<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Medical Industry - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rss/1000/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Medical Industry news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-uk</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:20:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Pregnancy Complications Linked to Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Five major pregnancy complications were independently associated with heightened long-term risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD), a Swedish cohort study of more than 2 million deliveries found.<br />
At 30 to 46 years after delivery...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pregnancy-complications-linked-to-risk-of-peripheral-artery-disease/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pregnancy-complications-linked-to-risk-of-peripheral-artery-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: U.S. Actions Harm Global Efforts to Prevent, Treat HIV in Dozens of Nations]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's disruptions to a global AIDS relief program have forced organizations to close clinics, lay off staff, and cut services, seriously impeding efforts to prevent and treat the disease in dozens of countries...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/report-us-actions-harm-global-efforts-to-prevent-treat-hiv-in-dozens-of-nations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/report-us-actions-harm-global-efforts-to-prevent-treat-hiv-in-dozens-of-nations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Risk of Neurologic Disorder Rises for People Who Live Near Traffic Noise]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Long-term exposure to residential road traffic noise was associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, a study of more than 3 million adults in Denmark showed.<br />
Traffic noise levels at the most exposed facade of people...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/risk-of-neurologic-disorder-rises-for-people-who-live-near-traffic-noise/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/risk-of-neurologic-disorder-rises-for-people-who-live-near-traffic-noise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stem Cell Therapy for GA Shows Early Evidence of Vision Gains, Retina Preservation]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL--A stem cell-derived therapy for advanced geographic atrophy (GA) showed preliminary evidence of vision improvement and retina preservation, according to a small study reported here.<br />
Best corrected visual acuity...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/stem-cell-therapy-for-ga-shows-early-evidence-of-vision-gains-retina-preservation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/stem-cell-therapy-for-ga-shows-early-evidence-of-vision-gains-retina-preservation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1 Maker Sued Over Ads; Vaginal Estrogen; Melinda Gates Talks Perimenopause]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Novo Nordisk sued rival drugmaker Eli Lilly, alleging false advertising claims about relative weight-loss drug performance. (Reuters via NBC News)<br />
GLP-1 drug use surged from 2017 to 2022, jumping 230% in adults with diabetes...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-maker-sued-over-ads-vaginal-estrogen-melinda-gates-talks-perimenopause/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-maker-sued-over-ads-vaginal-estrogen-melinda-gates-talks-perimenopause/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drugs for Dry AMD Linked to Thickening of Retinal Nerve]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL--Complement inhibitors to treat geographic atrophy (GA) were associated with thickening of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), which could be helpful or pathologic, according to a study reported here.<br />
Both FDA...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/drugs-for-dry-amd-linked-to-thickening-of-retinal-nerve/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/drugs-for-dry-amd-linked-to-thickening-of-retinal-nerve/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stent Graft Recall; PMOS and Heart Disease; Disney World Cardiac Emergency]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Bolton Medical is recalling the Relay Pro Thoracic Stent Graft System due to difficulties in releasing the stent graft. As of April 23, the company has reported three deaths associated with this issue, according to an FDA alert...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/stent-graft-recall-pmos-and-heart-disease-disney-world-cardiac-emergency/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/stent-graft-recall-pmos-and-heart-disease-disney-world-cardiac-emergency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Some Dementia Patients 'Return' Before They Die; Rise in Mild Autism; EBV and MS]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The New York Times explored terminal lucidity--the phenomenon in which some dementia patients briefly regain cognitive abilities just before they die.<br />
In a rural area that one resident calls "Parkinson's Valley," farmers...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-some-dementia-patients-return-before-they-die-rise-in-mild-autism-ebv-and-ms/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-some-dementia-patients-return-before-they-die-rise-in-mild-autism-ebv-and-ms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to Look Closer at Hypercortisolism and Cardiovascular Risk?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At ENDO 2026, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, discussion around hypercortisolism extended beyond classic Cushing syndrome and highlighted the potential cardiovascular impact of cortisol across a broader spectrum...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/time-to-look-closer-at-hypercortisolism-and-cardiovascular-risk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/time-to-look-closer-at-hypercortisolism-and-cardiovascular-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Roadmap to DSM-6]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is often described as the "bible" of psychiatric diagnosis. It shapes how clinicians diagnose patients, how insurers reimburse care, how researchers design psychiatric...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-roadmap-to-dsm-6/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-roadmap-to-dsm-6/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Ebola Quarantine Center Is Operating in Kenya Despite Court Ban, Activists Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Kenyan activists on Monday accused authorities of violating a court order from last month halting the setting up of an American-backed Ebola quarantine center after reports surfaced that Americans were being quarantined in the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-ebola-quarantine-center-is-operating-in-kenya-despite-court-ban-activists-say/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-ebola-quarantine-center-is-operating-in-kenya-despite-court-ban-activists-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyclosporiasis Cases Rise; Quarantine Trauma Revealed; ER Doctor Saved by Team]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Michigan's cyclosporiasis outbreak has surpassed 6,100 cases, state officials said.<br />
A fourth person died in connection with New York City's Legionnaires' disease...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cyclosporiasis-cases-rise-quarantine-trauma-revealed-er-doctor-saved-by-team/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cyclosporiasis-cases-rise-quarantine-trauma-revealed-er-doctor-saved-by-team/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Injectables ‘wild west’: Galderma’s race to tame the botox boom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Swiss producer is training thousands of doctors to administer jabs as risk of botched procedures rises]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/injectables-wild-west-galdermas-race-to-tame-the-botox-boom/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/injectables-wild-west-galdermas-race-to-tame-the-botox-boom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novel Antifungal Shows Activity in Valley Fever]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An investigational antifungal was associated with clinical improvements in a majority of patients with disseminated coccidioidomycosis (DCM) who failed standard treatments, according to an open-label phase IIb trial.<br />
Among 41...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-antifungal-shows-activity-in-valley-fever/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-antifungal-shows-activity-in-valley-fever/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Heart Association Weighs In on Coffee Drinking]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Caffeine consumption can be safely tolerated in reasonable amounts in most people, according to a review by the American Heart Association (AHA).<br />
"The convergence of evidence from large cohort studies and small randomized controlled...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/american-heart-association-weighs-in-on-coffee-drinking/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/american-heart-association-weighs-in-on-coffee-drinking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HHS Agency Cuts Dozens of Grants]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) cut dozens of grants last week, issuing what appeared to be batch termination notices to researchers.<br />
Termination letters shared with MedPage Today and posted online had...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hhs-agency-cuts-dozens-of-grants/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hhs-agency-cuts-dozens-of-grants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lettuce Supplier Still the Focus in Cyclospora Outbreak, Despite Faulty Test Result]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Federal health officials said Monday they remain focused on lettuce from Taylor Farms as the source of a multistate outbreak of the diarrhea-causing parasite Cyclospora, despite inaccurate test results that the government briefly...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lettuce-supplier-still-the-focus-in-cyclospora-outbreak-despite-faulty-test-result/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lettuce-supplier-still-the-focus-in-cyclospora-outbreak-despite-faulty-test-result/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novel Drug Shows Promise in Crohn's, Ulcerative Colitis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Treatment with investigational duvakitug appeared to improve remission rates among patients with ulcerative colitis and endoscopic response rates in those with Crohn's disease, results from two cohorts of the phase IIb RELIEVE...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-drug-shows-promise-in-crohns-ulcerative-colitis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-drug-shows-promise-in-crohns-ulcerative-colitis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Partner's Dementia May Predict the Other's Future Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Spouses of people with dementia had a higher risk of developing dementia themselves, a matched cohort study of nearly 1 million married people in Taiwan showed.<br />
Compared with unexposed spouses, both husbands and wives of dementia...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/one-partners-dementia-may-predict-the-others-future-risk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/one-partners-dementia-may-predict-the-others-future-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CDC's 'Do Not Board' Rule Undermines the  Ebola Response]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Having dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development and decimated the CDC's global health capacities, the Trump administration has resorted to a blunt instrument to protect the American public from the Bundibugyo...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdcs-do-not-board-rule-undermines-the-ebola-response/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdcs-do-not-board-rule-undermines-the-ebola-response/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troubling Findings in Study of GLP-1 Compounders]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The market for compounded GLP-1 drugs remained robust despite the end of semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) shortages, with many facilities adding ingredients like B vitamins and some operating...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/troubling-findings-in-study-of-glp-1-compounders/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/troubling-findings-in-study-of-glp-1-compounders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Second Season of Clesrovimab for RSV Well Tolerated in High-Risk Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prevention, the long-acting monoclonal antibody clesrovimab (Enflonsia) was well tolerated among infants at increased risk for severe disease through two RSV seasons, a randomized clinical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/second-season-of-clesrovimab-for-rsv-well-tolerated-in-high-risk-kids/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/second-season-of-clesrovimab-for-rsv-well-tolerated-in-high-risk-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Guideline Will Shift Statins to Younger and Lower-Risk U.S. Adults]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The new American cholesterol guideline would not make more Americans statin users per se, but instead shift the profile of people who should initiate lipid-lowering therapy to those younger and lower risk, research indicated...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-guideline-will-shift-statins-to-younger-and-lower-risk-us-adults/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-guideline-will-shift-statins-to-younger-and-lower-risk-us-adults/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Dementia Prevention Guidelines Released]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) released updated guidelines and evidence-based recommendations to help people reduce their risk of cognitive decline and dementia.<br />
The guidelines apply to adults with normal cognition or mild...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-dementia-prevention-guidelines-released/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-dementia-prevention-guidelines-released/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dramatic Results Seen With Gene Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL--Gene therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) achieved stable vision and retinal anatomy for up to 5 years, with dramatic reductions in treatment burden, according to studies reported here...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dramatic-results-seen-with-gene-therapy-for-age-related-macular-degeneration/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dramatic-results-seen-with-gene-therapy-for-age-related-macular-degeneration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This 'Natural' Remedy Was Likely Culprit in Baby's Lead Poisoning]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A 6-month-old boy who experienced unexplained seizures was ultimately diagnosed with lead poisoning from a course of ancient Indian medicine.<br />
The week prior to landing in the hospital, the baby had been eating less and vomiting...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/this-natural-remedy-was-likely-culprit-in-babys-lead-poisoning/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/this-natural-remedy-was-likely-culprit-in-babys-lead-poisoning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medical Examiner Outlines How He Handles Autopsies of the Famous and Everyone Else]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office has performed autopsies in many high-profile cases, including that of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who singer D4vd is charged with killing, and the death of "Friends" star...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medical-examiner-outlines-how-he-handles-autopsies-of-the-famous-and-everyone-else/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medical-examiner-outlines-how-he-handles-autopsies-of-the-famous-and-everyone-else/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[930 Dead in Outbreak; FDA Backtracks on Iceberg Lettuce; Chronic Cough Drug Fizzles]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
At least 930 people have died in Congo's Ebola outbreak, according to the country's Ministry of Health. (AP)<br />
Meanwhile, safety fears restrict the Ebola response...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/930-dead-in-outbreak-fda-backtracks-on-iceberg-lettuce-chronic-cough-drug-fizzles/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/930-dead-in-outbreak-fda-backtracks-on-iceberg-lettuce-chronic-cough-drug-fizzles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Why Would You Repeat Those Damn Lies?': What We Heard This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- "Why would you repeat those damn lies? That destroys trust."--Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), grilling President Trump's nominee for the assistant secretary for preparedness and response over a since-deleted social media post...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-would-you-repeat-those-damn-lies-what-we-heard-this-week/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-would-you-repeat-those-damn-lies-what-we-heard-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real Care Happens in the Moments in Between]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- This has been the worst year of my life medically.<br />
In the span of months, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, underwent a double mastectomy, required revision surgery, developed a post-surgical infection, and found myself hospitalized...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/real-care-happens-in-the-moments-in-between/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/real-care-happens-in-the-moments-in-between/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe's Early Heat Wave Led to a Spike in Deaths, May Have Killed Over 10,000]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Heat that hit Europe exceptionally early and hard this year appears to have led to a spike in deaths, with well over 10,000 more people dying at the height of the heat wave than would normally have been expected, according to...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/europes-early-heat-wave-led-to-a-spike-in-deaths-may-have-killed-over-10000/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/europes-early-heat-wave-led-to-a-spike-in-deaths-may-have-killed-over-10000/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Job crisis leaves newly qualified nurses struggling to secure roles]]></title><description><![CDATA[A recruitment freeze and lack of NHS workforce planning mean graduates are fighting over fewer vacancies]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/job-crisis-leaves-newly-qualified-nurses-struggling-to-secure-roles/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/job-crisis-leaves-newly-qualified-nurses-struggling-to-secure-roles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vision Benefits in GA With Complement Inhibitor, Regardless of AMD, Anti-VEGF]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL--Geographic atrophy (GA) had a similar response to the complement inhibitor pegcetacoplan (Syfovre) whether concurrent with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) or alone, data from a retina clinical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vision-benefits-in-ga-with-complement-inhibitor-regardless-of-amd-anti-vegf/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vision-benefits-in-ga-with-complement-inhibitor-regardless-of-amd-anti-vegf/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Aging Advances More Quickly for People With Metabolic Syndrome]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Middle-aged and older adults with metabolic syndrome had older-appearing brains, a large imaging study from the U.K. Biobank cohort suggested.<br />
Participants with metabolic syndrome had a significantly higher brain age gap than...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-aging-advances-more-quickly-for-people-with-metabolic-syndrome/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-aging-advances-more-quickly-for-people-with-metabolic-syndrome/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism in Cancer Patients; Infections in U.S. Hospitals]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/diagnosing-pulmonary-embolism-in-cancer-patients-infections-in-us-hospitals/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/diagnosing-pulmonary-embolism-in-cancer-patients-infections-in-us-hospitals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Upside-Down World of the GLP-1 Bridge]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- I spent 10 minutes in complete silence in my patient's room today, my eyes scanning lines of text in the electronic medical record. I wasn't looking for a life-threatening lab value or an undiscovered malignancy. I was hunting...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-upside-down-world-of-the-glp-1-bridge/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-upside-down-world-of-the-glp-1-bridge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New Malaria Vaccine Helps in Africa but Faces a Test: Completing All 4 Doses]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- YAOUNDE, Cameroon--Rain had turned the dirt road into thick mud, but Mabel Djoumessi kept walking with her 9-month-old son, Kenfack, strapped to her back. His malaria vaccination appointment at a clinic in central Cameroon...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-new-malaria-vaccine-helps-in-africa-but-faces-a-test-completing-all-4-doses/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-new-malaria-vaccine-helps-in-africa-but-faces-a-test-completing-all-4-doses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Backs NP, PA Prescriptions for Abortion Drugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Medication abortion was just as safe and effective when provided by nurse practitioners (NPs) or physician assistants/associates (PAs) as compared to physicians, a retrospective cohort study suggested.<br />
The estimated effectiveness...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-backs-np-pa-prescriptions-for-abortion-drugs/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-backs-np-pa-prescriptions-for-abortion-drugs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-VEGF Continuous Delivery Device Preserves Vision, Retinal Anatomy in DME]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL--Patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) maintained improvements in visual acuity and retinal anatomy for up to 4 years with the ranibizumab port delivery system (PDS; Susvimo), according to updated results from...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/anti-vegf-continuous-delivery-device-preserves-vision-retinal-anatomy-in-dme/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/anti-vegf-continuous-delivery-device-preserves-vision-retinal-anatomy-in-dme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill to Block AI Prior Authorization in Medicare Fails in Senate]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Senate Democrats failed Thursday to kill an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven prior authorization demonstration program for traditional Medicare, but they say this isn't the end of the road.<br />
"Democrats tried to stop AI prior...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bill-to-block-ai-prior-authorization-in-medicare-fails-in-senate/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bill-to-block-ai-prior-authorization-in-medicare-fails-in-senate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Was RFK Jr. Accused of This Week?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-was-rfk-jr-accused-of-this-week/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-was-rfk-jr-accused-of-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faster Cognitive Decline Linked to Cumulative Physiologic Stress]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Higher cumulative physiologic stress reflected in salivary cortisol was associated with faster cognitive decline, a prospective study showed.<br />
Older adults with high cumulative cortisol exposure had worse composite global cognition...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/faster-cognitive-decline-linked-to-cumulative-physiologic-stress/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/faster-cognitive-decline-linked-to-cumulative-physiologic-stress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oncology Reimbursement Cuts; Cancer-Prone Geckos; Sam Neill's Rare Blood Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Medicare physician fee schedule proposed by CMS for 2027 will result in a 1.5% payment cut for hematology/oncology and a 1.5% increase for radiation oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology estimated.<br />
The FDA...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oncology-reimbursement-cuts-cancer-prone-geckos-sam-neills-rare-blood-cancer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oncology-reimbursement-cuts-cancer-prone-geckos-sam-neills-rare-blood-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-VEGF Agent Collects Big Win in Trial of Diabetic Retinopathy]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL--Diabetic retinopathy severity and the risk of vision-threatening complications decreased significantly in patients treated with the investigational VEGF inhibitor tarcocimab, a randomized, sham-controlled study...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/anti-vegf-agent-collects-big-win-in-trial-of-diabetic-retinopathy/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/anti-vegf-agent-collects-big-win-in-trial-of-diabetic-retinopathy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Complement Inhibitor Wins Full Approval in IgA Nephropathy]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA fully approved iptacopan (Fabhalta) to slow kidney function decline in adults with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) at risk of disease progression, drugmaker Novartis announced on Friday.<br />
The complement inhibitor...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-complement-inhibitor-wins-full-approval-in-iga-nephropathy/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-complement-inhibitor-wins-full-approval-in-iga-nephropathy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Booted Docs Charge Censorship at Diabetes Journal]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Editors at the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) top journal are once again levying charges of censorship, after a packet of editorials about the events of this year's annual meeting was denied publication by organization...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/booted-docs-charge-censorship-at-diabetes-journal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/booted-docs-charge-censorship-at-diabetes-journal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the Best Way to Test for Cyclospora Infection?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Routine ova and parasite (O&amp;P) testing is likely to miss a Cyclospora infection, so physicians should be sure to request additional methods when searching for a diagnosis, testing experts said.<br />
