Adjuvant Pertuzumab Shows OS Benefit in Breast Cancer
, 2025-05-19 13:06:00 Adding adjuvant pertuzumab to standard adjuvant chemotherapy and trastuzumab improved overall survival at 11 years of follow-up in patients with early human epidermal growth factor receptor 2…
How One Company Aims to Save Lives with Its Smartwatch
Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-19 22:12:00 Steve Muth, like many in the healthcare space, launched ZEM Life for personal reasons. ZEM Life has built a smartwatch, which it’s currently seeking FDA…
Microsoft adds Elon Musk’s Grok 3 to Azure, citing healthcare and science use cases
, 2025-05-19 20:05:00 Tech giant Microsoft announced it is adding Elon Musk's AI startup xAI's Grok 3 to its Azure platform. Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini will be available…
Los hospitales que atienden partos en zonas rurales están cada vez más lejos de las embarazadas
Arielle Zionts , 2025-05-19 20:21:00 WINNER, Dakota del Sur — Sophie Hofeldt tenía previsto hacerse los controles de embarazo y dar a luz en el hospital local, a 10 minutos…
Embedded therapist reduces burnout on critical care nursing team
Richard Gawel , 2025-05-19 21:02:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
Veteran presidential health reporter weighs in
Lawrence K. Altman , 2025-05-19 19:15:00 News of former President Biden’s aggressive and incurable prostate cancer has surprised the public (and presumably him). Based on the public record of Biden’s medical care…
Building a sustainable model for global maternal health
Ozge Tuncalp, Joshua P Vogel, Seni Kouanda, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul , 2025-05-19 14:21:00 Özge Tunçalp, executive director1, Joshua P Vogel, professor2, Seni Kouanda, professor3, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, professor41Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp,…
Specific personality traits may influence the development of insomnia
, 2025-05-19 20:27:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study conducted at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil has examined the influence of personality…
Experimental drug could offer pain relief without the side effects of opioids
, 2025-05-19 17:11:00 An experimental drug developed at Duke University School of Medicine could offer powerful pain relief without the dangerous side effects of opioids. The drug, called SBI-810, is…
Mortality, Cardiovascular Risk Elevated in Adult-Onset T1D
, 2025-05-19 13:14:00 TOPLINE:Individuals who developed type 1 diabetes (T1D) in adulthood faced a higher risk for all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) than individuals from the general…
How Smarter AI Strikes Back for Hospitals
Stephanie Baum , 2025-05-19 13:01:00 Smarter Technologies is a new automation platform developed for hospitals and health systems. It brings together three companies: revenue cycle management (RCM) services businesses Access…
Dazos raises $25M for customer relationship management platform
, 2025-05-19 18:41:00 Dazos, a company that offers a customer relationship management (CRM) platform for behavioral health organizations, has secured $25 million in Series A funding from New York-based Radian…
Neuropathy, inflammation key drivers of corneal disease
Alex Young , 2025-05-19 18:49:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
GOP focuses on Medicaid work requirements for budget savings
John Wilkerson , 2025-05-19 18:51:00 WASHINGTON — Over the weekend, House Republicans discussed squeezing additional savings from Medicaid to pay for President Trump’s tax cuts. Medicaid policy remains one of…
Assisted dying bill: MPs clash over role of doctors
Clare Dyer , 2025-05-19 14:26:00 MPs considering a bill to introduce assisted dying laws in England and Wales are at odds over whether doctors should be allowed to raise the…
Cuts to food stamps linked to rising food insecurity and declining health for millions of Americans
, 2025-05-19 18:24:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a new report, health policy experts at Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical…
Zebrafish study reveals hidden dangers of environmental toxins from tires
, 2025-05-19 17:15:00 Emerging contaminants from rubber tires N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD) and its oxidation product 6PPD-quinone (6PPDQ)-are raising new red flags for aquatic ecosystems. A recent study reveals that prolonged exposure…
Winning Strategies to Retain Private Practice GIs
, 2025-05-19 13:26:00 SAN DIEGO — With the recently updated recommendations by the US Preventive Services Task Force lowering the age for colorectal cancer screening to 45 instead of 50,…
The Influence of Digital Transformation and AI in the Future of Life Sciences
Mike King , 2025-05-19 13:11:00 Digital transformation within healthcare, especially the life sciences sector, is alive and well and currently driven by the ongoing expansion of artificial intelligence, inclusive of…
CMS solicits public feedback to help Medicare beneficiaries
, 2025-05-19 16:50:00 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC) are asking for…
Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer
Josh Friedman , 2025-05-19 15:51:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
Prime Medicine, once-buzzy biotech, announces layoffs, new CEO
Jason Mast , 2025-05-19 15:48:00 Prime Medicine, a biotech whose wild ambitions for a powerful gene editing technology sank as the biotech market slumped, announced Monday it is replacing its CEO,…
Personalised CRISPR therapy: Could it transform treatment of genetic disease?
