A UCLA-led study suggests that women who are 65 years old or older with high-risk breast cancer and are treated with chemotherapy are more likely to develop a substantial decline in physical function.
May 10, 2024
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Over the last several decades, research has brought nationwide awareness to issues of patient harm in the "inpatient" setting, where patients receive care as part of an overnight stay at a hospital.
May 6, 2024
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More people are using online patient portals to view their information while in the emergency room, but access is challenging for members of medically underserved communities and the elderly, UT Southwestern Medical Center ...
May 6, 2024
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Warning letters from Medicare can safely cut prescribing of a powerful but risky antipsychotic, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Researchers used Medicare data to study the ...
Apr 25, 2024
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the immunotherapy-boosting drug N-803, which is marketed under the brand name Anktiva, to be used in combination with the immunotherapy Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) ...
Apr 23, 2024
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Unseasonably mild winters. Forest fires and smoke. More reports of catastrophic storms. We've experienced increasingly extreme weather changes in the past few years, and the intersection between environmental issues and health ...
Apr 22, 2024
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Managing a stroke victim's blood sugar levels after they receive powerful clot-busting drugs might help them survive their health crisis, a new trial finds.
Apr 19, 2024
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Young women who find a lump or other potential signs of breast cancer often delay for weeks before finally seeing a doctor, a new study shows.
Apr 12, 2024
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A new article in JBMR Plus indicates that patient survival rates after hip or other bone fractures can be very poor. While patients and their families may dismiss a fracture as a minor injury, survival rates can be lower ...
Apr 9, 2024
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was found to bring no increased risks and was associated with substantial decreased rates of death or stroke at one year in low-risk patients, compared with surgical aortic valve ...
Apr 8, 2024
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