Health
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Health US Biotech Reports Early Results on Drug to Sustain Weight Loss After GLP-1 Treatment
Colorado company Enveda has shared preliminary findings on a drug designed to help people keep weight off after they stop taking GLP-1…
18 August 2026 -
Health New Drug Combination Eases Relapsed Joint Condition, Trial Finds
A phase 3 clinical trial has found that adding secukinumab to a standard steroid course produced higher remission rates in patients whose…
17 August 2026 -
Health Fewer Eye Injuries Reported After Solar Eclipse Than in 1999, Early Data Show
Early hospital figures suggest fewer people needed treatment for eye damage after last week’s solar eclipse compared with the UK’s last…
17 August 2026 -
Health Gene Editing Research Raises Hope for Rare Inherited Disorders
The New England Journal of Medicine has published new clinical research exploring how gene editing could reshape treatment for peroxisomal…
17 August 2026 -
Health New Drug Combination Shows Promise for Blood Cancer Patients in Major Trial
A phase 3 clinical trial has found that treatment regimens including talquetamab may improve outcomes for patients with multiple myeloma…
17 August 2026 -
Health Measles Is Back in the US – and Vaccine Confidence Is Under the Microscope
A commentary published in the BMJ warns that public trust in vaccines cannot be rebuilt only when outbreaks become impossible to ignore, as…
17 August 2026 -
Health BMJ Editor Calls for NHS Care to Put Patients Before Profit
The British Medical Journal’s editor-at-large has written that healthcare systems must be built around patients rather than financial…
16 August 2026 -
Health Brain Tumour Case Study Published in Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine has shared a clinical case involving a 50-year-old man who attended an emergency department with a…
16 August 2026 -
Health Pay-for-Performance in the NHS: What the Debate Means for Patients
A leading US health policy expert has questioned whether paying doctors and hospitals for hitting targets actually improves patient care…
16 August 2026 -
Health Period Tracking Apps Used by Over Half of UK Women Under 45 Are Largely Unregulated, BMJ Warns
More than half of UK women under 45 use apps to track their menstrual cycles, yet these tools remain largely unregulated — with the British…
16 August 2026 -
Health Medical AI Regulation Needs Ongoing Checks After Approval, Says NEJM Editorial
A new editorial in NEJM AI argues that approving clinical artificial intelligence tools is not enough — regulators need to keep watching…
16 August 2026 -
Health RSV Admissions to Intensive Care Among Newborns Appear to Have Halved After Vaccination Programme
Admissions of newborn infants with RSV to intensive care units in England seem to have halved following the introduction of a national…
16 August 2026