Drinking, often heavy, is common among cancer survivors Many Americans diagnosed with cancer continue to drink alcohol regularly—sometimes heavily and sometimes during treatment, a new study shows. Aug 14, 2023 1 4
Amid shortages, maker says restrictions on Wegovy will continue into 2024 As demand for the wildly popular weight-loss drug Wegovy continues to climb, drug maker Novo Nordisk said Thursday that it will continue restrictions on starter doses of the medication into 2024. The new plan extends by months ... Aug 14, 2023 0 23
Integrated mental health care in pediatric primary care linked to improvements in school functioning, study finds New research led by Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Public Health found that children who received integrated mental health care showed improvements in both mental health and school performance. Aug 14, 2023 0 8
Experts: Chronic pain patients who take opioids need better care and coverage The pendulum of opioid prescribing for pain has swung sharply in the last decade, as the epidemic of opioid overuse, addiction and overdose led policymakers and health care providers to ratchet back on the prescriptions patients ... Aug 14, 2023 6 32
Study shows a new approach to target a deadly form of prostate cancer A study from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center uncovers a new mechanism to explain why some prostate tumors switch from a common, treatable form to a more rare and aggressive form of prostate cancer. Aug 14, 2023 0 13
New study charts exposure to SARS-CoV-2 infection in Canada throughout the pandemic Most people in Canada now have hybrid immunity against SARS-CoV-2 through a mix of infection and vaccination, new research in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows. Aug 14, 2023 0 1
Scientists argue for public funding of nonsurgical procedures for transgender, gender diverse people To support transgender and gender-diverse people, governments should consider publicly funding hair removal and other minimally invasive procedures, authors argue in a commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Aug 14, 2023 0 22
Study brings insight to kidney cancer with gene mutation A new study from clinicians and researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, U-M Department of Pathology and the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology reveals findings from over 800 clinical assays ... Aug 14, 2023 0 13
Greater enjoyment, not greater tolerance, may motivate heavy drinking among high-risk drinkers People who drink heavily experience heightened pleasurable effects throughout a drinking episode, which may be what motivates them to continue drinking, and not, as is commonly believed, that they require more alcohol in ... Aug 14, 2023 0 10
New technique illuminates how abnormal RNA splicing leads to disease A technique that enables scientists to record gene mutations and patterns of gene activity in individual cells has been extended to cover RNA splicing as well, in a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the ... Aug 14, 2023 0 42
