Both age and type of menopause were not tied to increased risk for developing type 1 or type 2 diabetes, according to findings from a UK Biobank analysis published in Menopause.
“It has been shown that men and women can present different patterns in terms of risk factors, signs and symptoms, disease progression, prognosis and pharmacokinetics of treatments for various pathologies,” Jose Antonio Quesada, PhD, director of the GRINCAVA cardiovascular research group, department of clinical medicine at Miguel Hernández University of Elche in Alicante, Spain, told Healio. “Furthermore, women possess

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — When performing femoral reconstruction in hip revision, both modular and monoblock titanium fluted tapered stems have become the gold standard, according to a presenter at Orthopedics Today Hawaii.
“Modular versions have dominated the marketplace in the last decade, and for good reason,” Richard W. McCalden, MD, professor of surgery at Western University, London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ontario, Canada, said in his presentation. “They’ve done extremely well, but every company seems to be shifting back to ‘At least allow us a

With 80% of the rural population considered medically underserved as of 2025, the number of U.S. residents without optimal access to specialty health care is formidable.
Defined geographically by low population density and geographic isolation, rural areas typically lack nearby urban centers. Medically underserved areas, known as health professional shortage areas (HPSAs), are characterized by low provider-to-population ratios and other indicators that reflect a lack of sufficient health care providers to meet an area’s population needs. Estimates of rural residency in the U.S. range from 46

Among California firefighters, the risk for respiratory injury was greater in older age, during wildfire season months and in rural and suburban counties, according to data published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
“Workers, like California firefighters, may develop respiratory injuries after exposure to fires in rural and suburban areas,” Margaret Murray, MD, MPH, MS, of the division of occupational, environmental and climate medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, told Healio.
In this surveillance study, Murray and colleagues assessed 3,431 respiratory injury

ORLANDO — GLP-1 receptor agonist use appeared linked to significantly reduced all-cause mortality among people with sickle cell disease, according to study results presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
People who used the medications also exhibited reduced risk for other adverse outcomes, including sickle cell crisis, venous thromboembolism, ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack, and cardiopulmonary complications.
“This study is retrospective, so we cannot conclude causality and there are many questions that need to be answered,” Asfand Yar Cheema, MD, resident physician at

An FDA draft guidance nixing the requirement for biosimilar manufacturers to conduct comparative efficacy studies may prove “consequential” in reducing the time and cost of bringing biosimilars to market, according to an expert.
In the last quarter of 2025, the FDA released a draft guidance on biosimilar development stipulating that comparative efficacy studies are no longer required to prove biosimilarity. According to the FDA, this move will improve access to biosimilar medications for patients across the health care landscape, including rheumatology.
“Obviously, this