"The thing physicians may...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/whats-the-best-way-to-test-for-cyclospora-infection/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/whats-the-best-way-to-test-for-cyclospora-infection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Agents for AMD Preserve Vision, Dramatically Reduce Treatment Burden]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- MONTREAL--An investigational bispecific antibody for retinal disease achieved faster and numerically greater short-term improvements in visual acuity and retinal anatomy versus faricimab (Vabysmo), a randomized, proof-of...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-agents-for-amd-preserve-vision-dramatically-reduce-treatment-burden/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-agents-for-amd-preserve-vision-dramatically-reduce-treatment-burden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Admin Revives Rule That Could Deny Green Cards to Immigrants Who Use Medicaid]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers, and others.<br />
The policy, known as "public charge," appeared...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-admin-revives-rule-that-could-deny-green-cards-to-immigrants-who-use-medicaid/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-admin-revives-rule-that-could-deny-green-cards-to-immigrants-who-use-medicaid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wildfire Smoke Kills Tens of Thousands Each Year. Here's How It Attacks the Body.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Smoke from wildfires--which are burning more of the Northern Hemisphere as Earth warms--attacks nearly every system in the human body, killing tens of thousands of people a year, numerous medical studies show.<br />
It attacks...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/wildfire-smoke-kills-tens-of-thousands-each-year-heres-how-it-attacks-the-body/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/wildfire-smoke-kills-tens-of-thousands-each-year-heres-how-it-attacks-the-body/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Inherent Danger in Secretary Kennedy's COVID Vaccine Injury Table]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Last week, news reports indicated that HHS will propose a COVID-19 countermeasures injury table: a list of conditions presumed to result from COVID vaccines and other countermeasures, so those who suffer them can be compensated...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-inherent-danger-in-secretary-kennedys-covid-vaccine-injury-table/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-inherent-danger-in-secretary-kennedys-covid-vaccine-injury-table/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider This Before Cataract Surgery; Grant Rule: What's Next? CDC Nominee Grilled]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following is a transcript of the podcast episode:<br />
Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody! Welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/consider-this-before-cataract-surgery-grant-rule-whats-next-cdc-nominee-grilled/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/consider-this-before-cataract-surgery-grant-rule-whats-next-cdc-nominee-grilled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iceberg Blamed in Diarrhea Outbreak; Masking Urged in Cities; DEA's Ketamine Probes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Lettuce at Taco Bell in Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia has been confirmed as a source of the outbreak of the diarrhea-causing parasite Cyclospora...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/iceberg-blamed-in-diarrhea-outbreak-masking-urged-in-cities-deas-ketamine-probes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/iceberg-blamed-in-diarrhea-outbreak-masking-urged-in-cities-deas-ketamine-probes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've Heard of Cyclospora. What Other Parasites Can You Catch From Food?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- As health officials track cyclosporiasis cases in multiple states, experts note that there are plenty of other parasites that people can contract from food.<br />
These fall into two main categories: protozoa--like Cyclospora...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/youve-heard-of-cyclospora-what-other-parasites-can-you-catch-from-food/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/youve-heard-of-cyclospora-what-other-parasites-can-you-catch-from-food/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicaid Could Save $$ Under 'Most Favored Nation' Pricing, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A new program to base Medicaid drug prices on the lowest drug prices in other countries--known as "most favored nation" (MFN) pricing--could result in substantial savings, researchers found.<br />
The payment model, known...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicaid-could-save-under-most-favored-nation-pricing-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicaid-could-save-under-most-favored-nation-pricing-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Studies Document Brain Swelling, Sepsis in U.S. Measles Outbreaks]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- As U.S. measles cases approach last year's record-breaking total, studies on South Carolina and Utah's large outbreaks showed cases of encephalitis and sepsis among the hospitalized patients.<br />
In both states, hypoxemia and pneumonia...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/studies-document-brain-swelling-sepsis-in-us-measles-outbreaks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/studies-document-brain-swelling-sepsis-in-us-measles-outbreaks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alzheimer's Blood Tests Help Primary Care Doctors Make Better Diagnoses]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Blood test results helped primary care physicians diagnose Alzheimer's disease with nearly the same accuracy as specialists, a study of Swedish patients with cognitive impairment showed.<br />
Primary care physicians changed their...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alzheimers-blood-tests-help-primary-care-doctors-make-better-diagnoses/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alzheimers-blood-tests-help-primary-care-doctors-make-better-diagnoses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Surgical Approach May Be Better for Complex Gallbladder Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Robotic cholecystectomy for complex gallbladder disease was linked with reductions in further interventions and complications, without increasing the total cost of care, a cohort study suggested.<br />
Among patients undergoing complex...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/one-surgical-approach-may-be-better-for-complex-gallbladder-disease/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/one-surgical-approach-may-be-better-for-complex-gallbladder-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Patient Profile Emerges as Extra-Well Suited for Extra-Long DAPT After PCI]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- There was strong evidence for extending dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) beyond the standard 12 months in selected patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), the DAPT-MVD trial found.<br />
These were nonelderly patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/one-patient-profile-emerges-as-extra-well-suited-for-extra-long-dapt-after-pci/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/one-patient-profile-emerges-as-extra-well-suited-for-extra-long-dapt-after-pci/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Officials Want to Make Testosterone Easier to Prescribe. Is That a Good Idea?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Officials under President Donald Trump want to make it easier for men to get a prescription for testosterone, the latest shift in a decades-long debate over the benefits and risks of replacing the hormone that affects sex drive...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-officials-want-to-make-testosterone-easier-to-prescribe-is-that-a-good-idea/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-officials-want-to-make-testosterone-easier-to-prescribe-is-that-a-good-idea/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marked Safe from Explosive Diarrhea; RN's Weird Baby Names; Meant for Medicine?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.<br />
Health professionals from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Unbiased Science Podcast shared...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/marked-safe-from-explosive-diarrhea-rns-weird-baby-names-meant-for-medicine/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/marked-safe-from-explosive-diarrhea-rns-weird-baby-names-meant-for-medicine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Maternity Billing Codes Better Reflect Modern Care, Ob/Gyns Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Maternity care billing is getting an overhaul that ob/gyns say is long overdue and will likely improve patient care and physician compensation--as long as it's rolled out effectively.<br />
For decades, there's been a global system...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-maternity-billing-codes-better-reflect-modern-care-obgyns-say/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-maternity-billing-codes-better-reflect-modern-care-obgyns-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liver Risks in U.S. Diet Guidelines; Sexual Health in IBD; PFAS and Gut Inflammation]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Experts warned that components of the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines like red meat intake are associated with greater liver fibrosis risk while liver-protective foods such as beans were not included. (American Journal of Gastroenterology...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/liver-risks-in-us-diet-guidelines-sexual-health-in-ibd-pfas-and-gut-inflammation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/liver-risks-in-us-diet-guidelines-sexual-health-in-ibd-pfas-and-gut-inflammation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MRD Assessment May Refine Prognosis After CAR-T for Follicular Lymphoma]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting suggested that circulating tumor (ct)DNA-based measurable residual disease (MRD) assessment may provide prognostic information for patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mrd-assessment-may-refine-prognosis-after-car-t-for-follicular-lymphoma/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mrd-assessment-may-refine-prognosis-after-car-t-for-follicular-lymphoma/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Approves First PCSK9 Inhibitor Pill for Cholesterol]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved enlicitide (Lipfendra) as the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor for lowering cholesterol.<br />
Enlicitide is now approved as an adjunct to diet and exercise to reduce LDL cholesterol in adults with high cholesterol or heterozygous...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-first-pcsk9-inhibitor-pill-for-cholesterol/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-first-pcsk9-inhibitor-pill-for-cholesterol/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Approves First PCSK9 Inhibitor in Pill Form]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved enlicitide (Lipfendra) as the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor for lowering cholesterol.<br />
Enlicitide is now approved as an adjunct to diet and exercise to reduce LDL cholesterol in adults with high cholesterol or heterozygous...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-first-pcsk9-inhibitor-in-pill-form/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-first-pcsk9-inhibitor-in-pill-form/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurse Found Dead at Home; Doc's Manslaughter Charges; Emergency Nurse Missing]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A Missouri nurse whose anesthesiologist husband had admitted to assaulting a woman was found dead in her home in June. Her husband, Andrew Hummel, MD, has not been accused in her death. (Fox News)<br />
Samuel Lee, MD, of Florida...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurse-found-dead-at-home-docs-manslaughter-charges-emergency-nurse-missing/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurse-found-dead-at-home-docs-manslaughter-charges-emergency-nurse-missing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nerve Stimulation for Sleep Apnea Linked to Some Long-Term Heart Benefits]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may have some longer-term cardiovascular benefits, but its effects in the short term painted a different picture, according to a retrospective cohort study...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nerve-stimulation-for-sleep-apnea-linked-to-some-long-term-heart-benefits/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nerve-stimulation-for-sleep-apnea-linked-to-some-long-term-heart-benefits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time but It Didn't Last. Could It Work Now?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- It's an idea whose time, as it were, may have come--again.<br />
The twice-yearly changing of the clocks in the U.S. could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/america-tried-permanent-daylight-saving-time-but-it-didnt-last-could-it-work-now/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/america-tried-permanent-daylight-saving-time-but-it-didnt-last-could-it-work-now/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam Neill's Cause of Death; RFK Jr.'s Polio Shot Plan; Female Hair-Loss Pill]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Sam Neill's cause of death was pneumonia, his agent said. The "Jurassic Park" actor had been in remission from his rare lymphoma following CAR T-cell therapy. (AP...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/sam-neills-cause-of-death-rfk-jrs-polio-shot-plan-female-hair-loss-pill/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/sam-neills-cause-of-death-rfk-jrs-polio-shot-plan-female-hair-loss-pill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Offers Reassurance to Women Considering Epidural During Labor]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Epidural analgesia in labor was not linked to adverse neonatal neurological outcomes, a Scottish cohort study found.<br />
An analysis of nearly half a million deliveries found no association between epidural analgesia in labor and...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-offers-reassurance-to-women-considering-epidural-during-labor/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-offers-reassurance-to-women-considering-epidural-during-labor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CDC Director Nominee Pressed on Vaccines at Senate Hearing]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Nominees for the positions of CDC director and assistant secretary for preparedness and response (ASPR) faced tricky questions and some frustration Wednesday from senators on both sides of the aisle.<br />
Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-director-nominee-pressed-on-vaccines-at-senate-hearing/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-director-nominee-pressed-on-vaccines-at-senate-hearing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronauts Obtain First X-Rays in Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- It was feasible to take x-rays in space, potentially improving diagnostic capabilities for crew health, according to a small prospective study.<br />
Using a portable radiography system, three crew members on the 3.5-day Fram2 polar...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/astronauts-obtain-first-x-rays-in-space/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/astronauts-obtain-first-x-rays-in-space/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CDC Finds Good News on Hospital-Associated Infections]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Americans were less likely to have a healthcare-associated infection (HAI) in 2023 than in 2015, though reducing surgical-site infections and non-ventilator-associated pneumonia in hospitals remained a challenge, CDC survey findings...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-finds-good-news-on-hospital-associated-infections/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-finds-good-news-on-hospital-associated-infections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood Samples Mid-Heart Attack Found With Disproportionately More Microplastics]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Among people undergoing coronary angiography for suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), heart attack patients stood out for having higher microplastics and nanoplastics in their blood, a small Italian study found.<br />
People with...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/blood-samples-mid-heart-attack-found-with-disproportionately-more-microplastics/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/blood-samples-mid-heart-attack-found-with-disproportionately-more-microplastics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood Test May Predict Alzheimer's Symptoms Up to a Decade Early]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Very high levels of plasma phosphorylated tau 217 (p-tau217), a marker of amyloid burden in the brain, predicted future risk of cognitive impairment among older adults who were initially unimpaired, a multicohort study suggested...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/blood-test-may-predict-alzheimers-symptoms-up-to-a-decade-early/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/blood-test-may-predict-alzheimers-symptoms-up-to-a-decade-early/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trial Questions Continuous Maintenance in Newly Diagnosed Myeloma]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Maintenance therapy with continuous lenalidomide (Revlimid) did not significantly improve overall survival (OS) in patients with standard-risk, newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, the phase III ENDURANCE trial showed.<br />
Among patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trial-questions-continuous-maintenance-in-newly-diagnosed-myeloma/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trial-questions-continuous-maintenance-in-newly-diagnosed-myeloma/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've Seen What Happens in Immigration Detention. It's No Place for a Child.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Under a cloudless sky, shrieks of youthful joy pierced the air as a kite took flight. Two children sang as they turned the rope for their jumping companion, smiling when younger ones interrupted the game in pursuit of a runaway...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/weve-seen-what-happens-in-immigration-detention-its-no-place-for-a-child/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/weve-seen-what-happens-in-immigration-detention-its-no-place-for-a-child/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Troops to Be Tested for 'Testosterone Deficiency,' Hegseth Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that he is rolling out a new screening program for "testosterone deficiency" among troops, calling it necessary to allow them to operate at their "absolute best."<br />
The new screenings...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-troops-to-be-tested-for-testosterone-deficiency-hegseth-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-troops-to-be-tested-for-testosterone-deficiency-hegseth-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Restarting Selumetinib Promising for Recurrent Low-Grade Glioma in Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO), investigators reported prospective evidence supporting retreatment with the MEK inhibitor selumetinib (Koselugo) in children with recurrent low-grade glioma...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/restarting-selumetinib-promising-for-recurrent-low-grade-glioma-in-kids/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/restarting-selumetinib-promising-for-recurrent-low-grade-glioma-in-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if Burnout Isn't the Problem?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For years, healthcare organizations have sounded the alarm about clinician burnout. Conferences convene around it, task forces study it, and wellness programs promise to fix it. From mindfulness apps to resilience training to...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-if-burnout-isnt-the-problem/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-if-burnout-isnt-the-problem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA's Psychedelic Guidance; Mass Shootings and Car Crashes; ADHD Drug Misuse Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA finalized clinical guidance for psychedelic drug developers and scheduled a public hearing for September to discuss potential therapeutic uses.<br />
Meanwhile, HHS and the VA are partnering to speed up the research and development...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fdas-psychedelic-guidance-mass-shootings-and-car-crashes-adhd-drug-misuse-down/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fdas-psychedelic-guidance-mass-shootings-and-car-crashes-adhd-drug-misuse-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids Born in COVID Lockdown May Have Diminished Executive Function]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Children born during England's COVID lockdown appeared to have markedly lower executive function than expected for their age, interim results of a cross-sectional observational study showed.<br />
Among more than 200 4-year-olds born...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/kids-born-in-covid-lockdown-may-have-diminished-executive-function/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/kids-born-in-covid-lockdown-may-have-diminished-executive-function/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Wanted Bigger Vax Crackdown; JAMA Letters Retracted; Measles Test Demand]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wanted to push even harder against vaccines than what he ultimately put forward as policy. He wanted to spend $5 billion to study the link between vaccines and autism, and completely do away...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-wanted-bigger-vax-crackdown-jama-letters-retracted-measles-test-demand/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-wanted-bigger-vax-crackdown-jama-letters-retracted-measles-test-demand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cannabis Combination Eased End-of-Life Agitation in Dementia Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two active ingredients found in marijuana--tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD)--led to significantly less agitation in hospice-eligible patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, the phase II...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cannabis-combination-eased-end-of-life-agitation-in-dementia-patients/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cannabis-combination-eased-end-of-life-agitation-in-dementia-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wildfires Expose Millions in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. to Dangerous Smoke]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Heavy smoke from several large wildfires blazing in Canada and Minnesota is expected to engulf large swaths of the Midwest and Northeast U.S. this week, exposing millions of people to dangerous air pollution.<br />
Minnesota officials...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/wildfires-expose-millions-in-the-midwest-and-northeast-us-to-dangerous-smoke/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/wildfires-expose-millions-in-the-midwest-and-northeast-us-to-dangerous-smoke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New GLP-1 Concern;  FDA Sued by Health Groups; Over 750 Dead in Ebola Outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
A preprint study flagged signals of frailty in seniors taking the GLP-1 drug tirzepatide (Zepbound) for weight loss. (Reuters via Yahoo!)<br />
The House passed a bill...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-glp-1-concern-fda-sued-by-health-groups-over-750-dead-in-ebola-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-glp-1-concern-fda-sued-by-health-groups-over-750-dead-in-ebola-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Docs in for Another Medicare Pay Cut, CMS Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Physicians would receive a 1.68% pay cut--or a 1.19% pay cut for those participating in advanced alternative payment models--in 2027 under the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule released Tuesday by the Trump administration...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/docs-in-for-another-medicare-pay-cut-cms-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/docs-in-for-another-medicare-pay-cut-cms-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PAM Inhibitor Approved for HR-Positive Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the kinase inhibitor gedatolisib (Revtorpyk) for treating hormone receptor (HR)-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer in patients whose disease has progressed on endocrine therapy in the metastatic setting.<br />
Approval...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pam-inhibitor-approved-for-hr-positive-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pam-inhibitor-approved-for-hr-positive-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Do Pediatricians Really Think of Minecraft?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics.<br />
As kids spend more hours in the summer engaged in the digital Lego...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-do-pediatricians-really-think-of-minecraft/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-do-pediatricians-really-think-of-minecraft/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Primary Care Needs More Attention and Investment, CMS Officials Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Healthcare payers, including the federal government, aren't investing enough in primary care, said experts during a conference sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) on Tuesday.<br />
Without...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/primary-care-needs-more-attention-and-investment-cms-officials-say/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/primary-care-needs-more-attention-and-investment-cms-officials-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CDC Says Cyclosporiasis Outbreaks in Multiple States May Be Linked]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Cyclosporiasis outbreaks in four Midwestern states are likely epidemiologically linked, part of an unusually large wave of cases in at least 34 states, CDC officials said.<br />
While the agency still hasn't identified a specific...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-says-cyclosporiasis-outbreaks-in-multiple-states-may-be-linked/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-says-cyclosporiasis-outbreaks-in-multiple-states-may-be-linked/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novel Alzheimer's Drug Targeting Tau Shows Promise in Mid-Stage Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The tau-targeting agent diranersen did not meet the primary endpoint of the phase II CELIA trial, but that isn't stopping the drug from moving forward.<br />
The placebo-controlled study is the first to show a cognitive benefit and...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-alzheimers-drug-targeting-tau-shows-promise-in-mid-stage-trial/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-alzheimers-drug-targeting-tau-shows-promise-in-mid-stage-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senator Accuses RFK Jr. of Election Interference]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) filed a Hatch Act complaint, accusing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of potential election interference.<br />
