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(MedPage Today) -- A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his ...

Caesaran sections overtake natural vaginal births for the first time

Getty ImagesRuth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporter More babies are being born by caesarean section in England than delivered naturally - ...

Quality of Life an Ongoing Struggle in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

(MedPage Today) -- Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) comes with a heavy quality-of-life burden that doesn't disappear after the ...

CDC Adopts Contentious Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation

(MedPage Today) -- The CDC has formally adopted a recommendation from its vaccine advisory panel to stop recommending hepatitis B ...

Trump’s Controversial Cancer Doc; Body Part Thief Sentenced; Criminalizing Medicine

(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Harvey Risch, MD, PhD, a Yale emeritus professor ...

First Twice-Yearly Biologic Approved for Severe Eosinophilic Asthma

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved depemokimab (Exdensur) as the first ultra-long-acting biologic with twice-yearly dosing approved for patients with ...

NHS Trusts Normalise Corridor Care, BMJ Finds

A BMJ investigation found that NHS trusts in England are installing utilities and assigning corridor nurses as A&E overflow care ...

AHS Updates Guideline for Treating Migraine in the ED

The new document raises IV prochlorperazine and greater occipital nerve blocks to must-offer status and states that opioids must not ...

Starmer calls doctors’ strike ‘dangerous’ as five-day walkout begins

Nick Triggle,Health correspondent,Jim Reed,Health reporterandPhilippa Roxby,Health reporterGetty ImagesPrime Minister Keir Starmer has said the latest five-day strike by doctors in ...

Doctors Call Health System’s Bluff on Noncompete Agreements

A multistate health system issued Minnesota physicians an ultimatum after a hospital merger: sign modified contracts or be fired. But ...

New Guidelines Reduce Neonatal Hypoglycaemia Admissions

Term neonatal unit admissions for hypoglycaemia reduce by one third after the implementation of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine ...

Early Blood Pressure Rise Signals Worse Stroke Outcomes

Rises in systolic BP in the first 24 hours after alteplase treatment are linked to poorer 3-month recovery, and higher ...

Emergency vs Referral Routes in Lung Cancer Care

Patients with lung cancer diagnosed via an emergency presentation have lower prediagnostic consultation and imaging rates than those diagnosed via ...

D-Dimer Alone May Miss PE in Pregnancy

Overreliance on D-dimer testing and similarity to other conditions may mean pulmonary embolism or venous thromboembolism is missed in pregnant ...

Cosmology’s Great Debate began a century ago – and is still going

Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis debated the nature of galaxies like Andromeda in 1920Bettmann/Getty Images; NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA; FM Archive/Alamy Astronomers and ...

Couples-Based Cardiac Care Improves Healthy Behaviors