(HealthDay News) — The head of the company that makes the diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy has warned that compounded versions of the active ingredient in those medications have now been ...

A contemporary study finds that overtreatment of prostate cancer is still occurring among older men with limited life expectancy.

(HealthDay News) — A eucaloric carbohydrate-restricted (CR) diet improves β-cell response to glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a study published online in the Journal of ...

Type 2 diabetes and hypertension were the major contributors to chronic kidney disease-related deaths among women in 2021 ...

Source: Getty Images Perioperative durvalumab has “the potential to transform the standard of care” for patients with ...

Likelihood of emergency department use before cancer diagnosis increases with rurality, living in marginalized areas. (HealthDay News) — More than one-third of patients have emergency department use ...

Patients with hyperglycemic crisis at type 2 diabetes diagnosis should be closely monitored for acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. The risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD) is higher for ...

Review shows lower odds of symptomatic UTI episodes in children with history of recurrent UTIs with nitrofurantoin, cranberry ...

Source: Getty Images The greatest declines in survival were seen in patients with stomach cancer, leukemia, and liver cancer.

First-line pembrolizumab “has consistent antitumor activity and safety” in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma who are potentially ineligible for platinum‐based chemotherapy, researchers found ...

Updating US dialysis clinics to support hemodiafiltration technology would be necessary to enable its widespread adoption.

(HealthDay News) — Absolute concentrations of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine in urine specimens increased from 2013 to 2023, according to a study published online in JAMA Network Open.