If tighter limits on mifepristone take effect, one immediate shift would be toward misoprostol-only protocols. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/clinicians-prepare-possible-shift-misoprostol-only-care-2026a1000fit?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-05-13 19:07:00 Copyright...

Three views of the Neanderthal tooth with evidence of dental treatmentHexian Culture, Tourism and Sports Bureau, Ma’anshan A 59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth found in a Siberian cave shows signs of deliberate...

Labour turmoil threatens to overshadow NHS modernisation bill as Health Secretary Wes Streeting mulls leadership bid. Medscape News UK Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/streeting-weighs-quitting-nhs-reform-bill-unveiled-2026a1000fio?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-05-13 18:40:00...

An at-home, mail-in, finger-stick blood test detected Alzheimer’s-related biomarkers associated with cognitive performance in older adults, raising the possibility of large-scale dementia risk screening outside clinical settings. Medscape Medical News...

How concerned should the public be about the Andes hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship? In this MedPage Today webinar, Editor-in-Chief Jeremy Faust, MD, speaks with infectious...

The FDA says the increased risk of hematologic secondary primary malignancies with tazemetostat now outweighs the benefits of the drug; Ipsen pulls it from the market. Medscape Medical News Source...

Suzanne Simard and Rowan Hooper discuss the “mother tree” concept To some, forest ecologist Suzanne Simard is a pioneer in the tradition of Jane Goodall, Rachel Carson and Lynn Margulis....

The winning photograph, Handprint on Sea Turtle by Britta JaschinskiBritta Jaschinski/Environmental​ Photography Award 2026 The illegal trade in live and dead animals funds crime and political corruption and threatens biodiversity....

In the greenhouse at Kew Gardens in London, a small crowd is forming, drawn to a peculiar stench in the back. A corpse flower, the mighty Amorphophallus titanum, has bloomed...

“Visceral” ancient cave art in Lascaux, Francethipjang/Getty Images AnimateMichael BondPan Macmillan UK, Pegasus US (August) Imagine that you took an animal, tripled its lifespan, stuck the world’s knowledge in its...

A wildfire rips through the boreal forest in Manitoba, Canada, in 2025Anadolu via Getty Images The wildfires that have been raging in many places around the Arctic in recent years...

In a randomized trial, a parental support package targeting perinatal stressors significantly mitigated burnout among pregnant and postpartum physician trainees.The support package included a wearable breast pump, a smart bassinet,...

An HHS spokesperson denied claims that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has linked selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to violence and fetal harm, explored a ban on the widely...

Back in March 2020, I did an interview with a CBS affiliate in Denver. While I was asked several questions about COVID-19 and pandemics in general, the interview was very...

Alleging a "pattern of deception" in studies done more than a decade ago, the U.S. government proposed a ban on federal funding to a prominent coronavirus researcher whose recent work...

Some people who may have been exposed to a hantavirus that can transmit from human to human returned to the U.S. before the outbreak aboard a cruise ship was known....

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year -- about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data. It was the third straight annual drop, making...

An asteroid in our solar system will come close to Earth, but don’t worry, it won’t be that closeMARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images An asteroid with the potential to ruin...

An asteroid in our solar system will come close to Earth, but don’t worry, it won’t be that closeMARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images An asteroid with the potential to ruin...

Uta Frith seems remarkably cheerful and content for someone who’s spent six decades trying and failing to get to grips with her life’s obsession. “Very little has stood the test of time,” she tells me as...