A major complication of transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) could be prevented using a newer percutaneous leaflet modification technique, according to registry data. Early adopters of the so-called "BATMAN" (balloon-assisted...

The CDC's temporary leader ordered two Americans to quarantine at a Nebraska hospital following their high-risk hantavirus exposures on an outbreak-hit cruise ship. Eighteen recently repatriated U.S. passengers from the...

If you're anything like me, you've been inundated recently with stories of mass shootings. On April 19, for instance, a Louisiana man entered a house in the middle of the...

Three top officials at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases were given a choice between reassignment outside the institute or resignation. This now means that eight of 10...

First responders fighting Democratic Republic of Congo's 17th Ebola outbreak say even basic supplies are scarce - from pain medicine, to motorbikes for contact tracing and... Reuters Health Information Source...

Intravascular lithotripsy was noninferior to rotational atherectomy for preparing severely calcified coronary lesions for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a head-to-head trial. On optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI), acute...

Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance marketplace could plummet by nearly 5 million people this year, shrinking the number of participants in the program by more...

A from-home rehabilitation program for intensive care unit (ICU) survivors who had been on mechanical ventilation did not improve health-related quality of life after discharge overall, but secondary outcomes suggested...

A European report says the WHO should urgently scale up climate and health action in the face of waning attention. Medscape News Europe Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/declare-climate-change-public-health-emergency-eu-experts-2026a1000gdo?src=rss Author : Publish...

The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered Colorado's largest provider of gender-affirming care for young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy despite threats that providing the...

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin urged Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday to resist an easing of rules on ⁠flavoured vapes, saying the moves were short-sighted and... Reuters Health...

Ryan Wills for New Scientist; Alamy; SPL When The Selfish Gene was published in 1976, The New York Times said it was “the kind of science writing that makes the...

The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins’s first book, was published in October 1976 and 50 years on, it is still selling, in more than 30 languages. For a science book –...

In the wake of revelations about Oliver Sacks, we reread The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Sometimes, a popular science book goes out of fashion because new...

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tapped health official and family medicine physician Stephanie Haridopolos, MD, to temporarily take on the...

Women are less likely to stay on TNF and IL-17 inhibitors compared with men, according to findings of a new study. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/women-axial-spondyloarthritis-stop-taking-biologics-earlier-2026a1000gcu?src=rss Author :...

Noninvasive analysis can help patients avoid in-hospital post-procedure monitoring. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/air-trapping-predicts-pneumothorax-after-blvr-2026a1000gco?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-05-20 13:16:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the...

A common gene pool unites GCC countries. Borders keep the data apart. Sharing it could lead to significant public health benefits. Medscape News Middle East Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/arab-gulf-has-world-class-genomics-enough-2026a1000gcn?src=rss Author...

The government says the system is "broken", with too many people signed off work with no help to return. Source link : https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy82pxlmmyno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-05-20 12:52:00...

Researchers are looking to expand the indication for this therapy to treatment-naive patients with Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease as part of a multidrug regimen. Medscape Medical News Source link...