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According to a mathematical model of how people weigh up different outcomes, the optimal strategy is to be ambitious, but ...

Pharmacists to Prescribe for More Conditions Under New Deal

England's £340 million pharmacy deal expands independent prescribing but the NPA warns it does little to close a £2.5 billion ...

Is It Time to Talk to Patients About Bowel Hygiene?

Advising patients about bowel hygiene is on the rise as understanding grows about the multifaceted nature of GI disorders. Medscape ...

4 Deaths Tied to Mushrooms; RSV Vax Wrongful Death Lawsuit; Kenya Ebola Plan Halted

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. An outbreak linked to wild mushroom foraging in California in 2025-2026 ...

CAR-T Therapy Shows Promise in CNS and Extramedullary B-ALL

A retrospective study evaluates the effectiveness of CD19 CAR T-cell therapy in relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with extramedullary or ...

IBS: New Dietetic Guidance Advises to ‘Think Beyond Diet’

Updated BDA guidance moves away from a diet-first approach to IBS, urging dietitians to consider lifestyle, mental health, and non-dietary ...

Q-Day could destroy Bitcoin – and our retirement savings

Quantum computing could present a threat to cryptocurrenciesShutterstock/4K_HEAVEN My first exposure to Bitcoin was unglamorous. It was the early 2010s, ...

Pancreatic cancer halted by virus injection in three patients

A scanning electron micrograph of pancreatic cancer cellsANNE WESTON, EM STP, THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A virus has ...

New Scientist Book Club: Read an extract from The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

The double helix structure of DNA, the genetic code that makes up genesShutterstock/Juan Gaertner Intelligent life on a planet comes ...

Femoral BMD May Reflect Broader Health in Older Women

An observational study suggests that bone mineral density may serve as a marker of systemic health. Medscape Medical News Source ...

Eye Inflammation Tied to Anti-Adalimumab Antibody Formation

Patients with autoimmune diseases who experience ocular inflammation while on adalimumab have an increased risk of developing antibodies against the ...

Which Patients With Early HCC Should Undergo Resection?

Analysis of 2869 patients suggest resection may improve overall and disease-free survival vs RFA/TACE in selected early multinodular HCC. Medscape ...

Glaciers in the ‘roof of the world’ have suddenly started melting

The Kongur Shan mountains in China, part of the Pamir rangeMark Andrews/Alamy One of the world’s last stable glacier regions ...

Only 20% of Sunscreens Meet Safety Standards, Report Shows

Share on PinterestThe EWG reports that only 20% of sunscreens meet safety standards. Image Credit: Ani Dimi/StocksyOnly about 20% of ...

‘I forgot what it feels like to be outside’ – First rooftop intensive care ward opens

The outdoor ward, at King's College Hospital in London, will monitor how much it boosts the recovery of seriously ill ...

Alzheimer’s Signs Hidden in Midlife Brains, Study Shows

Alzheimer's pathology appeared as early as midlife and correlated with poorer cognitive performance in a cohort study.Blood biomarkers identified Alzheimer's ...

FDA Panel Backs New COVID Vaccines Aimed at Dominant Strain

The FDA's vaccine advisors voted 8 to 0, with one abstention, in favor of a monovalent XFG vaccine for COVID-19 ...

Durvalumab Plus BCG Earns FDA Nod for Bladder Cancer

The combination therapy is approved for BCG-naive patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive disease. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/durvalumab-plus-bcg-earns-fda-nod-bladder-cancer-2026a1000hv5?src=rss Author ...

FDA OKs Immunotherapy-BCG Combo for High-Risk Bladder Cancer