, 2025-05-20 16:32:00 Behind every successful medical practice or aesthetic clinic making waves in the industry, there’s often a powerhouse working tirelessly behind the scenes. For almost two decades, that powerhouse has been Robyn Bordes, CEO of Illumination PR. Known for her innovative approach to healthcare public relations, Robyn has earned her reputation as the…
Chris Henderson , 2025-05-20 13:27:00 Ransomware has long been a persistent and costly threat to healthcare organizations, which hold vast amounts of sensitive patient data and operate under critical, time-sensitive conditions. The disruption caused by these attacks can have life-threatening consequences, delaying essential treatments and compromising patient safety. Historically, the urgency of restoring services quickly…
Ed Madden , 2025-05-20 07:30:00 Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent England and Wales High Court case in which the Court had to decide whether it was in a child’s best interests to end life sustaining treatment In April 2025, the Family Division of the England and Wales High Court delivered its judgment on…
, 2025-05-20 16:47:00 Phase Scientific, a company developing urine-based diagnostics tests for early disease detection, announced it completed a $34 million Series A funding round. A private equity fund managed by Asia-based Value Partners Group led the round, with backing from other new investors and existing global investors. The biotechnology company’s test Phasify uses urine…
Gerard Gallagher; Caitlyn Stulpin; Stephen I. Feller , 2025-05-20 17:22:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process your…
Ed Silverman , 2025-05-20 15:37:00 Although insulin makers have launched several initiatives to improve access in dozens of low- and middle-income countries, the medicines reached only a small fraction of children and young people in these regions during a recent two-year period, a new analysis has found. Specifically, less than 10% of the estimated 825,000…
Adrian O’Dowd , 2025-05-20 15:31:00 A sharp rise in drug related deaths in recent years is largely responsible for the UK’s mortality worsening compared with other high income countries, an analysis has found. The UK rate of drug related deaths was more than three times higher in 2019 than the average of peer countries, a…
, 2025-05-20 16:50:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than half of ICU survivors may experience Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS), which involves new or worsening physical, psychological, or cognitive impairments after a critical illness. Now a new study published at the ATS 2025 International Conference finds that these patients experience long-term deficits in cognitive function and…
, 2025-05-20 16:32:00 In a comprehensive Genomic Press Invited Expert Review, researchers from the University of Haifa have synthesized cutting-edge findings on Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), revealing how this complex neurodevelopmental disorder serves as a critical model for understanding the interplay between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and psychotic spectrum disorders (PSD). A window into neuropsychiatric conditions…
, 2025-05-20 13:29:00 A regimen that spares patients recovering from cataract surgery the burden of using antibacterial and anti-inflammatory eye drops several times a day for weeks and instead uses an injection to administer those drugs immediately after the procedure is nearly as effective at preventing complications as the traditional drop regimen at a fraction…
, 2025-05-20 14:26:00 Exercise helps you stay fit and healthy, but could stepping outside actually turn back the clock? Emerging research suggests that spending just 30 minutes a day outdoors may do more than boost your mood—it could shave years off your biological age. A growing body of scientific evidence highlights the profound anti-aging benefits…
Tom Davis , 2025-05-20 14:15:00 When it comes to healthcare, simplifying payments offers clear benefits: improved operational efficiency, better cash flow management, and stronger relationships between health plans, providers, and patients. Despite these advantages, healthcare is still navigating a fragmented and outdated payments landscape. Challenges like confusing billing processes, limited payment methods, lack of transparency,…
Dr Leslie O’Looney , 2025-05-20 07:30:00 Welcome to this week’s issue of The Week in Medicine – a round-up of all the happenings in the world of Irish medicine Labour Spokesperson on Health and TD for Dublin Central, Marie Sherlock, has called on the Government to urgently introduce a public information campaign, particularly targeted at…
, 2025-05-20 13:14:00 This is part one of MobiHealthNews’ two-part series that will highlight the evolution of innovations that changed healthcare over the past several decades. In the past 30 years, the role of technology in healthcare has been breathtaking in its scope and impact. Thousands of technological advances, from electronic health records (EHRs) to…
David Hilzenrath , 2025-05-20 09:00:00 It’s a marvel of food technology: ice cream that resists melting. In a video explaining the science behind it, a seller of food chemicals shows scoops of ice cream holding their shape under hot lights. The super ingredient? Polysorbate 80. Polysorbate 80 is an emulsifier, a chemical used to control…
