Which COVID Vaccine Got a New FDA Warning for Rare Side Effects?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers and for a little amusement, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the […]
Safety Concerns Turn FDA Panel Thumbs Down for Novel CKD-Anemia Drug
An FDA advisory committee almost unanimously agreed that the risks were just too high for the chronic kidney disease (CKD)-related anemia drug roxadustat in any patient population. In a 13-1 vote Thursday, members of the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee felt that although there’s an unmet need for new anemia therapeutics, this particular drug […]
‘The Shame, The Embarrassment, The Soul-Crushing Debt’: What We Heard This Week
“The shame, the embarrassment, the soul-crushing debt, trying and trying — it’s just like, what more do you have left to give?” — Mahad Minhas, MD, a resident physician at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, describing the despair some students experience when they don’t match to a residency program. “That’s a double win […]
Walmart’s Low-Price Insulin Is a Band-Aid on a Broken System
Walmart just announced a new low-priced insulin for patients with diabetes. Is this good news? Yes, for some patients. Walmart already offers an older formulation of human insulin, ReliOn Novolin, for $25 per vial. Adding a low-cost rapid-acting analog insulin — ReliOn Novolog — to the Walmart ReliOn brand should help patients who are better […]
Where Is the COVID Lambda Variant Predominant?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers and for a little amusement, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the […]
Alzheimer’s Aducanumab Prescribing Information Changes
Just a month after it gave the new Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab (Aduhelm) the green light, the FDA decided to change the label. The agency approved an updated label narrowing who should receive the drug, stating that aducanumab should be initiated in Alzheimer’s patients with “mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia stage of disease, the population […]
How To Stay Safe And Cool During A Heat Wave
It’s getting hot out there, and it’s not just the mercury that’s rising. The risk of heat-related illnesses has increased along with sizzling new temperature records that make it harder for the human body to naturally cool down to prevent injury or death, health officials warn. Heat waves have become more frequent around the contiguous […]
Shining a Light on Sunscreens
Latest Skin News SATURDAY, July 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) Sunscreen isn’t just for pool gatherings and beach outings: Using sunscreen every day could reduce your risk of skin cancer, experts say. Daily use of at least an SPF 15 sunscreen can lower your risk of melanoma — the deadliest type of skin cancer […]
‘Making It All the Way to the Moon on the First Try:’ What We Heard This Week
“It’s like launching a rocket ship in the hope of just getting into orbit, but making it all the way to the moon on the first try.” — Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania, describing an intravenous CRISPR infusion that lowered levels of a disease-causing protein in vivo for the first time […]
How Many ED Workers Suffer Patient Abuse?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers and for a little amusement, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the […]