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Prostate cancer remains the second highest cancer-related cause of death in men in the U.S., and there has been a worrisome trend of rising metastatic disease at diagnosis. These facts make it increasingly important that the urological community and the patients we serve turn our attention to ways to overcome these challenges. The Role of

A new rule on surprise medical bills drew sharp criticism from physician and hospital groups for its tilt in favor of using previously established payment rates as a benchmark, but organizations representing insurers, consumers, and large employers praised this approach. The Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) joined other federal agencies on Thursday in

This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. The COVID-19 situation in Alberta has gone from bad to worse — providing a cautionary tale for the rest of Canada on how

Judy C. Washington, MD, a mentor of many young academic family physicians, particularly underrepresented-in-medicine (URM) physicians, advises her mentees on how to see ahead and plot paths to leadership. For URM physicians, she also imparts a shared experience of being a minority in the field and helps prepare them for the challenges of facing racism

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, almost all discussion of restaurant-related health has centered on one topic: how to protect diners and staff from the virus. But another health issue has been largely overlooked: how restaurants compromise Americans’ health by selling fare that is high in caloric density, fat, added sugars, and sodium, but low in

Linked-color imaging (LCI) significantly increases the detection of adenomas in screening colonoscopies compared to white-light imaging (WLI) and blue-laser imaging (BLI)–bright, according to data from 205 adults who underwent screening colonoscopies. LCI is a relatively new image-enhancement method designed to better identify adenomatous lesions by increasing the contrast of the mucosal surface, wrote Carlos E.O.

Newly-released documents show the Canadian military was concerned enough about the initial spread of COVID 19 to begin monitoring and planning for a response in late January 2020. Experts are now asking whether that early advantage was squandered when it came to forecasting the trajectory of the pandemic and its impact on both troops and the general public. The records,

Patients who have myocardial infarction (MI) ruled out in the emergency department but still have intermediate high-sensitivity cardiac troponin concentrations are three times more likely to have coronary artery disease (CAD) than patients who are ruled out with low troponin concentrations, a new study shows. The finding suggests that high-sensitivity cardiac troponin could help select

Treatment with the investigational oral antiviral molnupiravir cut the risk of hospitalization and death in half for at-risk COVID-19 patients, manufacturer Merck said on Friday. An interim analysis of the multinational phase III MOVe-OUT trial found that among 775 higher-risk non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients, 7.3% of those taking molnupiravir were hospitalized or died through day 29

In the age of COVID-19, it’s super easy to find yourself sitting or lying down for a good chunk of the day, also known as sedentary behavior. Working from home, traveling less, and opting for DoorDash and Hulu over a date night at your favorite restaurant all keep us inside the house, sometimes with limited

Federal data shows tens of thousands of people in Canada’s largest provinces received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine after public announcements of a vaccine passport, even before the new policy came into effect. Vaccine passports require residents to show proof of vaccination before accessing some businesses deemed at a higher risk for transmission

Enhanced communication between the clinician and pharmacy about discontinued or canceled medications potentially averted almost 200 safety events over 60 days, new data suggest. “As providers, we take advantage of ‘When I send a new prescription in, it routes and the patient fills it because if it didn’t, I would know about it,’ but when

Use of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) as part of neoadjuvant therapy and again as maintenance met predetermined safety criteria for patients with resectable pleural mesothelioma, according to trial results presented at the virtual World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC). Study author Boris Sepesi, MD, of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, points out that this was

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A new series of cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) linked to the adenoviral vector COVID-19 vaccines has been reported, confirming the severity of the reaction and the associated high mortality rate. The new series comes from an international registry

Not having health insurance is riskier and more costly than investing in one. You may be healthy and free from medical conditions now, but what about when an unexpected situation strikes? As not everyone can easily afford health insurance, at least you now have the option to apply for a short-term health insurance plan instead. What is Short-Term

An increase in cases of a rare heart condition in young adults who have received the COVID-19 Moderna vaccines has prompted Ontario to recommend the Pfizer-BioNTech shots for those aged 18 to 24 “out of an abundance of caution.” The province says the rise of myocarditis and pericarditis cases has been particularly observed among men

Third-year medical student Liz Groesbeck was like other excited Las Vegas Raiders fans last month headed to the first full-capacity game in the new Allegiant Stadium since the team moved to “Sin City.” She was in an Uber on a first date just blocks from the game that would pit her Raiders against the Seattle

A Connecticut physician’s license has been suspended after she provided fake vaccine and other exemption forms related to COVID-19, according to the state’s Medical Examining Board. Sue McIntosh, MD, of Durham, was sending fraudulent COVID-19 vaccine exemption forms through the mail “to anyone who supplied a self-addressed stamped envelope to her,” the Connecticut Department of

A hospital in Elgin, Illinois, lost its designation as a Level II trauma center after terminating a contract with their long-standing anesthesia provider. This disruption in anesthesiologist services has led the health facility to divert emergency cases to other hospitals and reschedule elective surgeries. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) alerted the region’s emergency

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Canadian seniors living in long-term care homes and other congregate-care settings should get COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, Canada’s vaccine advisory body recommends.    Residents of such sites, including retirement homes and assisted-living facilities “are at increased risk for COVID-19 infection because of their daily interactions with other residents and staff,” said the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)

Expanded labeling for sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto, Novartis) to include adults with chronic heart failure (HF) with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) lower than normal could increase the treatment-eligible population by up to 1.8 million and potentially prevent or postpone as many as 180,000 worsening HF events, according to a new analysis. “If prior implementation barriers to