Gabrielle M. Grasso , 2025-05-20 14:38:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again…
Daniel Payne , 2025-05-20 14:18:00 The Trump administration shared on Tuesday the outlines of how it plans to push pharmaceutical companies to lower their U.S. drug prices to bring them more in line with other nations, kicking off high-stakes negotiations with the companies. The Department of Health and Human Services will aim to negotiate drug…
Debby Elley , 2025-05-20 13:11:00 Debby Elley Stockport aukidsmag{at}gmail.com In the early 1980s a well dressed woman in high heels entered a police station in Birmingham. She had come to see a police officer who had become violent and had had to be restrained by colleagues. He was now locked in one of his own…
, 2025-05-20 13:55:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It’s a question that’s long been the cause of debate: is it better to shower in the morning or at night? Morning shower enthusiasts will say this is the obvious winner, as it helps you wake up and start the day fresh. Night shower loyalists, on the other…
, 2025-05-20 11:45:00 CN Bio, a leading provider of Organ-on-a-chip (OOC) systems and solutions that accelerate drug discovery and development workflows, today announced a strategic partnership with SCINCO, a specialist scientific instrument company based in South Korea. The agreement is the latest milestone in CN Bio’s international expansion, amplifying the Company’s presence in major Asian…
, 2025-05-20 13:20:00 SAN FRANCISCO — A new diagnostic schema incorporating chest CT and respiratory symptoms into the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can help to better identify patients at risk for poor respiratory outcomes and rule out those with airflow obstruction who have neither respiratory symptoms nor evidence of structural lung disease….
Jennifer Petersen , 2025-05-20 13:00:00 Healthcare costs are a top concern across the United States, with 2025 anticipated to be the most expensive year for employer-sponsored insurance yet. Employers are expected to face an 8 to 9% increase in health plan costs, according to SHRM. A plan that previously cost employers $10,000 per member would…
Editorial Staff , 2025-05-20 07:30:00 Children’s Hospice Week runs from May 18-24 This year’s theme, ‘Every Step, Every Challenge, Together’, reflects the journey families take when caring for a child with palliative care needs and the vital role that LauraLynn plays in walking that path alongside them. Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD officially launched the campaign…
Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact , 2025-05-20 09:00:00 Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact Under a new executive order, prescription drug prices will be reduced “almost immediately.” President Donald Trump, in a May 11 post on Truth Social President Donald Trump expressed high hopes for an executive order to reduce drug prices. On May 11, the day before he held…
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Adam Feuerstein , 2025-05-20 11:30:00 Adam Feuerstein is a senior writer and biotech columnist, reporting on the crossroads of drug development, business, Wall Street, and biotechnology. He is also a co-host of the weekly biotech podcast The Readout Loud and author of the newsletter Adam’s Biotech Scorecard. You can reach Adam on Signal at stataf.54….
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, 2025-05-20 11:28:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New cases of dementia in the United States declined from 2015 to 2021, but the number of people living with the condition continued to rise due to population aging, with nearly 2.9 million traditional Medicare beneficiaries (around 12%) living with a dementia diagnosis in 2021, finds a study…
, 2025-05-20 10:59:00 By combining information from many large datasets, MIT researchers have identified several new potential targets for treating or preventing Alzheimer’s disease. The study revealed genes and cellular pathways that haven’t been linked to Alzheimer’s before, including one involved in DNA repair. Identifying new drug targets is critical because many of the Alzheimer’s…
, 2025-05-20 10:52:00 Primary care clinicians are not screening older adults for malnutrition, largely due to an overreliance on outdated diagnostic measures like body mass index (BMI), according to a new study presented at the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago. Researchers at Stanford Health in San Jose, California , analyzed…
Michael McHale , 2025-05-20 07:31:00 NHI seeks meeting with Health Minister to discuss concerns as it holds AGM today A new updated programme for the implementation of Slaintecare ‘offers no vision for the long-term residential care that so many will require,’ the head of Nursing Homes Ireland has said. NHI CEO Tadhg Daly said the…
Elisabeth Rosenthal , 2025-05-20 09:00:00 Health care has proved a vulnerable target for the firehose of cuts and policy changes President Donald Trump ordered in the name of reducing waste and improving efficiency. But most of the impact isn’t as tangible as, say, higher egg prices at the grocery store. One thing experts from a…
Rob Volansky , 2025-05-20 09:30:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later….
