A Daily Pill Nearly Doubled Survival for the World’s Deadliest Cancer
The results were so promising one clinician started weeping.
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Physicians Subjected to Unreliable ‘Lie-Detector’ Tests, according to the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
TUCSON, Ariz., June 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Although polygraphs ('lie-detector” tests) are considered too unreliable to be admissible in federal and most...
Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Gaining Resistance to Antibiotics
An ancient killer has plagued humans for millennia. Although it's rarely considered a threat in developed countries today, it seems this long-term villain is st...
A tiny part of your brain may still listen under anesthesia
For generations, we have viewed the transition into general anesthesia as a descent into an absolute, velvety blackout. As the anesthetic drugs take hold, the
Pill offers hope in treating deadly pancreatic cancer
Pill users lived an average of 13.2 months versus 6.7 months for those undergoing chemotherapy
Medicine by Captivity: The Rise of the Hostage Physician
Learn about the effects of ICU overcrowding on healthcare systems, highlighting the struggles faced by medical professionals and patients.
This sticky substance could be a rare example of Neanderthal medicine
New study suggests Neanderthals may have used birch tar not just for tools, but as an antibiotic to treat wounds and skin infections.
Breakthrough Pill Nearly Doubles Survival Time For One of The Deadliest Cancers
WASHINGTON (AP) – A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better tre...
In Trial, Pill Doubles Pancreatic Cancer Survival
A pill that's been in the works since the Carter administration has changed the math on one of the deadliest cancers. In a study of 500 people with advanced pan...
Study shows: Cancer injection can eradicate entire tumors in patients
In an international trial, conducted in 11 countries, the injection was offered to patients whose cancer had spread or come back and the disease had not respond...
World MS Day: Immune Cell Discovery Might Explain Multiple Sclerosis at Its Worst
A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) comes with a wave of uncertainty about how the condition will progress.
AEG-AESPANC-OPGE-SIED-SPG Ibero-Latin American Guidelines on Acute Pancreatitis (iLATAM-AP)
In alignment with international standards for transparency and methodological rigor, the methodological protocol for this guideline was registered in PROSPERO (...
Switching patients with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) to avatrombopag from other thrombopoietin receptor agonists: The real-world experience of the Spanish ITP Group (GEPTI)
Avatrombopag is a thrombopoietin receptor agonist (TPO-RA) suitable for patient-centred care. Avatrombopag achieved lasting platelet count (PC) increases in sma...
What If We Will Stop Destroying People Because Medicine Is Not Ready Yet? — LessWrong
> Yesterday the death was reclassified. In the morning, she signed the consent form to preserve her husband. > > The doctor signed a line "No return…
3 medical routines that older people might not need
The risks and benefits of common screenings, procedures and drugs add up differently at advanced ages.