In a letter to the Office of Special Counsel calling for an investigation, the Senate Finance...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/senator-accuses-rfk-jr-of-election-interference/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/senator-accuses-rfk-jr-of-election-interference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1s Good for Marriage Prospects? RFK Jr.'s Diabetes Ads Axed; CGMs for Toddlers]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- GLP-1 drugs did not appear to improve diabetes patients' job or marriage prospects, according to a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research. (Axios)<br />
The U.S. by 2035 will have 57 million overweight individuals...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-good-for-marriage-prospects-rfk-jrs-diabetes-ads-axed-cgms-for-toddlers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-good-for-marriage-prospects-rfk-jrs-diabetes-ads-axed-cgms-for-toddlers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abortion Rights Are on the Ballot in 4 States. Here's What to Know.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Idaho voters will decide whether to roll back the state's abortion ban, the secretary of state told the group behind the initiative in a letter Monday, joining three other states where abortion will be directly on the ballot...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/abortion-rights-are-on-the-ballot-in-4-states-heres-what-to-know/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/abortion-rights-are-on-the-ballot-in-4-states-heres-what-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions Linger About Aging Politicians' Health Transparency After Graham's Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a top ally of President Donald Trump and one of Washington's best-known politicians, is renewing focus on the country's aging lawmakers.<br />
Graham, who had turned 71 just 2 days...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/questions-linger-about-aging-politicians-health-transparency-after-grahams-death/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/questions-linger-about-aging-politicians-health-transparency-after-grahams-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Push for Cath Lab Safety; Eplontersen Flops in ATTR-CM; Off-Label Testosterone Risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A multisociety expert consensus statement calls for wider implementation of enhanced radiation protection devices for cath lab operators. (JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions)<br />
The FDA approved Johnson &amp; Johnson's Dual Energy...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/push-for-cath-lab-safety-eplontersen-flops-in-attr-cm-off-label-testosterone-risks/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/push-for-cath-lab-safety-eplontersen-flops-in-attr-cm-off-label-testosterone-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurses Are Honored in Hollywood. Reality Often Looks Different.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- There is something almost too on-the-nose about our recent news cycle. On July 8, "The Pitt"--HBO Max's unflinching, real-time portrait of a Pittsburgh emergency department (ED)--collected 25 Emmy nominations, 13 of them...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurses-are-honored-in-hollywood-reality-often-looks-different/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurses-are-honored-in-hollywood-reality-often-looks-different/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biomarkers for Esophageal Cancer Continue to Evolve]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Biomarker discovery has played an essential role in the development of more effective therapy for multiple types of solid tumors, including esophageal cancer.<br />
The applicability of biomarkers in esophageal cancer continues to...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/biomarkers-for-esophageal-cancer-continue-to-evolve/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/biomarkers-for-esophageal-cancer-continue-to-evolve/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want Real Mentorship in Medicine? Bots Aren't It.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Thursday mornings at our practice are unique. Historically, no patients.<br />
Years ago, Thursday mornings were when the Department of Medicine had its Grand Rounds series, starting at 9 a.m.<br />
However, after being in this time slot...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/want-real-mentorship-in-medicine-bots-arent-it/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/want-real-mentorship-in-medicine-bots-arent-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments Are Closed on OMB's Grantmaking Proposed Rule. Now What?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Last night, comments closed on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)'s proposed rule that would require political appointees to review federal grants and halt those that don't align with Trump administration objectives....]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/comments-are-closed-on-ombs-grantmaking-proposed-rule-now-what/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/comments-are-closed-on-ombs-grantmaking-proposed-rule-now-what/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1s and Blinding Condition; Cyclosporiasis Source Found? Tylenol-Autism Lawsuits]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
A cohort study found that diabetes patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists had a higher risk of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, a potentially blinding eye condition...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-and-blinding-condition-cyclosporiasis-source-found-tylenol-autism-lawsuits/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-and-blinding-condition-cyclosporiasis-source-found-tylenol-autism-lawsuits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Approves At-Home Starter Dose of Alzheimer's Drug]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved a new starting dosage regimen for the subcutaneous formulation of lecanemab (Leqembi Iqlik) to treat adults with Alzheimer's disease, the agency said Monday.<br />
Lecanemab is an anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-at-home-starter-dose-of-alzheimers-drug/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-at-home-starter-dose-of-alzheimers-drug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle Changes May Slow Brain Aging in Adults Younger Than 70]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A structured multidomain lifestyle intervention may help slow changes in brain white matter associated with aging, a secondary analysis of data from the randomized POINTER trial suggested.<br />
Compared with a self-guided intervention...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lifestyle-changes-may-slow-brain-aging-in-adults-younger-than-70/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lifestyle-changes-may-slow-brain-aging-in-adults-younger-than-70/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aspirin Alone Gets the Job Done for Clot Prevention After Joint Surgery]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An aspirin-only approach to postoperative prophylaxis after arthroplasty was as effective and safe as upfront rivaroxaban (Xarelto), according to the EPCAT III randomized trial.<br />
Aspirin-only prophylaxis met noninferiority criteria...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aspirin-alone-gets-the-job-done-for-clot-prevention-after-joint-surgery/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aspirin-alone-gets-the-job-done-for-clot-prevention-after-joint-surgery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Dampens Hope for GLP-1s as Insulin Off-Ramp in Type 2 Diabetes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Adding a GLP-1 receptor agonist was not associated with a lower likelihood of discontinuing existing basal insulin therapy among veterans with type 2 diabetes compared with other glucose-lowering agents, a target emulation trial...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-dampens-hope-for-glp-1s-as-insulin-off-ramp-in-type-2-diabetes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-dampens-hope-for-glp-1s-as-insulin-off-ramp-in-type-2-diabetes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Warns of Brain Bleeding for Some Babies Who Don't Get Vitamin K Shot]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Infants in Sweden who did not receive intramuscular vitamin K administration at birth--a small but growing population--had an increased associated risk of bleeding episodes, including intracranial hemorrhage, a nationwide...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-warns-of-brain-bleeding-for-some-babies-who-dont-get-vitamin-k-shot/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 21:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-warns-of-brain-bleeding-for-some-babies-who-dont-get-vitamin-k-shot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infants Not Given Vitamin K at Birth Had Greater Bleeding Risks, Including in Brain]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Infants in Sweden who did not receive intramuscular vitamin K administration at birth--a small but growing population--had an increased associated risk of bleeding episodes, including intracranial hemorrhage, a nationwide...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/infants-not-given-vitamin-k-at-birth-had-greater-bleeding-risks-including-in-brain/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 21:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/infants-not-given-vitamin-k-at-birth-had-greater-bleeding-risks-including-in-brain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did His Unusual Dinner Lead to a Tape Worm 50 Years Later?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- During surgery to repair a hernia in a 71-year-old man's right groin, his doctors discovered something unexpected: a tapeworm.<br />
The surgeons fished the 10-inch long worm out carefully and recorded the extraction of this infection...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/did-his-unusual-dinner-lead-to-a-tape-worm-50-years-later/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/did-his-unusual-dinner-lead-to-a-tape-worm-50-years-later/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aortic Dissection: What to Know About Lindsey Graham's Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) died at age 71 of an aortic dissection caused by arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to a preliminary medical examiner's report.<br />
An aortic dissection is a rare and painful event that...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aortic-dissection-what-to-know-about-lindsey-grahams-death/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aortic-dissection-what-to-know-about-lindsey-grahams-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Declaring Death Is Not So Simple]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The first person I ever declared dead was a woman with cancer on hospital hospice care, when I was a medical student on my hematology-oncology rotation. The nurse told me the patient had passed, and it became my job to confirm...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/declaring-death-is-not-so-simple/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/declaring-death-is-not-so-simple/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expanding Early Intensive Treatment Beyond Glycemia in Type 2 Diabetes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the American Diabetes Association annual meeting, findings from the SURPASS-EARLY trial added to growing evidence that treating type 2 diabetes aggressively from the time of diagnosis may improve long-term outcomes beyond...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/expanding-early-intensive-treatment-beyond-glycemia-in-type-2-diabetes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/expanding-early-intensive-treatment-beyond-glycemia-in-type-2-diabetes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Later-Line Treatments for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Based on results from the DESTINY-Breast03 trial, trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd; Enhertu) became the preferred, guideline-supported, second-line therapy for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, regardless of hormone receptor...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/later-line-treatments-for-her2-positive-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/later-line-treatments-for-her2-positive-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell Breaks Silence, Says Hospitalization Was Due to a Fall]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the 84-year-old's health.<br />
McConnell...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mitch-mcconnell-breaks-silence-says-hospitalization-was-due-to-a-fall/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mitch-mcconnell-breaks-silence-says-hospitalization-was-due-to-a-fall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Citizen Tests Positive for Ebola in Congo]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A U.S. citizen working for a humanitarian organization in Congo has tested positive for the Ebola virus, the CDC said on Friday, as the Central African country struggles to contain the swelling outbreak.<br />
The CDC said it was...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-citizen-tests-positive-for-ebola-in-congo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-citizen-tests-positive-for-ebola-in-congo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lindsey Graham's Cause of Death; Legionnaires' at the Guggenheim; Renowned Doc Dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) died at age 71 on Saturday of aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to a preliminary medical examiner...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lindsey-grahams-cause-of-death-legionnaires-at-the-guggenheim-renowned-doc-dies/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lindsey-grahams-cause-of-death-legionnaires-at-the-guggenheim-renowned-doc-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alzheimer's Autopsy Study Raises Questions About Amyloid Clearance]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Autopsy data from an Alzheimer's patient revealed that brain regions with extensive amyloid clearance after treatment had less downstream tau accumulation and brain degeneration.<br />
Amyloid clearance also appeared to preferentially...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alzheimers-autopsy-study-raises-questions-about-amyloid-clearance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alzheimers-autopsy-study-raises-questions-about-amyloid-clearance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Do You Want the Toyota or the Lexus?': What We Heard This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- "They said, 'Do you want the Toyota or the Lexus?'"--Christina Prescott, MD, PhD, of NYU Langone Health in New York City, discussing how her aunt was sold a pricey multifocal lens for cataract surgery, then learned she wasn...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/do-you-want-the-toyota-or-the-lexus-what-we-heard-this-week/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/do-you-want-the-toyota-or-the-lexus-what-we-heard-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dementia Prevention Is Not One-Size-Fits-All, Study Shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Modifiable dementia risk factors varied widely from country to country and a one-size-fits-all approach to dementia prevention will not work everywhere, data from 14 countries and regions showed.<br />
Both differences and similarities...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dementia-prevention-is-not-one-size-fits-all-study-shows/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dementia-prevention-is-not-one-size-fits-all-study-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've All Had 'Difficult' Patients. But Do They Really Exist?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The chart note was brief: "Difficult patient. Frequent visits. Demands unnecessary tests."<br />
Before I met the patient, I already knew how the story was supposed to go.<br />
Every physician has encountered some version of this. A colleague...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/weve-all-had-difficult-patients-but-do-they-really-exist/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/weve-all-had-difficult-patients-but-do-they-really-exist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK launches national dementia registry to speed up search for treatments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Platform aims to improve access to clinical trials and boost life sciences investment in the country]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/uk-launches-national-dementia-registry-to-speed-up-search-for-treatments/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/uk-launches-national-dementia-registry-to-speed-up-search-for-treatments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosthesis for Hip Replacement; Testing for Respiratory Viruses in Nursing Homes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/prosthesis-for-hip-replacement-testing-for-respiratory-viruses-in-nursing-homes/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/prosthesis-for-hip-replacement-testing-for-respiratory-viruses-in-nursing-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What 'Disinformation Resolutions' Are Missing]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- When the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) passed its May 2026 resolution against disinformation, it marked a critical milestone in the field. By officially elevating misinformation to a top-tier priority, the organization...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-disinformation-resolutions-are-missing/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-disinformation-resolutions-are-missing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPA Promised a MAHA Agenda. It Has Yet to Materialize, Frustrating Activists.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Last December, after Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities that his...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/epa-promised-a-maha-agenda-it-has-yet-to-materialize-frustrating-activists/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/epa-promised-a-maha-agenda-it-has-yet-to-materialize-frustrating-activists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What’s really going on with mental health?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Changing terminology risks misleading policymakers and harming those in most need]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/whats-really-going-on-with-mental-health/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/whats-really-going-on-with-mental-health/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidelines Help Spot Dermatomyositis Patients at High Risk for Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- International guidelines can help identify dermatomyositis patients with a particularly high risk for cancer, according to a retrospective single-center U.S. study.<br />
Among 413 patients with a known dermatomyositis diagnosis...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/guidelines-help-spot-dermatomyositis-patients-at-high-risk-for-cancer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/guidelines-help-spot-dermatomyositis-patients-at-high-risk-for-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Increase in Acute Flaccid Myelitis Despite Rise in Enterovirus Infections]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Increases in enterovirus infections in recent years were not associated with a rise in confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a rare polio-like neurologic condition, according to a CDC report.<br />
A total of 172 confirmed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/no-increase-in-acute-flaccid-myelitis-despite-rise-in-enterovirus-infections/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/no-increase-in-acute-flaccid-myelitis-despite-rise-in-enterovirus-infections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Stay Safe and Enjoy Produce This Summer With the Cyclosporiasis Outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Scores of people in the U.S. have been sickened by a parasite commonly linked to contaminated fresh produce that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea. But there are ways to protect yourself and still enjoy summer's bounty of fruits...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-to-stay-safe-and-enjoy-produce-this-summer-with-the-cyclosporiasis-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-to-stay-safe-and-enjoy-produce-this-summer-with-the-cyclosporiasis-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chronic Illness, Diarrhea Surge in Quake-Hit Venezuela as Humanitarian Crisis Builds]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Victims of the powerful twin earthquakes that jolted Venezuela last month as well as people spared by the destruction on Thursday flooded relief services offered by nongovernmental organizations in the hardest-hit areas.<br />
The...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/chronic-illness-diarrhea-surge-in-quake-hit-venezuela-as-humanitarian-crisis-builds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/chronic-illness-diarrhea-surge-in-quake-hit-venezuela-as-humanitarian-crisis-builds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oversight Needed on Physician-Assisted Suicide for Hospice Patients, Lawmakers Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- When it comes to the use of physician-assisted suicide for hospice patients, more guardrails are needed to avoid discrimination against the vulnerable and disabled, several members of Congress told the Trump administration....]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oversight-needed-on-physician-assisted-suicide-for-hospice-patients-lawmakers-say/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oversight-needed-on-physician-assisted-suicide-for-hospice-patients-lawmakers-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Was Katie Couric Recently Diagnosed With?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-was-katie-couric-recently-diagnosed-with/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-was-katie-couric-recently-diagnosed-with/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI-Triggered Nephrology Consult Fails to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury in Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Early nephrology consultations triggered by real-time machine-learning risk scores failed to prevent increases in peak serum creatinine among hospitalized patients at risk for severe acute kidney injury (AKI), a randomized trial...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ai-triggered-nephrology-consult-fails-to-prevent-acute-kidney-injury-in-trial/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ai-triggered-nephrology-consult-fails-to-prevent-acute-kidney-injury-in-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ED Visits Often Precede Cancer; Shrinking Radiation Access; Beware 'Free' Drug Plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A study of national insurance claims data showed that a fourth of patients with newly diagnosed cancers had a recent emergency department (ED) visit that resulted in nonspecific findings. (Trilliant Health)<br />
Accord BioPharma...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ed-visits-often-precede-cancer-shrinking-radiation-access-beware-free-drug-plans/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ed-visits-often-precede-cancer-shrinking-radiation-access-beware-free-drug-plans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Expands Approval of Chemo-Free Bladder Cancer Combo in Curative Setting]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) or pembrolizumab and berahyaluronidase alfa (Keytruda Qlex) in combination with enfortumab vedotin (Padcev) as perioperative treatment for adults with muscle-invasive bladder cancer ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-expands-approval-of-chemo-free-bladder-cancer-combo-in-curative-setting/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-expands-approval-of-chemo-free-bladder-cancer-combo-in-curative-setting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Viral NeeDoh Trend Leading to Scalding Injuries, Doctors Warn]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Physicians are sounding the alarm about a dangerous social media trend involving NeeDoh that has kids being rushed to the hospital for scalding burns.<br />
Kids are heating up the sensory toy, even though it's not designed to be...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/viral-needoh-trend-leading-to-scalding-injuries-doctors-warn/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/viral-needoh-trend-leading-to-scalding-injuries-doctors-warn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Compares GLP-1 Drugs on Their Benefits, Harms]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Variable weight-loss and cardiovascular benefits were seen with GLP-1 drugs in a systematic review and network meta-analysis, but effects on quality of life were less clear.<br />
Across 262 randomized studies published through November...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-compares-glp-1-drugs-on-their-benefits-harms/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-compares-glp-1-drugs-on-their-benefits-harms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Graham Platner's PTSD Is No Excuse for Sexual Misconduct]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- "Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding."--Batman Begins<br />
If smearing their victims becomes fruitless, abusive men in the public eye follow a classic playbook: performative contrition and a tearful...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/graham-platners-ptsd-is-no-excuse-for-sexual-misconduct/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/graham-platners-ptsd-is-no-excuse-for-sexual-misconduct/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here Are the Groups Impacted by CDC's Chickenpox Vaccine U-Turn]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Children eligible for the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program and minority racial and ethnic groups were more likely to receive the recently shunned varicella-containing measles vaccine as their first dose of either immunization...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/here-are-the-groups-impacted-by-cdcs-chickenpox-vaccine-u-turn/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/here-are-the-groups-impacted-by-cdcs-chickenpox-vaccine-u-turn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADCs Continue to Make First-Line Inroads in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are becoming an increasingly relevant first-line treatment option for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).<br />
"ADCs are a fairly old class of drug that has really transformed the treatment...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/adcs-continue-to-make-first-line-inroads-in-triple-negative-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/adcs-continue-to-make-first-line-inroads-in-triple-negative-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[600 Dead in Outbreak; Obamacare Now Trumpcare? Rare Cancer Cluster in Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
