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October 20, 2025

High insurance and overhead costs have closed many rural labor and delivery units, creating maternity deserts. Medscape Medical News Source ...

Bereaved families call for inquiry after suicide website warnings ‘ignored’

October 20, 2025

Bereaved families are calling for a public inquiry into what they say are "repeated failures" by the UK government to ...

The Interview – Dr Vivek Murthy: loneliness is public health risk

Available for over a year‘There are real consequences to our physical and mental health’ Katty Kay speaks to Dr Vivek ...

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Scores Two Wins in HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- BERLIN -- The antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd, Enhertu) delivered impressive results in different HER2-positive early-stage ...

‘Remarkable’ Survival Outcomes in Cisplatin-Ineligible Bladder Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- BERLIN -- Patients with cisplatin-ineligible bladder cancer had huge reductions in clinical events and cancer death when ...

‘It Could Be Cheap, but It Still Could Be Poison’: What We Heard This Week

(MedPage Today) -- "It could be cheap, but it still could be poison." -- Stuart Weinerman, MD, of Northwell Health ...

OS Win for Enzalutamide in Prostate Cancer at High Risk for Biochemical Recurrence

(MedPage Today) -- BERLIN -- Combining enzalutamide (Xtandi) with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) significantly improved overall survival (OS) in patients ...

Could Thymic Health Predict Immunotherapy Outcomes?

Progression-free and overall survival outcomes in patients with cancer treated with immunotherapy could be related to thymic health. Medscape Medical ...

Adalimumab Bests Conventional Therapy For Steroid Sparing in Uveitis

(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- Adalimumab (Humira) was more effective than conventional immunosuppressive drugs at lowering or eliminating the need ...

Checkpoint Blockade Finally Breaks Through in Ovarian Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- BERLIN -- After multiple failed attempts, an immune checkpoint inhibitor has broken through and landed a significant ...

Reclaiming the Healer’s Art in Medicine

(MedPage Today) -- Recently, I was honored by the New York Celtic Medical Society with their "Healer" award -- a ...

mRNA covid vaccines spark immune response that may aid cancer survival

mRNA vaccines are increasingly showing their potential to transform medicineJOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images The mRNA covid-19 vaccines seem to ...

Ex-rugby pro goes from the first XV to making fifteens

Rugby professional Jonny Murphy was forced to retire early on medical grounds at just 30 years old - so he ...

C. Diff Deaths More Likely Among Women, Whites, and Urbanites

(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Mortality rates from Clostridioides difficile-related infections have fallen steadily since 2016, but the condition continues ...

Shingles Vaccination Tied to Drops in Cardiovascular Events, Dementia, Death

(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Having shingles boosted the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) such as vascular dementia, ...

New Drug for Rare Neuroendocrine Tumors Shows Durable Activity

October 18, 2025

(MedPage Today) -- BERLIN -- Belzutifan (Welireg) induced durable responses in advanced pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma (PPGL) in a single-arm phase ...

How Many Young Adults Used Cannabis or Alcohol to Help Sleep?

October 18, 2025