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Researchers have created a balloon‑shaped electrochemical sensor using gold nanotubes that expands to conform to the soft curvature of the intestinal lumen. The device is inserted endoluminally, inflates to mimic physiological distension, and records real‑time serotonin (5‑HT) release from the gut wall. Experiments reveal that mechanical stretch triggers a rapid, Piezo2‑dependent 5‑HT surge, while short‑chain fatty acids induce GPCR‑mediated release and later boost serotonin biosynthesis and mechanosensitivity. This platform provides a direct, quantitative window into how mechanical and microbial cues jointly regulate enterochromaffin cell signaling.
A new longitudinal study finds that children born to mothers infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy exhibit measurable neurodevelopmental deficits. Brain scans at two years reveal reduced cortical thickness and lower IQ scores compared with unexposed peers. The research, spanning over...
Eli Lilly has issued a public warning after testing revealed a significant impurity formed when tirzepatide is compounded with vitamin B12. The impurity’s health effects are unknown, and the company has alerted the FDA and urged patients to consult physicians....
New York lawmakers rejected Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposal to reform the state's surprise billing arbitration system. The governor's budget aimed to save $56 million by exempting Medicaid and lowering benchmark rates, aligning them with average private insurer payments. The legislature...
Montefiore’s White Plains Hospital Center filed a state plan to construct a 2,320‑square‑foot cardiac extension clinic in Mount Kisco, Westchester. The outpatient facility, slated to cost about $1.8 million and be built in roughly seven months, will provide echocardiography and cardiac...
Durham Police have opened a criminal investigation into alleged failures in breast‑cancer treatment at the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. A 2022 report found unnecessary surgeries, missed cancers and substandard care at the University Hospital of North Durham...
Durham Police have launched a criminal investigation into alleged failures in breast‑cancer treatment at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. A 2022 report identified unnecessary surgeries, missed cancers and substandard care at the University Hospital of North Durham and...
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, operating as Elevance Health, is extending its "non‑participating care providers" policy to California, marking the 12th state to face a 10% administrative penalty on hospital claims that involve out‑of‑network radiologists. The policy, first rolled...
A BBC questionnaire sent to over 5,000 English GPs received 752 responses about fit‑note refusals for mental‑health claims. While 540 doctors said they have never denied a fit note, 162 admitted to at least one refusal, highlighting tensions around the...
Weight‑loss GLP‑1 drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound are celebrated for delivering 15‑21% average weight loss, yet roughly one in ten patients are “non‑responders,” shedding less than 5% of body weight. The article follows Jessica Layeux, a cybersecurity professional who...
Republican leaders are uneasy as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushes an aggressive anti‑vaccine and pesticide‑reduction agenda under the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) banner. While the White House cools on his vaccine stance, Kennedy’s supporters demand stricter COVID‑19 vaccine...
North West London and North Central London Integrated Care Boards have launched a preliminary market engagement to procure an end‑to‑end digital solution for complex care commissioning, with a budget of up to £3.8 million. The platform will replace outdated systems, improve...
George Medicines has signed an exclusive licensing and supply agreement with South Korea’s Ahngook Pharmaceutical to bring its triple‑combination antihypertensive pill, GMRx2, to the Korean market. The single‑pill formulation blends telmisartan, amlodipine and indapamide in three dose strengths, aiming for...
Codoxo has launched Deepfake Detection, an AI‑driven solution that scans medical documentation, diagnostic images and claim context in seconds to flag synthetic or manipulated records. The tool embeds explainable risk scores into payer fraud‑prevention workflows, enabling health plans to intercept...
Philips reaffirmed its commitment to expand equitable, high‑quality healthcare in Indonesia, citing the country’s 98% universal health coverage and rising non‑communicable disease burden. The company highlighted its Strengthening Indonesia’s Healthcare Referral Network (SIHREN) program, which will extend image‑guided therapy and...
ADHD affects roughly 7 million children in the United States—about 11.4% of the 3‑17‑year‑old population—and prevalence has risen by a million since 2016. Nearly 30% of diagnosed children receive no medication or behavioral therapy, and formal assessment remains uneven across geography,...
The cross‑sectional study of 902 adult survivors of the 2023 Herat earthquake found substantial deficits in health‑related quality of life (HRQoL). Approximately 38% reported low physical HRQoL and 37% low psychological HRQoL, with women, widowed/divorced persons, large households, low‑income and...
