[ Pediatric patients with obesity undergoing adenotonsillectomy (AT) face longer operating times, according to a study published online May 21 in the Ear, Nose & Throat Journal. Source link

In a memo released by the White House on Friday, Capt Sean Barbabella said Trump, who turns 80 next month, has “strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and overall physical function” and is “fully fit to carry out all duties of the Commander-in-Chief and Head of State”. BBC News

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In an editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, University of Michigan Health hepatologist Anna S. Lok, M.D., hails newly announced results of the B-Well clinical trials as “a major step toward a functional cure for hepatitis B virus infection.” The results, published …

[ Dr. James Mu had braced for the call that came in late January. A patient from his rural Northern California county had measles, a disease so rare there that many physicians have never treated a case. While California has some of the strictest vaccine laws in the country, conservative …

[ by Antonio R. Moreno Poyato, Khadija El Abidi El Ghazouani, Sara Sanchez-Balcells, The Conversation Credit: kaboompics.com from Pexels Being admitted to a mental health unit can be one of the most vulnerable moments in a person’s life. They often arrive in the midst of a crisis, and are fearful, …

[ Having a preexisting autoimmune disease is an independent risk factor for poor outcomes with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), according to a study published in the June issue of Clinical Immunology. Ning Wu, from the Peking University Institute of Hematology and National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease in Beijing, and …

[ Credit: www.kaboompics.com from Pexels A new study from researchers at the Child Mind Institute finds that negative online experiences are common among children and adolescents with mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions, and that most incidents are not reported through platform reporting tools. Published in JAACAP Open, the study examined …

The plans are part of a government bill to modernise the NHS in England, which is currently going through parliament. BBC News

[ Cross-species identification of autism-related dysconnectivity subtypes. An international research team led by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) in Rovereto (Trento, Italy) and the Child Mind Institute in New York (U.S.), and in collaboration with researchers from the University of Trento, has shown that it is possible …

[ Patients with relapsed multiple myeloma treated with the immunotherapy teclistamab lived significantly longer and remained in remission far longer than those receiving standard therapies, according to results from a major international Phase III clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the 2026 American …

[ An estimated 1 in 8 women live with polycystic ovarian syndrome, commonly referred to as PCOS. However, the name is a bit of a misnomer; it suggests that the condition affects only the ovaries. In actuality, the condition is a broader metabolic and hormonal disorder. After years of research …

[ Using patient-derived cardiac tissue and stem cell-based models, the team of translational researchers demonstrated that targeting the genetic cause of disease improved cellular abnormalities and identified the biological pathways involved. The results of this study were published in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. Source link

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study published in Nature Communications shows that human glial progenitor cells are a promising and safe cell product for transplantation. The research also defines the transcriptional and epigenetic signatures of these cells as they mature into astrocytes and oligodendrocytes, two essential support cell …

200 viewers will be joining the Morning Live team, as part of our official Couch to 5k run in Manchester. Last year, our very own Dr Punam took part – and this time, it’s all about Dr Oscar – who recently completed his training plan on the show. Dr Oscar, …

[ A research team led by Associate Professor Noriyuki Kurita from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology and by Associate Professor Pornpan Pungpo from Ubon Ratchathani University in Thailand has proposed a novel therapeutic agent for tuberculosis, using high-precision molecular simulation techniques. Source link

[ Millions of people use a wearable health and fitness tracker. These devices can be useful for monitoring activity levels, sleep quality, and heart rate. But for some, wearables can have unintended consequences on well-being. Source link

[ Scientists at Université de Montréal have figured out how metformin—a common drug that’s used to treat type-2 diabetes and that may cut the risk of developing cancer and even help humans and other mammals live longer—actually works. Source link

[ Common medications used to treat anemia may also slow down cancer cell growth, according to new research from Finland. Researchers from the University of Oulu and the University of Eastern Finland discovered that these drugs affect cell metabolism and growth in ways previously unknown. The findings, published in Redox …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new way of designing antibiotics could support the discovery of new treatments for drug-resistant infections. It could also help revive antibiotics that have lost effectiveness because bacteria have evolved over time to survive the drugs meant to kill them. A study, led by researchers …

[ A feature story authored by Simon Spichak, MSc investigates how biotech companies like Cortical Labs and FinalSpark harness human brain cells to electrodes, performing computational functions and testing the cells’ responses to electrical and chemical stimuli. To create biocomputers, scientists grow organoids—small spheres of, in this case, neural tissue—on …