Anthony Omo , 2025-05-21 10:56:00 Anthony Omo, general counsel and director of fitness to practise General Medical Council, London NW1 3JN, UK gmcpress{at}gmc-uk.org Yassaie writes that the General Medical Council (GMC) has “exploited” a narrative to justify “suspending doctors” who have engaged in climate change activism.1 I’d like to offer some clarification on this point…
, 2025-05-21 21:08:00 For patients with diffuse gliomas, tumor-related epilepsy (TRE) is not a strong prognostic factor, according to a study published in the May issue of Brain and Behavior. Yao Xiao, from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, and colleagues examined the risk factors and prognostic impact of TRE in…
, 2025-05-21 14:39:00 To effectively battle cancer, scientists must study the battlefield. Now, in a recent study published in Nature Communications, a multi-institutional research team including The University of Osaka has discovered some crucial intel: localized oxygen deficiency in the colon cancer microenvironment can promote tumor growth. Until recently, oxygen deprivation, i.e., hypoxia, was thought…
, 2025-05-21 20:43:00 The FDA may be poised to ban talc as an ingredient in the products it regulates, including foods, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The agency convened what it called an expert panel on talc on May 20, led by FDA Commissioner Martin Makary, MD, MPH, and Principal Deputy Commissioner Sara Brenner, MD, MPH. The…
MNB Guest , 2025-05-21 19:24:00 Receptionists in healthcare play a very pivotal role in ensuring a very smooth flow of patients. They handle appointment scheduling as well as insurance verification, greeting patients, and all communications. However, what has come to the forefront lately is the fact that an increasing number of practices are reassessing the…
, 2025-05-21 19:04:00 New York-based White Plains Hospital is collaborating with Layer Health, an AI-enabled chart review company, to automate reporting across multiple clinical registries and accelerate the chart review process. White Plains Hospital participates in numerous clinical registries that require resources to collect and submit patient data. According to the hospital, the current manual…
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Theresa Gaffney , 2025-05-21 19:51:00 A group of physicians and researchers working on LGBTQ+ health sued the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday over the sweeping grant terminations that have impacted medical research on queer people as part of the implementation of President Trump’s executive orders targeting transgender…
George Webster , 2025-05-21 13:46:00 George Webster, editorial scholar 2024-25 The BMJ In this episode of Sharp Scratch, the panel got together to chat with TikTok sensation and A&E doctor Maddy Lucy Dann. The panel, made up of current editorial scholar George Webster, and previous editorial scholar Nikki Nabavi, … Source link
, 2025-05-21 19:40:00 Credit: Anna Shvets from Pexels A new study finds that CivicaScript, a not-for-profit drug manufacturer in the US, can reliably supply essential generic medicines at a price that saves patients over 60%, and public and private insurers over 90%, demonstrating the potential of the nonprofit health care utility (HCU) model to deliver…
, 2025-05-21 16:23:00 Scientists and medics have developed an ultra-rapid method of genetically diagnosing brain tumors that will cut the time it takes to classify them from 6-8 weeks, to as little as two hours – which could improve care for thousands of patients each year in the UK. The groundbreaking method, which is detailed…
, 2025-05-21 19:08:00 Genetic fragments of the West Nile virus (WNV) have been detected in mosquitoes in the UK for the first time during a national surveillance programme. The virus was identified in two samples of the Aedes vexans species of mosquito collected in July 2023 from wetlands on the River Idle near Gamston in…
, 2025-05-21 17:13:00 A Democratic lawmaker challenged Republicans on Capitol Hill over a provision in their sweeping budget bill that repeals the federal excise tax on indoor tanning services. When asked to read the line item during a public hearing Tuesday, Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) refused. You can’t make this up. Republicans snuck a…
MNB Guest , 2025-05-21 16:07:00 Should you be iron deficient or have iron deficiency anemia, your physician can give intravenous (IV) iron therapy to you and especially where oral therapy is impossible or unproductive. As much as having the convenience of intravenous iron infused can somewhat alarm you initially, it is absolutely safe, comfortable, and…
, 2025-05-21 16:53:00 Google announced the launch of MedGemma, which the company says contains the most capable open models that help developers build healthcare-based AI applications to examine medical images, generate medical image reports, triage patients and answer questions about medical images. The open models, which users can fine-tune, come in two variants: a 4B…
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Jonathan Wosen , 2025-05-21 17:25:00 Messenger RNA vaccines fueled the response to the worst pandemic the world has faced in a century and led to a Nobel Prize. This week, they’re set to face intense scrutiny from critics doubtful of the safety and efficacy of these shots. On Wednesday, a subcommittee of the Senate Homeland…