Corneal Allogenic Intracorneal Ring Segments (CAIRS) have been used to improve vision in keratoconus and post‑LASIK ectasia, but a multicenter case series of nine eyes reveals notable complications. Patients experienced progressive corneal neovascularization, lipoid keratopathy, and segment extrusion, linked to...
A retrospective case‑control study at St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College identified six key determinants of neonatal mortality among 324 NICU admissions from 2020‑2022. Lack of antenatal care (ANC) visits, home delivery, pregnancy‑induced hypertension, low birth weight, prematurity, and fetal...
A cross‑sectional study of 238 gastrointestinal cancer patients used symptom‑level network analysis to map the frailty‑depression relationship. The strongest links were found between slowed gait and low physical activity, and between bradykinesia/agitation with suicidal ideation and guilt. PHQ‑4 (lack of...
Researchers at Haji Adam Malik General Hospital examined 69 acute ischemic stroke patients to determine whether admission D‑dimer and fibrinogen levels reflect stroke severity. Patients with severe strokes had median D‑dimer levels of 2060 ng/mL versus 620 ng/mL in moderate cases, and...
C2N Diagnostics has signed a partnership with BeauBrain Healthcare to introduce its PrecivityAD2 blood test for Alzheimer’s disease in South Korea, targeting patients aged 50 and older with mild cognitive impairment or dementia. Clinical studies published in JAMA and npj...
Researchers have created a New Zealand rabbit model that mimics biliary stenting by using a transduodenal wall puncture and a modified intravenous catheter. The experimental group achieved an 86.7% technical success rate, with most complications being mild and transient. Serum liver...
A retrospective cohort of 169 critically ill patients receiving tigecycline showed significant reductions in blood glucose at three daily time points. Hypoglycemia occurred in 11.2% of patients and was linked to a nearly four‑fold increase in 28‑day mortality (OR 3.83). Larger...
A cross‑sectional study of 495 ureteroscopic lithotripsy cases identified stone length and maximum stone density as independent risk factors that extend operative time, while simple ureteral stones reduce it. Using LASSO selection, researchers built a Gamma regression model and a...
A 12‑year‑old girl presented with recurrent fever of unknown origin, later developing intermittent joint pain. Extensive infectious, rheumatologic and oncologic testing, including cultures, metagenomic sequencing and bone‑marrow analysis, were negative. MRI and PET‑CT revealed multifocal hypermetabolic bone lesions, prompting concern...
Los Angeles County now hosts more than 3,000 life‑science companies, outpacing peer regions, and generated roughly $58 billion in annual economic output. Venture‑capital inflows surged to $4.4 billion in 2024, a 119 % jump, underscoring growing investor confidence. The ecosystem benefits from a...
The Unilab Center for Health Policy (UCHP) and Naga City signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch a collaborative research and implementation agenda aimed at strengthening primary health care. The partnership will develop digital tools, conduct a comprehensive health system...
Cairn Surgical has filed a De Novo 510(k) application with the U.S. FDA for its Breast Cancer Locator (BCL) System, a device designed to improve the accuracy of breast‑conserving surgery. The company completed a pivotal U.S. trial that demonstrated a...
Cigna Healthcare Hong Kong has launched the VitalGuard Critical Illness Plan, adding a lump‑sum protection product to its medical insurance suite. The plan offers up to HK$4 million coverage for 110 diseases, including 58 critical illnesses, with a 5‑year renewable term...
Wiley is licensing its extensive portfolio of peer‑reviewed medical content to OpenEvidence, the clinical AI platform used by more than 40% of U.S. physicians. The deal brings the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Clinical Answers, and over 400 Wiley...
Breast cancer treatments, especially chemotherapy and endocrine therapy, often induce menopause or exacerbate menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and bone loss. These symptoms can be temporary or permanent, depending on age, treatment type, and ovarian reserve. Nonhormonal...
Breast cancer survivors face heightened cardiovascular risk, as radiation, certain chemotherapies, HER2‑targeted drugs, and hormone treatments can impair heart function. Advances in imaging and cardiac‑sparing radiation techniques allow clinicians to detect and mitigate damage early. Oncologists now coordinate with cardiologists...
