Menopausal hormone therapy was associated with a reduced risk of low bone mineral density (BMD) among postmenopausal women in a retrospective cohort study.
Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/endo/121818
"Even pasteurized products require careful oversight."
In her latest #OpEd, contributing writer Claire Panosian Dunavan, MD, discusses "cheese-borne baddies" amid a recent Listeria outbreak.
Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/parasites-and-plagues/121780
With a recent $2 million settlement, DOJ has now pulled in tens of millions of dollars related to the decade-plus-old Boston Heart Diagnostics case, which centered around alleged kickbacks to doctors for sometimes unnecessary lab tests.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/121827
Cristiano Ronaldo (41, Portugal) and Lionel Messi (about to turn 39, Argentina) are still kicking it in the 2026 FIFA World Cup -- and they're not the only "old" professional footballers playing in the tournament.
Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/cultureclinic/121823
Two family medicine residency programs in the Seattle-Tacoma area are folding or downsizing, raising concerns about physician shortages in already underserved areas.
Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/hospitalbasedmedicine/graduatemedicaleducation/121781
Women engaged in regular resistance training had substantially better cardiovascular health in the long run, according to a large cohort study.
Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/exercisefitness/121817
Short segments of conversations between primary care clinicians and patients contained signals that helped detect undiagnosed cognitive impairment, an acoustic analysis suggested.
Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/dementia/121808
FDA reviewers raised no serious efficacy or safety concerns about Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine candidate for adults 50 and older, which has the potential to become the first such product approved by the agency.
Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/uritheflu/121795
Treating opioid withdrawal with short-acting opioids showed a dose-dependent association with a reduction in early patient-directed discharge in hospitalized adults receiving medications for opioid use disorder (OUD), according to a new study.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/opioids/121822
"Now more than ever, we cannot afford silence."
Read the #OpEd, from MD-PhD student Naa Asheley Ashitey at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/121819