Steqeyma is now supplied as a 45mg/0.5mL solution in a single-dose vial for subcutaneous injection, allowing for weight-based dosing for pediatric patients under 60kg.

Pediatricians should provide their patients with their contraceptive of choice, if no medical contraindications exist.

A second case of acute liver failure resulting in death has been reported in nonambulatory DMD patients treated with Elevidys.

0.5 percent with obesity were prescribed an obesity medication in 2023; 83 percent of prescriptions received by teens with severe obesity ...

About half of physicians would consider euthanasia as a good or very good option in a scenario of advanced cancer or Alzheimer disease.

Largest percentage of emergency department tooth disorder visits accounted for by adults ages 25 to 34 years, White non-Hispanics ...

HealthDay News — Mindfulness (MI) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex offer therapeutic benefit for reducing situational urgency urinary ...

The ACIP is a federal advisory committee composed of medical and public health experts who make recommendations on the use of vaccines for adults and children in the US.

Recent studies assessed artificial intelligence (AI) assistance tools in their ability to provide quality medical ...

Pembrolizumab significantly reduced the risk of event free survival events by 30% compared with standard of care.

HealthDay News — For critically ill adults with sepsis, statin use is associated with reduced mortality, according to a study published online June 5 in Frontiers in Immunology.

In real-world cohort, percentage weight reduction at one year was 3.6, 6.8, and 11.9% with early and late discontinuation and nondiscontinuation, respectively.