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What Happened With Bird Flu in 2025?

(MedPage Today) -- At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and ...

Is It Safe to Skip Surgery After Colorectal Polyp Removal?

New data indicate that nonoperative surveillance after removing a malignant colorectal polyp can achieve high rates of rectal and sphincter ...

Hospital flu cases drop as NHS on cold weather alert

Nick TriggleHealth correspondentGetty ImagesThe number of patients in hospital with flu has fallen in England, but NHS bosses are warning ...

Bullying Predicts Youth Trauma Across Three Nations

Severe bullying, especially when involving perceived threats, is a major predictor of posttraumatic stress symptoms in children and adolescents, a ...

Biologic Therapies in IBD: Drug Persistence Pattern Explored

Biologics remain viable options with varying persistence over 1 year in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Medscape News UK Source ...

Gargantuan black hole may be a remnant from the dawn of the universe

Primordial black holes are hypothesised to have formed shortly after the big bangShutterstock/Mohd. Afuza An unusually massive black hole in ...

Can Dual-Energy CT Replace Standard Imaging in GI Bleeding?

A retrospective single-centre study finds that a dual-energy CT protocol is non-inferior to a conventional triphasic CT protocol in diagnosing ...

Testing During Exercise Flags High Risk After Fontan Surgery

A higher pulmonary vascular resistance index during exercise, but not at rest, predicts poor clinical outcomes in adults with Fontan ...

Early, Intense Flu Across Europe as Subclade K Dominates

At least 27 of 38 countries in the WHO European Region report high or very high flu activity, indicating widespread ...

Out-of-Pocket Costs Affect Psoriatic Rx Adherence Rates

A large US claims analysis links out-of-pocket medication costs with adherence and discontinuation patterns among patients with psoriasis or psoriatic ...

Cognition Worse With Combo Therapy vs Endo Alone in BC

Chemoendocrine therapy shows a greater negative association with patient-reported cognitive decline than endocrine therapy alone in pre- and postmenopausal women ...

High-THC Cannabis Tied to Less Pain, More Adverse Events

Cannabis with high levels of tetrahydrocannabinol is associated with short-term improvement in pain vs placebo, but also increased side effects, ...

How to keep babies warm in cold weather and other winter tips

Getty ImagesBaby outside in cold weather Winter often brings the challenge of dealing with icy weather and snow.Here are some ...

Remote Care Enables Effective Weight Loss With Semaglutide

Patients with overweight/obesity receiving branded semaglutide via a nationwide telehealth platform achieve weight-loss outcomes comparable to those in the STEP ...

Recycling Program Cuts Carbon Footprint of GI Endoscopy