The weight loss drug retatrutide has been touted as “Ozempic on steroids.” It’s still in clinical trials and not approved by the FDA, but a CBS News investigation found that hasn’t stopped doctors from offering it, and it could come with serious side effects. Adam Yamaguchi reports. Source link
Doctors are jumping the gun to prescribe a medication lacking FDA approval that has gone viral on social media. “Why are we waiting?” one physician asked. Source link
The World Cup is presenting a unique challenge for public health officials. Dozens of teams from around the globe — along with millions of their dedicated fans — will descend on major U.S. cities in the coming weeks. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. It’s the … Read more
Harrowing scenes are unfolding at health facilities at the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A 25-year-old midwife and a doctor in his early 30s are sick with Ebola symptoms, including fevers and severe joint pain, said their colleague Elisabeth Furaha, the medical director at SOFEPADI’s Karibuni Wa Mama Medical … Read more
What is absent from the readouts of presidential checkups has gained attention since Biden was diagnosed with cancer after leaving office. Source link
Every single patient with advanced pancreatic cancer who walked into Dr. Zev Wainberg’s office told him they would rather take an experimental medication than endure another round of chemotherapy. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Wainberg, co-director of UCLA Health’s GI Oncology Program, was leading a … Read more
Candace Tucker spent a lot of time thinking about cancer. Her family had received frightening diagnoses over the years: Her grandfather with prostate cancer, her grandmother with breast cancer, and her aunt with pancreatic cancer. Tucker also worked at an oncology practice in her small Texas town. She was surrounded daily by both cancer patients … Read more
The lowly maggot gets a bad rap, mostly known for feeding on corpses and rotting meat. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. But modern medicine is giving its reputation new life — as a tiny surgeon. Polly Cleveland, of New York City, turned to so-called maggot … Read more
Your doctor is probably using AI, even if they haven’t told you about it. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Over the past two years, medical providers across America have quietly embraced a new AI tool called OpenEvidence to help them make clinical decisions, brush up … Read more
An Oregon family alleged in a $100 million lawsuit that their 18-year-old son died from an infection after doctors at a Corvallis hospital did not remove pine needles and debris from his wound before stitching it up. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Ethan Cantrell, 18, … Read more