Lithium in Drinking Water Linked to Reduced Cancer Risk
TOPLINE:Increased lithium exposure in drinking groundwater was associated with a reduced risk for cancer, according to findings from a US ...
Males ‘more impacted by mother smoking during pregnancy’
Ken BanksBBC Scotland, AberdeenGetty ImagesThe smoking during pregnancy study looked at data from 500,000 peopleThe sons of women who smoke ...
Doctors try to stop under-eights drinking slushies
Getty ImagesSlushies contain a sweetener called glycerol, which stops them freezing solidChildren should completely avoid "slushy" ice drinks containing glycerol, ...
NHS to offer take-at-home tablet
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThousands of NHS patients in England with multiple sclerosis (MS) will soon be offered ...
Four Charged in Death of Young Boy ‘Incinerated’ in Hyperbaric Chamber Explosion
(MedPage Today) -- Four people have been charged in the death of a 5-year-old boy who was "incinerated" inside a ...
De-Escalated Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy Shows Promise in Early TNBC
(MedPage Today) -- Use of nivolumab (Opdivo) before chemotherapy was not associated with improved pathologic complete response (pCR) rates among ...
Saturn gains 128 moons, giving it more than the other planets combined
Saturn now has a total of 274 moonsNASA/JPL/Space Science Institute A further 128 moons have been discovered orbiting Saturn, bringing ...
Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of the planets combined
Saturn now has a total of 274 moonsNASA/JPL/Space Science Institute A further 128 moons have been discovered orbiting Saturn, bringing ...
The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought
A mosaic image of asteroid Bennu composed of images collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraftNASA/Goddard/University of Arizona The asteroid Bennu is ...
Doctors Who Went on Strike for Weeks Hope to Inspire Others
(MedPage Today) -- Physicians who were part of a historic strike in Oregon that recently came to an end after ...
Hospital-at-Home Provision Included in Proposed House Funding Bill
(MedPage Today) -- As Republican House leaders finalize their stopgap funding bill, one item tucked inside is the extension of ...
NHS screening error affects more than 5,000
More than 5,000 people who should have been offered cancer or other types of routine screening did not receive invitations ...
Brain Edema, Imaging Abnormalities Reported for Alzheimer’s Drug
(MedPage Today) -- Treatment with donanemab (Kisunla) raised the risk of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) in people with early symptomatic ...
Stress and Strokes; Gene Hackman’s CVD Death; PFO Closure for the Nickel-Sensitive
(MedPage Today) -- An association between stress and cryptogenic ischemic stroke was observed in young women, but not young men, ...
Alzheimer’s Research Funds in Limbo; X Chromosome and the Brain; Stress and Stroke
(MedPage Today) -- At least $65 million slated for 14 of 35 Alzheimer's disease research centers is in limbo, with ...
NHS Urged to Prioritise Surgical Training
The NHS must take immediate action to protect and expand surgical training or risk struggling to maintain a sustainable workforce ...
Government backs paid miscarriage bereavement leave
The government has said it supports paid bereavement leave for couples who experience a miscarriage. Business Minister Justin Madders told ...
Endocrine Society’s New President-Elect; Judge Stops Compounders; New GLP-1 Benefits
(MedPage Today) -- The Endocrine Society elected Nanette Santoro, MD, of the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, ...
Once-yearly jab for HIV protection passes first trial hurdle
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesAn annual injection designed to guard against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has completed an ...
Topical JAK Inhibitor Active in Itchy Prurigo Nodularis
(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- More than 40% of patients with longstanding prurigo nodularis (PN) had significant improvement within 3 ...
