March 14, 2025

Probiotics May Cut Fever Time in Kids

Probiotic mixture reduces fever duration by 2 days in children with upper respiratory infections; triple-blind trial shows significant benefits with minimal side effects.

Conexiant

March 14, 2025

FDA Recommends Influenza Vaccine Strains for 2025 to 2026

The FDA has selected influenza vaccine strains for the 2025 to 2026 U.S. flu season, maintaining consistency with prior formulations while incorporating updated epidemiologic and antigenic data to optimize protection.

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March 13, 2025

Sedentary Time and Anxiety: Walking’s Role in Risk Reduction

Researchers identified a J-shaped dose–response relationship, with minimal anxiety risk at six sedentary hours per day but a steep increase beyond this threshold, while walking for more than ten minutes on most days mitigated this effect.

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March 13, 2025

FDA Chief Counsel Resigns Two Days In

U.S. FDA's chief counsel resigns amidst controversy surrounding her appointment and connections to mifepristone during the Biden administration.

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March 11, 2025

FDA's New Pulse Oximeter Guidance: Stricter Standards, Ongoing Challenges

The FDA's 2025 pulse oximetry guidance introduces stricter accuracy standards, larger study cohorts, and objective skin pigmentation assessment to address measurement bias in darker-skinned patients.

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March 10, 2025

AI Methods Strengthen Real-World Data Reliability

Researchers assessed the impact of AI-driven methods on real-world data reliability, showing improvements in accuracy, completeness, and traceability

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March 07, 2025

FDA Approves First Xolair Biosimilar

New interchangeable treatment option Omlyclo now available for patients with allergic asthma, chronic hives, nasal polyps, and food allergies; carries same boxed warning for anaphylaxis as original medication.

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March 07, 2025

Nationwide Study Reveals Key Trends in Pediatric Pulmonary Embolism

Pediatric patients with acute pulmonary embolism had a 9.3 times higher crude odds ratio for in-hospital death compared with those without PE, a new study finds.

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March 06, 2025

An Estimated 31 Million Americans Borrowed for Medical Bills in 2024

A new West Health-Gallup Survey survey reveals insights into medical debt across all income levels and demographics in the United States.

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