New suspected Ebola cases have been reported in parts of Congo that were previously unaffected, as the death toll in the country's latest outbreak reached 600. ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/600-dead-in-outbreak-obamacare-now-trumpcare-rare-cancer-cluster-in-kids/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/600-dead-in-outbreak-obamacare-now-trumpcare-rare-cancer-cluster-in-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK pharmacies report high demand as weight-loss pills go on sale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rollout likely to accelerate the hit being felt by supermarkets as users of the drugs buy less food]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/uk-pharmacies-report-high-demand-as-weight-loss-pills-go-on-sale/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/uk-pharmacies-report-high-demand-as-weight-loss-pills-go-on-sale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Targeted Therapy Reverses Weight Gain From Rare Cause of Obesity]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Treatment with setmelanotide (Imcivree), a melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist, led to significant reductions in body mass index (BMI) and hunger in individuals with acquired hypothalamic obesity, the phase III TRANSCEND trial...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/targeted-therapy-reverses-weight-gain-from-rare-cause-of-obesity/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/targeted-therapy-reverses-weight-gain-from-rare-cause-of-obesity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newer Diabetes Drugs, Including GLP-1 Agonists, Tied to Autoimmunity Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Analysis of hundreds of thousands of patient records showed differing risks for autoimmune disorders for new users of the more recent types of antidiabetic medications.<br />
Rates of new-onset autoimmune conditions were compared...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/newer-diabetes-drugs-including-glp-1-agonists-tied-to-autoimmunity-risk/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/newer-diabetes-drugs-including-glp-1-agonists-tied-to-autoimmunity-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['A Big, Black Hole': Katie Couric Opens Up About the Day Her Memory Vanished]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Journalist Katie Couric recently shared her experience of sudden memory loss that persisted for several hours during a recent trip to Colorado. Doctors diagnosed the episode as transient global amnesia, a temporary condition...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-big-black-hole-katie-couric-opens-up-about-the-day-her-memory-vanished/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-big-black-hole-katie-couric-opens-up-about-the-day-her-memory-vanished/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 20 Different Cancers, Men More Likely to Be Diagnosed at a Later Stage]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Men had a higher likelihood than women for late-stage diagnosis of 20 different types of cancer, data from a national registry network showed.<br />
The analysis of 30 nonreproductive organ cancers showed men had higher odds ratios...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/in-20-different-cancers-men-more-likely-to-be-diagnosed-at-a-later-stage/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/in-20-different-cancers-men-more-likely-to-be-diagnosed-at-a-later-stage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HHS Moves to Create List of COVID Vaccine Injuries]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- HHS is paving the way to create an injury table for COVID countermeasures--such as vaccines--under the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP).<br />
The Health Resources and Services Administration posted a notice...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hhs-moves-to-create-list-of-covid-vaccine-injuries/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hhs-moves-to-create-list-of-covid-vaccine-injuries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Survived an Earthquake. Here's What to Know Following Venezuela's Disaster.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Following the June 24 twin earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, that struck northern Venezuela 39 seconds apart, the death toll now stands above 3,500 people, with tens of thousands more missing. Some 8.6 million people were...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/i-survived-an-earthquake-heres-what-to-know-following-venezuelas-disaster/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/i-survived-an-earthquake-heres-what-to-know-following-venezuelas-disaster/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liver Transplant Studies Retracted Over Organ Harvesting Concerns]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two Chinese studies related to liver transplantation published more than a decade ago in the Journal of Hepatology were retracted by the journal's editors.<br />
The editors said concerns were raised that the transplants described...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/liver-transplant-studies-retracted-over-organ-harvesting-concerns/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/liver-transplant-studies-retracted-over-organ-harvesting-concerns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Erling Haaland's 6,000-Calorie Diet Healthy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics.<br />
Norway's World Cup star Erling Braut Haaland reportedly consumes 6...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-erling-haalands-6000-calorie-diet-healthy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-erling-haalands-6000-calorie-diet-healthy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet the Doctor for the New York Knicks]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to "Medical Mavericks," a series from MedPage Today featuring interviews with healthcare professionals working in unconventional fields of health and medicine.<br />
In the wake of the New York Knicks winning the National...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/meet-the-doctor-for-the-new-york-knicks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/meet-the-doctor-for-the-new-york-knicks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Explosive Diarrhea's Nemesis; On Call at Ariana Grande Concert; RN's Netflix Trailer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.<br />
One trick explosive diarrhea doesn't want you to know? Clean your produce. The Illinois Department of Public...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/explosive-diarrheas-nemesis-on-call-at-ariana-grande-concert-rns-netflix-trailer/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/explosive-diarrheas-nemesis-on-call-at-ariana-grande-concert-rns-netflix-trailer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common Drugs Basically Flunk for Long COVID Fatigue]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An anti-inflammatory pill and the combination of a heartburn drug and an antihistamine marginally improved severe long COVID fatigue over usual care, and only in the short-term, according to an open-label randomized trial from...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/common-drugs-basically-flunk-for-long-covid-fatigue/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/common-drugs-basically-flunk-for-long-covid-fatigue/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Real-World Data on Bispecifics Could Shape Follicular Lymphoma Practice]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Real-world data presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting reinforced the effectiveness and safety of bispecific antibodies for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma, including in patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-real-world-data-on-bispecifics-could-shape-follicular-lymphoma-practice/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-real-world-data-on-bispecifics-could-shape-follicular-lymphoma-practice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rubbing Alcohol Injection Suit; Doc Gets 20 Years; Research Beagle Raid Charges]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Oregon podiatrist Colin Mizuo, DPM, allegedly injected rubbing alcohol instead of an anesthetic as he removed a woman's toenails, a lawsuit claims. The woman said she suffered significant pain as two toenails were pulled, and...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rubbing-alcohol-injection-suit-doc-gets-20-years-research-beagle-raid-charges/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rubbing-alcohol-injection-suit-doc-gets-20-years-research-beagle-raid-charges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[German Doctor Sentenced to Life for Murdering 15 Patients Under Palliative Care]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A Berlin court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a German doctor to life in prison on charges of murdering 15 of his patients who were under palliative care, in a case involving allegations he torched the homes of victims...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/german-doctor-sentenced-to-life-for-murdering-15-patients-under-palliative-care/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/german-doctor-sentenced-to-life-for-murdering-15-patients-under-palliative-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1s and Liver Cancer Recurrence; IBS Acupuncture; Transmural Healing in Crohn's]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Diabetes patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) experienced longer time to HCC recurrence and longer survival when they initiated a GLP-1 agonist rather than a DPP-4 inhibitor, a target trial emulation study found. (Gut...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-and-liver-cancer-recurrence-ibs-acupuncture-transmural-healing-in-crohns/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-and-liver-cancer-recurrence-ibs-acupuncture-transmural-healing-in-crohns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['The Pitt' Actors Get Over a Dozen Emmy Nominations]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- With its ensemble of doctors, nurses, interns, and patients squeezed together into a small emergency department (ED) with scripts that play out in real time, "The Pitt" feels like a lab made to grow great performances. The Emmys...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-pitt-actors-get-over-a-dozen-emmy-nominations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-pitt-actors-get-over-a-dozen-emmy-nominations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cancer Surge Coming; Trump on Mitch McConnell; Last Iron-Lunged American Dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Estimates suggest a 66.7% global increase in cancer incidence by 2050, with the greatest burden in low-income countries (133.3%), according to a report from the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cancer-surge-coming-trump-on-mitch-mcconnell-last-iron-lunged-american-dies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cancer-surge-coming-trump-on-mitch-mcconnell-last-iron-lunged-american-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eye Specialists Flag Concerns About Pricey Lenses in Cataract Surgery]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Patients undergoing cataract surgery are often given the choice of a standard lens that's covered by insurance, or "upgrading" to a multifocal lens that uses newer technology--at a much steeper out-of-pocket price, often...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/eye-specialists-flag-concerns-about-pricey-lenses-in-cataract-surgery/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/eye-specialists-flag-concerns-about-pricey-lenses-in-cataract-surgery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TPG and Blackstone seek more than $4bn for Hologic unit to unlock cash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Private equity groups look to pay down debt and repay investors from one of last year&rsquo;s biggest leveraged buyouts]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tpg-and-blackstone-seek-more-than-4bn-for-hologic-unit-to-unlock-cash/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tpg-and-blackstone-seek-more-than-4bn-for-hologic-unit-to-unlock-cash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blackstone and TPG seek more than $4bn for Hologic unit to unlock cash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Private equity groups look to pay down debt and repay investors from one of last year&rsquo;s biggest leveraged buyouts]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/blackstone-and-tpg-seek-more-than-4bn-for-hologic-unit-to-unlock-cash/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/blackstone-and-tpg-seek-more-than-4bn-for-hologic-unit-to-unlock-cash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republican Senator Blasts Proposed Changes to Federal Grantmaking Process]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A Republican senator criticized a proposed rule from the White House's budget office that would substantially change how federal grants are managed, arguing that it has the potential to harm patients and set back biomedical research...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/republican-senator-blasts-proposed-changes-to-federal-grantmaking-process/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/republican-senator-blasts-proposed-changes-to-federal-grantmaking-process/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Better Idea of When Mild HCM Is Likely to Go Downhill Fast]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- If therapies were to expand to people with mild hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the first in line should be specific groups more prone to disease worsening, suggested one registry study.<br />
Out of 2,500 people with phenotypically...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-better-idea-of-when-mild-hcm-is-likely-to-go-downhill-fast/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-better-idea-of-when-mild-hcm-is-likely-to-go-downhill-fast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outbreak of Cyclosporiasis Grows to More than 1,000 Cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Nearly 1,000 people in Michigan have been diagnosed with Cyclospora infections that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea, making it the largest such outbreak in state history and one of the nation's largest in years.<br />
No deaths...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/outbreak-of-cyclosporiasis-grows-to-more-than-1000-cases/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/outbreak-of-cyclosporiasis-grows-to-more-than-1000-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modified Amino Acid Improves Neurologic Symptoms in Rare Genetic Disorder]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Levacetylleucine (Aqneursa) improved neurologic symptoms and functioning in adults and children with ataxia-telangiectasia in a phase III, randomized, crossover trial.<br />
The primary endpoint was the mean 12-week change in Scale...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/modified-amino-acid-improves-neurologic-symptoms-in-rare-genetic-disorder/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/modified-amino-acid-improves-neurologic-symptoms-in-rare-genetic-disorder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chronic Kidney Disease  Increasingly Driven By Diabetes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the U.S. was generally stable over the past decade, but the underlying diagnoses driving the condition changed over time, according to National Health and Nutrition Examination...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/chronic-kidney-disease-increasingly-driven-by-diabetes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/chronic-kidney-disease-increasingly-driven-by-diabetes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Hints at Survival Benefit With Transplant for Metastatic Lung Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Lung transplant for selected metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients was associated with better early survival outcomes in a prospective, single-center study.<br />
Among 98 patients with lung-only involvement despite...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-hints-at-survival-benefit-with-transplant-for-metastatic-lung-cancer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-hints-at-survival-benefit-with-transplant-for-metastatic-lung-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Pushes Hospitals to Offer Healthier Food]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- HHS officials launched their "Make Hospital Food Healthier" Pledge campaign Wednesday, saying that the program will promote long-term wellness.<br />
"Patients recovering from serious medical conditions deserve better than ultra-processed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-administration-pushes-hospitals-to-offer-healthier-food/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-administration-pushes-hospitals-to-offer-healthier-food/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many Men With LUTS Could Be Candidates to Stop Alpha-Blocker Treatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- More than a third of older men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) derived little or no benefit from an alpha-blocker and might be candidates for "deprescribing," a small, randomized study suggested.<br />
During active treatment...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/many-men-with-luts-could-be-candidates-to-stop-alpha-blocker-treatment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/many-men-with-luts-could-be-candidates-to-stop-alpha-blocker-treatment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Execs Imprisoned for Adderall Scheme; FDA Ketamine Warning; Wellness Cult Psychosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two executives from the San Francisco-based telehealth provider Done Global were sentenced to years in prison for an alleged $90 million pill-mill scheme involving amphetamine/dextroamphetamine salts (Adderall), the Justice Department...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/execs-imprisoned-for-adderall-scheme-fda-ketamine-warning-wellness-cult-psychosis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/execs-imprisoned-for-adderall-scheme-fda-ketamine-warning-wellness-cult-psychosis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treatment Horizon Expanding for Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a rare and aggressive kidney disease characterized by scarring of the glomeruli, has no known cure but treatment options are expanding.<br />
The progressive disease, which is estimated to...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/treatment-horizon-expanding-for-focal-segmental-glomerulosclerosis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/treatment-horizon-expanding-for-focal-segmental-glomerulosclerosis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dendritic Cell Therapy Shows Promise in Early HER2-Positive Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, phase II findings suggested that intratumoral dendritic cell therapy combined with HER2-targeted treatment may enhance immune activity and improve pathologic complete...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dendritic-cell-therapy-shows-promise-in-early-her2-positive-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dendritic-cell-therapy-shows-promise-in-early-her2-positive-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking Ahead to the Future of Brain Tumor Imaging and Care]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Following the American Society of Neuroradiology meeting, MedPage Today convened three leaders in neuro-oncology and brain tumor imaging for a virtual roundtable discussion on the evolving role of advanced MRI in brain tumor...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/looking-ahead-to-the-future-of-brain-tumor-imaging-and-care/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/looking-ahead-to-the-future-of-brain-tumor-imaging-and-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private Equity's New AI Push Raises Old Questions for Healthcare]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a future issue for healthcare workers. Hospitals, insurers, pharmacy chains, and health technology companies are already rolling out AI tools for documentation, scheduling, workflow management...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/private-equitys-new-ai-push-raises-old-questions-for-healthcare/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/private-equitys-new-ai-push-raises-old-questions-for-healthcare/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ovarian Cancer Frequently Diagnosed Only After Hospital Admission]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- More than 40% of women with ovarian cancer did not have diagnoses until after an emergency hospital admission for symptoms, a study from England found.<br />
National registry data showed that 11,377 of 28,204 women had ovarian cancer...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ovarian-cancer-frequently-diagnosed-only-after-hospital-admission/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ovarian-cancer-frequently-diagnosed-only-after-hospital-admission/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID Lab Leak Payback; MAGA-MAHA Divorce? Fewer NIH Grants]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's COVID lab-leak retribution is in full swing: a flu expert was hauled off by the FBI, a coronavirus researcher was indicted in Detroit, two prominent virologists stepped down or were removed from senior...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/covid-lab-leak-payback-maga-maha-divorce-fewer-nih-grants/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/covid-lab-leak-payback-maga-maha-divorce-fewer-nih-grants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[JAK and IL-23 Inhibitors for Ulcerative Colitis: Making Decisions About Dosage]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- While JAK and interleukin (IL)-23 inhibitors have rapidly entered routine care for ulcerative colitis (UC), the ideal maintenance doses remain unclear.<br />
"The unresolved question is: Which patient actually needs the higher maintenance...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/jak-and-il-23-inhibitors-for-ulcerative-colitis-making-decisions-about-dosage/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/jak-and-il-23-inhibitors-for-ulcerative-colitis-making-decisions-about-dosage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Health Workers in Congo's Ebola Outbreak Go on Strike as Deaths Near 600]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- BUNIA, Congo--The healthcare workers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak are walking off their jobs to protest delays in their payments, threatening efforts to slow the outbreak that officials said continues to spread...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/some-health-workers-in-congos-ebola-outbreak-go-on-strike-as-deaths-near-600/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/some-health-workers-in-congos-ebola-outbreak-go-on-strike-as-deaths-near-600/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant Cell Arteritis: Are Steroids Overused?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) in France were kept on glucocorticoids at worrisome levels that led to clinically significant adverse effects, insurance data indicated.<br />
Just looking at patients newly diagnosed in 2022...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/giant-cell-arteritis-are-steroids-overused/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/giant-cell-arteritis-are-steroids-overused/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital Under Investigation; 4,000 Nurses Strike; Fentanyl Makers Pivot to Peptides]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) called for an investigation into Mission Regional Medical Center, claiming the hospital marketed "birth packages in South Texas" to foreign...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospital-under-investigation-4000-nurses-strike-fentanyl-makers-pivot-to-peptides/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospital-under-investigation-4000-nurses-strike-fentanyl-makers-pivot-to-peptides/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charges Against Radiologist Who Drove Family Off Cliff Dropped]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- All charges against a radiologist accused of trying to kill his family in 2023 by driving his car off a cliff along the Northern California coast have been dismissed by a judge following his completion of a mental health program...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/charges-against-radiologist-who-drove-family-off-cliff-dropped/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/charges-against-radiologist-who-drove-family-off-cliff-dropped/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Younger Teens May Be Unaware of the Dangers of Fentanyl, Survey Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A considerable proportion of younger adolescents may be unaware of the dangers of fentanyl use, according to a cross-sectional survey study.<br />
Among the adolescents surveyed, 47.8% of 8th graders attributed great risk to experimental...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/younger-teens-may-be-unaware-of-the-dangers-of-fentanyl-survey-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/younger-teens-may-be-unaware-of-the-dangers-of-fentanyl-survey-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASPECTS Fails to Reflect Ceiling for Endovascular Stroke Therapy Benefit]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- There was evidence for going beyond the Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) in selecting stroke patients with enough salvageable brain tissue to benefit from thrombectomy, one group contended.<br />
Based on a nationwide...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aspects-fails-to-reflect-ceiling-for-endovascular-stroke-therapy-benefit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aspects-fails-to-reflect-ceiling-for-endovascular-stroke-therapy-benefit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First-in-Class Drug Approved for IgA Nephropathy]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted accelerated approval to atacicept (Trutakna) to reduce proteinuria in adults with primary IgA nephropathy at risk for disease progression.<br />
Data from ORIGIN 3 supported approval of the once-weekly self-administered...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-in-class-drug-approved-for-iga-nephropathy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-in-class-drug-approved-for-iga-nephropathy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record High GLP-1 Use; Intense Interval Exercise; Endometriosis and Androgens]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Americans' use of GLP-1 injectables for weight loss reached a record high, nearly quadrupling since 2024, according to a national Gallup poll.<br />
For patients with type 2 diabetes and peripheral artery disease, GLP-1 receptor agonists...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/record-high-glp-1-use-intense-interval-exercise-endometriosis-and-androgens/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/record-high-glp-1-use-intense-interval-exercise-endometriosis-and-androgens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vitamin C and the Brain; Invisible MS Lesions Revealed; Profound Autism Definition]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Plasma vitamin C levels were associated with gray matter structural integrity and default mode network connectivity in a cohort study of older adults. (PLOS ONE)<br />
Dual-target, noninvasive stimulation of the striatum and cerebellum...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vitamin-c-and-the-brain-invisible-ms-lesions-revealed-profound-autism-definition/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vitamin-c-and-the-brain-invisible-ms-lesions-revealed-profound-autism-definition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Patients Feel About AI-Drafted Portal Messages]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Patients care less about whether a message came from a human or artificial intelligence (AI) than the tone, length, and details, investigators in a small study concluded.<br />
