Systemic inflammation may explain link between autoimmune disease and mental health issues
, 2025-06-24 22:30:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Living with an autoimmune disease is linked to a near doubling in the risk of persistent mental health issues, such as depression, generalized…
How a novel reaction in E. coli helps recycle plastic into paracetamol
, 2025-06-25 03:13:00 Scientists harness a new-to-nature reaction in E. coli to turn discarded plastics into life-saving medicines, charting a sustainable path for chemical manufacturing. a, A comparison of strategies…
Semaglutide Shows Benefits for PAD Across T2D Subgroups
, 2025-06-24 19:58:00 CHICAGO — Use of the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide improved walking capability in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), regardless of duration…
Dr. Chobanian’s Approach to Facial Harmony
, 2025-06-24 06:56:00 True beauty isn't about perfection—it's about proportion, alignment, and harmony. In the world of aesthetic medicine, no one understands this better than Dr. Susan Chobanian.As a board-certified…
The Hospital Word Has Become a Tale of the Haves and Have-Nots
Katie Adams , 2025-06-25 01:26:00 Health system performance has splintered into three distinct groups — leaders, strugglers and those stuck in the middle, according to Fitch Ratings’ Kevin Holloran. At…
LOL: June 24, 2025
Dr Leslie O'Looney , 2025-06-24 07:30:00 Welcome to this week’s issue of The Week in Medicine – a round-up of all the happenings in the world of Irish medicine Kudos…
Ellipsoid zone faces challenges as trial endpoint
SriniVas Sadda, MD; Anthony DeFino , 2025-06-24 18:28:00 June 24, 2025 3 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles…
Much in flux at FDA, CDER’s Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay tells staff
Lizzy Lawrence , 2025-06-24 21:39:00 WASHINGTON — Outgoing Food and Drug Administration regulator Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay acknowledged to staff that much is still in flux at the agency, weeks before she…
The deadly reality of abortion bans is unfolding in the US—like it once did in Ethiopia
Abebe Shibru, , 2025-06-24 13:31:00 Abebe Shibru,, country directorMSI Reproductive Choices Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaUS decision makers must lean on evidence to support better maternal outcomes for women—and that means…
Life-saving childhood vaccination coverage has stalled in recent decades, leaving millions of children at risk
, 2025-06-24 22:30:00 Credit: CDC from Pexels The world has made unprecedented progress in vaccinating children against life-threatening diseases since WHO established the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in 1974.…
Unhealthy teen diets reshape the brain and drive lifelong eating habits, study finds
, 2025-06-25 00:58:00 New research reveals how junk food during adolescence rewires critical brain regions, increasing the risk for poor decision-making and obesity well into adulthood. Study: Adolescent nutritional influences…
COVID’s Long Shadow
, 2025-06-24 20:17:00 John Bolecek, 41, of Richmond, Virginia, was diagnosed with long COVID in 2022 after a mild case of acute COVID. Since then he’s experienced a heavy and…
How Male Excel Makes Hormone Therapy Accessible and Effective
, 2025-06-24 06:57:00 As hormone therapy becomes more personalized and accessible through telemedicine, companies are reshaping the future of preventive healthcare for men worldwide.In the United States, less than 3%…
Why Novo Nordisk Is Dropping Its Collaboration with Hims & Hers
Marissa Plescia , 2025-06-24 23:21:00 Just a couple of months after launching a partnership with direct-to-consumer telehealth company Hims & Hers, Novo Nordisk is terminating the collaboration, the company announced…
You might be interested in…Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Dr Ray O'Connor , 2025-06-24 07:30:00 Dr Ray O’Connor takes a look at the latest clinical articles on inflammatory bowel disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a condition impacting various…
What to expect from first meeting of CDC’s new vaccine advisors
Gerard Gallagher; Caitlyn Stulpin; Stephen I. Feller; Sara Kellner , 2025-06-24 19:14:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted…
Global progress on childhood vaccinations is slowing down
Veronica Paulus , 2025-06-24 22:30:00 Childhood vaccination coverage has made leaps since 1980. But progress has significantly slowed in the last two decades. That is according to a study published…
Spanish officials investigate Novo Nordisk’s obesity awareness campaign
Aser Garcia Rada , 2025-06-24 14:46:00 Spain’s ministry of health has asked Novo Nordisk for clarification about a controversial obesity awareness campaign which may have broken the country’s law on…
Emotional demands and confrontation in person-contact roles linked to heightened type 2 diabetes risk
