Dutch Fertility Doctor Fathered at Least 49 Children
More are coming forward to see if DNA matches. The doctor, who died in 2017 at age 89, swapped his own sperm for chosen anonymous donors’ sperm. Medscape Medical News …read more
Middle-Class Seniors Will Struggle With Housing, Study Shows
About 7.8 million senior citizens may be in the “forgotten middle” by 2029; they will be too well-off for government assistance, but unable to pay for needed housing and healthcare, a study found. Medscape Medical News …read more
Regulators Uneven on Safety Warnings on New Drugs
FDA ranks third among health authorities in four English-speaking countries in the frequency of postmarketing drug safety warnings, new data show. Medscape Medical News …read more
Long-term Mortality Risk Linked to Poor Sense of Smell
According to a recent study among older adults, poor sense of smell is linked with higher long-term mortality, with neurodegenerative disease and weight loss only partly driving the association. Medscape Medical News …read more
Biomarker May Be a Diagnostic Test for ME/CFS
The investigational test, based on differential responses to hyperosmotic stress, may serve as a low-cost diagnostic for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Medscape Medical News …read more
Heavy Bleeding From Uterine Fibroids: Which Treatment Is Best?
Is an oral GnRH antagonist as effective as an injectable GnRH agonist? Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
EU Panel Backs Dolutegravir/Lamivudine Combo Pill for HIV
Dovato contains 50 mg dolutegravir and 300 mg lamivudine and would be the first once-daily, single-pill, completed 2-drug regimen for treatment of HIV in Europe. International Approvals …read more
FDA OKs New Topical Treatment Duobrii for Plaque Psoriasis
Duobrii lotion is the first and only topical lotion that combines halobetasol propionate and tazarotene in one formulation. FDA Approvals …read more
Patterns of antibiotic use may predict cardiovascular risk
A large cohort study has found a link between prolonged antibiotic use in middle age and later in life and an increased cardiovascular risk. …read more
Six Factors Tied to DCIS Returning as Breast Cancer
A group of six factors are associated with ductal carcinoma in situ returning as invasive breast cancer after treatment. Medscape Medical News …read more