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HealthDay News — The viability of hospital-based emergency care in the United States is at risk, according to a RAND report released April 7.
From 2000 to 2021, there was an increase in the incidence of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, which was seen in all age groups.
Overall cancer mortality rates declined from 2001-2022; cancer incidence rates decreased from 2001-2013 and stabilized through 2021.
Adverse pregnancy outcomes mediate a small proportion of the association between prepregnancy obesity and CVD risk in midlife.
Several hundred units of counterfeit Ozempic (semaglutide 1mg injection) were seized by the Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA has approved Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with Yervoy (ipilimumab) for unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient colorectal cancer.
The Risk Estimation of Tumor REcurrence After Transplant score accurately predicted hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation.
White and Hispanic US veterans with a diagnosis of ultrashort Barrett esophagus had an increased risk of persistent Barrett esophagus.
A retrospective cohort study found high visceral fat area was independently linked to increased risk of incident and recurrent diverticulitis.
In a study of adults with diabetes and gastrointestinal (GI) motility abnormalities, over 75% had GI motility abnormalities.
In a US study, patients with severe eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) by Index of Severity for EoE had poor responses to topical corticosteroid therapy.
The FDA has approved a tablet form of Livmarli (maralixibat) for cholestatic pruritus in patients with Alagille syndrome and progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.