, 2025-06-24 22:30:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The emotional demands and confrontation inherent in person-contact roles, involving direct face-to-face or voice-to-voice interaction with external parties, are linked to a heightened…
5 takeaways from health insurers’ new pledge to improve prior authorization
, 2025-06-24 19:37:00 Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health insurers' practice of denying or delaying doctor-ordered care,…
Blood-Based KRAS Testing Fails in Ovarian Cancer
, 2025-06-24 20:33:00 Blood-based circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) testing has proven to be insufficient for detecting KRAS mutations in patients with low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC), according to a study.The…
RFK Jr Forced to Take Back His Words After Accusing Lawmaker of Accepting Millions From the Pharmaceutical Industry
, 2025-06-24 17:46:00 Heath Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was forced to walk back his words after he accused a Democratic lawmaker of accepting millions from the pharmaceutical industry, and…
Nektar’s Novel Eczema Drug Meets Trial Goals, But Differentiation From Dupixent Remains Unclear
Frank Vinluan , 2025-06-24 19:26:00 A Nektar Therapeutics drug has met the skin clearance goals of a closely watched mid-stage clinical trial in atopic dermatitis. While these preliminary results bring…
Ollie the therapy dog brings joy to young patients
Editorial Staff , 2025-06-24 07:30:00 Meet Ollie, the first four-legged team member in the Paediatric Unit at University Hospital Galway (UHG). Every Thursday after a thorough brushing and grooming, the…
Reinventing the Nursing Workforce for a Post-Pandemic World
MNB Guest , 2025-06-24 20:28:00 The pandemic really changed a lot about how we look at healthcare. Nurses in particular were front and center through it all. They handled packed…
Novo Nordisk drops Wegovy collaboration with Hims & Hers, alleges unsafe tactics
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Regeneron tries to revamp relationship between pharma, patient charities
Ed Silverman , 2025-06-24 18:26:00 In a bid to rework the controversial relationship between drugmakers and patient charities, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has announced a new program in which it will match…
Hospitals are targeted and destroyed as Israel-Iran war hits healthcare
Sally Howard , 2025-06-24 15:06:00 Eleven days of direct military conflict between Israel and Iran has severely damaged hospitals and wounded medical staff on both sides, in a region where…
Cell therapy improves overall survival of patients with colorectal cancer, study finds
, 2025-06-24 19:40:00 Credit: CC0 Public Domain Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of death from cancer in the US and the most prevalent malignant tumor worldwide.…
Stress-activated gene damages insulin-producing cells in type 2 diabetes
, 2025-06-24 19:08:00 Stress does no one - not even your insulin-producing cells - any good. Researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University have identified a gene that, when activated by metabolic…
PD-L1 Did Not Predict Immunotherapy Benefit in CC
, 2025-06-24 17:51:00 Findings of the BEATcc trial suggest PD-L1 status is not a reliable biomarker for guiding immunotherapy selection in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer, potentially simplifying…
RFK Jr Admits He ‘Did Not Fact Check’ MAHA Report Before Non-Existent Sources Were Found in the Paper
, 2025-06-24 18:40:00 Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted that he neglected to fact check his "Make America Healthy Again" report after it was revealed that several of the…
Your Guide to Outpatient Addiction Treatment: Top Choices in Sacramento and Beyond
Luidgi Faubert , 2025-06-24 14:12:00 If you or someone you love is ready to seek help for substance use, outpatient treatment can be a practical and effective choice. It allows…
New method aims to bring novel Alzheimer’s treatments to patients sooner
Michael McHale , 2025-06-24 07:31:00 Irish researchers develop mapping model that can compare results from multiple Alzheimer’s studies Irish researchers have helped develop a first-of-its-kind method for comparing research findings…
5 Takeaways From Health Insurers’ New Pledge To Improve Prior Authorization
Lauren Sausser and Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News , 2025-06-24 17:18:00 Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health…
USPSTF finalizes statement on screening for intimate partner violence
Andrew (Drew) Rhoades , 2025-06-24 16:39:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email…
CDC advisory panel changes could raise the cost of vaccines
Bob Herman , 2025-06-24 17:32:00 Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all…
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…