Patients expressed "high comfort" with AI-drafted portal...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-patients-feel-about-ai-drafted-portal-messages/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-patients-feel-about-ai-drafted-portal-messages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Explosive' Diarrhea Clusters: Here's What to Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At least 18 states are monitoring clusters of cyclosporiasis--an intestinal illness often characterized by "explosive" diarrhea--and some are reporting far higher numbers than what's typical for this time of year.<br />
Michigan...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/explosive-diarrhea-clusters-heres-what-to-know/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/explosive-diarrhea-clusters-heres-what-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cardiologist Runs for Mayor; PCSK9 Inhibitor Price Drops; Pregnancy OK After AVR?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Cardiologist Lisa Nee, MD--who was also a former whistleblower at the Hines Veterans Administration hospital--announced her campaign for mayor of Chicago. (NBC 5)<br />
Nearly 935,000 bottles of ivabradine (Corlanor) are under...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cardiologist-runs-for-mayor-pcsk9-inhibitor-price-drops-pregnancy-ok-after-avr/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cardiologist-runs-for-mayor-pcsk9-inhibitor-price-drops-pregnancy-ok-after-avr/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Next Wave of ADCs in Metastatic Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, studies focusing on antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) across multiple breast cancer subtypes highlighted not only the expanding role of these therapies, but also the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-next-wave-of-adcs-in-metastatic-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-next-wave-of-adcs-in-metastatic-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity's Apex Predator Is on the Move. We're Not Ready.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- About 8 months ago, a bug enthusiast on the outskirts of Reykjavik, Iceland wandered into his yard at dusk to survey his latest wine roping haul--a hobby in which fabric soaked in sweet wine is used to lure insects. Suddenly...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/humanitys-apex-predator-is-on-the-move-were-not-ready/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/humanitys-apex-predator-is-on-the-move-were-not-ready/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private Equity Makes Deals With Healthcare Nonprofits]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Private equity firms are expanding their healthcare reach by forming joint ventures with nonprofit health systems, according to a new report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP).<br />
It's been well reported that private...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/private-equity-makes-deals-with-healthcare-nonprofits/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/private-equity-makes-deals-with-healthcare-nonprofits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking Ahead: The Future of Alzheimer's Disease Treatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Alzheimer's Disease," Cleveland Clinic behavioral neurologist Jagan Pillai, MD, PhD, and host Glenn Campbell continue their discussion on communicating effectively with patients and families facing a progressive...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/looking-ahead-the-future-of-alzheimers-disease-treatment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/looking-ahead-the-future-of-alzheimers-disease-treatment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Biomarker May Improve Diagnosis of Hypercortisolism]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At ENDO 2026, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, researchers reported that measuring adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) after a 1-mg overnight dexamethasone suppression test (DST) may improve the diagnosis of hypercortisolism...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-biomarker-may-improve-diagnosis-of-hypercortisolism/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-biomarker-may-improve-diagnosis-of-hypercortisolism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elderly Woman Survives Deadly Injury]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A woman in her 80s presented to the emergency department with a 16-inch flathead screwdriver protruding from the right side of her neck into her thorax.<br />
About 4 inches of the screwdriver shaft was visible in the right lower...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/elderly-woman-survives-deadly-injury/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/elderly-woman-survives-deadly-injury/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Chaotic Start to Residency and Fellowship]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Every year, as we slip into the dark days of January and then February, our thoughts turn to the impending transition, the end of the academic year, when the senior residents graduate, the current interns and junior residents...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-chaotic-start-to-residency-and-fellowship/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-chaotic-start-to-residency-and-fellowship/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicaid Funding Resumes for Planned Parenthood After Halting for Most of a Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Planned Parenthood and two smaller regional abortion providers are resuming billing Medicaid for services other than abortion after being cut off for most of a year.<br />
The defunding, which was mandated in President Donald Trump...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicaid-funding-resumes-for-planned-parenthood-after-halting-for-most-of-a-year/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicaid-funding-resumes-for-planned-parenthood-after-halting-for-most-of-a-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mom Who Said Her Toddler Twins Died After Vaccinations Charged With Murder]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An Idaho woman who said her toddler twins died last year after being vaccinated faces murder charges connected to their deaths, authorities said.<br />
A grand jury indicted Andrea Shaw, who is accused of suffocating her 18-month...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mom-who-said-her-toddler-twins-died-after-vaccinations-charged-with-murder/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mom-who-said-her-toddler-twins-died-after-vaccinations-charged-with-murder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell's Health; Blueberries Linked to E. Coli; USPSTF Meeting Blocked]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Rumors intensified after limited information about what led Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to be hospitalized on June 14, along with an alarming emergency-dispatch...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mitch-mcconnells-health-blueberries-linked-to-e-coli-uspstf-meeting-blocked/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mitch-mcconnells-health-blueberries-linked-to-e-coli-uspstf-meeting-blocked/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alzheimer's Biomarkers Change After Tuberculosis Vaccination]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The bacillus Calmette-Gu&eacute;rin (BCG) vaccine, commonly used against tuberculosis, changed how immune cells behaved and altered markers linked to Alzheimer's disease in a pilot study involving two open-label trials.<br />
In a year...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alzheimers-biomarkers-change-after-tuberculosis-vaccination/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alzheimers-biomarkers-change-after-tuberculosis-vaccination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chronically Short Sleep May Lead to Weight Gain in Adults With Heart Risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Shorter periods of sleep over the long term may lead to weight gain in adults at increased risk for cardiometabolic disease, a pooled analysis of two randomized trials suggested.<br />
For adults with elevated cardiometabolic risk...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/chronically-short-sleep-may-lead-to-weight-gain-in-adults-with-heart-risks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/chronically-short-sleep-may-lead-to-weight-gain-in-adults-with-heart-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common Meds Linked to Reduced Immunotherapy Benefit in Lung Cancer Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Exposure to proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) was associated with worse progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who were treated with durvalumab...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/common-meds-linked-to-reduced-immunotherapy-benefit-in-lung-cancer-trial/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/common-meds-linked-to-reduced-immunotherapy-benefit-in-lung-cancer-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ACA Rolls Shrank Dramatically in Many States Over the Past Year, Federal Data Show]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- States across the country saw steep drops in the number of people covered by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) over the past year, with Ohio and Oklahoma each losing nearly one-third of enrollees, according to new federal data that...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aca-rolls-shrank-dramatically-in-many-states-over-the-past-year-federal-data-show/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aca-rolls-shrank-dramatically-in-many-states-over-the-past-year-federal-data-show/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preparing Patients for Progression in Multiple Myeloma]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Multiple Myeloma," Cleveland Clinic hematologist Sandra Mazzoni, DO, and host John Mangels continue their conversation on communicating effectively and empathetically with patients facing a complex, chronic...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/preparing-patients-for-progression-in-multiple-myeloma/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/preparing-patients-for-progression-in-multiple-myeloma/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flu Shot Offered Robust Protection Against Death in Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Influenza vaccination reduced the risk of death from flu among U.S. kids and teens in recent years, researchers found.<br />
Overall vaccine effectiveness against influenza fatalities was 80% (95% CI 75-84) from August 2016 through...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/flu-shot-offered-robust-protection-against-death-in-kids/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/flu-shot-offered-robust-protection-against-death-in-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Mom Said Infant Formula Killed Her Baby. The Manufacturer Closed the File.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In September 2016, a distraught mother sent infant formula maker Mead Johnson a message:<br />
"REMOVE ME FROM YOUR LIST!!!! DO NOT EMAIL OR MAIL ME ANY MORE!"<br />
"It is because of your animal based pre-term artificial baby food crap...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-mom-said-infant-formula-killed-her-baby-the-manufacturer-closed-the-file/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-mom-said-infant-formula-killed-her-baby-the-manufacturer-closed-the-file/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secret Shopper Study Warns About Online GLP-1 Sellers]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two-thirds of online GLP-1 receptor agonist sellers did not require speaking with a clinician ahead of a prescription, a secret shopper study revealed.<br />
Out of 49 websites tested, 13 required a video visit and three required...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/secret-shopper-study-warns-about-online-glp-1-sellers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/secret-shopper-study-warns-about-online-glp-1-sellers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HIV Will End With System Redesign, Not When We Discover Another Drug]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- MedPage Today recently asked an important question: if antiretroviral therapy (ART), pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), rapid diagnostics, and decades of implementation science exist, why has the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hiv-will-end-with-system-redesign-not-when-we-discover-another-drug/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hiv-will-end-with-system-redesign-not-when-we-discover-another-drug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oral GLP-1 Drug May Simplify Diabetes Treatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the American Diabetes Association annual meeting, results from the ACHIEVE-5 trial showed that adding oral orforglipron (Foundayo) to basal insulin significantly improved glycemic control, reduced body weight, and limited...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oral-glp-1-drug-may-simplify-diabetes-treatment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oral-glp-1-drug-may-simplify-diabetes-treatment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At-Home Transvaginal Ultrasound Feasible, Preferred by Some Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Most patients were able to successfully perform their own transvaginal pelvic ultrasound at home and many preferred it over in-clinic ultrasonography, a nonrandomized clinical trial found.<br />
The majority of at-home ultrasound...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/at-home-transvaginal-ultrasound-feasible-preferred-by-some-patients/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/at-home-transvaginal-ultrasound-feasible-preferred-by-some-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is AI Ready to Take Over Prescriptions? Doctors Are Wary of Utah's Refill Program]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A prescription refill program that quietly launched in Utah earlier this year has kicked off a big medical debate: Is artificial intelligence (AI) ready to take over tasks that, until now, could only be performed by doctors...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-ai-ready-to-take-over-prescriptions-doctors-are-wary-of-utahs-refill-program/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-ai-ready-to-take-over-prescriptions-doctors-are-wary-of-utahs-refill-program/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over 500 Dead in Outbreak; RFK Jr.'s 'Irreparable Harm'; Toddler Alive in the Morgue]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
A total of 1,561 cases and 506 deaths have been confirmed in Congo's Ebola outbreak as frontline workers threatened to go on strike on Monday over unpaid benefits...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/over-500-dead-in-outbreak-rfk-jrs-irreparable-harm-toddler-alive-in-the-morgue/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/over-500-dead-in-outbreak-rfk-jrs-irreparable-harm-toddler-alive-in-the-morgue/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside the NHS hospital trialling psychedelics to treat depression]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers hope psilocybin compounds could eventually become part of mainstream care]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/inside-the-nhs-hospital-trialling-psychedelics-to-treat-depression/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/inside-the-nhs-hospital-trialling-psychedelics-to-treat-depression/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Not an Inconsequential Nothing-Burger': What We Heard This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- "It's still not an inconsequential nothing-burger."--Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, of Washington University in St. Louis, remarking that while severity has declined, COVID-19 still poses a particular threat for older adults and people...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/not-an-inconsequential-nothing-burger-what-we-heard-this-week/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/not-an-inconsequential-nothing-burger-what-we-heard-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She Struggled to Get Lifesaving Immunodeficiency Drug After Insurers Vowed to Help]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- LADUE, Mo.--Over 4 consecutive days in January, Margaret Hvatum ran a 5K, a 10K, a half-marathon, and a full marathon. The 70-year-old covered a combined distance that's nearly equivalent to running the length of Manhattan...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/she-struggled-to-get-lifesaving-immunodeficiency-drug-after-insurers-vowed-to-help/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/she-struggled-to-get-lifesaving-immunodeficiency-drug-after-insurers-vowed-to-help/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate Change Is Already at the Bedside. Why Aren't We Learning About It?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The World Health Organization has identified climate change as the single greatest threat to global health in the 21st century. This crisis spans borders and political sentiment, and increasingly, physicians will be expected...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/climate-change-is-already-at-the-bedside-why-arent-we-learning-about-it/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/climate-change-is-already-at-the-bedside-why-arent-we-learning-about-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[States Consider Charging Companies With Workers on Medicaid]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- New Jersey is launching a new fee on companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage instead of being covered by their employers. Other states are considering it, too.<br />
Democratic lawmakers and governors see it as a way...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/states-consider-charging-companies-with-workers-on-medicaid/</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/states-consider-charging-companies-with-workers-on-medicaid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech to Improve Stroke Outcomes; Impact of a Nation's Social Media Ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tech-to-improve-stroke-outcomes-impact-of-a-nations-social-media-ban/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tech-to-improve-stroke-outcomes-impact-of-a-nations-social-media-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alibaba to Pay $600M Over Allegations of Illegal Pharmaceutical Sales in the U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Chinese tech giant Alibaba will pay $600 million to resolve a dispute with the U.S. government over allegations that the Hangzhou-based firm sold and imported illegal pharmaceuticals, controlled substances, regulated chemicals...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alibaba-to-pay-600m-over-allegations-of-illegal-pharmaceutical-sales-in-the-us/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alibaba-to-pay-600m-over-allegations-of-illegal-pharmaceutical-sales-in-the-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CDC Urges People to Prevent Mosquito Bites as West Nile Virus Season Starts Strong]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Health officials are encouraging people to use bug spray and mosquito-control efforts as West Nile virus season is off to its earliest and worst start in over two decades.<br />
The CDC this week said it had confirmed at least 48...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-urges-people-to-prevent-mosquito-bites-as-west-nile-virus-season-starts-strong/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-urges-people-to-prevent-mosquito-bites-as-west-nile-virus-season-starts-strong/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No One Teaches You How to Zip the Body Bag]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- I don't remember every detail about the first patient I watched die, but I remember his weight.<br />
It was shouted repeatedly across the room to the pharmacist standing in the doorway. The number bounced between physicians, nurses...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/no-one-teaches-you-how-to-zip-the-body-bag/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/no-one-teaches-you-how-to-zip-the-body-bag/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicare Is Now Covering Some GLP-1s for Weight-Loss for $50. Here's What to Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Popular--and expensive--GLP-1 agonists for weight loss just got a lot cheaper for many older Americans.<br />
Starting this week, the federal government is offering a selection of the brand name medications to certain Medicare...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicare-is-now-covering-some-glp-1s-for-weight-loss-for-50-heres-what-to-know/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicare-is-now-covering-some-glp-1s-for-weight-loss-for-50-heres-what-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It Has Wide Support and Costs Nothing. Can This Prior Auth Bill Pass Congress?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- "I still have hope," said Peggy Tighe, legislative counsel for the Regulatory Relief Coalition, a group of physician specialty organizations advocating for regulatory burden reduction in Medicare, when she was asked about the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/it-has-wide-support-and-costs-nothing-can-this-prior-auth-bill-pass-congress/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/it-has-wide-support-and-costs-nothing-can-this-prior-auth-bill-pass-congress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Calling It Cancer; The Alcohol Paradox; Rural Patients Lose Ground in Screening]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Relabeling the lowest-risk prostate cancers as a non-cancerous condition might reduce overtreatment and prevent as many as 2,400 prostate cancer deaths annually. (UCLA Health)<br />
Social media influencer and cookbook author Nara...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/stop-calling-it-cancer-the-alcohol-paradox-rural-patients-lose-ground-in-screening/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/stop-calling-it-cancer-the-alcohol-paradox-rural-patients-lose-ground-in-screening/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exercise May Not Be a No-No After Aortic Dissection]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- It was feasible for survivors of thoracic aortic dissection (TAD) to engage in a structured exercise program, according to a pilot study.<br />
Among 93 adults post-Type A or B TAD, there were no deaths, aortic operations, or recurrent...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/exercise-may-not-be-a-no-no-after-aortic-dissection/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/exercise-may-not-be-a-no-no-after-aortic-dissection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serious Potato Chip Recall; Taylor Swift $$ for Hospitals; Hantavirus Outbreak Ends]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
The FDA classified the recall of Zapp's- and Dirty-branded potato chips as most serious due to a potential risk for Salmonella. (USA Today)<br />
And the agency also...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/serious-potato-chip-recall-taylor-swift-for-hospitals-hantavirus-outbreak-ends/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/serious-potato-chip-recall-taylor-swift-for-hospitals-hantavirus-outbreak-ends/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers Launch Study on Ebola Treatments as Congo Outbreak Worsens]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Researchers began a highly anticipated study of two possible Ebola treatments on Thursday in hopes of fighting the still-growing outbreak in eastern Congo, as the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the enrollment of the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/researchers-launch-study-on-ebola-treatments-as-congo-outbreak-worsens/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/researchers-launch-study-on-ebola-treatments-as-congo-outbreak-worsens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Same-Day COVID and Flu Shots Bring More Side Effects?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/do-same-day-covid-and-flu-shots-bring-more-side-effects/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/do-same-day-covid-and-flu-shots-bring-more-side-effects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Than Half of CDC Centers Lack Permanent Leadership]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Among CDC's 23 centers, institutes, and offices (CIOs), more than half have no permanent leadership, raising questions about direction and morale at the agency.<br />
Overall, 10 of the CIOs have permanent leadership, but 11 have...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-than-half-of-cdc-centers-lack-permanent-leadership/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-than-half-of-cdc-centers-lack-permanent-leadership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Admin Proposes Rule It Says Could Save Medicare Patients $1.1B on Drugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration is proposing a new rule on Thursday to keep hospitals from charging markups on discounted drugs for Medicare patients and says that could save consumers $1.1 billion next year, according to estimates...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-admin-proposes-rule-it-says-could-save-medicare-patients-11b-on-drugs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-admin-proposes-rule-it-says-could-save-medicare-patients-11b-on-drugs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Warns on Sedentary Behavior and Cancer Mortality]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Prolonged, uninterrupted sedentary behavior was associated with a significantly increased likelihood of dying of cancer, a study of more than 90,000 people showed.<br />
Every additional hour of prolonged sedentary behavior per day...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-warns-on-sedentary-behavior-and-cancer-mortality/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-warns-on-sedentary-behavior-and-cancer-mortality/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MedPage Today's Summer Reading Staff Picks]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Looking for something to read this summer? We asked the MedPage Today staff what books they've been loving lately, from big blockbuster novels to books that have stayed with them long after they finished. Whether you're lounging...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medpage-todays-summer-reading-staff-picks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medpage-todays-summer-reading-staff-picks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Healthcare group owned by Ardian has its bank accounts seized]]></title><description><![CDATA[Creditors told of investigation into Sant&eacute; Cie and subsidiaries over dealings with healthcare professionals]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/healthcare-group-owned-by-ardian-has-its-bank-accounts-seized/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/healthcare-group-owned-by-ardian-has-its-bank-accounts-seized/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 Nurses Say They Are Being Replaced by AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, fired 12 nurses and plans to replace them with artificial intelligence (AI) software, said nurses and city and state officials during a call with reporters on Wednesday.<br />
