Health
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Health NHS Puberty Blocker Trial to Go Ahead After High Court Ruling
A clinical trial of puberty suppressing hormones for children with gender incongruence will proceed after the High Court dismissed a legal…
4 August 2026 -
Health US Medical Standards Debate Has No Confirmed Impact on Kent
A perspective piece published in the New England Journal of Medicine examines federal influence over medical standards in the United…
4 August 2026 -
Health New Drug Beats Standard Care for Relapsed Blood Cancer, Trial Finds
Teclistamab improved survival rates in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma compared with existing treatments, according to results from…
3 August 2026 -
Health New Drug Blocks Pain Signals at Source in Trial, Journal Reports
The New England Journal of Medicine has published results from a phase 2b clinical trial of a Nav1.8 inhibitor, a drug designed to block a…
3 August 2026 -
Health Prostate Cancer Drug Combination Shows Survival Benefit in Phase 3 Trial
A drug pairing used in men with advanced prostate cancer and specific gene changes extended the time before the disease worsened, though it…
2 August 2026 -
Health Mayo Clinic Doctor Launches Programme to Speed Diagnosis for Babies with Rare Diseases
A paediatrician at Mayo Clinic has set up a new initiative called BabyFORce to push for faster genetic testing for seriously ill newborns…
2 August 2026 -
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