, 2025-04-14 20:56:00 by I. Edwards Fisher-Price has recalled 253,000 baby stroller toys in the U.S. because of a choking risk, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). An additional 4,500 toys sold in Canada have also been recalled, according to a report from CBS News. The recall involves the “Brunch & Go”…
, 2025-04-15 00:42:00 Scientists have developed a fast, non-invasive blood test that can detect Parkinson’s disease before tremors begin. By measuring RNA fragments that reflect brain pathology, the test offers new hope for early diagnosis and targeted intervention. Study: Pre-symptomatic Parkinson’s disease blood test quantifying repetitive sequence motifs in transfer RNA fragments. Image Credit: Kateryna Kon /…
, 2025-04-14 13:53:00 Skin cancer patients are set to be fast-tracked into a clinical trial for a new cancer vaccine, NHS England has announced. The vaccine, called iSCIB1+, is designed to help the immune system better recognise and attack cancer cells. It is being tested in a phase 2 trial known as the SCOPE study. …
Katie Adams , 2025-04-14 23:34:00 Cofertility, a Los Angeles-based startup aimed at making family-building more equitable and accessible, closed a $7.25 million Series A funding round this month. The financing round — which brings Cofertility’s total funding to date to $16 million — was led by Next Ventures and Offline Ventures. The company launched in…
Michela Cimberle , 2025-04-14 17:55:00 April 14, 2025 5 min read 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 articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process…
Ed Silverman , 2025-04-14 17:05:00 Canadian officials have obtained a court order that requires Express Scripts to produce documents in connection with an investigation into whether the pharmacy benefits manager violated antitrust laws. The Competition Bureau is examining whether the company forced or induced Canadians to use its own pharmacies. Express Scripts operates four mail-order…
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, 2025-04-14 21:00:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A cross-sectional analysis of firearm injury-related emergency department (ED) visits found that between 2018 and 2023, there was approximately one firearm injury ED visit every 30 minutes in the 10 jurisdictions studied. The analysis also found that rates of firearm-related ED visits were often highest during evenings, weekends,…
, 2025-04-14 13:59:00 UNIGE scientists identified a brain circuit where lies the origin the social difficulties experienced by people with autism spectrum disorders. From birth, human survival depends on the ability to engage with others. This ability, which is essential for development, seems to be impaired very early on in children with autism spectrum disorders…
, 2025-04-14 14:35:00 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a prefilled syringe for self-injection of efgartigimod alfa and hyaluronidase-qvfc (Vyvgart Hytrulo, argenx) in the treatment of adults with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) who are anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody positive and adults with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). The prefilled syringe will be available as…
, 2025-04-04 08:35:00 At 41, most people are juggling careers, families, and future plans, not bracing for a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. But that’s exactly what happened to a dad from Australia, who is now spreading awareness of a little-known reality: Alzheimer’s is not just a disease of old age. Fraser was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s,…
Katie Adams , 2025-04-09 00:56:00 There is much variation across the country in terms of how far along health systems are in their AI deployment journey, with some hospitals still in cautious experimentation mode and others already scaling tools across multiple clinical and operational settings, noted Andy Crowder, chief digital officer at Advocate Health, in…
, 2025-04-14 18:05:00 The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released two memos directed to the heads of all executive branch departments and agencies establishing policies on federal AI use and purchase of AI in government. The memos, which align with an Executive Order President Donald Trump signed in January, replace former President…
Shari M. Erickson, MPH; John C. Schoen, MA; Andrew (Drew) Rhoades , 2025-04-14 18:26:00 April 14, 2025 5 min watch 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 articles are posted on . ” data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were…
Ed Silverman , 2025-04-14 20:49:00 The Trump administration disclosed it formally opened an investigation into the extent to which the importation of certain pharmaceuticals may threaten national security, a move that is a widely anticipated prelude to imposing tariffs on a potentially large number of medicines. In a Federal Register notice published on Monday, the…
Adrian O’Dowd , 2025-04-14 15:11:00 The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended a targeted twice daily drug treatment that could help around 3000 women a year with advanced breast cancer in England and Wales. In final draft guidance published on 11 April,1 NICE said it was recommending capivasertib (also called Truqap)…
