Around 50% Diabetes Patients Face Micronutrient Deficiency
TOPLINE:Nearly half of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) experience micronutrient deficiencies, with women experiencing these deficiencies more frequently than ...
‘Obsolete’ muscle that wiggles ears actually activates while listening
Some people can wiggle their ears using ancient musclesShutterstock A “useless” muscle that allows some people to wiggle their ears ...
French Medical Council Sets Standards for Doctor-Influencers
The French National Council of the Order of Physicians (CNOM) and YouTube have joined forces to establish a charter for ...
NHS to offer ‘groundbreaking’ sickle cell gene therapy
Smitha MundasadHealth reporter, BBC NewsBBCAsiawu Imam says the therapy will make a huge differenceA gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease, ...
Poultry farmers in bird flu ‘panic’ call for UK vaccination plan
Paul KellyPaul Kelly, whose turkey business has previously been hit by bird flu, is among those calling for a vaccination ...
Key Republican Senator Raises Doubts Over RFK Jr.’s Fitness for HHS Job
(MedPage Today) -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for HHS secretary may be in jeopardy after Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD ...
Doctors, Nurses in Oregon Still on Strike
(MedPage Today) -- As the strike by nearly 5,000 healthcare workers from Providence Health in Oregon reaches the 3-week mark, ...
Online Intervention Improves Cognition
(MedPage Today) -- An online intervention targeting modifiable dementia risk factors improved cognition over 3 years, a randomized controlled trial ...
Time to Reconsider MRI to Detect Asymptomatic Brain Mets in Breast Cancer?
(MedPage Today) -- A fourth of patients with metastatic breast cancer had asymptomatic brain metastases detected within 6 months after ...
Ross Procedure Making a Comeback in Aortic Valve Disease
The Ross procedure, which can be used to treat young people with severe aortic valve disease, has seen wide swings ...
Doctors React to Grant, Aid Freezes; ‘Subscribing’ to the WHO; Public Health Oscars
(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. "I ...
Scratching an itch could help boost your immune defences
The urge to scratch an itch may have evolved for a reason, but we have struggled to pinpoint whyCavan Images/Alamy ...
Norovirus cases at more than double expected number, UKHSA says
Getty ImagesNorovirus cases in England are currently more than double the expected number for this time of year, the UK ...
RFK Jr. Wrong on Medicare, Medicaid During Senate Confirmation Hearing
(MedPage Today) -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s statements before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday revealed a concerning lack of ...
New outbreak kills nurse in Kampala
Uganda's ministry of health has confirmed a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital, Kampala, with one reported ...
I No Longer Think GLP-1s Are the Answer
(MedPage Today) -- Few medications have had such a meteoric rise as semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Zepbound), the GLP-1-based ...
Case Against Gender Care Leaker Dropped; Hospital Rooftop Death Under Investigation
(MedPage Today) -- Federal prosecutors have dropped their case against Eithan Haim, MD, who had been accused of leaking the ...
How Much Do Modern Cancer Treatments Worsen Autoimmune Disease?
(MedPage Today) -- Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies pose no special safety issues for cancer patients with comorbid autoimmune ...
Considerations on the Use of GLP-1 Drugs in Breast Cancer Patients
(MedPage Today) -- In this MedPage Today video, Neil Iyengar, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York ...
Nurse Dies in First Ebola Virus Outbreak in Uganda Since 2022, Health Ministry Says
(MedPage Today) -- A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola, a health official said Thursday, in the first recorded ...
