Harms of enteral tube feeding
Nathan Davies, Kanthee Anantapong, Victoria Vickerstaff, Elizabeth L Sampson , 2025-05-15 12:01:00 Nathan Davies, professor1, Kanthee Anantapong, associate professor2, Victoria Vickerstaff, senior lecturer3, Elizabeth L Sampson, professor41Centre for Psychiatry and…
School dinners may encourage picky teenagers to eat better, says new study
, 2025-05-15 23:10:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Having school dinners rather than packed lunches could encourage picky-eating 13-year-olds to eat a wider variety of foods, according to a new University…
Study sheds light on why women have faster heartbeats than men
, 2025-05-15 18:04:00 For decades, doctors and researchers have puzzled over a basic heart rhythm mystery: Why do women tend to have faster heartbeats while men are more likely to…
Are Europe’s Specialist Centers the Answer to Endometriosis?
, 2025-05-15 13:15:00 Endometriosis affects roughly 190 million (10%) women and girls of reproductive age globally. Still, and despite its debilitating symptoms, it can take years to get a diagnosis.…
Medbridge Announces New AI-Powered Motion-Capture Capabilities for MSK
Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-15 22:15:00 Medbridge, a digital care company, launched new AI-powered motion-capture capabilities on Thursday through its digital musculoskeletal and movement-based medicine platform. The Bellevue, Washington-based company works…
Do all cases of acute optic neuritis require high-dose corticosteroids?
Michela Cimberle , 2025-05-15 20:20:00 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…
Federal health officials join anti-vaccine activists at MAHA event
Daniel Payne , 2025-05-15 21:49:00 The Make America Healthy Again movement is coalescing around a new effort to turn its goals into federal policy. The Trump administration is listening. The…
NHS England: MPs call for government to set out clear abolition plan
Jacqui Wise , 2025-05-15 12:21:00 MPs have criticised the lack of a clear plan for the forthcoming abolition of NHS England and the halving of staff in integrated care boards…
Can the brain be targeted to treat type 2 diabetes?
, 2025-05-15 21:22:00 Validation of AgRP neuron inactivation. Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation (2025). DOI: 10.1172/JCI189842 Successfully treating type 2 diabetes may involve focusing on brain neurons, rather than simply…
Study sheds light on public attitudes about transplant allocations
, 2025-05-15 18:46:00 Becoming an organ donor has never been easier. Registration is available online when renewing a driver's license or, for iPhone users, through an app. Still, the people who…
New Data Back Crinecerfont in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
, 2025-05-15 20:30:00 Orlando, Florida — New data add to the evidence supporting use of crinecerfont for the treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency, in both…
AbbVie’s Solid Tumor Strategy Gets a Win With Accelerated FDA Approval in Lung Cancer
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-15 19:53:00 When lung cancer advances after initial lines of therapy, the treatment options dwindle. An AbbVie drug gives patients a new choice as the first FDA-approved…
Cognixion, Blackrock Neurotech partner on brain-computer interface technology
, 2025-05-15 19:47:00 Cognixion, a developer of noninvasive brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, announced that Blackrock Neurotech, a company that makes implantable BCIs, will provide Cognixion's Axon-R wearable neural interface platform…
GOP Poised To Cut Billions in Health Benefits
, 2025-05-15 19:15:00 The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy…
Cataract surgery fear greater among patients with better vision
Justin Cooper , 2025-05-15 19:25:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
Readout LOUD podcast: Trump’s ‘most-favored nation’ plan
Elaine Chen and Adam Feuerstein , 2025-05-15 19:21:00 Adam Feuerstein is a senior writer and biotech columnist, reporting on the crossroads of drug development, business, Wall Street, and biotechnology. He…
AI, humans, and evidence: a vision of a better future, with caveats
