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Healthgrades Announces Top Hospitals for Specialty Care, Outpatient Procedures
Healthgrades, a physician rating platform with millions of patient reviews, released its annual rankings of top-performing hospitals across specialty …
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: The Good and the Hard of Life on GLP-1s
# GLP-1 Medications: Weighing Real Benefits Against Daily Realities Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, or GLP-1s, have become one of the most…
What Does It Mean If Your Normal Morning Poop Suddenly Stops?
# When Your Morning Bowel Routine Breaks: What Doctors Want You to Know Most people with regular morning bathroom habits rarely think about their dig…
Doctors Explain How Heart Pain Differs From Chest Muscle Pain
# How Doctors Tell the Difference Between Heart Pain and Muscle Pain When chest pain strikes, the uncertainty can feel paralyzing. Is this a heart at…
What Is the Nasal Cycle? Why Your Stuffy Nose Switches Sides
# What Is the Nasal Cycle? Why Your Nose Switches Sides You're not imagining it. That feeling of congestion shifting from one nostril to the other th…
Hormone Therapy May Boost Weight Loss on Wegovy, But Not as Much on Zepbound
# Hormone Therapy May Boost Weight Loss on Wegovy, But Not on Zepbound Adding hormone replacement therapy to GLP-1 medications produces different res…
Kennedy’s Vaccine Plan Could Cause Surge in Hepatitis B, Study Finds
# Kennedy's Vaccine Plan Could Cause Surge in Hepatitis B, Study Finds A new analysis reveals the public health consequences of removing newborn hepa…
The New Science of Stuttering
# The New Science of Stuttering: What Researchers Now Understand About This Lifelong Condition Stuttering affects roughly 1 percent of the global pop…
Like Christina Applegate, I Was Misdiagnosed With MS—and I Still Don’t Have Answers
# The MS Misdiagnosis Problem Affecting One in Five Patients Michele Vincent received an MS diagnosis that changed her life. Then she learned she did…
Is Rabies Making a Comeback?
# Is Rabies Making a Comeback? What the Recent Surge Means for Public Health Rabies cases in animals are climbing across multiple U.S. states, trigge…
Start-Up Claims to Use A.I.-Created Viruses to Treat a Patient
# AI-Designed Virus Treats Antibiotic-Resistant Infection in First-of-Its-Kind Case A biotechnology startup has successfully treated a patient with a…
Doctors Reveal 5 Early Signs of Arthritis You Should Always Get Checked Out
# Early Warning Signs of Arthritis: What Doctors Want You to Know Arthritis affects nearly 60 million Americans, yet many people miss the window for …
Melanoma Vaccine Ushers in New Hope for Cancer Patients
# Melanoma Vaccine Ushers in New Hope for Cancer Patients A new generation of personalized cancer vaccines is changing how doctors treat melanoma, of…
Mob Burns Congo Ebola Center Amid Rare Strain Outbreak
A mob of several hundred people stormed the gates of a treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo, demanding the body of a suspected Ebola v…
Employers Shift Rising Health Care Costs Onto Millions of Workers
# Employers Shift Rising Health Care Costs Onto Millions of Workers American workers face a triple squeeze. Employer health insurance premiums and de…
Why Drug Companies Are Rushing to Market Ketamine Medicines
# Why Drug Companies Are Rushing to Market Ketamine Medicines Drug companies are accelerating development of ketamine-based medicines, driven by the …
Heart Failure Is Becoming More Common in Adults Under 65, Report Finds
A new report documents rising rates of heart failure among adults under 65 years old. The condition, traditionally associated with older populations, …
Covid vaccine compensation scheme set for overhaul after Inquiry criticism
# Covid Vaccine Compensation Scheme to Undergo Reform Following Inquiry Criticism UK ministers have committed to reforming the compensation scheme th…
Pope discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery
Pope Francis has been discharged from Gemelli Hospital in Rome following lung cancer surgery, according to BBC Health. The pontiff will deliver the tr…
Symptoms of West Nile Virus Can Feel Like the Flu, According to Doctors
West Nile Virus cases have already appeared in the United States this year, according to Prevention. The mosquito-borne illness produces symptoms that…
Why Ketamine Immobilizes Some Users
Ketamine produces a immobilizing effect that can render users nearly catatonic, particularly among first-time users, according to reporting from the N…
Childhood cancer symptoms can be easily missed - here's what to look out for
# Childhood Cancer Symptoms Can Be Easily Missed—Here's What To Look Out For Cancer ranks as the leading cause of death from disease among children u…
Cancer Vaccines Are the N.I.H.’s Next ‘Big Bet’
The National Institutes of Health will launch a new initiative in December to accelerate the development of cancer vaccines, according to reporting fr…
FDA Issues Class II Blood Pressure Medication Recall, Over 13,000 Bottles Affected
The FDA issued a Class II recall for blood pressure medication affecting over 13,000 bottles, according to the agency. A Class II recall indicates th…
Private Medicare Plans Are Raising Costs And Forcing Millions To Find New Insurance
Private Medicare plans operate through Medicare Advantage, which allows insurers to offer coverage to seniors as an alternative to traditional Medicar…
Clinical Trial Indicates A.I. Chatbots Could Aid Urgent Care
Google's artificial intelligence chatbot AMIE participated in a clinical trial involving nearly 100 patients who discussed their health concerns with …
ADHD and autism at risk of over-diagnosis, says government review
The government review examining attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism in younger people has raised concerns about over-diagnosis,…
Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children
# Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has lau…
Low-Energy Diet Plus Structured Exercise Reverses Early Onset Diabetes
A combination of calorie restriction and structured exercise reverses early-onset diabetes, according to recent research. The approach combines a low-…
Cornell’s Jane Doe Said She Was Given Ketamine. Here’s How the Drug Works.
