Appointment of FDA critic Vinay Prasad to senior role in agency prompts departures
Mun-Keat Looi , 2025-06-24 15:16:00 Vinay Prasad—the controversial head of vaccine regulation at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—has been named FDA chief medical and scientific officer.1 Traditionally separate…
Here’s why some people suffer from motion sickness—and which remedies actually work
, 2025-06-24 16:59:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cars may be a modern phenomenon, but motion sickness is not. More than 2,000 years ago, the physician Hippocrates wrote "sailing on the…
New AI tool characterizes the diversity of individual cells within tumors
, 2025-06-24 16:31:00 A multinational team of researchers, co-led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, has developed and tested a new AI tool to better characterize the diversity of…
MHRA Approves Serplulimab for Extensive-Stage SCLC
, 2025-06-24 14:20:00 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved serplulimab (Hetronifly, Henlius) to treat adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). Serplulimab is the UK’s first…
Jeremy Griffith Reveals the Biological Cause of Emotional Turmoil
, 2025-06-24 06:57:00 In recent years mental health has become a global concern with rising rates of anxiety, depression, and emotional distress affecting individuals across all demographics. While therapeutic techniques…
From Data Silos to Integrated Care: Driving Provider Engagement
wlim , 2025-06-24 15:00:00 Too often, communication between payers and providers falls apart, and workflows become a tangled mess. But it’s more than a minor annoyance; it holds providers back…
Common pregnancy complications may signal future stroke risk
Editorial Staff , 2025-06-24 07:32:00 Common events like preterm delivery or a newborn with a low birth weight could act as early indicator for cardiovascular problems, research finds Women who…
How good are hearing test apps?
Dr Anthony Onunga , 2025-06-24 14:35:00 Monitoring our hearing health has gone mobile, but how reliable are these home hearing test software applications? Can hearing test apps really detect hearing…
Eyetelligence platform improves cataract surgery accuracy, safety
Mark Lobanoff, MD; Anthony DeFino , 2025-06-24 13:54:00 June 24, 2025 1 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles…
Readout Newsletter: Compass, Nektar, Centivax, Curevo
Meghana Keshavan , 2025-06-24 14:11:00 Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Morning! Today, we talk…
Doctors back GPs who refuse to follow “ludicrous and unsafe” hospital prescribing practices
Rebecca Coombes , 2025-06-24 11:11:00 BMA representatives have voted to support GPs who refuse to prescribe medicines for hospital patients unless the GP has been properly informed and the treatment…
Gene editing treats smooth muscle disease in preclinical model
, 2025-06-24 14:04:00 Base editing, a gene editing technique that swaps one "letter" of the genetic code for another, successfully converted aorta-derived smooth muscle cells carrying a mutation in the…
Malaria protein plays dual role in immune evasion and activation
, 2025-06-24 13:49:00 Researchers from The University of Osaka find that a protein expressed on malaria-infected red blood cells both hides it from the immune system and activates cells to…
Ethnic Disparities in Cancer Reflect Disparities in HIV Care
, 2025-06-24 12:23:00 While several cancers associated with immunosuppression are much more common in White men who have sex with men living with HIV (MSMWH) than in the male general…
PROSPER Together Founder Urges a Shift Toward Community Connection
, 2025-06-24 06:58:00 For decades, the conversation around suicide prevention has been largely dominated by clinical procedures and emergency interventions. But Dr. Kent Corso, a clinical psychologist and founder of…
How Emerging Hospital Bed Technology Can Help Patients Rest Easier And Recover Faster
Bettyann Bird , 2025-06-20 13:55:00 Hospital beds and support surfaces are at the foundation of every hospital stay experience and play a crucial role in care outcomes. Despite their necessity,…
Consulting room to let – Dublin 2
brendan , 2025-06-24 10:04:00 Spacious and airy consulting room to let in Medical Practice. Prime location in Dublin 2, situated at Leeson Street Bridge, accessible by all major transport links.…
‘We Need To Keep Fighting’: HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives as Trump Guts Funding
Amy Maxmen , 2025-06-24 09:00:00 GREENVILLE, Miss. — Cedric Sturdevant woke up with “a bit of depression” but made it to church, as he does every Sunday. In a few…
Lorundrostat lowers BP in adults with hypertension, CKD: Topline data
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Nuvalent’s targeted lung cancer drug shrinks tumors
Matthew Herper , 2025-06-24 10:32:00 The biotech firm Nuvalent said Tuesday that new data indicate its targeted drug zidesamtinib could help patients with a rare form of lung cancer that…
Resident doctors deserve a stable and equitable future in the NHS
Luke Craddock , 2025-06-24 09:46:00 Luke Craddock, foundation year 2 doctorUKThe security of a career in medicine has declined over generations while the financial burden has grown, writes Luke CraddockBeing…
Can monoclonal antibodies effectively treat malaria? Scientists say the answer is a resounding ‘yes’
, 2025-06-24 11:00:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Monoclonal antibodies provide protection against a wide range of infectious microbes, and now, in a series of elegant laboratory experiments, scientists have uncovered…
Probiotics remain potent in simple plant-based drinks
, 2025-06-24 10:44:00 In a first-of-its-kind test, scientists show that non-encapsulated probiotics can thrive in fruit and vegetable juices, staying fresh, flavorful, and functional from shelf to sip. Study: Developing Novel…
Head-to-Head Trial Finds Winner for CRSwNP With Asthma
, 2025-06-24 10:41:00 Dupilumab significantly outperformed omalizumab in reducing the size of nasal polyps and improving sense of smell in adults with severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and…
