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(MedPage Today) -- Five patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in China have been treated with a potentially groundbreaking form ...

Brain Shunt Improves Walking in Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus

(MedPage Today) -- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting improved walking speed, gait, and balance in older adults with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus, ...

Antibody Titers After COVID Vaccination Can Help Predict Infection Risk

(MedPage Today) -- Measuring a person's immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibody titers after a COVID-19 booster vaccination could reveal who's at ...

Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension May Be Common in SSc

More than 40% of patients with systemic sclerosis and exercise intolerance have exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension, with low nailfold capillary density ...

Give Briefings a Chance, Secretary Kennedy

(MedPage Today) -- Based on my personal experience, dating back more than 40 years and spanning the administrations of 12 ...

CDC Scientists Keep Names Off Papers for Fear of Being Targeted

(MedPage Today) -- In the aftermath of the CDC shooting, staff scientists are not putting their names on papers and ...

Preservative-Free Eye Gel Matches Standard Glaucoma Care

Preservative-free bimatoprost gel is noninferior to the preserved form of the drug solution for lowering intraocular pressure in patients with ...

FDA Leader Poses ‘MAHA Moms’ Challenge

(MedPage Today) -- A top FDA official is offering her own spin on the "Pete and Bobby Challenge" on social ...

Dan Marino’s MASH Diagnosis: What to Know About ‘Silent’ Disease

(MedPage Today) -- Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino refuses to be sacked by liver disease. The former Miami Dolphins ...

FDA Warns Against Dubious Infant Monitors Claiming to Prevent Sudden Infant Death

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA warned against the use of unauthorized infant monitoring devices in an agency safety communication. The ...

Cataract Surgery May Reduce Fracture Risk

(MedPage Today) -- Cataracts increased the risk of fracture by as much as 51%, which could be substantially reduced by ...

US Neonatal Circumcision Rates Drop Despite Guidelines

A national study of newborn hospital records found that circumcision rates have gone down overall in the past decade. Medscape ...

Wild chimpanzees may get mildly intoxicated from alcoholic fruit

Two male chimpanzees eating the plum-like fruit of the evergreen Parinari excelsa tree at Taï National Park in Ivory CoastAleksey ...

RFK Jr. Pans Mental Health Care for Kids; Quicker TMS Cleared; COVID, Then Anxiety

(MedPage Today) -- Experts called Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s proposal to eliminate mental health screenings in schools a ...

Dramatic photos show bid to save the Javan slow loris

A Javan slow loris reacts while receiving treat at Ujung Kulon National ParkGarry Lotulung These photos tell an unusual rescue ...

Ian McEwan’s new novel weaves climate change into literary mystery

In What We Can Know, large swathes of the UK are underwaterWestend61/Getty Images What We Can KnowIan McEwan (Jonathan Cape (UK); ...

Three simple rules for a great post-workout meal

Carbohydrates, protein and fluids are the pillars of a post-workout meal?Cream_ph/Getty Images When it comes to exercise, I’m not someone ...

The real reason our weather is going to the dogs

Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe ...

Where’s my jetpack got to? And other sci-fi tech queries