New RNA therapy enhances the heart’s ability to repair itself after injury
After a heart attack, cardiologists can reopen blocked vessels and restore blood flow, but the muscle cells that died will never be replaced.
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Doctors, PAs, and Other Clinicians Unionize in Massachusetts
This is a MedPage Today story. More than 230 clinicians at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) in Massachusetts won their union election and have received certification
Here’s the Extent of the Fallout From Trump’s HHS Purge
This is a MedPage Today story. Thousands of employees of federal health agencies have been let go in a chaotic and slow-rolling Trump administration purge
2026: State Legislatures as Vectors of Health Misinformation and Anti-Science
Anti-science health legislation doesn’t just reflect misinformation; it institutionalizes it, cementing false beliefs into population-level risks. The post 2026: State Legislatures as Vectors of Health
Vitamin B2 metabolism helps cancer cells resist ferroptosis
A lack of vitamin B2 makes tumour cells more susceptible to a unique form of cell death. This was discovered by researchers at the Rudolf
FDA-approved drug fedratinib enhances communication between cellular organelles
Cells behave like cities and organelles carry out infrastructural roles: Mitochondria are powerhouses, the endoplasmic reticulum serves as a transport hub and lysosomes help with
Early prenatal shunt treatment improves outcomes for fetal megacystis
An interdisciplinary team from the University Hospitals Cologne and Bonn have conducted the first prospective study to investigate whether very early intervention in unborn children
Updated EULAR recommendations guide treatment decisions for rheumatoid arthritis
First published in 2010, the EULAR recommendations for the management of RA, the most frequent inflammatory rheumatic disease, have been relied upon by healthcare professionals
New statement released on the use and interpretation of spirometry for COPD diagnosis
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) and the Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) have published a joint statement on the use and
‘Like a trap you can’t escape’: The women who regret being mothers
From mourning the life they no longer have to feeling never-ending pressure, women tell the BBC why they regret becoming mothers.
Conductor Juanjo Mena, former Cincinnati festival head, to retire because of Alzheimer’s disease
Conductor Juanjo Mena, former principal conductor of the Cincinnati May Festival, says he will retire this year because of Alzheimer’s disease
How to check whether you have bowel cancer
What are the main symptoms and causes of bowel cancer, and how can you reduce your risk of getting it?
Flu vaccines didn’t work that well in the US, officials find
As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well
Gene mutation that aids high-altitude survival could repair myelin sheath damage
A genetic mutation that helps animals like yaks and Tibetan antelopes survive at high altitudes may hold the key to repairing nerve damage in conditions