, 2025-04-14 20:40:00 Graphical abstract. Credit: The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2025.01.003 Researchers have demonstrated the potential of the innovative optical genome mapping (OGM) technique for the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic management of multiple myeloma. This new study in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, details how this novel method can establish the cytogenomic…
, 2025-04-14 16:10:00 Complications during pregnancy (or adverse pregnancy outcomes), like gestational diabetes and newly developed high blood pressure, act as nature’s stress test and may uncover an individual’s risk for heart disease later in life, according to new research published in the JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology. The study…
, 2025-04-14 19:02:00 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Novo Nordisk are warning people not to use counterfeit semaglutide 1.0 mg (Ozempic injection) found in the US drug supply chain. Novo Nordisk notified the FDA on April 3, 2025 that several hundred units of the fake product had been distributed outside the company’s…
, 2025-04-07 07:04:00 A school-aged child has died from complications of measles in Texas, marking the second death in this year’s outbreak, which has sickened 481 people and hospitalized 56 since January. The unidentified victim who died of lung failure was not vaccinated and did not have any previous health conditions, health officials revealed. Measles…
Mansoor Khan , 2025-04-14 14:19:00 As we navigate through 2025, the American healthcare system stands at a critical juncture. The demographic shifts that have been gradually unfolding are now accelerating, creating challenges that will fundamentally reshape how care is delivered over the next decade. Having worked with healthcare organizations across the country, I’ve observed firsthand…
, 2025-04-14 19:03:00 Glucose monitoring specialist Dexcom announced it received FDA clearance for its G7 15 Day continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system for people 18 and older with type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes. G7 15 Day, scheduled to launch in the second half of this year, will have a 15.5-day wear time (including…
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Mun-Keat Looi , 2025-04-14 15:21:00 Kennedy claims ignorance of cuts in first TV interview In his first sit-down television interview the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, claimed that he was “not familiar” with the ongoing cuts to state and local public health programs, adding that any cuts were “mainly” related to diversity, equity,…
, 2025-04-14 18:10:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the Wesfarmers Center of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, based at The Kids Research Institute Australia, have launched an online guidance tool designed to help families and health-care providers in WA learn the best way to protect babies and young children against life-threatening respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)….
, 2025-04-14 16:32:00 Cardiovascular disease is by far the most common cause of death worldwide, and myocardial infarction is the most common acute event. For those who survive a myocardial infarction, the risk of a new heart attack is greatest in the first year after the initial event because the blood vessels are more sensitive, making…
, 2025-04-14 15:00:00 TOPLINE: CT examinations performed on 62 million patients in the United States during 2023 are projected to result in approximately 103,000 future cancer cases. Adults account for 91% of projected radiation-induced cancers despite higher per-examination risk in children. METHODOLOGY: Approximately 93 million CT examinations are performed on 62 million patients annually in…
, 2025-04-07 07:09:00 A 42-year-old mother of five from England was left paralyzed neck down after undergoing a weight loss surgery in Turkey. Doctors say she suffered extensive nerve damage due to a severe vitamin deficiency, resulting in nutritional neuropathy, a rare but serious side effect of the procedure. Danielle Peebles, decided to get gastric…
Frank Vinluan , 2025-04-14 16:38:00 Pfizer is playing catch-up in the crowded field of obesity medicines, but it hoped to compete with a daily pill alternative to currently available injectable GLP-1 products. Instead, Pfizer is stopping development of its drug, danuglipron, after a liver complication emerged in a clinical trial. The pharmaceutical giant was evaluating…
MNB Guest , 2025-04-14 16:08:00 Close to 70% of patients with traumatic brain injuries experience sleep disturbance, yet this vital recovery aspect is often neglected. Emerging medical findings still expose the complex link between brain integrity and sleep quality, making it a more relevant arena in neurotrauma management. Anybody who has ever pulled an all-nighter…
Arthur Allen , 2025-04-11 09:01:00 Los despidos del presidente Donald Trump en el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS) incluyeron a toda la oficina que establece las pautas federales de pobreza. Estas pautas determinan si decenas de millones de estadounidenses son elegibles para programas de salud como Medicaid, asistencia alimentaria, cuidado infantil y otros…
Robert Herpen, MA , 2025-04-14 15:50:00 April 14, 2025 2 min read 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 articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to…
Meghana Keshavan , 2025-04-14 14:13:00 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 discuss interesting new gene-editing data from Verve, see the NIH starting to convene advisory councils again, and more. The need-to-know this morning Third Harmonic Bio, a company that has…
