Health
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Health A Medical Ethicist Asks: How Sure Can Doctors Ever Be?
A piece in the British Medical Journal uses the Lucy Letby case to examine how clinical certainty can harden into error — and what that…
13 September 2026 -
Health Prescribing Cascade Study Lists 24 Drug Combinations Worth Reviewing
A new BMJ study has identified 24 medication patterns where one drug prescribed to treat side effects of another may itself cause harm…
13 September 2026 -
Health AstraZeneca Breast Cancer Pill Fails to Improve Patient Outcomes in Major Study
A closely watched clinical trial has found that an AstraZeneca breast cancer drug did not improve outcomes for patients, a result that…
12 September 2026 -
Health Injectable HIV Treatment May Suit Some Patients Better Than Daily Pills, New Trial Finds
A clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that long-acting injectable HIV treatment offered immediately to…
12 September 2026 -
Health Hot Drinks and Throat Cancer: What the Research Actually Shows
A study drawing wide media coverage suggests very hot drinks may much raise the risk of oesophageal cancer, but the BMJ is urging caution…
12 September 2026 -
Health US Health Workers Improvised Care During Minneapolis Operation, Essay Finds
A newly published perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine describes how volunteer health professionals in Minneapolis…
12 September 2026 -
Health Exercise Slows Bone Loss in Over-40s, BMJ Study Finds
A new study published in the BMJ concludes that exercise meaningfully slows the age-related thinning of bones in adults aged 40 and over…
11 September 2026 -
Health Gene Editing Treatment Shows Promise for Children with Blood Disorders
The New England Journal of Medicine has published phase 3 trial results for exa-cel, a gene-editing therapy for children with two serious…
11 September 2026 -
Health Written Health Guidance Often Stays English-Only, Even When Patients Speak Other Languages
A perspective piece published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that patients across US healthcare settings regularly receive…
11 September 2026 -
Health New Drug Shows Promise for Rare Sleep Disorder, Study Finds
A medicine called oveporexton has produced positive results in two large clinical trials for narcolepsy type 1, according to research…
10 September 2026 -
Health New Blood Clotting Treatment Uses Antibody to Mimic Missing Proteins
A bispecific antibody that reengineers the way blood clots form is the focus of new clinical research published in the New England Journal…
10 September 2026 -
Health New Review Sets Out Updated Treatment Path for Multiple Myeloma
A summary published in the New England Journal of Medicine outlines how treatment for multiple myeloma has shifted, with four-drug…
10 September 2026