomes.

More favorable diagnostic yield seen with annual versus biennial screening. (HealthDay News) — Annual multicancer early detection (MCED) screening with a single blood test provides more overall ...

mRNA-1083 induced higher immune responses than recommended standard-care influenza and COVID-19 vaccines. (HealthDay News) — mRNA-1083 vaccine is noninferior and induces higher immune responses ...

Patients with diabetic macular edema treated with intravitreal aflibercept have a significantly higher risk of adverse renal events compared with those treated with ranibizumab.

Pain control was achieved by TUF in 70.0 percent of 240 patients; 18 patients underwent cystectomy for intractable pain. (HealthDay News) — For patients with interstitial cystitis (IC ...

Geographic disparities seen, with greater percentage of cardiovascular deaths attributable to di-2-ethylhexylphthalate exposure for South Asia, Middle East.

The prophylactic efficacy of TMP-SMX was significantly higher in subgroups with baseline lymphopenia, azotemia, microscopic polyangiitis, or relapsed AAV.

(HealthDay News) — The number of kidney transplants performed annually in the United States has increased steadily, but with decreasing allocation efficiency, according to a study published online in ...

Radiation from CT scans may cause as many as 5% of cancers diagnosed each year in the United States, research suggests.