MD Anderson, Texas Children’s Hospital receive $150M to launch children’s cancer center
Jennifer R. Southall , 2025-05-16 17:48:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email…
Ultra-processed foods expert says he’s ‘unlikely’ to return to NIH
Lizzy Lawrence , 2025-05-16 14:35:00 WASHINGTON — Kevin Hall, a top nutrition scientist who departed from the National Institutes of Health last month, said he’s unlikely to return to the agency,…
Nearly half of women’s aid organisations working in crisis areas are at risk of closure, UN survey finds
Sally Howard , 2025-05-16 15:11:00 A survey of women’s aid organisations across 44 countries has found that 47% of those that provide crucial services in crisis contexts, including sexual and…
Expert on keeping sleeping babies safer
, 2025-05-16 18:00:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are approximately 3,500 sleep-related deaths among babies in the United States each…
Unlocking live single-cell functional insights
, 2025-05-16 17:21:00 NewsMedical and Vikram Devgan discuss how Bruker is advancing live single-cell functional analysis, helping to accelerate breakthroughs in immunology and beyond. How has single-cell research evolved over the…
Carbohydrate Quality Influences Healthy Aging in Women
, 2025-05-16 15:00:00 TOPLINE:High-quality carbohydrate and dietary fiber intake during midlife is associated with 31% and 17% higher odds of healthy aging in women, while refined carbohydrates show 13% lower…
Driving Synthetic Biology Forward Through Adoption of Technology Enabling Rapid DNA and mRNA Synthesis
Eric Esser , 2025-05-16 13:36:00 In today’s rapidly evolving scientific landscape, eliminating barriers to progress is more critical than ever. Precision medicine and targeted therapies hold great promise but are…
Patients, health professionals and lawyers call for action on negligence claim reforms
Michael McHale , 2025-05-16 07:30:00 Letter signed by 14 organisations urges Government to take the final steps needed to implement pre-action protocols A group of organisations representing patients, doctors and…
Sprinter scores $55M for home healthcare offering
, 2025-05-16 16:21:00 On-demand, in-home care company Sprinter Health secured $55 million in a Series B financing round led by General Catalyst. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health and other…
Pharmacists Stockpile Most Common Drugs on Chance of Targeted Trump Tariffs
Jackie Fortiér and Arthur Allen , 2025-05-16 09:00:00 In the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill bottles sit stacked in rows, one man’s…
Ultraprocessed foods linked to nonmotor prodromal symptoms in Parkinson’s
Robert Herpen, MA , 2025-05-16 15:41:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email…
UnitedHealth’s Optum working on Medicare Advantage AI risk score system
Bob Herman , 2025-05-16 14:39:00 Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all…
David Oliver: Public misunderstanding, myths, and misinformation can hamper good end-of-life care
David Oliver , 2025-05-16 12:01:00 David Oliver, consultant in geriatrics and acute general medicineBerkshiredavidoliver372{at}googlemail.comFollow David on X @mancunianmedicThe Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill,1 which aims to legalise medically…
Fruit fly study links Alzheimer’s proteins to widespread organ changes and sensory decline
, 2025-05-16 15:09:00 Graphical abstract. Credit: Neuron (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.04.017 While Alzheimer's disease is mostly considered a disorder of the brain, emerging evidence suggests that the condition also affects other…
Pharmacists stockpile most common drugs on chance of targeted Trump tariffs
, 2025-05-16 11:23:00 In the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill bottles sit stacked in rows, one man's defensive wall in a tariff…
Retifanlimab Wins Upfront Indication for Anal Cancer
, 2025-05-16 14:28:00 The US Food and Drug Administration has approved two new indications for the PD-1-blocking antibody, retifanlimab-dlwr (Zynyz, Incyte), both for locally recurrent or metastatic squamous cell anal…
The Affordable Care Act’s Lasting Impact On Healthcare Marketing
Sarah McLeod , 2025-05-16 13:46:00 Everything about the American healthcare system changed 15 years ago when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law. Perhaps the most significant health…
HSE and Department to analyse use of diagnostic equipment
Michael McHale , 2025-05-16 07:31:00 Review aims to assess whether equipment is being used to its maximum capacity The HSE and Department of Health are to conduct a review into…
In Bustling NYC Federal Building, HHS Offices Are Eerily Quiet
Michelle Andrews and Eliza Fawcett, Healthbeat , 2025-05-16 09:00:00 NEW YORK — On a recent visit to Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, some floors in the mammoth office building bustled…
Most adults with type 1 diabetes using inhaled insulin increase daily dose over 30 weeks
Michael Monostra , 2025-05-16 13:38:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
We’re reading about Novo CEO leaving, hospitals making drugs
Ed Silverman , 2025-05-16 13:09:00 And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, you may recall, our treasured signal…
US drug overdoses fall for the first time in five years
Luke Taylor , 2025-05-16 10:11:00 The number of overdose deaths in the US has fallen for the first time in five years in a sign that the country may be…
Placenta bandages have far more health benefits than risky placenta pills—a bioengineer explains
, 2025-05-16 12:51:00 Eating a placenta may not give you the health benefits some people want you to believe it has, but using it as a bandage might. The placenta…
Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly set to begin in May 2025
, 2025-05-16 12:18:00 The Seventy-eighth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA78) will convene from 19 to 27 May 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland, under the theme "One World for Health". …
Hospitalists Lead Charge Against HAIs
, 2025-05-16 12:08:00 It reads like the alphabet soup of healthcare: CDI, MRSA, CAUTI, and VAE. Those letters all fall under the category of hospital or healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), and…