The...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/12-nurses-say-they-are-being-replaced-by-ai/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/12-nurses-say-they-are-being-replaced-by-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Cards for Public Health; MD Debunks 'July Effect'; Bad Bunny's Hit Tune for CPR]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.<br />
"Tanning beds are so in right now" is one of the statements that would receive a red card at the World Cup...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/red-cards-for-public-health-md-debunks-july-effect-bad-bunnys-hit-tune-for-cpr/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/red-cards-for-public-health-md-debunks-july-effect-bad-bunnys-hit-tune-for-cpr/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real-World Study Supports Bispecific Antibodies in Follicular Lymphoma]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Real-world data presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting reinforced the effectiveness and safety of bispecific antibodies for patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma, including...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/real-world-study-supports-bispecific-antibodies-in-follicular-lymphoma/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/real-world-study-supports-bispecific-antibodies-in-follicular-lymphoma/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endoscopy Radiation Exposure; H. Pylori and Colon Cancer; Gut-Brain Therapies in IBS]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A novel lead flap-enhanced artificial intelligence-enabled fluoroscopy system may lower the risk of radiation scatter to endoscopy personnel during fluoroscopy-guided procedures. (American Journal of Gastroenterology)<br />
A series...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/endoscopy-radiation-exposure-h-pylori-and-colon-cancer-gut-brain-therapies-in-ibs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/endoscopy-radiation-exposure-h-pylori-and-colon-cancer-gut-brain-therapies-in-ibs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Approves Sickle  Cell Gene Therapy for Young Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA on Wednesday expanded the approval for exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel, Casgevy) in severe sickle cell disease with recurrent vaso-occlusive crises and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia to include children 2 years...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-sickle-cell-gene-therapy-for-young-kids/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-sickle-cell-gene-therapy-for-young-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doc's Massage Parlor Plea Deal; Psychiatrist Sues Kaiser; NP Gets 10 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Peter O'Donnell, MD, a family physician in Maine who was accused of running a massage parlor as a front for prostitution, has pleaded guilty to engaging a prostitute in exchange for having charges of sex trafficking dismissed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/docs-massage-parlor-plea-deal-psychiatrist-sues-kaiser-np-gets-10-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/docs-massage-parlor-plea-deal-psychiatrist-sues-kaiser-np-gets-10-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Evidence Links Progestogen Contraceptives to Brain Tumor Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Women who used progestogen contraceptives had a significantly increased risk of meningioma, including oral and injectable progestogen formulations and intrauterine devices (IUDs), a large Danish study showed.<br />
Eight of the 12...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-evidence-links-progestogen-contraceptives-to-brain-tumor-risk/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-evidence-links-progestogen-contraceptives-to-brain-tumor-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Evidence Links Progestogen Contraceptives to Brain Cancer Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Women who used progestogen contraceptives had a significantly increased risk of meningioma, including oral and injectable progestogen formulations and intrauterine devices (IUDs), a large Danish study showed.<br />
Eight of the 12...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-evidence-links-progestogen-contraceptives-to-brain-cancer-risk/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-evidence-links-progestogen-contraceptives-to-brain-cancer-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Danny Glover Is Speaking Publicly About His Alzheimer's Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Actor and activist Danny Glover revealed this week that he has Alzheimer's disease. The four-time Emmy Award nominee, who is 79, said he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease 3 years ago.<br />
"I'm still not accepting in my mind...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-danny-glover-is-speaking-publicly-about-his-alzheimers-disease/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-danny-glover-is-speaking-publicly-about-his-alzheimers-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Misinformation Looks Like in the ICU]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Rigid, febrile, shaking with spasms--that is how he reached the ICU, and nothing in his chart explained it. The team ran through the possible causes: sepsis, thyroid storm, and a drug reaction. None of them fit.<br />
What the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-misinformation-looks-like-in-the-icu/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-misinformation-looks-like-in-the-icu/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shared Versus Private Offices for Docs: What Works Best?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- William Fox, MD, has had an independent practice in Charlottesville, Virginia, for 23 years, where he rented medical space with two other physicians.<br />
At their first location, the group was responsible for building out the entire...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/shared-versus-private-offices-for-docs-what-works-best/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/shared-versus-private-offices-for-docs-what-works-best/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Lyme Disease State of Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Recently, I've been in a Lyme state of mind.<br />
For one thing, as spring turns to summer, I can't help remembering the mysterious symptoms that, in 1975, roiled three small towns in Connecticut. They eventually led to an understanding...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-lyme-disease-state-of-mind/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-lyme-disease-state-of-mind/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[McConnell Had a Cardiac Arrest? U.S. Deaths Fall; Bad News for Cannibals]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Paramedics on June 14 responded to a "cardiac arrest" for an unconscious person at the home of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the day McConnell was hospitalized for...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mcconnell-had-a-cardiac-arrest-us-deaths-fall-bad-news-for-cannibals/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mcconnell-had-a-cardiac-arrest-us-deaths-fall-bad-news-for-cannibals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Older Folks With Obesity Now Often Metabolically Similar to Those With Normal BMI]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For middle-age and older people, obesity was no longer associated with the same cardiovascular burden as before--though it was a different story for young adults, according to a large longitudinal multi-country study.<br />
Across...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/older-folks-with-obesity-now-often-metabolically-similar-to-those-with-normal-bmi/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/older-folks-with-obesity-now-often-metabolically-similar-to-those-with-normal-bmi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amnioinfusions Mitigate Lethal Lung Hypoplasia From Fetal Kidney Failure]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Over a third of infants born following pregnancies with anhydramnios due to fetal kidney failure were able to avoid death from underdeveloped lungs with serial amnioinfusions during pregnancy, the nonrandomized RAFT study showed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/amnioinfusions-mitigate-lethal-lung-hypoplasia-from-fetal-kidney-failure/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/amnioinfusions-mitigate-lethal-lung-hypoplasia-from-fetal-kidney-failure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off-Label Drug Proves Its Mettle in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Off-label rituximab was noninferior to ocrelizumab (Ocrevus) in people with newly diagnosed relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) and recent disease activity, the phase III OVERLORD-MS trial showed.<br />
At 2 years, the estimated probability...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/off-label-drug-proves-its-mettle-in-relapsing-multiple-sclerosis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/off-label-drug-proves-its-mettle-in-relapsing-multiple-sclerosis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Suspends Funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Unit]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration on Tuesday said it would freeze federal funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU), a state agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting fraud in the safety-net government healthcare...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-administration-suspends-funding-for-new-yorks-medicaid-fraud-unit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-administration-suspends-funding-for-new-yorks-medicaid-fraud-unit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greater Willingness to Seek Help May Drive Rise in Mental Health Visits]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A lower threshold for seeking medical help and/or changes in diagnostic practice may be contributing to the increase in primary care consultations for mental health issues among young people, instead of a true increase in worsening...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/greater-willingness-to-seek-help-may-drive-rise-in-mental-health-visits/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/greater-willingness-to-seek-help-may-drive-rise-in-mental-health-visits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Scientists Raise Peptide Concerns Ahead of Committee Meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Undercutting HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent push to expand access to peptides, FDA career scientists determined there isn't adequate evidence to support any of the ones under consideration for production by compounding...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-scientists-raise-peptide-concerns-ahead-of-committee-meeting/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-scientists-raise-peptide-concerns-ahead-of-committee-meeting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psychiatric Risk Transmission; Phase III Win, Flop for Anxiety; 10K Hotel Overdoses]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Data from Finland lent support to the idea that risk for mental health disorders can be transmitted among adolescents. (JAMA Psychiatry)<br />
Actor and activist Danny Glover, best known for starring as an easygoing police officer...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/psychiatric-risk-transmission-phase-iii-win-flop-for-anxiety-10k-hotel-overdoses/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/psychiatric-risk-transmission-phase-iii-win-flop-for-anxiety-10k-hotel-overdoses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Hasn't Advanced MRI Become Standard Brain Tumor Care?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Following the American Society of Neuroradiology meeting, MedPage Today convened three leaders in neuro-oncology and brain tumor imaging for a virtual roundtable discussion on the evolving role of advanced MRI in brain tumor...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-hasnt-advanced-mri-become-standard-brain-tumor-care/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-hasnt-advanced-mri-become-standard-brain-tumor-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Early Breast Cancer Patients Could Be Spared Chemo, Trial Suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, results from the OPTIMA trial suggested that genomic testing may help identify additional patients with hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-early-breast-cancer-patients-could-be-spared-chemo-trial-suggests/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-early-breast-cancer-patients-could-be-spared-chemo-trial-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emails Reveal How RFK Jr. Empowered a Lone CDC Scientist]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A rank-and-file CDC scientist felt secure enough to make demands of agency leaders and criticize their work, sometimes copying the HHS secretary on correspondence, a recently released trove of CDC emails shows.<br />
In several emails...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/emails-reveal-how-rfk-jr-empowered-a-lone-cdc-scientist/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/emails-reveal-how-rfk-jr-empowered-a-lone-cdc-scientist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orca-T Approved to Prevent GVHD After Stem Cell Transplant for Blood Cancers]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved an allogeneic regulatory T cell-based immunotherapy product with hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) and T cells (Tregzi) to prevent serious complications of stem cell transplants for hematologic...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/orca-t-approved-to-prevent-gvhd-after-stem-cell-transplant-for-blood-cancers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/orca-t-approved-to-prevent-gvhd-after-stem-cell-transplant-for-blood-cancers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the World Cup, Homelessness, and the ED Meet]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- American infrastructure has been forced to step up with the arrival of tourists for the FIFA World Cup. From the creation of more robust security plans to the expansion of travel networks, the nation has placed significant effort...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/where-the-world-cup-homelessness-and-the-ed-meet/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/where-the-world-cup-homelessness-and-the-ed-meet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Measuring Tardive Dyskinesia Symptoms With the AIMS]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At each clinical visit, patients on antipsychotics should be assessed for tardive dyskinesia (TD) and abnormal involuntary movements, according to American Psychiatric Association (APA) guidelines.<br />
For decades, the Abnormal...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/measuring-tardive-dyskinesia-symptoms-with-the-aims/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/measuring-tardive-dyskinesia-symptoms-with-the-aims/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assistants Outearn Surgeons; More Political Control at CDC? Flood of Shoddy Papers]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Hospitals that don't contract with Medicare aren't beholden to federal regulations that guarantee treatment for all-comers. One of those hospitals is Nutex Health in New Mexico. The facility has also allegedly exploited a loophole...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/assistants-outearn-surgeons-more-political-control-at-cdc-flood-of-shoddy-papers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/assistants-outearn-surgeons-more-political-control-at-cdc-flood-of-shoddy-papers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee Lovers and Their Livers Can Celebrate, Study Suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Coffee drinking was associated with lower risks of serious liver disease and related mortality, with the more one consumes the better, data from the U.K. Biobank suggested.<br />
Over a median 13-year follow-up, drinking five or more...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/coffee-lovers-and-their-livers-can-celebrate-study-suggests/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/coffee-lovers-and-their-livers-can-celebrate-study-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1s Linked to Systemic Clinical Risk Reduction in Hidradenitis Suppurativa]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Patients with hidradenitis suppurative (HS) and a history of GLP-1 receptor agonist use for diabetes or obesity had significantly lower rates of multiple cardiovascular events and mortality, a large retrospective cohort study...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-linked-to-systemic-clinical-risk-reduction-in-hidradenitis-suppurativa/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-linked-to-systemic-clinical-risk-reduction-in-hidradenitis-suppurativa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recent Developments in Prostate Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Spurred by recognition of different disease subtypes, prostate cancer treatment continues to evolve. So far this year, the evolution has included practice-changing and incremental improvements in various aspects of clinical management...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/recent-developments-in-prostate-cancer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/recent-developments-in-prostate-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Actions Signal Move Toward Institutionalizing Disabled People, Advocates Warn]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities--rights that some fear could be losing ground under the Trump administration.<br />
Last month, the Education...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-actions-signal-move-toward-institutionalizing-disabled-people-advocates-warn/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-actions-signal-move-toward-institutionalizing-disabled-people-advocates-warn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[360 Dead in Outbreak; McConnell Still Hospitalized? FDA Rejects Kidney Disease Drug]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
A total of 1,274 cases and 360 deaths have been confirmed in Congo's Ebola outbreak, according to the CDC.<br />
Meanwhile, Ugandan officials reported an outbreak of...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/360-dead-in-outbreak-mcconnell-still-hospitalized-fda-rejects-kidney-disease-drug/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/360-dead-in-outbreak-mcconnell-still-hospitalized-fda-rejects-kidney-disease-drug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerleading Head Injuries Declined After 2012 Rule Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Head injuries among cheerleaders declined after a 2012 rule change that banned the "double down" twisting dismount in stunts performed in high school and lower-level grades, a study showed.<br />
From 2004 to 2012, concussions or...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cheerleading-head-injuries-declined-after-2012-rule-change/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cheerleading-head-injuries-declined-after-2012-rule-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vitamin A Linked to Better Lung Function in Kids, Adults]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Higher vitamin A levels were linked to better lung function in adults and children, with the benefit seen with vitamin D among adults as well, a study showed.<br />
Higher vitamin A levels correlated with significantly higher forced...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vitamin-a-linked-to-better-lung-function-in-kids-adults/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vitamin-a-linked-to-better-lung-function-in-kids-adults/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Odds of Four HPV-Linked Cancers Higher  in Transplant Recipients, HIV Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- People with HIV and solid organ transplant recipients were significantly more likely to develop human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated anal, penile, vulvar, and cervical cancers, according to a Swedish retrospective case-control...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/odds-of-four-hpv-linked-cancers-higher-in-transplant-recipients-hiv-patients/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/odds-of-four-hpv-linked-cancers-higher-in-transplant-recipients-hiv-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Passes Bill to Ease Quality Reporting Requirements for Medicare ACOs]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Physician practices participating in a Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) may have an easier time submitting quality data to Medicare if a bill passed Monday by the House becomes law.<br />
H.R. 5347, the Health Care Efficiency...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/house-passes-bill-to-ease-quality-reporting-requirements-for-medicare-acos/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/house-passes-bill-to-ease-quality-reporting-requirements-for-medicare-acos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diabetes Drug Class Tied to Lower Dementia Risk in People With Psych Disorders]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Use of SGLT2 inhibitors was linked to lower dementia incidence and fewer related psychiatric outcomes in older adults with mood and psychotic disorders, according to a target trial emulation study.<br />
In an intention-to-treat analysis...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/diabetes-drug-class-tied-to-lower-dementia-risk-in-people-with-psych-disorders/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/diabetes-drug-class-tied-to-lower-dementia-risk-in-people-with-psych-disorders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Recent Leadership Departures, Is the FDA Returning to Form?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Some experts say the FDA's recent change of heart on a handful of drugs for rare diseases suggests a return to regular order after a tumultuous year, while others argue the flip-flopping signals more chaos.<br />
During the tenure...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/after-recent-leadership-departures-is-the-fda-returning-to-form/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/after-recent-leadership-departures-is-the-fda-returning-to-form/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congressman Reveals Mystery Health Issue After 4-Month Absence]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. disclosed Tuesday that he was being treated for depression during his unexplained 4-month absence from the House, suggesting in a brief floor speech that he remained silent about his condition...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/congressman-reveals-mystery-health-issue-after-4-month-absence/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/congressman-reveals-mystery-health-issue-after-4-month-absence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Adults on Social Media Engaged With Health Content]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The bulk of adults who use social media reported engaging with health information via these platforms, despite not always finding it trustworthy, according to survey data.<br />
Out of over 7,000 adults, 87.8% reported using social...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/most-adults-on-social-media-engaged-with-health-content/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/most-adults-on-social-media-engaged-with-health-content/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1s After Surgery; Retatrutide for Pulmonary Hypertension? Vit D for Prediabetes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Incretin-based therapies after bariatric surgery were associated with clinically meaningful augmented weight loss in a dose- and timing-dependent manner, according to U.S. cohort data. (eClinicalMedicine)<br />
A Michigan couple was...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-after-surgery-retatrutide-for-pulmonary-hypertension-vit-d-for-prediabetes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-after-surgery-retatrutide-for-pulmonary-hypertension-vit-d-for-prediabetes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Heart Failure Definition; Mitral TEER Pitfalls; Drug's Comeback in Stroke?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- International groups agreed on a second universal definition of heart failure, which moves away from rigid ejection fraction cutoff values. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)<br />
AC01, a novel oral calcium-sensitising...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-heart-failure-definition-mitral-teer-pitfalls-drugs-comeback-in-stroke/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-heart-failure-definition-mitral-teer-pitfalls-drugs-comeback-in-stroke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Worm Lesions Mimicking Cancer; Midlife Dementia Marker; Ovarian Reserve and MS]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A case report in Emerging Infectious Diseases described multiple brain lesions that initially mimicked metastases in a 60-year-old man in Spain who eventually was diagnosed with neurocysticercosis.<br />
An Alzheimer's blood test...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-worm-lesions-mimicking-cancer-midlife-dementia-marker-ovarian-reserve-and-ms/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-worm-lesions-mimicking-cancer-midlife-dementia-marker-ovarian-reserve-and-ms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Would It Take to Change Brain MRI Surveillance in Metastatic Breast Cancer?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, a phase III trial was presented evaluating whether routine brain MRI surveillance can improve outcomes for patients with metastatic breast cancer and help guide future...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-would-it-take-to-change-brain-mri-surveillance-in-metastatic-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-would-it-take-to-change-brain-mri-surveillance-in-metastatic-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Doesn’t Just Misinform Patients. It Gives Them a Plausible Story.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A patient in her 50s came to my eye clinic for flashes of light in one eye. Before she sat down, she told me, calmly, that she already knew what this was: migraine with visual aura. She had worked it out with ChatGPT over several...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ai-doesnt-just-misinform-patients-it-gives-them-a-plausible-story/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ai-doesnt-just-misinform-patients-it-gives-them-a-plausible-story/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does DESTINY-Breast09 Change First-Line Care in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The DESTINY-Breast09 trial, presented at this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, established trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd; Enhertu) plus pertuzumab (Perjeta) as a new first-line treatment option for...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/does-destiny-breast09-change-first-line-care-in-her2-positive-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/does-destiny-breast09-change-first-line-care-in-her2-positive-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individualizing Surgical Strategies in Adrenal Hypercortisolism]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At ENDO 2026, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, findings of a large surgical series suggested that postoperative hormonal testing to help individualize surgical strategies can optimize outcomes for patients who underwent...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/individualizing-surgical-strategies-in-adrenal-hypercortisolism/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/individualizing-surgical-strategies-in-adrenal-hypercortisolism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nursing Gains 'Professional' Label for Student Loans After Judge's Ruling]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, and several other fields will be eligible to take out higher federal student loan amounts--at least for now--after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nursing-gains-professional-label-for-student-loans-after-judges-ruling/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nursing-gains-professional-label-for-student-loans-after-judges-ruling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Much Health Tech, Not Enough Health Tech]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In healthcare today, it looks like there is a tension between too much technology, and not enough technology.<br />
