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Health New Treatment Helped Highly Sensitised Patient Receive Kidney Transplant, Study Shows
A patient whose immune system had previously blocked them from receiving a donor kidney was able to undergo a successful transplant after a…
2 August 2026 -
Health Mayo Clinic Dialysis Nurses Win National DAISY Award for Patient Care
The outpatient dialysis team at Mayo Clinic in Florida has been recognised with a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, an honour given for…
2 August 2026 -
Health Pregnancies Reported in Autoimmune Patients Who Received CAR T-Cell Therapy, New England Journal of Medicine Says
The New England Journal of Medicine has published correspondence reporting pregnancies in patients with autoimmune disease who had…
2 August 2026 -
Health Motor Neurone Disease Diagnosis: One Patient’s Story of Seeking a Second Opinion
A perspective essay published in the New England Journal of Medicine explores what happens when a patient questions a diagnosis of…
1 August 2026 -
Health Heart Failure Case Raises Awareness of Rare Liver Sign
The New England Journal of Medicine has published a case study describing a 51-year-old woman whose right heart failure produced a striking…
1 August 2026 -
Health Ebola Outbreak in Congo Is Growing Faster Than Any on Record, Officials Say
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading at an “unprecedented pace,” making it the fastest growing in…
31 July 2026 -
Health NEJM Opens Applications for 2027–2028 Editorial Fellowship
The New England Journal of Medicine is inviting physicians to apply for a paid editorial fellowship that offers hands-on experience in…
31 July 2026 -
Health Nearly Half of Over-80s Waited More Than 12 Hours in A&E, Analysis Finds
New analysis by the Nuffield Trust, highlighted by the BMJ, shows that 43% of patients aged over 80 who were admitted via an emergency…
31 July 2026 -
Health Gut Parasite Outbreaks: What Kent Residents Should Know About Cyclosporiasis
A New England Journal of Medicine blog post examines what repeated outbreaks of the gut parasite cyclosporiasis can teach doctors and…
30 July 2026 -
Health Antihistamine Tablets May Not Help Eczema, Study Finds
A review of trial evidence published in the BMJ has found that adding oral antihistamines to standard eczema treatments is unlikely to…
30 July 2026 -
Health Rare Shoulder Condition Highlighted in Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine has published a case study of a 45-year-old man whose severe shoulder pain and swelling turned out to…
30 July 2026 -
Health Fever and Rash in a Child: New England Medical Journal Posts Diagnostic Puzzle
The New England Journal of Medicine has shared a real-world case involving a five-year-old boy with fever and rash, inviting clinicians and…
29 July 2026