Luke Taylor , 2025-04-14 13:56:00 Long queues are snaking outside pharmacies in major cities across Colombia as patients try to collect their drugs, only to be told that even basic medications are unavailable, as the country’s health system suffers as a result of growing debt and political turmoil. Clinics are also turning away patients who…
, 2025-04-14 15:01:00 Credit: University of Maine Aging can impair people’s ability to maintain their balance while walking, increasing the risk for falls and injuries. One method for improving motor skills for walking is through training or rehabilitating gait—a person’s walking pattern. With the population of Maine—the oldest in the nation—growing older, a team of…
, 2025-04-14 14:23:00 A research team at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has identified a previously unknown enzyme, SIRT2, that plays a key role in memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The study, led by Director C Justin LEE, of the IBS Center for Cognition and Sociality, provides critical insights into how astrocytes…
, 2025-04-14 14:10:00 A renewed effort to modernize and stabilize Medicare reimbursement for radiation therapy services is underway. In mid-March, members of Congress reintroduced bipartisan federal legislation that would shift Medicare reimbursement for radiation oncology services from quantity-based payments to episode-based payments and help stabilize the declining rates of reimbursement in the field. The Radiation…
, 2025-04-07 10:24:00 What if something as simple as swallowing could reveal the state of your health? Although it may seem like a simple repetitive everyday action, the number of times you swallow in just 30 seconds could serve as an early warning sign for serious conditions such as dementia, cancer, or stroke. In a…
Adva Tzuk Onn , 2025-04-14 13:05:00 As the Boomer generation ages, the prevalence of polypharmacy — patients taking multiple medications to manage chronic conditions — is surging. Nearly 40% of older adults take five or more medications, a number that has tripled in the last two decades. While polypharmacy can be necessary, it also significantly increases the…
Cara Anthony , 2025-04-14 09:00:00 Cara Anthony At a swim meet just outside St. Louis, heads turned when a team of young swimmers walked through the rec center with their parents in tow. A supportive mom kept her eye on the clock while the Makos Swim Team athletes tucked their natural curls, braids, and locs…
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Elaine Chen , 2025-04-14 11:00:00 Verve Therapeutics said initial data show that its investigational gene-editing therapy lowered cholesterol without inducing serious side effects, a positive step for the company after it paused development of an earlier treatment due to safety concerns. The early data from an ongoing Phase 1 study show that a single infusion…
Kate E Pickett, David Taylor-Robinson , 2025-04-14 09:31:00 Kate E Pickett, professor of epidemiology1, David Taylor-Robinson, professor of public health and policy2 1Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK 2University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK Correspondence to: K E Pickett kate.pickett{at}york.ac.uk Revenue could reduce funding gaps and inequalities The UK’s health and social care services are…
, 2025-04-14 11:59:00 Dot plots showing the association of PD AAO with a) statin intake, b) NSAID intake, c) adrenergic blockers intake, and d) smoking history, which were the four strongest independent predictors of AAO in the multiple regression analysis. Credit: Journal of Neurology (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s00415-025-12989-2 In a new Cedars-Sinai study of Parkinson’s disease…
, 2025-04-14 10:53:00 Healthy sleep includes multiple components, such as number of hours of sleep per night, how long it takes to fall asleep, daytime functioning and self-reported sleep satisfaction, and addressing these different dimensions of sleep may help to reduce cardiometabolic health and related risk factors, according to a new American Heart Association scientific…
, 2025-04-14 11:44:00 “Roughly 6% of all maternal deaths in the United States are due to a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy,” said Joan Briller, MD, of the University of Illinois, Chicago, in a presentation at the American College of Physicians (ACP-IM) Internal Medicine Meeting 2025. This estimate, based on data from the Centers for Disease…
, 2025-04-14 09:35:00 Thinking of switching to brown rice for its added nutrients? You may want to think again. While the bran layer does pack in more vitamins and minerals, researchers now warn that brown rice contains up to 40% more carcinogenic arsenic than white rice. In a recent study published in the journal Risk…
Luidgi Faubert , 2025-04-09 13:34:00 Medical coding is a complex yet essential part of any health care facility. The impact of inaccurate coding can directly impact revenue cycles, compliance and patient care. Fortunately, errors can be mitigated with the help of a specialized medical coding partner. These organizations possess the expertise, technology and commitment to…
Rae Ellen Bichell , 2025-04-14 09:00:00 Rae Ellen Bichell Illustration by Oona Zenda In recent years, states across the Mountain West have passed laws that limit doctors from providing transgender children with certain kinds of gender-affirming care, from prohibitions on surgery to bans on puberty blockers and hormones. Colorado families say their state was a…