A common knee surgery for cartilage damage does not benefit patients and may lead to worse outcomes, a 10-year trial suggests. The study tracked outcomes for patients treated for a meniscus tear, who were given a partial meniscectomy, one of the most common orthopaedic surgeries. Their trajectories were compared with patients who had randomly been…
A new analysis of chemicals in U.S. infant formula found reassuringly low levels of heavy metals, pesticides and other potential contaminants, federal health officials said Wednesday. The review was conducted as part of the Food and Drug Administration’s Operation Stork Speed project — billed as the “largest and most rigorous” to date. It found that…
The FDA approved budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate (Breztri Aerosphere) in a single inhaler as maintenance therapy for asthma in adults and children 12 years and up, AstraZeneca announced on Tuesday. Approval of the corticosteroid, long-acting beta-agonist (LABA), and long-acting muscarinic antagonist triple inhaler was supported by the phase III KALOS and LOGOS trials, which in a broad…
Despite many intermittent attempts throughout the years to learn another language, I currently speak only English. I understand some words and phrases in Spanish and Portuguese, but I can’t have a conversation in either, and I’d like to change that. As it happens, Google Translate’s newest feature might be able to help me a bit…
Red blood cells can be manipulated to play a bigger role in wound healing 3DMEDISPHERE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A simple modification to the cells that carry oxygen around our body seems to stop severe bleeds almost immediately. When applied to serious wounds in the livers of rats, the animals formed clots in just 5 seconds and…
I found out I had breast cancer because of a wild dream that woke me up in the middle of the night. In it, I was urged to schedule a screening so I could find out what was wrong. At first, I didn’t quite know what to make of it. But when I woke my…
I am an advanced clinical practitioner in acute respiratory medicine, and the British Medical Association’s (BMA) characterisation of practitioners like me as unsafe “substitute doctors” demands a response (Safety fears as UK hospitals use nurses to cover for doctors due to shortage of medics, 25 April). Every shift, I assess and manage patients with severe…
Treatment with oral semaglutide significantly improved motivation measures in patients with major depressive disorder in a secondary analysis of a randomized trial. Treatments are needed for anhedonia, the reduced ability to experience pleasure, a symptom not well-treated by antidepressants. These findings need confirmation in larger, more rigorous studies, but they may have implications for treating…
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We have no shortage of platforms to book a hotel room, but we just got another option. Starting Wednesday, you can reserve a hotel on the Uber app, among other new features. The service will roll out to users in the U.S. over the next few weeks and provide access to more than 700,000 hotels…
