Six Evidence-Based Apps Every Medical Student Should Know
, 2025-05-13 08:15:00 When Ashwin Chetty first started his clinical rotation in pediatric surgery, he would often rely on ChatGPT and the app OpenEvidence, which is designed to help healthcare…
This Simple Body Measure In Kids May Predict Heart Disease Risk By Age 10
, 2025-05-13 07:37:00 With childhood obesity on the rise, researchers are digging deeper into how early excess weight shapes long-term health. A recent study suggests it is not just how…
National Arts in Nursing Homes Day 2025
Editorial Staff , 2025-05-13 07:30:00 Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) and Age & Opportunity are partnering once again this year to celebrate National Arts in Nursing Homes Day, taking place on…
GLP-1s tied to lower alcohol intake for adults with overweight, obesity
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Covid booster guidance, ADHD and psychosis
Theresa Gaffney , 2025-05-12 12:51:00 Good morning. What are the best ice cream shoppes in San Francisco? Brittany Trang asked for recommendations recently in AI Prognosis in advance of this…
Sunil Krishnalal Pandya
Sanjay Pai , 2025-05-09 13:00:00 bmj;389/may09_7/r927/FAF1faSunil Pandya was born and spent almost his entire life in Bombay (now Mumbai). He joined Grant Medical College in 1957, graduating in 1961. He…
New study warns against unsupervised nutritional interventions
, 2025-05-12 20:55:00 Schematic representation of the biological functions of vitamins and minerals and their primary dietary sources. Credit: Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy (2025). DOI: 10.1080/14737140.2025.2501077 A new study…
Supportive workplace environments encourage employees to speak up about mental health
, 2025-05-13 02:47:00 A Simon Fraser University new study is challenging a commonly held misconception that there's little organizations can do to encourage employees to disclose mental health concerns. World…
RA Remission Rates Vary in England and Wales
, 2025-05-12 12:00:00 TOPLINE:Although remission rates of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remained stable between 2018 and 2024 in England and Wales, regional differences were noted. Factors influencing the…
UPMC Enterprises, Redesign Health Launch New Startup for Chronic Pain Patients
Katie Adams , 2025-05-12 12:58:00 UPMC Enterprises and Redesign Health launched a new startup on Monday that seeks to improve chronic pain management. The startup, named Glimmer Health, is partnering…
Hypoxemia in REM sleep, cerebrovascular changes linked to memory issues in older adults
Robert Herpen, MA , 2025-05-12 18:00:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email…
Most-favored nations policy, Lux Capital, Covid shot
STAT Staff , 2025-05-12 13:25:00 Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Today, we examine the…
John Grayson Grounds
Michael Grounds , 2025-05-09 13:01:00 bmj;389/may09_8/r907/FAF1faJohn was born in London, then moved to Sheffield and North Wales, where he attended Penygroes Secondary School. He qualified from St Andrew’s in 1947…
When doctors dismiss symptoms, patients can suffer lasting harm
, 2025-05-12 20:57:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A review by Rutgers Health researchers reveals the psychological damage and health care avoidance that may occur when doctors dismiss, minimize or ignore…
Early cardiovascular benefits of semaglutide seen within months in SELECT trial
, 2025-05-13 02:51:00 Semaglutide can rapidly reduce heart attacks and other serious cardiovascular complications in adults with overweight or obesity who have pre-existing cardiovascular disease but not diabetes, according to…
More US Patients Choose Talk Therapy Over Psychotropics
, 2025-05-12 12:09:00 TOPLINE:Use of psychotherapy without medications increased among US outpatients between 2018 and 2021, while psychotropic medication–only treatment declined, new research showed. In addition, social workers and counselors…
Omada Health Files to Go Public: Will It Be Successful?
Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-13 00:12:00 After years of limited activity, the digital health sector is finally showing signs of life in the public markets. Only a few companies have filed…
Myopia progression ‘comes to a crawl’ around age 13 in diverse cohort
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Trump’s drug-pricing order takes a hard line against pharma. Investors shrugged
Elaine Chen , 2025-05-12 17:29:00 President Trump on Monday unveiled his plan to dramatically overhaul the way the U.S. pays for drugs by lowering what he calls “inflated” prices to…
Climate emergency: Tony Blair Institute sparks row with call to rethink net zero strategy
Dominic Murphy , 2025-05-09 14:05:00 The row over climate emergency policies has intensified after a report from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) called for a radical reset…
Measles virus detected in Houston wastewater before cases were reported
, 2025-05-12 21:10:00 An electron micrograph of the measles virus. Credit: CDC/ Courtesy of Cynthia S. Goldsmith An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the…
Online obesity clinic achieves clinical trial-level weight loss with lower semaglutide doses
, 2025-05-13 02:55:00 New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) has found that patients of an online obesity clinic achieved similar weight loss to…
Omitting Neck RT Safe in Some Patients
, 2025-05-12 12:10:00 TOPLINE:In patients with early-stage oral cavity carcinoma and a low risk for regional recurrence, omitting elective neck irradiation during postoperative radiotherapy was associated with low rates of…
Barriers and Pathways to Healthtech Adoption in Clinical Practice
Yegor Tsynkevich , 2025-05-13 01:12:00 For many healthtech innovators the real adoption challenge is not always in proving the clinical value of their product. It is overcoming structural barriers that…
Trump signs executive order meant to bring down drug prices
Stephen I. Feller , 2025-05-12 18:46:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email…
‘Astonishing.’ Partner of Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes launches startup
Casey Ross and Jonathan Wosen , 2025-05-12 19:53:00 She is serving an 11-year prison sentence for misleading investors and is barred from participating in federal health programs for 90 years.…
Palliative care commission: recognising and supporting unpaid carers
