Postmenopausal Bone Gains From Exercise May Plateau
Younger women and those with normal BMI who met certain thresholds for weekly moderate-intensity physical activity experienced improved lumbar spine ...
Docs Need to Rethink How They Plan for Patient Visits
"So, what brings you here today?" This is almost always how our visits start, either on the inpatient services or ...
I’m a Travel Nurse. Every Hospital I’ve Worked in Shares a Fundamental Flaw.
Working as a travel nurse gives you a strange vantage point on American healthcare. You move through hospitals that appear ...
Make the Diagnosis: From a Bone Marrow Transplant to a Huge Rash. What’s Your Diagnosis?
Presentation A 49-year-old man with a history of acute myeloid leukemia who received an allogeneic bone marrow transplant 2 weeks ...
Youth Eating Disorder Admissions Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels
A sharp increase in the number of young people hospitalized with eating disorders immediately after the onset of the COVID-19 ...
Child’s ‘Tail-Like’ Limb Had to Be Surgically Removed
A 19-month-old girl was born with a "tail-like" appendage on her lower back that grew larger over time and made ...
What to Watch in Atopic Dermatitis Ahead of AAD 2026
As the 2026 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) annual meeting approaches, MedPage Today is offering a preview of an upcoming ...
The simple questions cracking the hard problem of consciousness
A few years ago, I took a zombie test. I had flown to Madison, Wisconsin, to visit neuroscientist Giulio Tononi ...
Not Just Vaccines: Parents Are Refusing Other Routine Preventive Care for Newborns
One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Tom Patterson, MD, saw didn't get the vitamin K shots that ...
How Secretive Traditional Circumcision Rites Are Responsible for Dozens of Deaths
The 22-year-old Lamkelo Mtyho had no known health issues when he joined his peers, wrapped in blankets and smeared in ...
Children Missing Out as Discharge Delays Rise
Hundreds of children remain in hospital in England despite being fit to leave, as gaps in community care delay discharge ...
Scotland Introduces Newborn Screening for SMA
Scotland will screen all newborns for spinal muscular atrophy via blood spot testing, aiming to enable earlier treatment before symptoms ...
Nobel-Winning Doctor Dies; ‘Buffy’ Star’s Heart Defect; Cyberattack Delays Surgeries
Note that some links may require registration or subscription J. Michael Bishop, MD, who shared a Nobel Prize for his ...
Meningitis outbreak passes peak, says health agency
"We could still see cases continuing to come in, we need to keep an eye on those, the UKHSA says. ...
Our son loved the outdoors – invisible illness means he now can’t walk or talk
Tomos is one of thousands with ME in Wales, with services described as “a desert” for those most affected. Source ...
Mysterious comet disintegration caught by telescope after lucky break
Comet K1 captured by the Hubble Space TelescopeNASA, ESA, Dennis Bodewits (AU) By a stroke of luck, we have seen ...
What Successful Doctors Do When They Stop Feeling Successful
You got the title. You checked the boxes. But what if success stops being fulfilling (or never was)? Three physicians ...
ctDNA Shows Strong Prognostic Value in TNBC: What Now?
Ultrasensitive ctDNA testing distinguishes patients with very different risks for recurrence — but it remains to be seen whether acting ...
Viral Coinfection May Predict Bacteremic Pneumonia
Patients with respiratory viral co-infection may have an increased risk of developing bacteremic Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia and 30-day mortality compared ...
Higher Mortality Risk Seen in axSpA, PsA in Real-World Study
Patients with axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis face an elevated risk for all-cause mortality compared with the general population, and ...