Jacqui Wise , 2025-05-19 14:31:00 An infant with a rare genetic condition made headlines last week after successfully receiving personalised CRISPR therapy. Jacqui Wise summarises what we know so far…
New film shows the hidden impact of climate change on brain health
, 2025-05-19 16:10:00 Credit: Newcastle University A powerful new short film sheds light on the urgent need to address the impact of climate change on brain health. Produced by the…
New partnership aims to advance treatments for blood disorders and leukemia
, 2025-05-19 13:05:00 A new frontier into advancing treatments for children and adults with bone marrow failure, leukemia and other blood disorders will be achieved under a new partnership between…
How Pet Dogs Are Helping to Advance Lymphoma Breakthroughs
, 2025-05-19 13:29:00 Back in 2018, nine pet dogs suffering from various types of cancer participated in the clinical trial of an immunotherapy treatment that was developed by engineering a…
Why Agentic AI Is Not Quite Ready for Primetime in Healthcare
Isaac Park , 2025-05-19 13:59:00 Agentic AI is a hot topic across numerous industries including healthcare. Everyone seems to be buzzing about AGI, envisioning Jarvis from Iron Man where AI…
Nerandomilast reduces FVC decline, has ‘manageable’ adverse events in IPF at 52 weeks
Isabella Hornick , 2025-05-19 14:53:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
NIH grants, Regeneron, Novavax shot, HHS
Meghana Keshavan , 2025-05-19 13:46:00 Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning! Today, we…
Smartphones and children: teenage mental health is suffering
Giles W Dawnay , 2025-05-19 12:56:00 Giles W Dawnay, general practitionerHereford, UKgiles.dawnay{at}nhs.netGoodyear and colleagues argue that smartphone and social media regulation must go beyond bans.1 As a GP, I have…
Early intervention talking therapy to reduce risk of psychosis
, 2025-05-19 14:21:00 Credit: SHVETS production from Pexels Talking therapy for patients with symptoms of anxiety and depression could be key to significantly reducing the risk of them developing psychosis,…
Study explores impact of overlapping conditions on heart failure outcomes in older adults
, 2025-05-19 13:14:00 Heart failure represents one of the most significant global health challenges, affecting millions worldwide and requiring subsequent hospitalization for many patients due to complications. For older adults…
GPs to Ask New Patients About Pre-1996 Blood Transfusions
, 2025-05-19 13:48:00 New patients registering with a GP in England will be asked from next month if they had a blood transfusion before 1996. The move is part of an…
5 Companies That Offer Mobile IV Therapy With Experienced Nurses in NYC and Beyond
Luidgi Faubert , 2025-05-19 13:15:00 Mobile IV therapy is becoming popular for individuals looking for quick and effective vitamin replenishment. Selecting the right provider ensures you get the expertise and…
Rural Patients Face Tough Choices When Their Hospitals Stop Delivering Babies
Arielle Zionts , 2025-05-19 09:00:00 Arielle Zionts WINNER, S.D. — Sophie Hofeldt planned to receive prenatal care and give birth at her local hospital, 10 minutes from her house. Instead,…
Rural Patients Face Tough Choices When Their Hospitals Stop Delivering Babies
Arielle Zionts , 2025-05-19 09:00:00 Arielle Zionts WINNER, S.D. — Sophie Hofeldt planned to receive prenatal care and give birth at her local hospital, 10 minutes from her house. Instead,…
‘Preserving the liver:’ ProCure On-Demand, OrganOx team up to expand transplant access
Jennifer Byrne , 2025-05-19 11:00:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
23andMe finds a buyer: Regeneron
Matthew Herper , 2025-05-19 12:22:00 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said Monday it had entered into an agreement to buy the consumer genetics firm 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 million. The deal…
Trump nominates unconventional doctor as new surgeon general
Janice Hopkins Tanne , 2025-05-19 10:01:00 Janice Hopkins TanneNew YorkUS president Donald Trump has nominated a new surgeon general after abruptly withdrawing his first selection, Janette Nesheiwat, after questions about…
Exposure to gun violence linked to widespread psychological distress in US adults
, 2025-05-19 12:00:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Psychology research has consistently emphasized the adverse effects of enduring or witnessing violent acts, showing that exposure to different forms of violence can…
Common anti-inflammatory drugs may aid virus spread
, 2025-05-19 11:15:00 New research shows an unintended and unfortunate side effect of common drugs. They can simply help viruses spread. Drugs are supposed to help us get rid…
Fatigue Can Persist up to a Year After TIA
, 2025-05-19 11:29:00 TOPLINE:Fatigue, a common symptom immediately after a transient ischemic attack (TIA), persists up to a year after the event in 53.8% of patients, a new study showed.…
Sleep Apnea Relief in a Pill: Apnimed Drug’s Phase 3 Data Set Stage for FDA Submission
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-19 10:00:00 Standard treatment for breathing problems caused by obstructive sleep apnea is a medical device. But many people find it uncomfortable to wear the mask that…
AI-driven oral cancer clinic opened in Hong Kong
, 2025-05-19 09:26:00 The Prince Philip Dental Hospital in Hong Kong has opened a new AI-powered clinic focused on the prevention and early detection of oral cancer. The clinic was…
Trump’s DOJ Accuses Medicare Advantage Insurers of Paying ‘Kickbacks’ for Primo Customers
Julie Appleby, KFF Health News , 2025-05-19 09:00:00 When people call large insurance brokerages seeking free assistance in choosing Medicare Advantage plans, they’re often offered assurances such as this one…
Physicians’ social media habits can make platforms ‘extremely useful’ or a ‘dumpster fire’
Rob Volansky , 2025-05-19 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…
Scientists push back on research cuts — and some are winning
Elizabeth Cooney , 2025-05-19 08:30:00 Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions.The grant termination letters sting. Study after study gets spiked because…
Why are UK cardiovascular deaths in under 65s rising again?
Sophie Borland , 2025-05-19 08:41:00 Sophie BorlandHertfordshireAfter more than 20 years of steady decline, cardiovascular deaths in working age adults are increasing. Sophie Borland looks at what’s causing this trend…
Too much sitting after heart attack tied to greater chance of another event
, 2025-05-19 09:00:00 Credit: CC0 Public Domain People who sit or remain sedentary for more than 14 hours a day, on average, may have a higher risk of a cardiovascular…
New High-Risk TNBC Subgroup Identified
, 2025-05-19 09:10:00 New data support integrating tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte levels with nodal status to improve risk stratification in women with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and pathological complete response (pCR) following…