Trump to Host MAHA Leaders in Bid to Shore Up a Fragile Alliance
President Trump will meet privately at the White House on Thursday with disenchanted leaders of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement.
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Top C.D.C. Official Delays Report on Covid Shot’s Effectiveness
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya objected to the study’s methodology, saying it gave an inaccurate picture of the vaccine’s benefits.
Vegetative Patients May Be More Aware Than We Knew
New research is upending what we thought about the consciousness of patients, leaving families with agonizing choices.
Incontinence problems leave me ‘leaking while competing’
Aimee Oliver never imagined that giving birth would ultimately cause her to need surgery for incontinence.
Escaping the manosphere
Will Adolphy helps men and boys escape the influence of the online manosphere.
Patients Are Using Chatbots to Fight Medical Bills, With Mixed Results
While chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT can help narrow the information divide between patients and providers, they can also dispense flawed advice.
New light shed on who benefits most from weight-loss jabs
People who carry variations in two genes linked to appetite and digestion can lose more weight when taking drugs to treat obesity, research suggests.
How many doses of breakthrough HIV prevention jab have arrived in SA?
South Africa has finally received its first batch of Lenacapavir, a new twice-yearly HIV prevention jab expected to expand protection options.
‘Month of worry’ over doctor strike surgery delay
The strike further delays Tom Lawson’s gastric bypass surgery after a more than three-year wait.
Hospitals coping well with doctors’ strike so far – NHS boss
Resident doctors in England – the new name for junior doctors – are taking part in their 15th walkout in a long-running pay dispute.
Researchers look into island’s health benefits
The team aims to find out what it is about the Isle of Wight that makes people feel better.
‘Doctors thought my endometriosis was IBS’
Two Kent women share their experiences with endometriosis in hopes to raise awareness.
How Psychedelics Affect the Brain
An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of the brain.
What is vegan collagen?
What’s the latest on Collagen?
3D heart to let surgeons practise baby’s vital heart operation
A 3D model of a baby’s heart will help doctors prepare for open heart surgery.
Women in Northern Ireland welcome introduction of miscarriage leave
Northern Ireland has become the first part of the UK where a woman and her partner are entitled to two weeks of paid leave if they experience a miscarriage at any stage of pregnancy.
‘We will end up with an NHS without doctors’
Dr Melissa Ryan, who works at Lincoln County Hospital, is among dozens of doctors striking over pay.
Patients asked not to visit A&E during strike days
Resident doctors across England are striking for six days as part of an ongoing pay dispute.
Resident doctors ‘want pay we think we’re worth’
A West Midlands union committee co-chair says a narrative doctors are really well paid is not true.
Finasteride for Male Baldness is Rewriting the Rules of Male Beauty
A pill that lets men keep their hair is rewriting the rules of masculinity.
Why Am I Watching People Get Their Medical Results?
What was once discussed with a doctor is now frequently encountered first as decontextualized data on a screen.