TOPLINE: In children and young adults, the waist circumference-to-height ratio is more accurate than the body mass index (BMI) at predicting excess body fat. METHODOLOGY: A […]
To what extent can our intestinal microbiota predict the risk of developing diseases? In the case of multifactorial diseases, bacterial taxa alone do not provide much […]
A wise medical precept is attributed to Theodore Woodward, MD (1914-2005): “When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras.” Primary care pediatricians, however, often find […]
Following the largest historical cohort study ever conducted in Brazil, which suggested a link between Chagas disease and ischemic stroke, researchers from the Federal Fluminense University […]
The Food and Drug Administration’s approval of leflunomide in September 1998 as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis was sandwiched between the debuts of infliximab (Remicade and […]
Clinicians are navigating how to begin treating their patients with lifileucel (Amtagvi, Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc.), a new treatment for melanoma with a hefty price tag. The […]
A new drug-device combo aimed at detecting residual cancer in real time during lumpectomy is one step closer to gaining federal approval, but some physicians aren’t […]
Chronic smoking remains a major cause of premature mortality on a global scale. Despite intensified efforts to combat this scourge, a quarter of deaths among middle-aged […]
TOPLINE: Higher dietary niacin intake is associated with a lower risk for all-cause mortality among people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), but there is […]
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