The National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, external was set up last summer by the then-health secretary, Wes Streeting.The aim to was produce a report to drive through improvements across England...

(MedPage Today) -- When U.S. health officials meet next month to reconsider a list of controversial peptide drugs, they will hear from a new set of voices: doctors and pharmacists...

(MedPage Today) -- A large population-based cohort study in Hong Kong demonstrated that acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy was unlikely to increase the risk of autism spectrum disorder or attention...

(MedPage Today) -- Lung cancer screening criteria based on smoking duration appeared to be a better method of evaluating lung cancer risk than current guidelines that use pack-years and years...

(MedPage Today) -- Getting a COVID and flu shot on the same day was not associated with an increased risk of adverse events, according to a target trial emulation using...

(MedPage Today) -- Loss of copayment assistance for drugs to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) significantly disrupted patient care, including switching to less costly (and perhaps less effective) therapy,...

(MedPage Today) -- NEW YORK CITY -- A transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system could work as a last resort for patients with left ventricular assist device (LVAD)-associated aortic regurgitation...

England's resident doctors have voted by a narrow margin to accept a 6.6% average pay uplift and 4500 new training places. Press Association Source link : https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/englands-resident-doctors-vote-end-strike-action-2026a1000m33?src=rss Author : Publish...

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved veligrotug (Lumvoa) for the treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED), regardless of disease activity or duration, Viridian Therapeutics announced on Friday. Veligrotug is the...

(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. is heading toward the 2026-2027 respiratory virus season without a functioning Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). That is no small disruption. ACIP has guided...

(MedPage Today) -- PARIS -- Every few minutes, the mortuary owner's phone rings. Since a record-smashing heat wave started taking lives and storage space for bodies in Paris and beyond,...

A central part of a quantum computer built by the company InfleqtionInfleqtion The US government wants to get hold of a quantum computer good enough to contribute to scientific breakthroughs...

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA expanded the indications for risankizumab (Skyrizi) in plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis to include treatment of children 6 years and older, AbbVie announced. An interleukin...

Resident doctors in England have voted to accept the government's offer on pay and jobs, bringing an end to three years of strikes. The offer includes more training jobs, faster...

Even with some grants restored, researchers say the deeper damage is harder to undo — and a proposed federal rule could make nonscientific control of science permanent. Medscape Medical News...

Humans have evolved to sleep less than other primatesMichael Kirkham I am napping in a chimpanzee nest, 12 metres above the ground in Uganda’s Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve. Sleep comes easier...

Golden lion tamarins dislocate the bones of the pelvis during childbirthEdwin Giesbers / naturepl.com Childbirth can be extremely challenging for humans – but some other primates may have it even...

(MedPage Today) -- At the American Diabetes Association annual meeting, 2-year results from the SUPPRESS-EARLY trial showed that initiating tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) early in the course of type 2 diabetes...

New technology offers the ability for bed-side scans. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/how-ai-assisted-pocus-helping-nps-and-pas-make-faster-2026a1000m1m?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-06-29 15:55:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked...

(MedPage Today) -- Better cardiovascular health during pregnancy was linked to better cardiometabolic health in the subsequent 7 years, a cohort study found. Using a Life's Essential 8 framework modified...