A Hospital Group Pioneers Life-Changing 3D-Printed Implants
, 2025-06-24 06:59:00 Vinmec Healthcare System, a leading private hospital group in Vietnam, is transforming bone cancer care with personalized 3D-printed implants, offering new hope to patients previously facing amputation…
The Medicaid Reckoning: Era of Fiscal and Policy Flux
Adam S. Herbst , 2025-06-23 13:27:00 Medicaid today stands at the center of one of the most complex challenges in American healthcare: how to preserve a program that is financially…
New HSE deal on seven-day working aims to address overcrowding crisis
Michael McHale , 2025-06-24 09:34:00 Agreement for extended working hours Monday-Sunday does not supersede new public-only consultants contract The HSE has reach an agreement with health trade unions around the…
Push To Move OB-GYN Exam Out of Texas Is Piece of AGs’ Broader Reproductive Rights Campaign
Annie Sciacca , 2025-06-24 09:00:00 Democratic state attorneys general led by those from California, New York, and Massachusetts are pressuring medical professional groups to defend reproductive rights, including medication abortion,…
VCU team wins APIC film festival with video about C. difficile
Stephen I. Feller , 2025-06-23 19:53:00 June 23, 2025 1 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted…
Key Medicare Advantage player pivots from artery testing to bitcoin
Casey Ross, Bob Herman, Lizzy Lawrence, and Tara Bannow , 2025-06-24 08:30:00 For most of its 18-year history, Semler Scientific marketed a single medical product that became a popular way…
Supreme Court allows US states to ban transgender care for minors
Janice Hopkins Tanne , 2025-06-20 13:31:00 Janice Hopkins TanneNew YorkThe US Supreme Court has ruled that the state of Tennessee can continue to ban transgender care for young people. Although…
Robotic system developed to treat life-threatening tension pneumothorax remotely
, 2025-06-24 08:22:00 Researcher Carolin Müller from TUM Klinikum presents a new robotic module developed for cases of tension pneumothorax. Credit: Technical University Munich Researchers at the Technical University of…
Simpler virus testing approach could reduce unnecessary PCR tests in high-risk settings
, 2025-06-24 07:05:00 The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in…
Liver Transplantation May Reduce Colorectal Neoplasia Risk
, 2025-06-24 07:58:00 TOPLINE:In patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), liver transplantation was associated with a 34% reduction in the risk for colorectal neoplasia. However,…
Dr. Klaus Rentrop Shares Acute Myocardial Infarction: Part 4
, 2025-06-24 06:59:00 Dr. Klaus Rentrop describes how three scientific errors withheld lifesaving treatments for heart attacks from patients for 30 years.In 1880, Dr Karl Weigert, a German pathologist, described…
The Overlooked Global Warming Cost We Can’t Ignore
Gary Falcetano , 2025-06-23 14:17:00 Beyond being an environmental issue, climate change is a serious threat to public health, especially for individuals with food and respiratory allergies. A recent review…
Living Without Health Insurance? We Want To Hear From You
, 2025-06-22 21:00:00 Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute our journalism for…
Mifepristone improves glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes, hypercortisolism
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GLP-1 drugs effective for type 1 diabetes in new study| STAT
Elizabeth Cooney , 2025-06-23 20:15:00 Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22.Obesity drugs were…
Addictive symptoms more important than time spent on phone in predicting suicidal thoughts in young people, study finds
Jane Feinmann , 2025-06-20 13:56:00 Children who develop addictive use of digital technology have up to twice the risk of developing suicidal behaviour within four years compared with those who…
‘Pill-on-a-thread’ could replace endoscopies for half of all patients being monitored for esophageal cancer risk
, 2025-06-23 22:30:00 Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald demonstrates the capsule sponge. Credit: StillVision Endoscopies could be replaced by far less invasive capsule sponge tests for half of all patients with Barrett's…
New study links social factors to racial disparities in weight loss surgery outcomes
, 2025-06-24 05:00:00 Weight loss surgery has long been an effective treatment for the more than 40 percent of American adults struggling with obesity. Previous studies have shown that Black…
Federal Proposals Threaten Provider Taxes
, 2025-06-24 05:31:00 Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of…
Vietnam Performs World’s First 3D-Printed Femur Transplant on Child with Cancer
, 2025-06-12 18:09:00 At just eight years old, a Vietnamese boy with bone cancer has received a 3D-printed femur — a medical first that has preserved not only his limb…
Why This Former OpenAI Exec Is Urging Health Leaders to ‘Specialize in Empathy’
Katie Adams , 2025-06-23 23:19:00 Even the fiercest proponents of AI understand the enduring importance of human connection in an increasingly technology-driven world. Zack Kass, an AI expert and former…
Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.
Paula Span , 2025-06-23 09:00:00 Paula Span Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted to receive the first…
Semaglutide benefits extend to type 1 diabetes
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Health insurers’ prior authorization promise: Will it help? | STAT
Tara Bannow and Chelsea Cirruzzo , 2025-06-23 20:50:00 Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70.WASHINGTON — Last week’s pledge from more than…
Hamish McClelland | The BMJ
Helen McClelland, Alan Kerr , 2025-06-23 07:41:00 Helen McClelland, Alan KerrHamish was brought up in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, and was educated at St Bees boarding school in Cumbria.…
Phase III trial shows gene therapy skin grafts help heal chronic wounds in blistering skin disease
, 2025-06-23 22:30:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Skin grafts genetically engineered from a patient's own cells can heal persistent wounds in people with an extremely painful dermatologic disease, a Stanford…