A new West Health‑Gallup poll reveals that one‑third of Americans – about 82 million people – are cutting everyday expenses or borrowing money to afford health‑care. Health‑care costs now rank above food, gas and utilities as the nation’s top economic worry....
Medical‑technology giant Stryker disclosed an Iran‑linked cyberattack that compromised its Microsoft Intune mobile device management (MDM) platform, forcing remote wipes of thousands of laptops and smartphones worldwide. The breach, claimed by the Handala collective, showed no ransomware but highlighted the...
The Australian government is considering legislation to ban infant‑formula advertising as the voluntary marketing agreement expires in February 2025. Recent analysis identified 158 online ads that use health‑boosting claims to tap parental anxiety, despite breastfeeding rates falling to only 37 percent by...
A retrospective cross‑sectional study of 13,638 Chinese adults found that the combined triglyceride‑glucose and body shape index (TyG‑ABSI) is linearly associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Each unit increase in TyG‑ABSI raised the odds of ASCVD by 152 % (OR 2.52). TyG‑ABSI...
Researchers evaluated the atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) as a prognostic marker in 314 patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Over a median 29‑month follow‑up, each 1‑unit increase in pre‑operative AIP was linked to a...
A retrospective cohort of 119 lung‑cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors identified sarcopenic obesity (SO) in 15% of cases. Patients with SO experienced the shortest median overall survival (22.6 months) and a three‑year hazard ratio of 3.48 for mortality,...
A new bibliometric study maps the evolution of preoperative carbohydrate loading (PCL) research, analyzing 269 publications from 38 countries up to March 2025. China produced the most papers, while England occupied the most central position in international collaboration networks. The...
A prospective cohort of 300 patients aged 65+ with fragility hip fractures examined how adherence to oral nutritional supplements (ONS) affected mortality. Patients who consistently retrieved ONS for at least three months showed a markedly lower 12‑month death rate (15.2%)...
New Zealand’s government has launched the second of four rural health training hubs in Wairoa, aiming to attract and retain frontline health staff. The hub will coordinate clinical placements, training pathways, and provide pastoral support such as housing and employment...
HRadiO’s latest episode spotlights Dr Patrick Maguire, co‑founder of Beecroft Animal Specialist & Emergency Hospital, as he shares leadership lessons from veterinary medicine. He argues that upcoming Veterinary Practice Bill regulations will elevate professionalism, accountability, and public trust rather than add...
Vantive executive Paul Uthaichalanond highlighted Vietnam's dialysis bottleneck, noting only 5‑10% of roughly 800,000 ESRD patients receive therapy and that 80% of treatments rely on overcrowded hemodialysis centers. He contrasted this with Thailand’s successful “PD‑first” approach, which reduced costs and...
Isaac Health, a telehealth platform for brain health and dementia, announced a partnership with NYU Langone Health, adding a major health‑system channel to its primarily payer‑focused model. The collaboration creates an integrated referral pathway that combines virtual specialty care with...
Ascension, a 97,000‑employee health system, is demanding faster, more reliable home‑health services from partner agencies. The system requires same‑day or next‑day visits, referral acceptance within minutes, and acceptance rates above 85%, far higher than the industry average. To improve coordination,...
Capricor Therapeutics reported fourth‑quarter 2025 revenue of $16 million, a modest 4% year‑over‑year increase, while gross margin rose to 86% driven by higher selling prices and manufacturing efficiencies. Net loss widened to $11.9 million as operating expenses outpaced revenue growth, but the...
The Oncology Institute reported Q2 2025 revenue of $119.8 million, a 21.5% year‑over‑year increase, driven by a 41% surge in pharmacy sales that now represent 52% of total revenue. Gross profit rose 34% YoY while SG&A fell to 22% of revenue,...
Champions Oncology reported $14 million revenue in Q1 FY2026, flat year‑over‑year and rebounding from a $12.4 million Q4 dip. GAAP operating loss widened to $0.5 million, while adjusted EBITDA turned slightly positive at $60 000. Gross margin slipped to 43% as outsourced radio‑labeling costs...
Nektar Therapeutics reported strong Q4 2020 results, highlighting robust progress on its cytokine platform. The IL‑2 agonist BEMPEG demonstrated a median progression‑free survival of 30.9 months in melanoma and is now enrolled in six registrational trials across melanoma, renal, bladder,...
