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Our results suggest that this lower dosage may enable more patients to continue the treatment for a longer time, which is likely to contribute to the improved results and longer survival Hildur Helgadottir The study included nearly 400 patients with advanced, inoperable malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. The study shows that read more

For more than a century, these powerful Italian city-states had established long-distance trade routes across the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, allowing them to activate a highly efficient system to prevent starvation. But ultimately, these would inadvertently lead to a far bigger catastrophe Martin Bauch This climate-driven change in long-distance trade routes helped avoid famine, read more

Robotic magnetic microcatheter that traverses the cervix into the vagina and fallopian tubes, actively propelling and pushing the medical tube forward, through which gametes, embryos, or medications are locally released. Image source: CIC nanoGUNE; adapted from: Chen Z, Rivkin B, Castellanos-Robles D et al., Advanced Materials 2025 (CC BY 4.0) This research, which was recently read more

Sudden cardiac death is challenging to predict and prevent, but these findings reinforce the importance for people with diabetes to work with their clinicians to reduce cardiovascular risk Tobias Skjelbred Dr Skjelbred said: “We found that sudden cardiac death occurs more frequently in people with diabetes across all age groups, and that sudden cardiac death read more

Kim Sandler, MD, professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, director of the Vanderbilt Lung Screening Program, and the study’s corresponding author and co-principal investigator. Image credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center “For years, we have recognized that many women screened for breast cancer are in fact dying from lung cancer. This read more

The courage to see When asked whether he missed practicing medicine, Rufin paused, then smiled: ‘I never left it. I just changed instruments. A pen can reveal as much as a scalpel.’ The audience laughed softly, but the truth of his words lingered. For Rufin, writing remains a form of care – one that dissects read more

Details such as age, language/s spoken, and personal and family history of cancer were collected and women were randomised to either standard “control” care (no notification of breast density in their results letter), notification of breast density plus written information about breast density and its implications (intervention 1), or notification of density plus a link read more

Women at high risk of depression achieve fewer years of education, have lower work productivity and report more sick days and functional impairments when they have access to the contraceptive pill Franziska Valder By combining data on legislation, genetic risk profiles and life courses for thousands of American women, the study documents that women with read more

The in vivo, one-time gene editing therapy has potential to transform outcomes for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD). Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Tessera Therapeutics are collaborating to advance a promising in vivogene editing therapy for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD). The companies will jointly develop and commercialise Tessera Therapeutics’ lead investigational candidateTSRA-196. The drug is designed to restore read more

New trade deal to “ignite economic growth” and help boost the UK’s position as a superpower in life sciences. The UK government has secured a new, three-year zero-tariff deal on pharmaceutical exports to the US, the lowest rate on medicines to the US offered thus far to any country. The agreement protects UK-based manufacturing, and read more

Each cancellation represents not just a statistic, but someone’s quality of life being put on hold, which is unacceptable Karin Smyth A quarter of the cancellations were less than 24 hours before surgery, and nearly one third were within 2 to 14 days. Cancellations the day before, or on the same day as surgery, can read more

By bringing this light-based navigation technology to more hospitals, we’re helping clinicians treat complex vascular disease with precision and safety, while reducing radiation risk for patients and teams in the lab Atul Gupta LumiGuide is powered by Philips Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology. The system uses light to visualize the shape and position of LumiGuide read more

If approved in Europe, atogepant would provide patients with a new acute treatment option for migraine attacks. New phase III findings have demonstrated superiority of AbbVie’s oral atogepant (60mg) over placebo in enabling pain freedom for adults with acute migraines. The pivotal ECLIPSE study evaluated participants with a history of migraines over 24 weeks. Primary read more

New BSI standard PAS 2090 could reshape how the pharmaceutical industry reports and minimises its environmental footprint. The first global standard to help manufacturers measure and assess the life cycle emissions of pharmaceutical products has been published by UK national standards body British Standards Institute (BSI). The voluntary standard aims to minimise the environmental impact read more

Dr. Jing-Wei Lee (left), President of National Cheng Kung University Hospital, and Helena Reitberger , Swedish Representative to Taiwan, The Swedish Trade & Invest Council Image source: NCKU News Center During the meeting, the guestsoutlined the core principles of Sweden’s healthcare system: flexibility, resilience, and sustainability. The Swedish delegation, led by Helena Reitberger, Swedish Representative read more

Spot on right mediolateral oblique (side angle) view. Area of distortion persists on additional mammographic views, and a mass is identified on subsequent breast ultrasound. Ultrasound guided biopsy was performed and revealed nuclear grade 1 invasive ductal carcinoma. Image credit: Stamatia Destounis, M.D., and RSNA Dr. Destounis noted that an important factor about the research read more

Artis icono.explore is equipped with Optiq AI Image source: Siemens Healthineers “The growing need for earlier-stage treatments raises the bar for image quality and this is where artificial intelligence comes into play. With Optiq AI, we are unlocking AI’s potential for a new generation of interventional systems and are bringing it to all clinical fields,” read more

This is an institutional issue. Medicine is a patriarch, where your means to progress within your career depends on somebody else endorsing you Rosalind Searle Co-editor Professor Rosalind Searle, of the University of Glasgow’s Adam Smith Business School, is working with NHS England and health and social care regulators to educate and introduce workplace interventions read more

By deepening our understanding of how nerves, cells and immune responses interact in the gut, we can develop more targeted and personalized therapies – for example for allergies, irritable bowel syndrome or chronic inflammatory bowel diseases Christoph Klose An international research team led by Charité, the University of Bern, and Inselspital Bern, Bern University Hospital, read more

The innovative approach for detecting nitrosamine impurities in APIs addresses limitations of traditional mass-based techniques, research says. A team of researchers have developed a novel, rapid nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy-based methodology that can easily confirm or exclude the formation of every predictable nitrosamine for the active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) assessed. The early-stage tool combines read more