Public Assessment Report on the review of antidepressants. How the risks of suicidal thoughts and behaviours and sexual dysfunction (where symptoms continue after stopping treatment), are communicated to patients.
The Trump administration is delaying by 90 days a federal rule that could prevent Americans from obtaining prescription drugs from licensed international pharmacies.
E.U. antitrust regulators accepted concessions from Sanofi to settle a probe into an allegedly “misleading” campaign that disparaged a rival flu vaccine.
A wave of clinical trials have begun to test the ability of GLP-1 weight loss drugs to quell various substance use disorders, with some promising results. A new trial announced…
Lobbying groups for doctors and hospitals and trade groups are working behind the scenes on how to regulate AI in medicine.
“States can serve as a last line of defense against the Trump administration’s anti-vaccine policy,” writes Joel Dodge.
“We need more rigorous, large-scale research into the gut-brain axis across the life course,” write Holly Baines and George Vradenburg.
Two unusually long-legged cats have helped scientists uncover the first genetically confirmed cases of Marfan syndrome in domestic felines. Researchers at Cornell University discovered that the brothers carried two altered copies of a gene linked to the rare connective tissue ...
Exercise during childhood could have a surprising lifelong benefit, potentially making physical activity less exhausting in adulthood. In a study involving guinea fowl, researchers discovered that birds accustomed to carrying weights while growing up could carry those weights ...
For decades, scientists have focused on amyloid beta as a major culprit behind Alzheimer’s disease, spending billions of dollars developing treatments that have often delivered disappointing results. Now, researchers at UC Santa Cruz are drawing attention to a largely overlook...
Debunking misinformation is a big business. For every health "influencer" selling a supplement on Instagram, there's probably a doppelganger with a Ph.D. making a lot of money arguing against supplementation. That's not inherently wrong—unscientific nonsense should be confront...
A promising new treatment for knee arthritis uses tiny, dissolvable particles to block abnormal blood vessels, easing inflammation and pain without joint replacement surgery. In a study of 194 patients, 80% experienced clinically meaningful pain relief lasting at least 12 months.
Humana is swapping out private equity sponsors for its CenterWell Senior Primary Care clinics. Good bye, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. Hello, BlackRock.
Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.
Doctors have a lot on the line in the next couple years, and they are donating big to doctors running for political office.