Morag C Farquhar , 2025-05-12 10:26:00 Higginson and Ramjeeawon’s commentary rightly raises concerns about the likely outcomes of current debates and challenges of palliative and end-of-life care provision in the…
To increase childhood vaccine uptake, researchers look to dental visits
, 2025-05-12 21:14:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal data showed declining rates of childhood vaccinations as more and more people were avoiding…
Study shows cardiovascular benefits of GLP-1RAs in patients following bariatric surgery
, 2025-05-13 01:28:00 Medications like semaglutide and liraglutide may help to reduce the risk for heart attacks, strokes, and other major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) as well as death in…
AUA Meet Shines Spotlight on Vapor Tx for Enlarged Prostate
, 2025-05-12 12:14:00 LAS VEGAS — Since its approval by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2015, transurethral water-vapor therapy has been gaining traction as an in-office procedure for…
Trump Strategy to Rein In Drug Prices Revives ‘Most Favored Nation’ Plan of His First Term
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-13 00:30:00 President Trump’s latest strategy to tackle high drug prices aims to tie the price of U.S. prescription medicines to the prices paid for the same…
Clinical Trials at the Summit explores new data in vitreoretinal diseases
Anthony DeFino; Arshad Khanani, MD, MA, FASRS , 2025-05-12 19:40:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on …
Federal court reopens question of who owns key CRISPR patents
Megan Molteni , 2025-05-12 23:51:00 Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science…
Reducing smoking in pregnancy in England—a public health success story
Caitlin Notley, Linda Bauld, Hazel Cheeseman, John Waldron , 2025-05-12 23:05:00 In recent years rates of smoking in pregnancy in England have declined, from 11.7% of pregnant women in 2014/15,…
Study finds no increased risk of gynecological cancer with testosterone use after five years
, 2025-05-12 22:30:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Transmasculine and gender-diverse individuals who use testosterone are not at increased risk of gynecological cancer in the first years of hormone therapy. This…
Chokeberry juice reduces blood vessel resistance in people with pre-diabetes
, 2025-05-12 23:27:00 Drinking a chokeberry-rich juice daily may improve blood vessel function and prevent muscle loss during high-intensity training, offering a potential dietary strategy for people with pre-diabetes. Study:…
Semaglutide Therapy Improves Liver Histology in MASH
, 2025-05-12 12:47:00 Adult patients with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and moderate or advanced liver fibrosis showed improved liver histology with a once-weekly dose of semaglutide (Wegovy), an ongoing randomized…
Trump Revives ‘Mental Decline’ Concerns After Attempting to Leave Oval Office Before Signing Executive Order: ‘Is He OK?’
, 2025-05-12 20:05:00 President Donald Trump reignited concerns about a possible "mental decline" after attempting to leave the Oval Office without signing an executive order.Following a joint press conference with…
How AI, Analytics, and Collaboration Can Solve Specialty Drug Spending Challenges
Stephanie Baum , 2025-05-12 14:30:00 Health plans and pharmacy benefit managers face myriad challenges as they try to manage specialty drug spend. To address issues such as rising drug prices,…
General Practitioner Positions x 3
brendan , 2025-05-09 13:15:00 HSE West and North West currently has the following opportunities: General Practitioner Positions x 3 General Practitioner, Williamstown, Co. Galway GMS Panel Size: Approximately 530 Ref…
Omada Health files to go public
, 2025-05-12 17:41:00 Chronic care management company Omada Health on Friday filed an S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public, making it the second digital…
Registered dietitian, nutritionist will answer your questions on health trends, goals
Stacey L. Adams , 2025-05-12 20:27:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email…
Burning questions remain on Trump drug price executive order
Daniel Payne and Ed Silverman , 2025-05-12 20:51:00 WASHINGTON — President Trump’s executive order to lower drug prices through sweeping, cross-agency action left leaders in the pharmaceutical industry scrambling Monday…
GPs reject call for patient records to include biological sex, pronouns, and reassignment details
Adrian O’Dowd , 2025-05-12 11:21:00 GPs have backed away from a controversial proposal over how to offer transgender patients the most appropriate options for care and treatment while also maintaining…
Multitarget stool DNA tests cost more than FIT for early colorectal cancer detection, study finds
, 2025-05-12 21:00:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A brief research report compared screening costs per early-detected colorectal cancer (CRC) case among fecal immunochemical tests (FIT), multitarget stool DNA tests (MSDT)…
Researchers uncover how Entamoeba histolytica evades the immune system
, 2025-05-12 18:20:00 The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this wily, shape-shifting amoeba causes nothing worse than diarrhea. But sometimes it triggers severe,…
UK Government to Criminalise Misuse of ‘Nurse’ Title
, 2025-05-12 18:14:00 Anyone who describes themselves professionally as a nurse without the relevant qualifications and registration will be committing a crime under planned government measures.The Department of Health and…
Details From Head-to-Head Phase 3 Test Give Fuller Picture of Zepbound’s Edge Over Wegovy
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-12 17:50:00 Eli Lilly already posted preliminary data showing its obesity drug, Zepbound topped Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy on measures of weight loss in a head-to-head clinical trial.…
General Practitioner Positions x 3
brendan , 2025-05-09 13:43:00 HSE West and North West currently has the following opportunities: General Practitioner Positions x 3 General Practitioner, Achill, Co. Mayo GMS Panel Size: Approximately 480 Ref…
NIH program aims to reduce the use of animals in research using technology
, 2025-05-12 19:02:00 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it is embracing a new program aimed at expanding innovative, human-based science to decrease the use of animals in research. …