What Happens When Patients Learn About Their Alzheimer's Status? Knowledge of amyloid wasn't benign, but psychological changes didn't reach clinical concern level Jan 13, 2023
MedPAC Members Applaud Proposals to Change Part B Drug Payments to Docs But concerns were raised about potential effects of one proposal on private oncology practices Jan 13, 2023
COVID Vax Antibodies in Breast Milk; Medicare Fight Brews; Flipping the Aging Switch Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Jan 13, 2023
MedPAC Recommends Upping Doc Pay, Especially for Those Who Treat Low-Income Patients Commission members approve two draft recommendations to boost Medicare physician reimbursement Jan 12, 2023
To Prescribe or Not to Prescribe: Lecanemab Wins FDA Accelerated Approval Questions and barriers remain Jan 12, 2023
Alzheimer's Disease Detected in Blood a Decade Before Clinical Symptoms GFAP levels change before tau, neurodegeneration biomarkers Jan 11, 2023
Expected Price Hikes for COVID Vaccines a Topic of Concern at White House, Congress Administration "doing everything it can" to keep the vaccines affordable, HHS secretary says Jan 11, 2023
Food Insecurity Among Older Adults Remains a Problem Two-item screening tool can help clinicians find out whether patients are food-insecure Jan 10, 2023
Dementia Tied to Hearing Loss Likelihood of developing dementia was lower for older adults who used hearing aids Jan 10, 2023
JAK Inhibitor Promising for Polymyalgia Rheumatica Oral drug seen as safer than chronic, high-dose steroids Jan 09, 2023
Healthy Eating Linked to Lower Risk of Total Mortality Lower risks of death due to cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease noted Jan 09, 2023
XBB.1.5 Is Extra Infectious; Oldest Person in U.S. Dies; Vaccines for Honeybees? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Jan 09, 2023
Is Audio-Only Healthcare Risky Business? Thorough evaluations of its adoption and quality are essential Jan 07, 2023
EPA Favors Stricter Air Quality Standards But are proposed limits for particulate matter pollution enough? Jan 06, 2023
Alzheimer's Drug Lecanemab Wins FDA Approval Anti-amyloid showed modest benefit in phase III trial, but was linked to adverse events Jan 06, 2023
Optimizing Treatment for Older Patients With HR+ Low-Risk Breast Cancer Five days of radiotherapy, five years of hormonal therapy, or somewhere in between? Jan 05, 2023
Earlier Health Conditions Tied to Subsequent Dementia Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia links are time-dependent Jan 05, 2023
The X Waiver Is Officially Dead But now, doctors will have to take substance use disorder training to get their DEA license Jan 05, 2023
Fixing Heart Failure Workforce Issues: Baby Steps Start This Year Pay, curriculum changes proposed to attract more doctors Jan 05, 2023
New Guideline: Vaccinations OK With Few Tweaks for Rheum Patients No reason to withhold in vast majority of cases, ACR panel says Jan 05, 2023
Scattered Brain Bleeds, Vasculitis in Alzheimer's Trial Death Case report is published days ahead of FDA lecanemab decision Jan 04, 2023
Why Doesn't Exercise Help Everyone With Knee OA? Actually, the better question is why can't everyone do the recommended exercises Jan 04, 2023
Encouraging Data for Stroke Lytics in DOAC Users Observational cohort shows "counterintuitive" finding on sICH risk Jan 03, 2023
Congressional Probe of Alzheimer's Drug Approval Finds Fault With FDA Actions Investigation reveals Biogen's "aggressive launch and marketing plans" Dec 30, 2022
Novel Blood Test Detects Alzheimer's Neurodegeneration Brain-derived tau distinguished Alzheimer's from other dementias Dec 30, 2022
Dementia Accompanying Cardiometabolic Disease: Does It Come Down to Genetics? Twin study suggests special monitoring in some individuals Dec 29, 2022
The Eye Surgery Turf War Isn't Serving Veterans The VA should hold strong to its updated care guidelines Dec 28, 2022
Epilepsy Drugs May Up Risk of Parkinson's Strongest association seen for sodium valproate Dec 27, 2022
The Year SGLT2 Inhibitors Became Full-Fledged Heart Failure Drugs Treatment no longer limited by ejection fraction Dec 27, 2022
Stroke Thrombectomy Beyond the 24-Hour Window: Study Keeps the Door Open Researchers push the boundaries of how late is too late for intervention Dec 27, 2022
Senate Eases Medicare Cuts as Part of $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill Physicians now likely face a 2% cut in Medicare payments, instead of a 4.5% cut Dec 22, 2022
'Greenness' Tied to Lower Hospitalization Risk for Neurodegenerative Diseases "The environment that we live in affects our health in multiple ways," says study author Dec 22, 2022
5-ARIs Not Linked to Risk of Dementia Over the Long Term However, finasteride and dutasteride were associated with an increased risk of depression Dec 22, 2022
Stroke Data Hint at High Practice Variability Between EMS Agencies Prehospital stroke care performance remains a black box for the most part Dec 21, 2022
Physician Faces Jan. 6 Charges; Uvalde Response Under Fire; Hospital Owners Revealed Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Dec 21, 2022
Proposed Budget Deal Would Partially Delay Cut to Medicare Physician Payments But the remaining 2% cut still hurts, doc groups say Dec 20, 2022
'The Whale': Brendan Fraser Gets Obesity Right On and off screen, the actor is working to improve access to treatment Dec 20, 2022