September 13, 2024
At age 57, a senior scientific researcher in Santa Barbara, California, complained of chronic erectile dysfunction (ED) in what had been a sexually active marriage. “I […]
September 9, 2024
TOPLINE: Sustained participation in a community-based structured exercise program is linked to a reduced risk for all-cause hospitalization among older adults, but the benefits varied by […]
September 5, 2024
TOPLINE: Older adults with acute uncomplicated appendicitis who were operated on within 1 day of admission were less likely to die in the hospital compared with […]
August 30, 2024
Forty-three percent of the 521 artificial intelligence (AI) health devices authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) between 2016 and 2022 lack publicly available […]
August 23, 2024
TOPLINE: Age-related hearing loss and peripheral neuropathy in older adults reduce longevity both directly and indirectly by affecting balance and gait. METHODOLOGY: Researchers analyzed 793 older […]
August 22, 2024
Preexposure prophylaxis prescription reversals and abandonments were lower for patients seen by primary care clinicians than by other noninfectious disease clinicians, based on data from approximately […]
August 21, 2024
In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she’d beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice […]
August 20, 2024
As summer winds down, 2024 has burned through the record books. For now, July 22 of this year stands as the hottest day ever recorded on […]
August 15, 2024
In 2016, medical device giant Abbott issued a recall for its MitraClip cardiac device— “a Class I recall, the most serious type,” the FDA said. “Use […]