Kamran Abbasi , 2025-05-15 13:16:00 Kamran Abbasi, editor in chiefThe BMJkabbasi{at}bmj.comAt a conference in Hong Kong last year almost every presentation enthused about the potential of artificial intelligence. The conference…
Link between ADHD and obesity might depend on where you live
, 2025-05-15 18:44:00 A person with impulsivity / ADHD is struggling with physical exercise and binge eating while living in a city. Credit: Tian Gan, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder…
Customized CRISPR gene editing therapy successfully treats infant with rare disease
, 2025-05-15 18:32:00 In a historic medical breakthrough, a child diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder has been successfully treated with a customized CRISPR gene editing therapy by a team…
No Barrett’s Survival Benefit With Regular Surveillance
, 2025-05-15 16:44:00 SAN DIEGO—Gastroenterologists have debated the best course of action for patients with Barrett’s esophagus for decades. Which is better for detecting early malignancy and preventing progression to…
Imagine Reshaping The Surgical Landscape With Autonomous Surgery
Alistar Fleming , 2025-05-15 12:59:00 At the renowned AI for Surgery lab in Baltimore, Maryland, a STAR was born. The Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) was brought to artificial life…
SpotitEarly launches in U.S. with $20.3M to detect cancer using AI and dogs
, 2025-05-15 17:30:00 SpotitEarly, a biotech startup that uses AI and dogs to detect cancer using an at-home test, announced its launch into the U.S. market with $20.3 million in…
Pain Clinic CEO Faced 20 Years for Making Patients ‘Human Pin Cushions.’ He Got 18 Months.
Brett Kelman , 2025-05-15 15:18:00 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Federal prosecutors sought a maximum prison sentence of nearly 20 years for the CEO of Pain MD, a company found to have…
‘Food does matter’ for patients with kidney disease and gout
Jill Rollet; Melanie Betz, MS, RD, CSR, FNKF, FAND , 2025-05-15 15:23:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted…
CRISPR used in landmark treatment of single patient’s genetic code
Jason Mast , 2025-05-15 17:00:00 For the first time, scientists say they have reached into the genome of a severely ill child and rewritten the unique misspelling in his DNA. …
Scarlett McNally: Fixing postgraduate training requires rebalancing funding and workload
Scarlett McNally , 2025-05-15 15:16:00 Scarlett McNally, professorEastbournescarlettmcnally{at}cantab.netFollow Scarlett on X @scarlettmcnallyNHS England is making its last call for evidence for a review on postgraduate medical education.1 There have been…
What and how you eat can increase levels of GLP-1 without drugs
, 2025-05-15 16:30:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Despite the popularity of semaglutide drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss, surveys suggest that most people still prefer to lose weight…
Study links all types of cyberbullying to PTSD in teens
, 2025-05-15 14:27:00 As concern grows over adolescent mental health, a new national study adds to the growing body of research showing that cyberbullying should be considered an adverse childhood…
Telisotuzumab Vedotin Approved for NSCLC
, 2025-05-15 14:27:00 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval to telisotuzumab vedotin-tllv (Emrelis, AbbVie) for locally advanced or metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)…
AI Won’t Save Healthcare, But It Can Help Stop Wasting Millions
Holly Urban , 2025-05-15 13:55:00 When I was in business school in 2016, I wrote a composition on Blockchain and its implications in healthcare. At the time, all the experts proclaimed confidently…
OpenAI unveils HealthBench to evaluate LLMs safety in healthcare
, 2025-05-15 15:14:00 OpenAI has announced the launch of HealthBench, a benchmark to evaluate AI models in healthcare using real-world applicability and physician judgment. "The 5,000 conversations in HealthBench simulate…
Prisons Routinely Ignore Guidelines on Dying Inmates’ End-of-Life Choices
Renuka Rayasam , 2025-05-15 09:00:00 Brian Rigsby was lying with his right wrist shackled to a hospital bed in Montgomery, Alabama, when he learned he didn’t have long to live.…
Surgeons satisfied with 27-gauge vitrector for pars plana anterior vitrectomy
