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The secret of how cats twist in mid-air to land on their feet

Falling cats seem to twist the front half of their body firstEvolve/Photoshot/ZUMAPRESS/Alamy When falling cats turn themselves the right way ...

Is Vaginal Estrogen Safe After Endometrial Cancer?

Women who use vaginal estrogen to manage early menopause after treatment for endometrial cancer may not have an increased risk ...

Why Pediatric Readiness Matters More Than Ever

(MedPage Today) -- "We recently had a bad outcome with a child in our emergency department. We need your help ...

How Young Should Food Allergy Treatment Start?

(MedPage Today) -- PHILADELPHIA -- Should children with food allergies be able to start treatment as soon as they're diagnosed, ...

Amid Opioid Addiction Treatment, Losing Insurance Tied to Mortality Risk

(MedPage Today) -- Disenrollment from health plans was associated with an increased risk of mortality among patients who initiated medications ...

Maternal Deaths Fell in 2024 and May Have Dropped Again in 2025, CDC Data Show

(MedPage Today) -- Fewer U.S. women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional ...

Sea levels around the world are much higher than we thought

Higher sea levels put cities at risk of flooding caused by storm surges, as seen in Sri Lanka during Cyclone ...

In Spine Surgery, Blood Thinners May Hurt More Than They Help

(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- Patients undergoing surgery for degenerative lumbar spine disease did worse when they received anticoagulants ...

Top predators still prowled the seas after the biggest mass extinction

Artwork of a Hybodus shark, a predator that evolved in the late Permian and survived the mass extinctionCHRISTIAN DARKIN/SCIENCE PHOTO ...

For Nicotine Users Needing Rotator Cuff Repair, Vapes May Be Better Than Smokes

(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- Patients having rotator cuff repair surgery did best if they didn't use nicotine products ...

Ambulance Driver Probed After 5 Deaths; Bruce Campbell’s Cancer; Hospitals Upcoding?

(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. A 27-year-old ambulance driver in Italy is being ...

Her Misdiagnosed ‘Pregnancy Symptoms’ Turned Out to Be Colon Cancer

Share on PinterestWhen 36-year-old Gabby Zappia (pictured above) reported blood in her stool, her doctor attributed it to pregnancy-related hemorrhoids. ...

Patients and GPs Unite Over NHS ‘Maze’

GPs are spending up to a third of their time on paperwork, as patients and doctors warn NHS bureaucracy is ...

BMA Challenges Scotland’s Consultant Vacancy Figures

Doctors say FOI data reveal far more vacant consultant posts in NHS Scotland than official figures suggest, raising concerns over ...

Claude AI: Why are there so many internet outages?

Anthropic’s Claude chatbot recently had service troublesSamuel Boivin/NurPhoto/Shutterstock This week, AI chatbot Claude went down, leaving users unable to access ...

Does HRT Lower Osteoporosis Risk?

New research suggests early initiation of hormone replacement therapy could protect bone health. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/early-hormone-replacement-therapy-linked-lower-osteoporosis-2026a10006oo?src=rss ...

Early Neonatal Infection Linked to Cognitive Risk Later

Early-onset neonatal infection is linked to higher risks for intellectual disability and special educational needs during childhood, with meningitis carrying ...

Gut Infection Disease Care: From GP Clinics to Hospitals