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Novel PDE4 Inhibitor Slows IPF Progression

(MedPage Today) -- Novel oral agent nerandomilast slowed progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), even atop background antifibrotic therapy, the phase III FIBRONEER-IPF trial showed.

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Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday.

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Former President Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer

Biden's health became a major focus before he gave up his campaign to be reelected.

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'The Next World War Will Be a Biowar': What We Heard This Week

(MedPage Today) -- "The next world war will be a biowar. It won't be a nuclear war; it won't be a chemical war; it will be a biowar.

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Adding CT, Symptoms Improves COPD Diagnosis

(MedPage Today) -- Incorporating chest CT imaging and respiratory symptoms into the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnostic schema improved identification of individuals with poor res

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Thyroid Storm Bumps Death Rate in Thyrotoxicosis

(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- Patients with thyrotoxicosis who developed thyroid storm died at nearly double the rate as those without thyroid storm, according to an analysis using National Inpatie

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FDA Approves Novavax COVID-19 Shot, but With Unusual Restrictions

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has issued a long-awaited approval of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine (Nuvaxovid), but with unusual restrictions.

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Publix Recalls Baby Food Pouches Over Lead Contamination Concerns

The voluntary recall was prompted after routine testing. It is the second such recall recently of baby food over possible lead contamination.

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Methotrexate Proves Its Mettle as First-Line Therapy for Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

(MedPage Today) -- For initial treatment of symptomatic pulmonary sarcoidosis, methotrexate appeared to work as well as prednisone over 24 weeks, the randomized PREDMETH trial showed.

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Over 400 with heart valve condition dying each year on NHS waiting list, research finds

Exclusive: Survey shows 8% of people in UK with aortic stenosis die because they cannot get life-saving procedure quickly enough‘She was so fit, so well’: the heart patient who died before getting

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