Ketamine functions as a short-acting anesthetic commonly used in medical settings, particularly for surgical procedures and emergency pain management.…
How Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital?
SKIP The article excerpt provided discusses a criminal execution case involving pentobarbital administration, not a wellness, health promotion, medic…
What Role Did Ketamine Play in Cornell’s Alleged Rape Case?
# Ketamine's Growing Availability Raises Concerns About Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic developed in the 1960s, s…
Clues to Why a Breakthrough Pancreatic Cancer Drug Eventually Stops Working
# How Pancreatic Cancer Cells Outsmart a Breakthrough Drug Patients with pancreatic cancer initially respond dramatically to daraxonrasib, a drug tha…
The children dying in India's remote tribal heartland
# Children's Deaths in India's Tribal Heartland Spark Urgent Health Response At least 32 children have died in Balaghat district, a remote tribal reg…
New Cancer Drugs Are Revolutionary. Why Don’t More Patients Get Them?
# New Cancer Drugs Are Revolutionary. Why Don't More Patients Get Them? Targeted gene therapies represent a genuine breakthrough in oncology. These m…
Medical Records Firm Uses AI Tool to Expose Flaws that Threaten Patient Privacy
# Medical Records Firm Uses AI to Uncover Hidden Security Vulnerabilities Epic Systems, the company that manages electronic health records for nearly…
A.I. Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors, Kennedy Tells Industry-Backed MAHA Summit
# AI Systems Outpace Doctors in Medical Knowledge, Kennedy Claims at Industry Summit Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now serving as Health Secretary, declared…
Do the Munchies Hit Differently When You’re on a GLP-1?
# How GLP-1 Drugs Change the Way Cannabis Affects Hunger Cannabis users who take GLP-1 medications may experience the infamous munchies very differen…
The 9 Best Blood Pressure Monitors, According to Cardiologists
# The Right Blood Pressure Monitor Can Help You Catch a Silent Killer High blood pressure affects nearly half of American adults, yet many don't know…
This Futuristic Body Scan Mapped 1,596 Skin Markings and Tested My Heart and Blood in an Hour. Was It Worth It?
# The Neko Full-Body Scan: What $499 Gets You in Advanced Preventive Health A new whole-body scanning service called Neko is offering comprehensive h…
This Virus Stole a Human Gene and Won’t Let Go of It
# How a Virus Hijacked Human DNA to Perfect Its Attack A human gene has taken up permanent residence inside a virus that causes painful skin infectio…
'Broken social care will in the end break the NHS,' says Burnham
# Social Care Crisis Threatens NHS Stability, Health Leader Warns Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, issued a stark warning about the interco…
Ten NHS staff removed over Noah Woods data breach
# NHS Trust Removes Ten Staff Members Following Patient Data Breach East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust has removed ten staff members f…
One Man’s Perspective on His Multiple Myeloma Journey
# Living With Multiple Myeloma: One Patient's Path Through Blood Cancer Multiple myeloma affects roughly 35,000 Americans each year, yet most people …
How a rapid new test is helping brain tumour patients
# Fast Brain Tumor Test Cuts Diagnosis Time From Weeks to Hours The NHS has introduced a breakthrough diagnostic tool that transforms how clinicians …
NBA Star Steph Curry Didn’t Realize His Blurry Vision Was a Sign of an Eye Disease
# NBA Star Steph Curry Didn't Realize His Blurry Vision Was a Sign of an Eye Disease Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry has keratoconus, a…
NHS to suspend staff suspected of snooping on patient records
# NHS Cracks Down on Patient Record Privacy Breaches with New Suspension Policy The NHS in England is taking decisive action against healthcare worke…
From weeks to hours - the rapid new test transforming brain tumour diagnosis
# From Weeks to Hours: A Faster Brain Tumor Diagnosis is Changing Care Patients with suspected brain tumors now face a dramatically shorter wait for …
Taylor Swift Named Her New Song ‘Patient Zero.’ Where Does the Term Originate?
# The Origin Story of 'Patient Zero': From Epidemiological Accident to Cultural Shorthand Taylor Swift's choice to name her new song "Patient Zero" t…
Abortion Pills, Vaccines and Food Safety: F.D.A. Nominee Heidi Overton Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing
# FDA Nominee's Past Positions on Abortion Pills and Vaccines Face Senate Scrutiny Dr. Heidi Overton's nomination as head of the Food and Drug Admini…
Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher
# When Hospital AI Meets Insurer AI, Patients Pay the Price Hospitals and health insurers have deployed artificial intelligence systems that work aga…
Violinist Jennifer Koh on Her Decade-Long Struggle With a Rare Neurological Disorder
# A Decade in the Dark: Violinist Jennifer Koh's Battle With Rare Neurological Disease Jennifer Koh, one of the world's most accomplished violinists,…
New Migraine Treatment Guidelines Are Here—This Is What Doctors Want You to Know
# New Migraine Treatment Guidelines Are Here—This Is What Doctors Want You to Know The American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Societ…
What Doctors Want You to Know About HIV Prevention
# What Doctors Want You to Know About HIV Prevention Modern medicine has transformed HIV from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Yet preve…
Stroke Rates Have Nearly Doubled in Adults Under 55—but Why?
# Stroke Rates Have Nearly Doubled in Adults Under 55—Here's What New Research Reveals Strokes in younger adults are becoming far more common. Recent…