Pfizer is stopping development of its experimental oral GLP-1 drug for obesity after a patient in a trial suffered a liver injury potentially caused by the drug. The patient did not experience any symptoms, and the injury resolved after discontinuation of the drug, Pfizer said. After reviewing all clinical data for the medicine and consulting with regulators, Pfizer said it decided to halt research on it. The case occurred in a dose optimization trial, aimed at finding the highest tolerable dose in a short amount of time.
Approximately 93 million computed tomography examinations, or CT scans, are performed on 62 million patients annually in the United States — but the radiation from that process can raise the risk of future cancers. Now a new study is projecting just how many cases of cancer could be linked to CT scans. In the study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday, researchers estimate that over the lifetime of those millions of patients, about 103,000 radiation-induced cancers are projected to result from CT exams done in 2023.
Across Boston, researchers waited wearily for blowback from the administration. It wasn't just Harvard University. Although protests have almost exclusively occurred on undergraduate campuses, the Administration's cuts to funding have hit medical schools and their associated hospitals, which get substantial grants that NIH and other federal agencies dole out.
A man was arrested Monday after allegedly threatening violence against the UnitedHealthcare corporate campus in Minnetonka. The incident prompted a large police response to the building late Monday morning. Security at UnitedHealthcare has been heightened since its CEO, Brian Thompson, was fatally shot in New York last December. There were no reports of injuries stemming from Monday's incident in Minnetonka. The suspect remained in custody at the Hennepin County Jail as of early Tuesday, pending charges.
Orlando Health on Monday said it will be spending more than $750 million over the next four years on a new hospital at a still-to-be-announced location in Brevard County; free-standing emergency departments in north, central and southern Brevard; and physician offices.
For the first time in 25 years, a new hospital is opening its doors in the District. Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center is officially open in Ward 8 on Tuesday, bringing much-needed healthcare services to Southeast D.C. The new hospital replaces United Medical Center, which was Ward 8's only hospital, but it's closing on Tuesday after its maternal ward was shut down due to poor services.