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When we can’t sleep, there are many possible culprits and researchers are adding a new one that many haven’t considered before: the LED lightbulbs we switch on after dark. The human eye detects sunlight as white, but in reality, it contains the spectrum of colors, and different parts of this range dominate at different times

Greetings. I write briefly to inform you I am aware of your Google Review placed nearly a week ago. I’m not upset, but I must say that I am rather surprised by some of the statements. It is germane to the situation when a patient expresses displeasure about his or her experience with our office

Discovery of substantial atrial fibrillation (AF) is usually an indication to start oral anticoagulation (OAC) for stroke prevention, but it’s far from settled whether such AF is actually a direct cause of thromboembolic stroke. And that has implications for whether patients with occasional bouts of the arrhythmia need to be on continuous OAC.   It’s

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Antibody levels may wane after 7 months for people who got the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a new study published on the bioRxiv preprint server. In the study, which hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed or formally published in a medical journal, researchers

A 60-year-old man presented to the hospital after being referred by his general practitioner. He explained on admission that he had been in good health until about 10 weeks earlier, when he began to have episodes of coughing and fever. Clinicians also noted blisters around his mouth extending to his nostrils. The patient said his

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A decline in COVID-19 cases across the United States over the past several weeks has given overwhelmed hospitals some relief, but administrators are bracing for yet another possible surge as cold weather drives people indoors. Health experts say

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. COVID-19 deaths are beginning to plateau in the US, adding another promising sign that the latest coronavirus surge has peaked. The 7-day average of daily deaths has hovered around 2000 for more than a week and dropped below 1900 on Thursday.

Adults over age 40 with type 1 diabetes (T1D) faced more severe COVID-19 outcomes, including a higher risk of hospitalization and death, compared with children and young adults with the condition. “These findings indicate the need for age-tailored treatments, immunization, and clinical management of individuals affected by type 1 diabetes and COVID-19,” said the study’s

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

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.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to push everyone, especially frontline healthcare workers, well beyond the brink. Nurses have been exposed to the most trying and difficult predicaments related to the coronavirus, and the stress has taken its toll. During the most recent surge of cases, rural hospitals across the country have resorted to extraordinary lengths to

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

Even with three highly effective vaccines available in abundance throughout the country, the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause a large number of new infections, particularly in states where vaccination rates remain low. What’s more, as schools and businesses reopen and the holiday season approaches, another rise in infections may be on the way.

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

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Merck said its investigational oral drug for COVID-19, molnupiravir, reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 50% in a phase III trial of outpatients with mild to moderate disease. An estimated 2 million middle school and high school students used e-cigarettes in 2021, with 85%

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of clinics pushing unproven stem cell procedures caught a big break from the U.S. government in 2017: They would have three years to show that their questionable treatments were safe and worked before regulators started cracking down. But when the Food and Drug Administration’s grace period expired in late May —

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

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

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Many people are confused — patients and healthcare providers alike — in the wake of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announcements about who is authorized to get a third or ‘booster’

The following quiz tests one aspect from each article in a three-part MedPage Today Clinical Challenges series on acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that covered optimizing infection prophylaxis, timely testing for genetic mutations, and overcoming obstacles for treating secondary AML. Correct answers and explanations will appear after completing the quiz. Diana Swift is a freelance medical

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

A new pill could soon provide a cure for COVID-19 and significantly slow the spread of the novel coronavirus all at once. Experts are now looking at the new pill treatment that is being developed and studied at the same time to ensure its efficiency in treating SARS-CoV-2 patients.  A Potential COVID-19 Cure Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Weekly COVID-19 cases in children dropped again, but the count remained above 200,000 for the fifth consecutive week, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. Over that 5-week span since the end of August, in fact,

Significant advances in the field of lung cancer continue with some very promising data recently presented at the virtual European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) meeting. In this exclusive MedPage Today video, ESMO Scientific Co-Chair Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD, director of the Chen-Huang Center for EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston,

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A common inert ingredient may be the culprit behind the rare allergic reactions reported among individuals who have received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, according to investigators at a large regional health center that was among the first to administer the shots. Blood

Universal masking has been one of the primary tools that public health agencies and the medical community in general rely on to control the spread of the novel coronavirus. When the delta variant began causing spikes in cases across the country, medical authorities made it clear how important it is to mask up, especially when

The investigational oral, neuroactive, steroid-positive allosteric modulator SAGE-324/BIIB124 (SAGE-324) is effective for treating essential tremor ― but problems with tolerability may limit its usefulness, new research suggests. The phase 2 KINETIC trial (NCT04305275) involved patients with essential tremor. Among patients treated with SAGE-324 for 28 days, there was a statistically significant reduction in upper-limb tremors