GPs in England expected to use specialist advice before referral under NHS target to divert a quarter of cases. Press Association Source link : https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/gps-told-route-more-referrals-through-advice-system-2026a10009mt?src=rss Author : Publish date :...

Osteoarthritis (OA) pain is currently treated with analgesics of only limited efficacy and that come with significant adverse effects when used for long periods.Pain pathways mediated by neurotrophin molecules have...

As the 2026 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) annual meeting continues in Denver, MedPage Today is offering another preview of its upcoming roundtable on new and emerging developments in atopic...

Let me tell you about two "new" patients I saw recently. One was a new patient who came to see me at the request of their newly found significant other,...

New data supported earlier findings that suggested Alzheimer's disease might be transmitted through specific medical treatments.Postmortem analysis showed extensive amyloid and tau decades after a patient was treated with cadaveric...

CHICAGO -- Blood purification using polymyxin B showed a mortality reduction signal in patients with septic shock and high endotoxin activity, researchers reported here. In the phase III Tigris trial,...

A Florida hospital has dropped its lawsuit seeking to evict a patient who refused to vacate a room for months after she was discharged because, the hospital said, she finally...

NEW ORLEANS -- For coronary artery disease patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), waiting to see if percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was also needed led to similar outcomes as...

Fifteen years after she lost her first baby to a rare and devastating birth defect, Andrea Lopez takes comfort in knowing that other Latina mothers might finally avoid the same...

She was 7 years old. She had heard about the war in Iran from an older sibling, and by the next morning she had carried that knowledge, wordlessly, into my...

A small carefully constructed and blinded clinical trial confirms that percutaneous intervention significantly relieves angina in patients with chronic total obstruction. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/tightly-blinded-trial-confirms-pci-reduces-angina-2026a10009ob?src=rss Author :...

Ten years after tailored radiotherapy (RT) for breast cancer, fewer than 3% of patients had locoregional recurrences (LRR), most during the first 5 years, a Dutch registry study showed. The...

Food prices are expected to rise later this yeardpa picture alliance/Alamy Global food prices hit their highest levels on record after the 1970s energy crisis, triggered by conflict in the...

NEW ORLEANS -- The benefit of mavacamten (Camzyos) held up in symptomatic adolescents with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the phase III SCOUT-HCM trial showed. Already available to adults, the cardiac...

NEW ORLEANS -- Revascularization treatment guided by fractional flow reserve calculated from an angiogram yielded similar outcomes as that guided by direct pressure wire measurement in randomized trials of two...

Doctors are told to raise safety concerns, but some face isolation, disciplinary action, and lasting career consequences when they do. Medscape News UK Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/raising-concerns-nhs-can-come-cost-2026a10009nn?src=rss Author : Publish...

A 17-month-old girl experienced vaginal bleeding each month for 3 months before a clinical team uncovered an unusual diagnosis. The patient was diagnosed with isolated premature menarche, "a rare and...

You’re lying on a hospital gurney, waiting for the anaesthesiologist to send you under so you can be taken into theatre and the operation can begin. Naturally, you’re nervous. But...

European regulators recommended a subcutaneous formulation for a key anti-CD38 therapy, offering clinicians and patients more flexible administration options for multiple myeloma. Medscape News Europe Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/ema-backs-new-delivery-route-anti-cd38-myeloma-drug-2026a10009nt?src=rss Author...

Reports link a mitochondrial MT-ND4 variant (m.11232T>C) to severe neurologic injury after sevoflurane in patients with Venezuelan maternal ancestry, prompting international alerts. Medscape News Global Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/anesthetic-risk-linked-venezuelan-maternal-lineage-2026a10009ni?src=rss Author...