Injectable Leqembi permits weekly maintenance dosing of the Eisai and Biogen Alzheimer’s disease drug that may be done at a patient’s home. Other recent notable regulatory new include several rare disease drug approvals and narrower FDA nods for Covid-19 vaccines. The post Alzheimer’s Therapy Is Coming to the Home With FDA Approval of Injectable Eisai,…
WellTheory has launched a new program that will address the link between autoimmune disease and hormone imbalances. The post WellTheory Announces Women’s Health Program to Address Hormonal Conditions appeared first on MedCity News.
Presidential candidate Trump claims credit for SCOTUS’ Dobbs decision and says that as a result, the “states are voting.” States are making decisions on abortion policy, but it’s mostly been state legislatures, not voters. Few states with abortion bans have a process for citizen-initiated constitutional amendments. In those states, lawmakers and anti-abortion activists have attempted…
Rebekah Stewart, enfermera del Servicio de Salud Pública de Estados Unidos (USPHS, por sus siglas en inglés), recibió en abril del año pasado una llamada que la hizo llorar. Había sido seleccionada para participar en la nueva operación de detención de inmigrantes del gobierno de Donald Trump en la base de Guantánamo, en Cuba. Ese…
GE HealthCare made a slew of announcements at RSNA 2024, including an acquisition, new machines for mammography and SPECT/CT imaging, and new AI features to help improve radiologist workflows. The post 4 Announcements GE HealthCare Made at RSNA 2024 appeared first on MedCity News.
Ovarian cancer urgently needs bold, transformative treatment approaches – not just small, incremental improvements. Synthetic, allogeneic iMSCs as tumor-targeting delivery vehicles are an example of how cell biology and engineering may unite and overcome longstanding oncology challenges. The post Induced Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A New Frontier in Ovarian Cancer Treatment appeared first on MedCity News.
HHS and the AHA caution the healthcare field of Russian ransomware group Everest, which utilizes compromised user accounts and remote access tools to gain access to systems
Government documents viewed by KFF Health News show a drop in patients receiving care this year at the National Institutes of Health’s renowned research hospital, a 200-bed facility at NIH headquarters in Maryland. We previously reported a decrease in the number of patients being treated at the NIH Clinical Center from February through April. Since then,…
During a panel discussion at HLTH, Chelsea Clinton shared three things she wants healthcare leaders to know going into the election when it comes to reproductive health. The post Chelsea Clinton on Reproductive Rights: 3 Things to Know appeared first on MedCity News.
In what has become a pattern of spreading vaccine misinformation, the Florida health department is telling older Floridians and others at highest risk from covid-19 to avoid most booster shots, saying they are potentially dangerous. Clinicians and scientists denounced the message as politically fueled scaremongering that also weakens efforts to protect against diseases like measles…