Adrian O’Dowd , 2025-05-21 14:41:00 Disillusion and a lack of enthusiasm among medical students in Northern Ireland has “worrying implications” for its health service, the BMA has warned. The association said that students it had heard from believed that doctors were no longer valued or respected for their work and that clinicians were underpaid when…
, 2025-05-21 17:17:00 Graphical abstract. Credit: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2025.03.018 A collaborative team of researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a highly effective method for treating patients with monogenic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a more severe form of the illness usually affecting younger…
, 2025-05-21 16:46:00 High birth weight is the main risk factor for birth injuries to the anal sphincter muscles of the person giving birth, according to a study at the University of Gothenburg. This new method for predicting the risks could improve care and reduce injuries. Five percent of women giving birth to their first…
, 2025-05-21 15:00:00 TOPLINE: In 2021, skin cancer affected millions of older adults globally. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) had the highest incidence, while squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) accounted for the greatest disability burden, and men and high sociodemographic index (SDI) countries, especially in Australasia and North America, bore a disproportionate share of cases and deaths….
, 2025-05-21 16:16:00 An Arizona pastor has been indicted alongside 16 others in a sweeping Medicaid fraud case, accused of helping funnel millions in state healthcare funds through fake rehab claims and laundering the proceeds through his church, state officials announced. A grand jury indicted 17 individuals and two organizations, including Hope of Life International…
Jeremy Friese , 2025-05-21 13:13:00 Prior authorization has been around for a long time. Initially designed in the 1960s as a mechanism to control costs and ensure the appropriate use of medical resources, the goal has (in theory) been to prevent unnecessary procedures and curb wasteful spending. But the reality is that prior authorization has…
Contributor , 2025-05-21 14:04:00 Our colleagues are struggling daily with the collapse of the healthcare system, the destruction of hospitals and the death of their fellow healthcare workers Dear Colleague: As a group of doctors, graduated from NUI Galway, we would like to express our deep concern with regard to the ever worsening humanitarian crisis…
, 2025-05-21 15:42:00 AI-backed imaging and care coordination company Viz.ai is partnering with biotechnology company Regeneron and biopharmaceutical company Sanofi to deploy and study an AI-enabled workflow tool for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Viz.ai offers a care coordination platform with more than 50 FDA-cleared algorithms that help analyze medical imaging data to provide insights…
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Brittany Trang , 2025-05-21 14:25:00 You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Wednesday. We have a lot of new readers this week! Welcome — it was so great to meet many of you…
Janice Hopkins Tanne , 2025-05-21 11:36:00 Janice Hopkins Tanne New York A bombing outside a Californian fertility clinic injured four people and caused major damage to the clinic and nearby buildings on 17 May. It also killed the perpetrator.12 The clinic in Palm Springs, 100 miles east of Los Angeles, provided fertility treatments such as…
, 2025-05-21 14:33:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Too many children around the world are still malnourished and too few countries are on track to address the problem that has a life-long impact on a person. Public health experts from the University of Adelaide have evaluated the impact of food interventions for infants and children in…
, 2025-05-21 14:18:00 New research in rats indicates that a Mediterranean plant may be an effective treatment for ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease. The findings are published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. Various antioxidant and anti-inflammatory medications are used to treat ulcerative colitis, but they can cause…
, 2025-05-21 13:24:00 Out-of-pocket costs are silent barriers to healthcare, said João Vasco Santos, MD, PhD, president of the Public Health Economics Section at the European Public Health Association. “They result in financial hardship and unmet health needs in every European country, disproportionately affecting various groups, particularly those experiencing social vulnerability. These costs delay treatment,…
Andrea Greco , 2025-05-21 13:49:00 America’s healthcare system is in the midst of major shifts. From proposed cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, to recent restructuring within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), change is constant. These developments reflect a system under stress — and one in which consistency in care is more critical…
Michael McHale , 2025-05-21 11:53:00 IPHA publication found that average time to recruit first patient onto trials reduced significantly last year There was a 34 per cent increase in the number of pharma-sponsored clinical trials started in Ireland in 2024 compared to 2023 (43 vs 32 respectively), while the average time to recruit the first…
