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Mindfulness course found to be effective in people with difficult-to-treat depression

, 2025-05-14 22:30:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Mindfulness-based therapy can offer significant relief for individuals who are still depressed after receiving treatment, according to a new clinical trial. Researchers hope their findings, published in Lancet Psychiatry, could provide a new treatment pathway for people with depression who have not benefited from previous treatment. The study,…

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Mindfulness-based therapy offers new hope for people with persistent depression

, 2025-05-15 01:56:00 Mindfulness-based therapy can offer significant relief for individuals who are still depressed after receiving treatment, according to a new clinical trial. Researchers hope their findings, published in Lancet Psychiatry, could provide a new treatment pathway for people with depression who have not benefitted from previous treatment. The study was led by a…

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Higher Poultry Consumption Linked to Elevated Death Risk

, 2025-05-14 12:50:00 TOPLINE: Weekly poultry consumption > 300 g was associated with an elevated risk for all-cause mortality and more than double the risk for death from gastrointestinal (GI) cancers compared with weekly consumption < 100 g, with a higher risk observed in men. METHODOLOGY: Poultry consumption — widely viewed as a healthier option…

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Congress Scrutinizes RFK Jr. on Budget Cuts, Vaccines and More

Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-15 01:07:00 Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, fielded questions from Congress on Wednesday relating to budget cuts, vaccines, Medicaid and other issues. He testified before the House Committee on Appropriations in the morning and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in…

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Future ‘up in the air’ for luveltamab tazevibulin as treatment for ovarian cancer

Victoria Langowska , 2025-05-14 17:31:00 Source: Healio interviews Disclosures: Matulonis reports consulting fees from Merck; data safety monitoring board participation for Mural Oncology and Symphogen; and scientific advisory board participation for Abbvie, Allarity, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, GSK, Immunogen, NextCure, Novartis, Profound Bio, Tango Therapeutics and the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance. Source…

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Patients with severe ME/CFS need hope and expert multidisciplinary care

Alastair Miller, Fiona Symington, Paul Garner, Maria Pedersen , 2025-05-14 10:11:00 Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) affects around 250 000 people in the UK. Symptoms include fatigue, cognitive difficulties, pain, autonomic disturbances, disturbed sleep, and gastrointestinal upset. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) estimates that 25% of people with ME/CFS experience higher…

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Models predict severity of pneumonia in kids to help guide treatment

, 2025-05-14 22:30:00 Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels Researchers derived pragmatic models that accurately distinguish mild, moderate and severe pneumonia in children, based on evidence from a study performed in 73 emergency departments (EDs) in 14 countries through the international Pediatric Emergency Research Network (PERN). The new predictive tools are intended to complement clinician judgment…

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Can Chronic Asthma Be Reversed? Experts Reopen the Debate

, 2025-05-14 12:55:00 A new clinical horizon is emerging in asthma management, with the possibility of achieving sustained reversal of the disease and even remission. This involves altering and reversing the progression of diseases that are traditionally considered chronic. This possibility has led to significant therapeutic advances and sparked a clinical debate: Should sustained reversibility…

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‘They’re Probably Hired to Do That’

, 2025-05-14 21:37:00 Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) dismissed protests against proposed Medicaid cuts on Wednesday, suggesting demonstrators were “probably hired,” and brushed off their concerns as a “sugar high” from pandemic-era spending. “We’re doing everything we can to make Medicaid more efficient and preserve it for their future,” Marshall told reporters. “My guess is they’re…

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Puxitatug samrotecan shows promise for patients with recurrent endometrial cancer

Victoria Langowska , 2025-05-14 17:35:00 Source: Healio interviews Disclosures: Matulonis reports consulting fees from Merck; data safety monitoring board participation for Mural Oncology and Symphogen; and scientific advisory board participation for Abbvie, Allarity, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, GSK, Immunogen, NextCure, Novartis, Profound Bio, Tango Therapeutics and the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance. Source…

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Can AI teach medicine?

Mun-Keat Looi , 2025-05-14 10:16:00 “Can AI do the teaching?” asked Nick Woznitza, consultant radiographer and clinical academic at University College Hospital London. “No. But . . .”This was the subject of a panel session in February, at the Royal College of Radiologists’ conference on the future of AI in healthcare and the NHS.1 Medical…

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Marijuana Use Is Rising, But Is It a Cancer Risk?

, 2025-05-14 14:40:00 The trends are clear: Americans are in the midst of a marijuana high. Over the past 30 years, daily or near-daily marijuana use soared 15-fold, surpassing daily alcohol use for the first time in 2022. That same year, marijuana use reached historic levels among Americans aged 19-50 — with 11% of 19-…

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Minister publishes ‘Sláintecare 2025+’ plan setting out Government priorities

Michael McHale , 2025-05-14 11:14:00 2024 progress report highlights reduction in trolley numbers but record ED presentations The Minister for Health has published an updated programme for the implementation of Slaintecare, highlighting 23 priorities in the areas of improving access, service quality and increasing capacity. ‘Path to Universal Healthcare: Sláintecare & Programme for Government 2025+’…

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Spinal muscular atrophy treated in utero in mice

Megan Molteni , 2025-05-14 18:18:00 Researchers have taken preliminary steps toward treating a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder, spinal muscular atrophy, with a genetic therapy delivered in the womb, before the worst damage to motor neurons can occur.  The scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore injected an antisense oligonucleotide,…

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Assisted dying bill clears first hurdle in Scotland

