CDC data suggest adult vaccination rates are up slightly this season, to 46.5%. An estimated 48% of U.S. kids were vaccinated ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, a move that would reverse a Biden administration finding of ...

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An Arizona physician group will pay $4.75 million to resolve allegations that doctors violated the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary vein ablations, the Department of Justice (DOJ) ...

Doctors in all specialties need more education on menopause and hormone therapy so that they don't give women conflicting recommendations, several speakers said here Friday at the HHS National ...

Psilocybin works by increasing "mental flexibility," allowing patients to reframe their relationship with addiction, ...

The selective estrogen receptor degrader giredestrant plus palbociclib (Ibrance) did not significantly improve progression-free survival (PFS) in advanced hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative ...

The 2026 American dyslipidemia guideline now endorses the PREVENT equations to guide lipid-lowering therapy in primary prevention in adults. Lipid-lowering therapy can be considered with a 10-year ...

Among prostate cancer patients under active surveillance, low testosterone levels were associated with a statistically significant increased risk of "extreme" progression to grade group 3 or higher ...

Kennedy Jr. is fielding pressure from the White House to relax his controversial approach to vaccine policies as the midterms near, but his most steadfast supporters are pressing for more aggressive ...

Microplastics were detected in prostate tissue from nearly all patients undergoing prostate cancer surgery in a small proof-of-concept study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology ...

CLL," Cleveland Clinic hematologist/oncologist Allison Winter, MD, and host John Mangels explore how clinicians can communicate effectively and empathetically with patients navigating a chronic ...