Using RWD to Improve Clinical Trial Recruitment, Endpoints, and Inform Market Access Strategies
Stephanie Baum , 2025-05-16 11:30:00 Gaining greater insight into the patient journey from diagnosis through treatment is a priority for drug developers as they seek to produce more effective drugs.…
Irish Pharmacy Union reaches agreement on providing free HRT
Michael McHale , 2025-05-16 11:04:00 New deal will see community pharmacies receive €2,000 once-off grant on top of €5 dispensing fee per product The Minister for Health has reached an…
Even Where Abortion Is Still Legal, Many Brick-and-Mortar Clinics Are Closing
Kate Wells, Michigan Public , 2025-05-16 09:00:00 On the last day of patient care at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Marquette, Michigan, a port town on the shore of Lake…
Uplizna ‘even better’ for IgG4-related disease with GI involvement
Robert Stott , 2025-05-16 11:00:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
Ensuring equitable vaccine access during the next pandemic
Stephanie Psaki and Ashish K. Jha , 2025-05-16 08:30:00 Next week at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, 193 member countries of the World Health Organization (with the U.S. notably…
Spiralling cases of dengue in Latin America
Claudia Codeco, Celina Turchi Martelli, Patricia Brasil, Marilia Sa Carvalho , 2025-05-16 09:25:00 Claudia Codeço, senior researcher1, Celina Turchi Martelli, senior researcher2, Patricia Brasil, senior researcher3, Marilia Sá Carvalho, senior…
Plant-based proteins may help lower high blood pressure risk, research indicates
, 2025-05-16 10:23:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Eating more minimally processed plant-based proteins—such as beans, nuts and lentils—may lower the risk for high blood pressure, according to new research. The…
Optimer licensing agreements and repeat custom
, 2025-05-16 09:22:00 Aptamer Group plc, the leading developer of next-generation synthetic binders delivering innovation to the life science industry, has announced two new development contracts for Optimer binders and…
NICE Recommends Two Monoclonal Antibody Treatments
, 2025-05-16 09:54:00 Two monoclonal antibody targeted therapies have been recommended for routine NHS use in England by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).Spesolimab has been endorsed…
General Practitioner – Castleisland, Co. Kerry
brendan , 2025-05-16 08:40:00 HSE South West currently has the following opportunity: General Practitioner, General Medical Services Scheme Castleisland, Co. Kerry. (Post held under GMS Contract) SWMDS79506 The GMS…
Californians Receiving In-Home Care Fear Medicaid Cuts Will Spell End to Independent Living
Ronnie Cohen , 2025-05-16 09:00:00 OAKLAND, Calif. — With a Starbucks coffee cup in her hand and a half gallon of milk under her arm, Florence Owens let herself into…
Women with autoimmune disease face more death from heart disease than men
Scott Buzby , 2025-05-15 14:00:00 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…
The FDA must earn trust on AI in product reviews
Jennifer Goldsack , 2025-05-16 08:30:00 In an industry known for its caution, the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to rapidly deploy generative AI across all medical product review offices by the…
Polio outbreak declared in Papua New Guinea
, 2025-05-16 08:31:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea, sparking concern about the disease's spread in a country with low vaccination rates,…
Wuxi Biologics completes first commercial PPQ campaign at 15,000L production line in Hangzhou site
, 2025-05-16 04:53:00 WuXi Biologics ("WuXi Bio"), a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), announced the successful completion of the first commercial project Process Performance Qualification (PPQ)…
Med Students Prepped to Care for Patients With Disabilities?
, 2025-05-16 07:55:00 Medical school graduate Eshani Kishore never received any formal education in how to treat patients with disabilities, considered one of the largest minority groups in the nation.“If…
An illness that could save your life
Editorial Staff , 2025-05-16 06:00:00 Many people with Barrett’s Oesophagus have never heard of it and don’t know they have it but getting a diagnosis could save them from cancer…
Obesity-related heart attack deaths increased from 2007 to 2019
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STAT+: An RFK Jr. doubleheader and a very long Medicaid markup
John Wilkerson , 2025-05-15 15:08:00 You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign up here to receive it in…
Violence between parents or in the community increases risk of child punishment
, 2025-05-15 20:58:00 Credit: CC0 Public Domain Exposure to higher rates of violence in the larger social context may spill over to family violence, including caregivers' use of physical child…
Study links air pollution, urban development and lack of green spaces to asthma
, 2025-05-16 04:54:00 The combination of air pollution, dense urban development and limited green spaces increases the risk of asthma in both children and adults. This is shown by a…
Imlunestrant Benefit Holds After CDK4/6 Therapy Progression
, 2025-05-16 05:55:00 Combination therapy with imlunestrant and the CDK4/6 inhibitor abemaciclib led to a significant progression-free survival (PFS) benefit compared with imlunestrant alone in women with estrogen receptor (ER)–positive…
Isolated, combined MPFL reconstruction yielded high return-to-sports rates
Casey Tingle , 2025-05-15 14:51:00 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…
FDA commissioner: New vaccines guidance coming in weeks
Lizzy Lawrence , 2025-05-15 16:21:00 WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said the agency is planning to unveil new guidance for vaccine makers, focused primarily on Covid-19…
An overlooked cell type orchestrates brain rewiring during states of heightened attention
, 2025-05-15 21:15:00 Researchers at WashU Medicine have shown in mice that brain cells known as astrocytes are required for a signaling chemical called norepinephrine to modify brain activity, changing…