And simultaneously, too much humanity, and not enough humanity.<br />
It seems like these things, the movement towards...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/too-much-health-tech-not-enough-health-tech/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/too-much-health-tech-not-enough-health-tech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Hasn't Restored Trust in Public Health, Cassidy Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn't restored trust in public health, Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), said in a nearly hour-long interview on "Face the Nation" this weekend.<br />
"If you build public health upon a foundation...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-hasnt-restored-trust-in-public-health-cassidy-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-hasnt-restored-trust-in-public-health-cassidy-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NFL Star Diagnosed With ALS at 39; 'No Surprises' Windfall; Arizona Plague Scare]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Chris Johnson, a former NFL running back for the Tennessee Titans, revealed he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 39. (People)<br />
Health Secretary...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nfl-star-diagnosed-with-als-at-39-no-surprises-windfall-arizona-plague-scare/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nfl-star-diagnosed-with-als-at-39-no-surprises-windfall-arizona-plague-scare/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEJM Retracts Pivotal Trial of FDA-Approved Drug]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) retracted the pivotal study supporting FDA's approval of avacopan (Tavneos) for severe forms of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis.<br />
The journal said...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nejm-retracts-pivotal-trial-of-fda-approved-drug/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nejm-retracts-pivotal-trial-of-fda-approved-drug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More People Have Therapists Than Ever Before, and That's a Good Thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics.<br />
It seems everyone knows someone--or several people--in therapy...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-people-have-therapists-than-ever-before-and-thats-a-good-thing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-people-have-therapists-than-ever-before-and-thats-a-good-thing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Panel on Peptides Will Include Experts Who Promote the Unproven Chemicals]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- When U.S. health officials meet next month to reconsider a list of controversial peptide drugs, they will hear from a new set of voices: doctors and pharmacists with deep financial ties to the burgeoning industry of unproven...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-panel-on-peptides-will-include-experts-who-promote-the-unproven-chemicals/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-panel-on-peptides-will-include-experts-who-promote-the-unproven-chemicals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Suggests No Link Between Prenatal Tylenol and Risks for Autism, ADHD]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A large population-based cohort study in Hong Kong demonstrated that acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy was unlikely to increase the risk of autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-suggests-no-link-between-prenatal-tylenol-and-risks-for-autism-adhd/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-suggests-no-link-between-prenatal-tylenol-and-risks-for-autism-adhd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Homes In on Simpler Lung Cancer Screening Criteria]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Lung cancer screening criteria based on smoking duration appeared to be a better method of evaluating lung cancer risk than current guidelines that use pack-years and years since cessation, according to results from a nationally...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-homes-in-on-simpler-lung-cancer-screening-criteria/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-homes-in-on-simpler-lung-cancer-screening-criteria/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May as Well Get COVID and Flu Shots on the Same Day, Study Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Getting a COVID and flu shot on the same day was not associated with an increased risk of adverse events, according to a target trial emulation using electronic health data from the VA.<br />
Compared with influenza vaccination alone...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/may-as-well-get-covid-and-flu-shots-on-the-same-day-study-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/may-as-well-get-covid-and-flu-shots-on-the-same-day-study-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loss of Payment Assistance for AMD Drugs Strains Patients and Ophthalmologists]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Loss of copayment assistance for drugs to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) significantly disrupted patient care, including switching to less costly (and perhaps less effective) therapy, reliance on samples...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/loss-of-payment-assistance-for-amd-drugs-strains-patients-and-ophthalmologists/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/loss-of-payment-assistance-for-amd-drugs-strains-patients-and-ophthalmologists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[JenaValve TAVR Device Promising for LVAD-Associated Aortic Regurgitation]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW YORK CITY--A transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system could work as a last resort for patients with left ventricular assist device (LVAD)-associated aortic regurgitation (AR), according to a retrospective...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/jenavalve-tavr-device-promising-for-lvad-associated-aortic-regurgitation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/jenavalve-tavr-device-promising-for-lvad-associated-aortic-regurgitation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Drug Approved for Thyroid Eye Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved veligrotug (Lumvoa) for the treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED), regardless of disease activity or duration, Viridian Therapeutics announced on Friday.<br />
Veligrotug is the first treatment with labeling for...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-drug-approved-for-thyroid-eye-disease/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-drug-approved-for-thyroid-eye-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Flu Season Without ACIP: The Question for Fall]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. is heading toward the 2026-2027 respiratory virus season without a functioning Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). That is no small disruption. ACIP has guided national policy on influenza vaccination...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-flu-season-without-acip-the-question-for-fall/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-flu-season-without-acip-the-question-for-fall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe's Record Heat Has Overwhelmed Paris Mortuaries and Left Families in Distress]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- PARIS--Every few minutes, the mortuary owner's phone rings. Since a record-smashing heat wave started taking lives and storage space for bodies in Paris and beyond, the funeral directors and mourning families calling him...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/europes-record-heat-has-overwhelmed-paris-mortuaries-and-left-families-in-distress/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/europes-record-heat-has-overwhelmed-paris-mortuaries-and-left-families-in-distress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Expands Risankizumab Label in Psoriatic Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA expanded the indications for risankizumab (Skyrizi) in plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis to include treatment of children 6 years and older, AbbVie announced.<br />
An interleukin (IL)-23 antagonist, risankizumab is...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-expands-risankizumab-label-in-psoriatic-disease/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-expands-risankizumab-label-in-psoriatic-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could Early Tirzepatide Alter the Course of Type 2 Diabetes?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the American Diabetes Association annual meeting, 2-year results from the SUPPRESS-EARLY trial showed that initiating tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) early in the course of type 2 diabetes led to substantially higher rates...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/could-early-tirzepatide-alter-the-course-of-type-2-diabetes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/could-early-tirzepatide-alter-the-course-of-type-2-diabetes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heart Health in Pregnancy May Tell of Future Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Better cardiovascular health during pregnancy was linked to better cardiometabolic health in the subsequent 7 years, a cohort study found.<br />
Using a Life's Essential 8 framework modified for pregnancy-specific heart health (mLE8...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heart-health-in-pregnancy-may-tell-of-future-risk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heart-health-in-pregnancy-may-tell-of-future-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Caused This Infant's 'Flaking Paint' Skin Rash?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A case in India highlights what's long been known as the "disease of the displaced child."<br />
A 5-month-old boy was brought to an outpatient clinic with a rash resembling "flaking paint" that developed 3 weeks prior, reported Jashir...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-caused-this-infants-flaking-paint-skin-rash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-caused-this-infants-flaking-paint-skin-rash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[States Seek to Lower Drug Prices by Targeting Pharmacy Benefit Managers]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- As consumers worry about medication costs, states are trying to lower drug prices by reining in big companies that oversee prescription coverage for health insurers.<br />
Some of those companies, called pharmacy benefit managers...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/states-seek-to-lower-drug-prices-by-targeting-pharmacy-benefit-managers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/states-seek-to-lower-drug-prices-by-targeting-pharmacy-benefit-managers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tiniest Penis' Fundraiser; Flu Vaccine Maker Investigated; FDA Rejects Gout Drug]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
A North Carolina man who claims his 0.38-inch penis is the world's smallest started a fundraiser for enlargement surgery. (The Guardian)<br />
Michigan parents are facing...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tiniest-penis-fundraiser-flu-vaccine-maker-investigated-fda-rejects-gout-drug/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tiniest-penis-fundraiser-flu-vaccine-maker-investigated-fda-rejects-gout-drug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pulsed Field Ablation Tied to Fewer LAA Occluder Leaks]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW YORK CITY--The persistent peridevice leaks in percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) closure may be addressed by applying pulsed field ablation (PFA) during the procedure, the STUN-AF study suggested.<br />
In this observational...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pulsed-field-ablation-tied-to-fewer-laa-occluder-leaks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pulsed-field-ablation-tied-to-fewer-laa-occluder-leaks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millions Drop Obamacare Coverage After Subsidies Expire and Costs Rise]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- About 3 million fewer people in the U.S. had Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance plans in February compared with the same time last year, according to new federal data.<br />
In the report released Friday, HHS suggested the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/millions-drop-obamacare-coverage-after-subsidies-expire-and-costs-rise/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 23:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/millions-drop-obamacare-coverage-after-subsidies-expire-and-costs-rise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Wait a Minute. Isn&rsquo;t This the Same Drug?': What We Heard This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- "I said, 'Wait a minute. Isn't this the same drug?'"--Erick Turner, MD, of Oregon Health &amp; Science University in Portland, discussing the FDA's approval of a depression drug that had more negative than positive studies...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/wait-a-minute-isnrsquot-this-the-same-drug-what-we-heard-this-week/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/wait-a-minute-isnrsquot-this-the-same-drug-what-we-heard-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oral FGFR1-3 Inhibitor Boosted Height Velocity in Common Genetic Growth Disorder]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Treatment with a once-daily FGFR1-3 tyrosine kinase inhibitor led to significant increases in growth among children with achondroplasia, the phase III PROPEL 3 study showed.<br />
The least-squares mean change from baseline in the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oral-fgfr1-3-inhibitor-boosted-height-velocity-in-common-genetic-growth-disorder/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oral-fgfr1-3-inhibitor-boosted-height-velocity-in-common-genetic-growth-disorder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospitals Are Using AI to Detect Intimate Partner Violence. That's a Problem.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A patient walks into the emergency department (ED) with a nagging migraine that won't let up. She knows that in the ED she'll be able to get a medication strong enough to provide relief. She answers the staff's questions as she...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospitals-are-using-ai-to-detect-intimate-partner-violence-thats-a-problem/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospitals-are-using-ai-to-detect-intimate-partner-violence-thats-a-problem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young Britons turn to private healthcare as faith in NHS cracks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Backlogs, dilapidated hospitals and rising demand from an ageing population are leading younger adults to forsake the state system]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/young-britons-turn-to-private-healthcare-as-faith-in-nhs-cracks/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/young-britons-turn-to-private-healthcare-as-faith-in-nhs-cracks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing numbers of young people in UK turning to private healthcare]]></title><description><![CDATA[Backlogs, dilapidated hospitals and rising demand from an ageing population are leading younger adults to forsake the NHS]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/growing-numbers-of-young-people-in-uk-turning-to-private-healthcare/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/growing-numbers-of-young-people-in-uk-turning-to-private-healthcare/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patellar Resurfacing in Total Knee Replacement; Patient Messaging Trends]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/patellar-resurfacing-in-total-knee-replacement-patient-messaging-trends/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/patellar-resurfacing-in-total-knee-replacement-patient-messaging-trends/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recommending Blood Tests for CRC Without Guardrails Risks Confusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The American Cancer Society's (ACS) recent update on colorectal cancer screening aims to strike a careful balance on blood-based screening tests. On the one hand, it appropriately calls them non-preferred options. On the other...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/recommending-blood-tests-for-crc-without-guardrails-risks-confusion/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/recommending-blood-tests-for-crc-without-guardrails-risks-confusion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Cancer Patient's Cats Inspired a Push for Pets in Hospice Wards]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WARSAW, Poland--When Ewa Lutka-Krawczyk was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer, her first thought was for Gaja, a shelter dog she took in 3 years ago. She asked her doctor to assure her she would live a few more years so the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-cancer-patients-cats-inspired-a-push-for-pets-in-hospice-wards/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-cancer-patients-cats-inspired-a-push-for-pets-in-hospice-wards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[QuidelOrtho looks to sell testing unit as PE circles healthcare companies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diagnostic company&rsquo;s shares are down 90% since its rapid antigen tests were the first to be approved for Covid-19]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/quidelortho-looks-to-sell-testing-unit-as-pe-circles-healthcare-companies/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/quidelortho-looks-to-sell-testing-unit-as-pe-circles-healthcare-companies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Charter Unveiled for CDC's Influential Vaccine Committee]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A new charter calls on the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to consider "non-vaccine interventions" and changes the focus, membership structure, and rules that govern the influential panel.<br />
Societies...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-charter-unveiled-for-cdcs-influential-vaccine-committee/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-charter-unveiled-for-cdcs-influential-vaccine-committee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aortic Stenosis Patients Still Tripped Up by Diagnosis Issues on the Path to AVR]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW YORK CITY--People with aortic stenosis (AS) were increasingly getting timelier diagnosis, though treatment delays persisted in a national care quality registry study.<br />
U.S. patients flagged with moderate or severe AS...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aortic-stenosis-patients-still-tripped-up-by-diagnosis-issues-on-the-path-to-avr/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aortic-stenosis-patients-still-tripped-up-by-diagnosis-issues-on-the-path-to-avr/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taste, Smell Disturbances Seen in GLP-1 Users]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists was associated with a higher risk of smell and taste disturbances among adults with type 2 diabetes, an analysis of electronic health record (EHR) data suggested.<br />
Compared with matched controls...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/taste-smell-disturbances-seen-in-glp-1-users/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/taste-smell-disturbances-seen-in-glp-1-users/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[988's LGBTQ+ Hotline Is Relaunching. The Group That Helped Start It May Be Excluded.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration is moving to restart the specialized LGBTQ+ option for youth who contact the 988 crisis intervention hotline, but the group that helped pioneer the idea is being shut out.<br />
The Trevor Project, the leading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/988s-lgbtq-hotline-is-relaunching-the-group-that-helped-start-it-may-be-excluded/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/988s-lgbtq-hotline-is-relaunching-the-group-that-helped-start-it-may-be-excluded/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Regulators Move to Revoke Avacopan Authorization]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee recommended pulling the marketing authorization for avacopan (Tavneos) following a review over data integrity concerns in the vasculitis drug's key supporting trial.<br />
Due to breaches...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/european-regulators-move-to-revoke-avacopan-authorization/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/european-regulators-move-to-revoke-avacopan-authorization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Regulators Call to Revoke Avacopan Authorization]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee recommended pulling the marketing authorization for avacopan (Tavneos) following a review over data integrity concerns in the vasculitis drug's key supporting trial.<br />
Due to breaches...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/european-regulators-call-to-revoke-avacopan-authorization/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/european-regulators-call-to-revoke-avacopan-authorization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Journal Retracted a Hyped Cancer Study?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-journal-retracted-a-hyped-cancer-study/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-journal-retracted-a-hyped-cancer-study/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scream, It's Good for You; Release the Cancer Pigeons; Talk of Chemo Rationing]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Every day begins with scream therapy at Camp Breastie for breast cancer survivors. (New York Times)<br />
Comedian and actor Moshe Kasher, who appeared as a sign language interpreter in episodes of "The Pitt," revealed he had surgery...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/scream-its-good-for-you-release-the-cancer-pigeons-talk-of-chemo-rationing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/scream-its-good-for-you-release-the-cancer-pigeons-talk-of-chemo-rationing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Smart Glasses Show Promise, Limitations as Aid for Patients With Low Vision]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) smart eyeglasses as a potential aid for people with low vision produced mixed results in a small pilot case series.<br />
Using verbal prompts to guide the eyeglasses, study participants, all healthy volunteers...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ai-smart-glasses-show-promise-limitations-as-aid-for-patients-with-low-vision/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ai-smart-glasses-show-promise-limitations-as-aid-for-patients-with-low-vision/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Blocks Trump Plan Limiting Graduate Student Loans in Nursing, Other Fields]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A federal judge has blocked part of a Trump administration plan that would have limited access to loans for students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health, and some other fields.<br />
The American...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/judge-blocks-trump-plan-limiting-graduate-student-loans-in-nursing-other-fields/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/judge-blocks-trump-plan-limiting-graduate-student-loans-in-nursing-other-fields/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tennis Legend's Cancer's Back; CDC Emails on RFK Jr. Released; Suicide Attempts Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Calling the disease "relentless," tennis legend Chris Evert said her ovarian cancer had returned for a third time. (People)<br />
The Supreme Court sided with the maker...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tennis-legends-cancers-back-cdc-emails-on-rfk-jr-released-suicide-attempts-down/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tennis-legends-cancers-back-cdc-emails-on-rfk-jr-released-suicide-attempts-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Watched My Friend Choose Death. Physician-Assisted Suicide Needs More Guardrails.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- "Have yourself a good life."<br />
That was my friend's message informing me of his plan to end his life through physician-assisted suicide. His pancreatic cancer had progressed and was no longer responding to treatments. Weeks before...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/i-watched-my-friend-choose-death-physician-assisted-suicide-needs-more-guardrails/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/i-watched-my-friend-choose-death-physician-assisted-suicide-needs-more-guardrails/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hemorrhage May Be 'Infrequent' Feature in Latest Ebola Outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In a departure from past Ebola outbreaks, roughly 90% of the patients testing positive for Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) had no hemorrhagic signs or bleeding at presentation, according to a preliminary report.<br />
In fact, the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hemorrhage-may-be-infrequent-feature-in-latest-ebola-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hemorrhage-may-be-infrequent-feature-in-latest-ebola-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dementia Risk Lower With Anti-Inflammatory Diet Even With Alzheimer's Biomarkers]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- People with Alzheimer's disease biomarkers who followed a dietary pattern with less inflammatory potential had a lower risk of developing dementia, a longitudinal study in Sweden showed.<br />
