Alcohol intake, particularly at higher frequency or greater quantity, is associated with elevated risk for multiple cancers.

For patients with CAD, coronary computed tomography angiography fractional flow reserve (FFR-CT) is prognostic for adverse outcomes.

HealthDay News — The proportion of newborns not receiving intramuscular vitamin K increased from 2017 to 2024, according to a research letter published online Dec. 8 in the Journal of the American ...

Among persons at high cardiovascular risk, there is low- to moderate-certainty evidence that reducing or modifying saturated fat intake can reduce mortality and major cardiovascular events over five ...

Improvement was seen in adherence to guideline-concordant health care without compromising methadone retention. HealthDay News — Integrating methadone treatment into primary care settings improves ...

The FDA has approved Wegovy (semaglutide) tablets, the first oral GLP-1 receptor agonist for the treatment of obesity.

Ketamine for anesthesia does not lower in-hospital death by day 28 compared with etomidate among critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation.

Severe valvular heart disease (VHD) is prevalent among patients with cancer and is associated with reduced survival.

Incidence of death or BPD does not differ with expectant management versus active treatment for preterm infants with protocol-defined PDA.

Health benefits of exercise were significantly weakened with fine particulate matter >25 μg/m³. HealthDay News — Long-term exposure to polluted air can weaken the health benefits of regular exercise, ...

Risk-based screening is noninferior to annual screening for detecting stage ≥IIB cancers, does not reduce biopsy rates despite fewer mammograms.

Nearly 1 in 4 Americans believe the US health care system is in crisis, and high costs are the top reason why.