Lack of pediatric data restricts use of life-saving antibiotics
Life-saving antibiotics that could treat severe infections in babies and children aren’t accessible due to a lack of data around safety and dosage, new research
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Seven million cancers a year are preventable, says report
Scientists say there is a powerful opportunity to save lives because nearly 40% of cancers are preventable.
Pandemic Gurus: If You Can’t Defend MAHA Doctors Today, Then You Must Discard Everything They Said Regarding COVID.
Had MAHA doctors been in charge in 2020, when COVID swamped our hospitals and morgues, they would have brought the same level of malevolence and
‘You look like a man’: How Shell Rowe discovered she had cancer
The TikToker tells You, Me and the Big C podcast about her cancer journey.
UK launches plan to tackle ‘forever chemicals’ amid growing concerns
Increasing testing for PFAS is part of the UK’s first ever national plan for tackling the substances.
Appeals court overturns former UCLA gynecologist’s sex abuse conviction
A California appeals court has overturned the conviction of a former campus gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, on sex abuse charges
How conflicting MIC breakpoints distort antimicrobial resistance data
The review emphasizes that differing CLSI and EUCAST breakpoints complicate AMR tracking, calling for standardized criteria to enhance global health security.
Aging alters social preferences through distinct brain mechanisms
The loss of social connectedness as people age increases the odds of cognitive-related disorders and can worsen health outcomes in older populations. But is there
New liquid biopsy detects early cancers through epigenetic instability
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a novel liquid biopsy approach to identify early-stage cancers by measuring the random variation in
Study finds five distinct human sleep chronotypes
The familiar labels “night owl” and “early bird,” long used in sleep research, don’t fully capture the diversity of human internal clocks, a new study
Hospital to be UK’s largest robotic surgery centre
The Denise Coates Foundation has donated £12m towards robotic surgery capabilities at the hospital.
Aging brains struggle to recycle synaptic proteins
As we age, we begin to lose the connections that wire up our brains-and neuroscientists aren’t sure why.
Like a screwdriver in my face – Life with ‘the world’s most painful known medical condition’
Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare condition where something as simple as a gust of wind can cause excruciating pain.
Vitamin A, While Helpful for Measles, Is Not a Replacement for Vaccination
This is a MedPage Today story. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend vitamin A for all patients