FDA released a safety alert February 21 warning patients about the dangers of smartwatches or smart rings that claim to gauge blood glucose levels without requiring the user to pierce their skin.

Findings from a new population-based study found that no matter how many doses of bivalent HPV vaccine were administered, no woman who received the HPV bivalent vaccine at age 12 or 13 years developed invasive cancer later.

According to CDC's recent assessment of the University of Michigan’s Hypertension Pharmacists’ Program (HPP), 66% of patients who consulted with an HPP pharmacist brought their disease under control within 3 months compared with 42% of patients who did not meet with a pharmacist. At 6 months, 69% had their BP under control compared with 56% of nonparticipants.

Low-dose aspirin during pregnancy is safe, according to a new study published in The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Obstetrics and Gynecology. Researchers found that the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-III) cognitive composite scores indicated no difference when pregnant parents took low-dose aspirin early in pregnancy compared to a placebo. In other words, it neither worsened nor improved a child’s neurodevelopment.

Results from a new study published in the American Heart Association’s Hypertension showed that the GLP-1, tirzepatide, reduced 24-hour systolic BP, both at night and in the daytime compared with placebo.