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Kaley Parchinski , 2025-05-21 08:30:00 This month I became the first physician in my family. Well, actually, I might have a third cousin somewhere in Michigan who is a psychiatrist. Regardless, I am the first physician in my family that we keep regular contact with. An accomplishment, if I may be so bold. My mother…
Jay B Lusk , 2025-05-20 12:11:00 Jay B Lusk, preventive medicine resident University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA As people live longer with dementia, we must balance the benefits and harms of medical interventions to meet unique individual needs, writes Jay B Lusk Much attention has been paid to the…
, 2025-05-21 11:20:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain During his first administration, President Donald Trump’s top health officials gave North Carolina permission to use Medicaid money for social services not traditionally covered by health insurance. It was a first-in-the-nation experiment to funnel health care money into housing, nutrition, and other social services. Some poor and disabled…
, 2025-05-21 10:47:00 When Page Campbell’s doctor recommended she try an injectable prescription drug called Wegovy to lose weight before scheduling bariatric surgery, she readily agreed. “I’ve struggled with my weight for so long,” said Campbell, 40, a single mother of two. “I’m not opposed to trying anything.” In early April, about four…
, 2025-05-21 11:50:00 MANCHESTER, England — The latest guidelines on systemic sclerosis (SSc), axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) from the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) have been updated and, where appropriate, now consider the full life course of these rheumatologic diseases, experts said at BSR 2025 Annual Meeting. BSR Clinical Guidelines Program…
Lauren Sausser , 2025-05-21 09:00:00 CHARLESTON, S.C. — When Page Campbell’s doctor recommended she try an injectable prescription drug called Wegovy to lose weight before scheduling bariatric surgery, she readily agreed. “I’ve struggled with my weight for so long,” said Campbell, 40, a single mother of two. “I’m not opposed to trying anything.” In early…
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Isabella Cueto , 2025-05-21 08:30:00 WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cites a lofty goal as health secretary: “to reverse the chronic disease epidemic in America.” It’s a goal he shares with Americans of all stripes, who have watched the burden of death and disability rise from obesity, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses. To…
Adrian O’Dowd , 2025-05-21 08:36:00 The overall health of adolescents worldwide is at risk of worsening in the coming years despite some improvements in the past decade, an international report has concluded. The Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing warned that the health of adolescents (described as being aged 10-24 years) is in a…
, 2025-05-21 10:15:00 Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels A majority of U.S. workers (54%) said job insecurity has had a significant impact on their stress levels at work, and more than a third (39%) said they are concerned they may lose their job in the next 12 months due to changes in government policies, according…
, 2025-05-21 09:29:00 In this interview, NewsMedical speaks with Quanterix about blood spot testing for neurological applications. Please could you introduce yourself and tell me a little about your role at Quanterix? My career journey has included three phases: An education in chemistry, biochemistry, and structural biology 15 years of development of biopharmaceutical characterization and…
, 2025-05-21 09:56:00 ORLANDO, Fla. — After 2 years of treatment with the parathyroid hormone (PTH) analog palopegteriparatide (Yorvipath), adults with chronic hypoparathyroidism demonstrated continued improvement in renal function and skeletal dynamics, with no new safety issues identified. In hypoparathyroidism, low levels of PTH lead to hypocalcemia, hypercalciuria, and kidney damage, as well as reduced…
Aneri Pattani , 2025-05-21 09:00:00 Since President Donald Trump released his 2026 budget blueprint in early May, calling for $163 billion in federal spending cuts, much of the attention has focused on his slashing of foreign aid and boosting of border security. But the proposal also holds important clues — amid some mixed messages —…
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Elizabeth Cooney , 2025-05-21 09:00:00 In what researchers hope could be a case of 1 + 1 = 3, new research suggests that combining a model to predict 10-year cardiovascular risk with an imaging test of coronary arteries could be better than either method alone at identifying people in danger of their first heart attack….
, 2025-05-21 08:56:00 Credit: CC0 Public Domain Approval of recreational and medical cannabis laws in most U.S. states has allowed individuals to legally obtain cannabis to treat certain medical ailments that had typically been treated with prescription drugs. New research in Health Economics reveals the impact that cannabis laws have had on such traditional prescriptions….