Andrew Joseph , 2025-05-20 08:42:00 GENEVA — World Health Organization members on Tuesday adopted a treaty aimed at preparing for and responding to future pandemics, what countries say is both a tangible example of how they’re learning the lessons of Covid-19 and a marker for the continued importance of international collaboration. Health officials hailed the…
, 2025-05-20 09:10:00 Credit: CC0 Public Domain The WHO Pandemic Agreement, an accord designed to address the mistakes made in handling COVID-19, is being submitted for adoption Tuesday at the World Health Assembly. The annual decision-making gathering of the World Health Organization’s member states will consider the agreement, which took more than three years to…
, 2025-05-20 02:51:00 Higher maternal selenium levels during pregnancy were associated with a lower risk of streptococcal infections in children, suggesting a potential protective effect. Scientists from Hokkaido University have discovered that exposure to certain metals and trace elements during pregnancy may affect a child’s risk of developing streptococcal infections, according to a new study…
, 2025-05-20 08:17:00 SAN FRANCISCO — The investigational oral agent nerandomilast was superior to placebo at slowing the decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) among patients with progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PF), results of the phase 3 randomized FIBRONEER-ILD trial showed. Among 1176 patients, the mean decline from baseline in FVC at 1 year was significantly…
, 2025-05-20 07:09:00 In 2025, original content isn’t just preferred—it’s required. With the growing presence of AI-written articles and stricter SEO guidelines, tools that help writers detect and revise AI-generated content are more essential than ever. This is where ZeroGPT enters the scene. ZeroGPT is a lightweight, user-friendly AI detector tool that also helps with…
Michael McHale , 2025-05-20 07:32:00 IHCA calls for positions to be approved more quickly as figures provided to it show that, at the end of last year, 395 consultant posts were filled by temporary and locum staff Almost half of vacant consultant posts recorded at the end of last year had been unfilled for at…
Justin Cooper , 2025-05-19 18:44:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ” data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this…
Lizzy Lawrence , 2025-05-19 08:30:00 WASHINGTON — The Covid-19 pandemic was a turning point for Tracy Beth Høeg. Before March 2020, Høeg was a sports medicine physician focused on ultramarathon runners. Then, she rose to prominence by challenging school closures, mask mandates, and the approval of booster shots for children. Now, she’s been tapped for…
, 2025-05-20 04:10:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Clinical entrepreneurs—physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals—who understand Canada’s health care challenges first-hand could help improve the health system and grow the economy, argue two physicians in a commentary published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. “Successful Canadian-controlled private corporations developed by these entrepreneurs could fuel economic…
, 2025-05-20 03:16:00 New research reveals that even low levels of air pollution can trigger dangerous changes in blood vessels, underscoring the urgent need for clean air to protect heart health worldwide. Review: Air pollution and atherosclerosis In a recent review article published in the journal Atherosclerosis, researchers provided an overview of how air pollution…
, 2025-05-20 06:26:00 For decades, oral contraceptive options have been limited to women, while men have had only two choices: Condoms or vasectomy. That could change with the development of YCT-529, a nonhormonal male contraceptive currently in phase 2 clinical trials, which offers a novel mechanism for inhibiting the production of viable sperm. Developed by…
, 2025-05-20 04:50:00 The National Centre for Healthy Ageing, a research institute by Monash University and Peninsula Health in Australia, has developed a new AI-driven method to efficiently identify dementia in hospitals. It researched ways to uplift dementia detection in healthcare settings by combining traditional and AI-driven case identification approaches. FINDINGS Based on a media…
Stephen I. Feller , 2025-05-19 19:23:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again…
Ed Silverman , 2025-05-19 12:57:00 Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was relaxing and invigorating, because that oh-so-familiar routine of meetings, deadlines, and messages has returned. But what can you do? There is no pause button to stop the world from spinning. So this means one thing:…
, 2025-05-20 05:00:00 BoNT/Aintoxication of LAN5 cells induces massive tRF changes. (A) Experimental design: 2×106 LAN5 cells/well were intoxicated by 10,000 MsLD50/mL BoNT/A, and small RNA-seq profiles from these cells were compared to nontreated (NT) cells, revealing differences in miRNAs and tRFs. Volcano plots of DE transcriptomes (FDR < 0.05) were generated from three biological…
, 2025-05-20 03:49:00 Experts sound the alarm: abrupt US policy changes could trigger a worldwide humanitarian disaster, endanger millions of vulnerable lives, and set back decades of global health progress. USAID-funded programs by region and category, FY2023 In a recent perspective paper published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, experts elucidate the devastating potential impacts…
, 2025-05-20 03:54:00 Australia has recorded its highest number of cases of the tropical bacterial infection melioidosis, which is thought to have been triggered by major rainfall and flooding. The outbreak has placed pressure on already strained hospitals in the area. The northeastern state of Queensland has recorded an unprecedented 215 cases of melioidosis so…