Philippa Roxby and Smitha MundasadHealth reportersGetty ImagesAll young children in the UK can now be offered protection against chickenpox for the first time on the NHS.The vaccine will be combined...

Pallab GhoshScience CorrespondentBBCListen to Pallab Ghosh read this articleLarissa Hope truly believes that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, saved her life.Back when she was 17 and starting out...

Artist’s impression of the free-floating planet lensing light from a distant sourceJ. Skowron/OGLE Nearly 10,000 light years away, a planet the size of Saturn is floating all on its own...

Changing the rules of chess can make the game more complexRichard Levine/Alamy Chess can be improved by rearranging the positions of the starting pieces to produce a more difficult or...

The incidence of kidney disease is substantially higher in patients with Down syndrome than in control individuals from the general population, a Danish cohort study finds. Medscape News UK Source...

A systematic review and meta-analysis finds that weight-loss interventions are associated with decreased psoriasis severity and improved quality of life. Medscape News UK Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/weight-loss-interventions-linked-decreased-psoriasis-2025a10010n8?src=rss Author : Publish...

Individuals with diabetes in Finland face major gaps in albuminuria screening and pharmacologic management, with those with type 1 diabetes having suboptimal glycaemic control. Medscape News UK Source link :...

Not stopping on a run when you feel the urge helps practise self-controlmiljko/Getty Images Olivia Remes is a mental health and well-being researcher at the University of Cambridge, author of...

(MedPage Today) -- Israel on Tuesday said it had suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders and CARE, from operating in the Gaza Strip for failing...

(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration announced a new demonstration program aimed at easing access to GLP-1 receptor agonists for enrollees in Medicare Part D and Medicaid plans, but experts...

Patients with metastatic breast or advanced ovarian cancer spend about 7 hours per week on cancer-related tasks, including frequent travel and waiting for care, a new study shows. Medscape Medical...

(MedPage Today) -- An imaging study suggested prescription attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs may work differently than previously thought by affecting arousal and reward, not attention networks. (Cell) Post-natal...

(MedPage Today) -- At the recent American Society of Hematology annual meeting, investigators presented updated real-world data from the multicenter REALBiTE Consortium examining outcomes, sequencing strategies, and predictors of response...

(MedPage Today) -- Higher levels of pre-existing fatigue in cancer patients correlated with greater risk of experiencing severe or worse toxic effects when receiving systemic therapy, according to pooled trial...

Quantum computers are well-matched to solve chemistry problemsMarijan Murat/dpa/Alamy Whether quantum computers can actually solve practical problems is one of the biggest unanswered questions of this growing industry – and...

Women experience worse post-stroke functional outcomes and have different recovery patterns compared to men, a new study shows. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/gender-gap-persists-post-stroke-recovery-2025a10010ta?src=rss Author : Publish date :...

Exposure to common environmental chemicals, especially in combination, is linked to an increased risk of multiple sclerosis. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/common-chemicals-tied-increased-ms-risk-2025a10010t8?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31...

A new proposal in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that the FDA should create an approval pathway for medical AI tools that parallels how physicians are trained and licensed. Medscape Medical...

(MedPage Today) -- "Is it something I ate?" For years, dermatologists have waved off that question, but new data suggest sodium may play a surprising role in inflammatory skin disease....

(MedPage Today) -- In April, medical journals received letters from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) probing whether they are "partisans in various scientific debates." This report follows up on...