Brandon D. Ayres, MD; Nancy Hemphill, ELS, FAAO; Anthony DeFino , 2025-05-15 14:30:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are…
AI use in health care sparks questions about liability
Tara Bannow , 2025-05-15 14:07:00 Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70.SAN FRANCISCO — Lurking beneath the shiny promise of artificial intelligence…
Excess deaths: Data show rise in number linked to long emergency waits
Adrian O’Dowd , 2025-05-15 13:31:00 The number of people dying prematurely after long waits in hospital emergency departments before admission rose by a fifth in England last year, an analysis…
Cyberbullying in any form can be traumatizing for kids, study reveals
, 2025-05-15 13:50:00 What mattered most was the overall amount of cyberbullying: the more often a student was targeted, the more trauma symptoms they showed. Credit: Florida Atlantic University As…
Innovative technology offers non-invasive way to observe blood clotting
, 2025-05-15 13:28:00 Researchers from the University of Tokyo have found a way to observe clotting activity in blood as it happens - without needing invasive procedures. Using a new…
Multiple Naloxone Administrations Rise in EDs
, 2025-05-15 13:18:00 TOPLINE:The proportion of emergency department (ED) patients requiring multiple naloxone administrations increased from 10.1% in 2016 to 17.4% in 2022 in the MarketScan database and from 3.0%…
Everything You Need to Know About Who Accredits Health Plans for Mental Health Parity Compliance
Luidgi Faubert , 2025-05-15 13:00:00 Mental health parity is an ethical imperative for health plans. Accreditation is an excellent way for health care leaders to ensure their organization meets parity…
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…
Mental Health and Substance Misuse Treatment Is Increasingly a Video Chat or Phone Call Away
Phillip Reese and Oona Zenda , 2025-05-15 09:00:00 More Californians are talking to their therapists through a video screen or by phone than in person, marking a profound shift in…
Air pollution exposure linked to poor outcomes in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
Isabella Hornick , 2025-05-15 11:49:00 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…
What to know about Summit Therapeutics’ upcoming trial readout
Adam Feuerstein , 2025-05-15 10:30:00 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…
Will RFK Jr really Make America Healthy Again?
Simon Williams , 2025-05-15 10:06:00 Robert F Kennedy Jr’s confirmation as secretary of health and human services has arguably been President Trump’s most controversial appointment.1 But, beyond the catchy slogan,…
Ajovy clinical trial shows little improvement over placebo in migraine and depression
, 2025-05-15 10:55:00 Credit: Marcus Aurelius from Pexels Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Teva Pharmaceuticals, in collaboration with multiple international institutions, report findings on the efficacy of fremanezumab (sold…
Newsom’s pitch as he seeks to pare down immigrant health care: ‘We have to adjust’
, 2025-05-15 10:55:00 Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday proposed that California roll back health care for immigrants without legal status, saying the state needed to cut benefits for some to…
1 in 4 US Children Live With Addicted Parents
, 2025-05-15 10:40:00 TOPLINE:Nearly 19 million US children live with at least one parent meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition; DSM-5) criteria for substance use disorder…
Professor Philip J. O’Halloran joins neurosurgery team at Blackrock Health Hermitage Clinic
Editorial Staff , 2025-05-15 09:13:00 Leading expert in Neuro-Oncology and Sports-related Brain Injury joins Blackrock Health’s Hermitage Clinic Blackrock Health has announced the appointment of leading neurosurgeon Professor Philip J.…
Newsom’s Pitch as He Seeks to Pare Down Immigrant Health Care: ‘We Have To Adjust’
Christine Mai-Duc and Vanessa G. Sánchez , 2025-05-15 09:00:00 SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday proposed that California roll back health care for immigrants without legal status, saying the…
Rheumatologist calls for more ‘nuanced’ view of safety ‘trade-offs’
Rob Volansky , 2025-05-15 09:30:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…