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Pros and Cons of PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer

An updated Cochrane systematic review of five randomized controlled trials involving 341,342 men found that PSA-based prostate cancer screening did…

3 months ago

Colonoscopy Screening Reduced Colorectal Cancer Incidence but No Significant Mortality Benefit

A 13-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial found that a single colonoscopy screening significantly reduced colorectal cancer incidence but…

3 months ago

BP-Lowering Reduces Cardiovascular Risk Across All CKD Stages, with Attenuated Benefit in Diabetes

Blood pressure (BP)-lowering treatment significantly reduces the risk of major cardiovascular events in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) across…

3 months ago

New Guideline Clarifies the Role of CBT-I in Chronic Insomnia

A new clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine indicates that cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)…

3 months ago

Longer and More Frequent Daytime Naps—Especially in the Morning—Linked to Higher Mortality Risk

In older adults, longer and more frequent daytime naps, particularly those occurring in the morning, were associated with a higher…

3 months ago

Multivitamins May Slow Biological Aging

A recent study suggests that daily multivitamin-mineral supplements could slightly slow the biological aging process in older adults, though the…

5 months ago

SGLT2 Inhibitors Tied to Lower Risk in Patients with Diabetes and Cirrhosis

A rigorous cohort study utilizing Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Database provides robust evidence that SGLT2 inhibitors offer superior multi-organ protection…

5 months ago

Early Time-of-Day Immunotherapy Shows Survival Benefit in Lung Cancer Trial

In a Chinese phase 3 trial (LungTIME-C01) involving 210 patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, administering anti-PD-1 immunotherapy before…

6 months ago

Herpes Zoster Vaccine May Effectively Prevent Dementia

A large natural experiment study in Ontario, Canada, found that receiving the live attenuated herpes zoster vaccine significantly reduced the…

6 months ago

Night Shift Work Linked to Higher Cardiovascular–Kidney–Metabolic Risk, Especially With Short Sleep

Long-term and intensive night shift work was associated with a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular–kidney–metabolic (CKM) disease in a large…

7 months ago

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