Bryan Christie , 2025-05-14 10:41:00 Scotland has taken a step closer to legalising assisted dying after an emotional five hour parliamentary debate and a close vote.But the bill proposing the changes faces further hurdles and additional scrutiny, as two further votes are expected later this year. During the debate the Scottish parliament heard strong opposition…

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Neighborhood May Affect HS Risk, Study Finds

, 2025-05-14 15:00:00 TOPLINE: A retrospective study found that individuals living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods had a higher risk of developing hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), an association that persisted across racial and ethnic groups. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional analysis included 65,766 individuals (mean age, 50.4 years; 41.8% women; 56.5% White; 15.7% Asian, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific…

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General Practitioner, Laurencetown, Co. Galway

brendan , 2025-05-14 15:19:00 HSE West and North West currently has the following opportunities:   General Practitioner General Practitioner, Laurencetown, Co Galway GMS Panel Size:  Approximately 480. Ref 111/25 Closing date for receipt of applications in respect of the positions is Wednesday 4th June, 2025 at 4pm Interview date to be confirmed. Informal enquiries to…

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RFK Jr. at House Appropriations hearing: GOP embraces MAHA

Lev Facher and Daniel Payne , 2025-05-14 16:26:00 WASHINGTON — Republicans on Capitol Hill delivered different versions of a similar message to health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Wednesday budget hearing: We love the Make America Healthy Again agenda …. but.  Throughout the hearing, GOP lawmakers lauded President Trump’s agenda and Kennedy’s actions…

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Low taxes on heated tobacco products are hampering smoking cessation efforts, study finds

Adrian O&#x2019;Dowd , 2025-05-14 14:16:00 All governments should tax heated tobacco products (HTPs) in line with traditional cigarettes to avoid effectively subsidising the tobacco industry, a study has concluded.1HTPs—which tobacco manufacturers say are less harmful than cigarettes because they involve heating tobacco to create a vapour rather than burning tobacco to create smoke in a…

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How your genes interact with your environment changes your disease risk. New research counts the ways

, 2025-05-14 16:21:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sitting in my doctor’s examination room, I was surprised when she told me, “Genetics don’t really matter for chronic disease.” Rather, she continued, “A person’s lifestyle, what they eat, and how much they exercise, determine whether they get heart disease.” As a researcher who studies the genetics of…

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Once-daily oral treatment shows positive results in first human study for obesity treatment

, 2025-05-14 13:17:00 A first-in-human study of an investigational once-daily oral treatment for obesity (SYNT-101) demonstrated positive preliminary data for the safe and effective redirection of nutrient absorption into the lower intestine, the weight loss and metabolic management mechanism behind gastric bypass surgery. In the study, being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity…

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Breast-Conserving Tx, Mastectomy Have Similar Outcomes

, 2025-05-14 15:05:00 TOPLINE: In a multicenter cohort study of 575 South Korean patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variants, breast-conserving treatment demonstrated comparable oncologic outcomes to mastectomy over a median follow-up of 8.3 years. After propensity score matching, no significant differences between the two surgical approaches were found in terms of locoregional recurrence, distant…

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The AI Drug Discovery Boom Is Coming. We Are Not Ready.

Kourosh Davarpanah , 2025-05-14 14:54:00 The CEOs of Anthropic, DeepMind, and OpenAI regularly single out drug discovery as the area where AI will have the greatest positive impact over the next decade. The first generation of AI drug discovery startups have yet to deliver, but to quote Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, the belief is that the…

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Mater Private Network hosts leading cardiologists at annual Heart Summit shaping the future of cardiac care

Editorial Staff , 2025-05-14 12:18:00 Over 700 healthcare professionals attend both virtually and in person Mater Private Network recently hosted the second annual Dublin Heart Summit 2025, held at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in partnership with the Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) Dublin, and supported by RCSI and the Irish Cardiac Society….

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WHO trims top management ranks amid financial crunch

Helen Branswell , 2025-05-14 14:40:00 The World Health Organization, which faces an extraordinary financial crunch in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the agency, has dramatically trimmed its top management.  Gone from the leadership is Mike Ryan, who has led the Health Emergencies Program since 2019 and who has been with the WHO, off…

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Discrimination is widespread in French healthcare, report alleges

Barbara Casassus , 2025-05-14 12:31:00 France’s Defender of Rights, a constitutional authority of the French government but independent of it, has alleged widespread discrimination in the country’s healthcare provision.A report by the Defender of Rights based on a survey of 1500 people—mostly patients but including some medical professionals—conducted from November 2024 to January 2025 shows…

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Autistic people communicate just as effectively as others, study suggests

, 2025-05-14 14:17:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There is no significant difference in the effectiveness of how autistic and non-autistic people communicate, according to a new study, challenging the stereotype that autistic people struggle to connect with others. The study is published in Nature Human Behaviour The findings suggest that social difficulties often faced by…

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Chronic overwork may lead to changes in brain regions associated with emotion and cognition

, 2025-05-14 13:58:00 Long working hours may alter the structure of the brain, particularly the areas associated with emotional regulation and executive function, such as working memory and problem solving, suggest the findings of preliminary research, published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Ultimately, overwork may induce neuroadaptive changes that might affect cognitive and emotional health,…

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‘Attractive’ Option in Recurrent NSCLC

, 2025-05-14 12:57:00 TOPLINE: In patients with recurrent non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), salvage thoracic reirradiation prolonged overall survival and progression-free survival. Consolidative immunotherapy following reirradiation further improved overall survival, locoregional control, and freedom from distant metastasis.  METHODOLOGY: Many patients with unresectable locally advanced NSCLC who receive definitive chemoradiation experience intrathoracic locoregional failures or recurrences….

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