Over 8 years, the study followed a cohort...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dementia-risk-lower-with-anti-inflammatory-diet-even-with-alzheimers-biomarkers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dementia-risk-lower-with-anti-inflammatory-diet-even-with-alzheimers-biomarkers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mandatory Flu Shots for Recruits Restored as Boot Camp Outbreak Sickens Hundreds]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Pentagon said Wednesday that boot camps for all the military services are once again requiring the flu vaccination for all recruits after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the shot optional for the military at the end of...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mandatory-flu-shots-for-recruits-restored-as-boot-camp-outbreak-sickens-hundreds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mandatory-flu-shots-for-recruits-restored-as-boot-camp-outbreak-sickens-hundreds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the Bar Too Low for Transcatheter Mitral Repair in Real-World Practice?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW YORK CITY--Real-world operators have been leaving patients with acceptable but still less-than-optimal results after transcatheter mitral edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER), with some suggesting moving the goalposts for success...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-the-bar-too-low-for-transcatheter-mitral-repair-in-real-world-practice/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-the-bar-too-low-for-transcatheter-mitral-repair-in-real-world-practice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gentler Regimen for HER2+ Breast Cancer Gets Good Grades in 5-Year Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Abbreviated treatment with neoadjuvant paclitaxel, trastuzumab, and pertuzumab (Perjeta) was tied to "excellent" long-term outcomes in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, a secondary analysis of the phase II DAPHNe trial...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/gentler-regimen-for-her2-breast-cancer-gets-good-grades-in-5-year-report/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/gentler-regimen-for-her2-breast-cancer-gets-good-grades-in-5-year-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping an Eye on Hypertension Risk in the Ophthalmology Clinic]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- More than half of adults with diabetes had unrecognized or inadequately controlled hypertension detected during ophthalmology care, a prospective case series showed.<br />
Among 172 patients, 91 had stage 2 hypertension and 18 met...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/keeping-an-eye-on-hypertension-risk-in-the-ophthalmology-clinic/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/keeping-an-eye-on-hypertension-risk-in-the-ophthalmology-clinic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Have Antiretrovirals and PrEP. So Why Hasn't the HIV Epidemic Ended?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Last week, the United Nations (UN) issued a declaration renewing its call to eliminate of HIV/AIDS by 2030, to be accomplished in part by boosting spending on eradicating the disease in lower- and middle-income countries. The...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/we-have-antiretrovirals-and-prep-so-why-hasnt-the-hiv-epidemic-ended/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/we-have-antiretrovirals-and-prep-so-why-hasnt-the-hiv-epidemic-ended/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurse Channels Ariana Grande; 'Tanning Beds Are Evil'; OR Engagement Ring Hack]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.<br />
Nurse @jobelusi got help from a patient lift to bring the concert finale of Ariana Grande's "Eternal Sunshine...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurse-channels-ariana-grande-tanning-beds-are-evil-or-engagement-ring-hack/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurse-channels-ariana-grande-tanning-beds-are-evil-or-engagement-ring-hack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats Press Trump Admin on Special Access to Obesity Drug]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration to disclose who received special access to Eli Lilly's investigational obesity drug retatrutide.<br />
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) sent a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/democrats-press-trump-admin-on-special-access-to-obesity-drug/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/democrats-press-trump-admin-on-special-access-to-obesity-drug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ACEP President: Emergency Medicine Is Here to Stay]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The recent MedPage Today op-ed titled, "The Case Against Calling It 'Emergency Medicine" miscasts many elements of emergency medicine and emergency treatment in general. It fails to grasp some basic truths about why patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/acep-president-emergency-medicine-is-here-to-stay/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/acep-president-emergency-medicine-is-here-to-stay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bowel Disease, GLP-1s, and Colon Cancer; Herbs for MASLD? Managing Bile Duct Stones]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists was linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a retrospective study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bowel-disease-glp-1s-and-colon-cancer-herbs-for-masld-managing-bile-duct-stones/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bowel-disease-glp-1s-and-colon-cancer-herbs-for-masld-managing-bile-duct-stones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Search for Wanted Gastro Doc; Risky Surgery Suit; Doc Hit Dementia Patient?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Police are searching for Louisiana gastroenterologist David Beary, MD, who is wanted on sexual battery charges. (WDSU)<br />
Three former employees of an Illinois hospital allege in a new lawsuit that surgeons put patients at risk...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/police-search-for-wanted-gastro-doc-risky-surgery-suit-doc-hit-dementia-patient/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/police-search-for-wanted-gastro-doc-risky-surgery-suit-doc-hit-dementia-patient/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First State Bans Paraquat, a Weed Killer Linked to Parkinson's Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Vermont has become the first U.S. state to ban paraquat, one of the most commonly used herbicides, with lawmakers citing a possible link between the weed killer and Parkinson's disease.<br />
The ban has been widely celebrated by...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-state-bans-paraquat-a-weed-killer-linked-to-parkinsons-disease/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-state-bans-paraquat-a-weed-killer-linked-to-parkinsons-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TROP2 Drug Wins Two New Indications in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved sacituzumab govitecan (Trodelvy) for two indications in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).<br />
The first indication for the TROP2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate, supported by the ASCENT...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trop2-drug-wins-two-new-indications-in-triple-negative-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trop2-drug-wins-two-new-indications-in-triple-negative-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital Worker Says He Ate Body Parts; Outbreak Virus Mystery; New N95 Mask Policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
In Hungary, a hospital orderly admitted to eating human body parts he got from work and elsewhere. (People)<br />
Scientists still puzzle over where the animal reservoirs...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospital-worker-says-he-ate-body-parts-outbreak-virus-mystery-new-n95-mask-policy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospital-worker-says-he-ate-body-parts-outbreak-virus-mystery-new-n95-mask-policy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital Worker Allegedly Ate Body Parts; Outbreak Virus Mystery; New N95 Mask Policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
In Hungary, a hospital orderly admitted to eating human body parts he got from work and elsewhere, according to police. (People)<br />
Scientists still puzzle over where...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospital-worker-allegedly-ate-body-parts-outbreak-virus-mystery-new-n95-mask-policy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospital-worker-allegedly-ate-body-parts-outbreak-virus-mystery-new-n95-mask-policy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK hospitals cancel operations because of lack of air conditioning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Record June temperatures put up to 4,000 surgeries at risk]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/uk-hospitals-cancel-operations-because-of-lack-of-air-conditioning/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/uk-hospitals-cancel-operations-because-of-lack-of-air-conditioning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospitals cancel operations owing to lack of air conditioning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Record June temperatures putting up to 4,000 surgeries at risk]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospitals-cancel-operations-owing-to-lack-of-air-conditioning/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospitals-cancel-operations-owing-to-lack-of-air-conditioning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospitals cancel operations because of lack of air conditioning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Record June temperatures putting up to 4,000 surgeries at risk]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospitals-cancel-operations-because-of-lack-of-air-conditioning/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospitals-cancel-operations-because-of-lack-of-air-conditioning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-Term CAR-T Results in Lymphoma Confirm Early Promise]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Ten years after receiving a single dose of CD19-targeted CAR T-cell therapy, almost a third of patients with aggressive lymphomas and no treatment options remained lymphoma free, updated results from a landmark trial showed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/long-term-car-t-results-in-lymphoma-confirm-early-promise/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/long-term-car-t-results-in-lymphoma-confirm-early-promise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALS Testing Expected to Drive Sharp Rise in Clinic Visits]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Genetic testing of people with a family member diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) will greatly increase the number of clinic visits to specialized ALS centers over the next decade, a population model showed....]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/als-testing-expected-to-drive-sharp-rise-in-clinic-visits/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/als-testing-expected-to-drive-sharp-rise-in-clinic-visits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midterm TAVR Data Turn Muddy: Will 10 Years Even Suffice for a Verdict?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW YORK CITY--It was increasingly clear that clinical trials alone won't tell the full story of how transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) performs in the real world, according to midterm studies presented here....]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/midterm-tavr-data-turn-muddy-will-10-years-even-suffice-for-a-verdict/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/midterm-tavr-data-turn-muddy-will-10-years-even-suffice-for-a-verdict/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Spending Projected to Hit Almost $9 Trillion in 2034]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Health expenditures are expected to reach $8.97 trillion by 2034, while the percentage of the population with health insurance is expected to decline for the next several years, said researchers at the Centers for Medicare &amp;amp...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/health-spending-projected-to-hit-almost-9-trillion-in-2034/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/health-spending-projected-to-hit-almost-9-trillion-in-2034/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few IVF Add-Ons Have Any Proven Benefits, Study Shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Many popular in-vitro fertilization (IVF) add-ons have little proven benefit, but an evidence-based website helped patients better understand the treatments so they could make an informed decision, a pair of companion studies...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/few-ivf-add-ons-have-any-proven-benefits-study-shows/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/few-ivf-add-ons-have-any-proven-benefits-study-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South African Civil Groups Warn of Dire Impact as U.S. Phases Out HIV Funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Civil society organizations in South Africa said Wednesday that adolescent girls and women are among the first vulnerable groups to feel the pinch of U.S. foreign aid cuts as the Trump administration phases out its more than...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/south-african-civil-groups-warn-of-dire-impact-as-us-phases-out-hiv-funding/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/south-african-civil-groups-warn-of-dire-impact-as-us-phases-out-hiv-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shorter TB Regimen Matched Standard Care in Rifampicin-Resistant Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A 6-month tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen delivered similar results to the longer standard-of-care regimen in patients with pulmonary rifampicin-resistant TB, a phase III noninferiority trial showed.<br />
Among 402 patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/shorter-tb-regimen-matched-standard-care-in-rifampicin-resistant-disease/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/shorter-tb-regimen-matched-standard-care-in-rifampicin-resistant-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Approves CDK4/6 Inhibitor for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib (Ibrance) as part of a first-line maintenance regimen for hormone receptor (HR)-positive/HER2-positive breast cancer.<br />
Approval stipulates use of palbociclib plus trastuzumab...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-cdk46-inhibitor-for-her2-positive-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-cdk46-inhibitor-for-her2-positive-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Advanced MRI Personalize Radiation for Glioblastoma?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Following the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) meeting, MedPage Today convened three leaders in neuro-oncology and brain tumor imaging for a virtual roundtable discussion on the evolving role of advanced MRI in brain...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/can-advanced-mri-personalize-radiation-for-glioblastoma/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/can-advanced-mri-personalize-radiation-for-glioblastoma/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Drug Approved to Reduce Triglycerides, Pancreatitis Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved olezarsen (Tryngolza) to reduce triglycerides and the risk of acute pancreatitis in adults with severe hypertriglyceridemia, the agency announced on Wednesday.<br />
Olezarsen, an mRNA-targeted antisense oligonucleotide...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/severe-hypertriglyceridemia-drug-approved-to-reduce-triglycerides-pancreatitis-risk/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/severe-hypertriglyceridemia-drug-approved-to-reduce-triglycerides-pancreatitis-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature Retracts Cancer Study Suggesting Treatment Is Better Earlier in the Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- After a 4-month investigation, Nature Medicine retracted a study that showed that the time of day in which immunochemotherapy was given for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) had an effect on survival outcomes.<br />
In the phase...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nature-retracts-cancer-study-suggesting-treatment-is-better-earlier-in-the-day/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nature-retracts-cancer-study-suggesting-treatment-is-better-earlier-in-the-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature Retracts Cancer Study Linking Treatment Timing to Survival]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- After a 4-month investigation, Nature Medicine retracted a study that showed that the time of day in which immunochemotherapy was given for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) had an effect on survival outcomes.<br />
In the phase...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nature-retracts-cancer-study-linking-treatment-timing-to-survival/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nature-retracts-cancer-study-linking-treatment-timing-to-survival/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a Drug With More Negative Than Positive Studies Won FDA Approval]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA should require negative studies of a new drug to be included in the product's labeling--not just those studies with a beneficial finding--to prevent physicians and consumers from being misled about the drug's...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-a-drug-with-more-negative-than-positive-studies-won-fda-approval/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-a-drug-with-more-negative-than-positive-studies-won-fda-approval/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LSD's Depression Win; Summer Heat and Suicide; Antipsychotic Nonresponse Predictors]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Topline data showed that a single dose of an investigational LSD-based pill (DT120) met primary and key secondary endpoints in a phase III trial of adults with major depressive disorder, developer Definium Therapeutics said...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lsds-depression-win-summer-heat-and-suicide-antipsychotic-nonresponse-predictors/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lsds-depression-win-summer-heat-and-suicide-antipsychotic-nonresponse-predictors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could TILs Serve as a Marker of Immunotherapy Benefit in Early TNBC?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, long-term follow-up from the KEYNOTE-522 trial reinforced the survival benefit of pembrolizumab (Keytruda)-based therapy in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/could-tils-serve-as-a-marker-of-immunotherapy-benefit-in-early-tnbc/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/could-tils-serve-as-a-marker-of-immunotherapy-benefit-in-early-tnbc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prenatal Exposure to  Acid Suppressants and Kids' IBD Risk: No Need to Worry?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Prenatal exposure to acid-suppressive drugs did not have a clear association with the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in childhood, a South Korean cohort study suggested.<br />
While prenatal exposure to acid-suppressive...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/prenatal-exposure-to-acid-suppressants-and-kids-ibd-risk-no-need-to-worry/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/prenatal-exposure-to-acid-suppressants-and-kids-ibd-risk-no-need-to-worry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Was an NIH Program Official. Here's What a Peer Reviewer Doesn&rsquo;t See.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In a June 18 opinion piece in MedPage Today, Anthony LoSasso, PhD, a health economist who served on NIH study sections for 12 years, took issue with a recent New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) editorial that criticizes the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/i-was-an-nih-program-official-heres-what-a-peer-reviewer-doesnrsquot-see/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/i-was-an-nih-program-official-heres-what-a-peer-reviewer-doesnrsquot-see/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are People With Eating Disorders Misusing GLP-1 Drugs?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Use and misuse of GLP-1 receptor agonists were common in people with eating disorders, interim results of an ongoing cross-sectional study suggested.<br />
Among over 400 people with eating disorders, 32.1% said they have used GLP...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/are-people-with-eating-disorders-misusing-glp-1-drugs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/are-people-with-eating-disorders-misusing-glp-1-drugs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RFK Jr.'s Vax Agenda Lives; Filler 'Smuggling' Accusations; Peptide Gray Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Despite political warnings and legal challenges, there's still a push to keep HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine agenda alive--but it has shifted largely out of public view. Kennedy allies are "embedding his agenda...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jrs-vax-agenda-lives-filler-smuggling-accusations-peptide-gray-market/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jrs-vax-agenda-lives-filler-smuggling-accusations-peptide-gray-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Rules Government Can't Stop SNAP Dollars From Buying Candy and Sugary Drinks]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The federal government can't block benefits from the nation's largest food aid program from being used to buy candy, soda, and other sugary drinks, a judge ruled.<br />
Monday's ruling scuttles restrictions now in place or planned...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/judge-rules-government-cant-stop-snap-dollars-from-buying-candy-and-sugary-drinks/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/judge-rules-government-cant-stop-snap-dollars-from-buying-candy-and-sugary-drinks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fauci Subpoenaed; Army, Navy Reinstate Flu Shot Requirement; Milder Ebola Symptoms?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) subpoenaed Anthony Fauci, MD, to appear before the Committee on Homeland Security &amp; Governmental Affairs next month. (The Hill)<br />
A bipartisan...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fauci-subpoenaed-army-navy-reinstate-flu-shot-requirement-milder-ebola-symptoms/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fauci-subpoenaed-army-navy-reinstate-flu-shot-requirement-milder-ebola-symptoms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Systemic maternity failures led to hundreds of deaths and injuries, review finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Damning report into Nottingham NHS trust criticises culture of bullying and staff ignoring pregnant women]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/systemic-maternity-failures-led-to-hundreds-of-deaths-and-injuries-review-finds/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/systemic-maternity-failures-led-to-hundreds-of-deaths-and-injuries-review-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Higher Daytime Light Exposure Linked to Lower Dementia Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- People exposed to higher levels of daytime light had a lower risk of dementia, prospective data from 88,000 U.K. Biobank participants showed.<br />
Over 8 years of follow-up, people who had an average daytime light exposure above...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/higher-daytime-light-exposure-linked-to-lower-dementia-risk/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/higher-daytime-light-exposure-linked-to-lower-dementia-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[JAMA Journal Publishes COVID Vaccine Study Squelched by CDC Leader]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The COVID vaccine study that was suppressed by the acting CDC director earlier this year has now been published in a JAMA journal.<br />
The case-control study showed that the estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE) rate during the 2025...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/jama-journal-publishes-covid-vaccine-study-squelched-by-cdc-leader/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/jama-journal-publishes-covid-vaccine-study-squelched-by-cdc-leader/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Strategies and Platforms for Gastroesophageal Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Improved understanding of the tumor microenvironment and genomics has fueled a new generation of therapies that could lead to better outcomes for esophageal cancer.<br />
Some of those therapies have already made the leap from research...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-strategies-and-platforms-for-gastroesophageal-cancer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-strategies-and-platforms-for-gastroesophageal-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evolution of Perioperative Immunotherapy in Resectable Esophageal Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The emergence of immunotherapy for esophageal cancer provided a glimmer of hope to patients and clinicians affected by the historically poor-prognosis disease. The glimmer has not only persisted but perhaps grown brighter as...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/evolution-of-perioperative-immunotherapy-in-resectable-esophageal-cancer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/evolution-of-perioperative-immunotherapy-in-resectable-esophageal-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of Physicians, Other Clinicians at Banner Health File to Unionize]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- More than 240 physicians and advanced practice providers from dozens of Banner Health locations throughout the Phoenix area have filed to unionize.<br />
The effort comes as clinicians have expressed concerns about patient panel sizes...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hundreds-of-physicians-other-clinicians-at-banner-health-file-to-unionize/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hundreds-of-physicians-other-clinicians-at-banner-health-file-to-unionize/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[White House Denies Trump Got Unapproved Obesity Drug]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The White House aggressively denied a report that implied President Trump may have received the investigational obesity medication retatrutide.<br />
STAT on Tuesday reported that Eli Lilly and the FDA granted one request for compassionate...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/white-house-denies-trump-got-unapproved-obesity-drug/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/white-house-denies-trump-got-unapproved-obesity-drug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quarantine Comes to an End for Last Hantavirus Ship Passengers in Nebraska]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- OMAHA, Nebraska--The last eight American passengers who endured 42 days in a specialized hospital quarantine unit after exposure to an unusual hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that killed three people have left the Nebraska...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/quarantine-comes-to-an-end-for-last-hantavirus-ship-passengers-in-nebraska/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/quarantine-comes-to-an-end-for-last-hantavirus-ship-passengers-in-nebraska/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Greenlights Generic Rifapentine for Tuberculosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the first generic version of rifapentine (Priftin) to treat active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in adolescents and adults, as well as latent TB infection in patients as young as 2 years.<br />
The generic rifamycin...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-greenlights-generic-rifapentine-for-tuberculosis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-greenlights-generic-rifapentine-for-tuberculosis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pacemakers and Mental Issues; Cardio-Oncology Gaps; Sugar Unlocks Veggie Benefits?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Pacemaker and implantable cardioverter&#8208;defibrillator implants were associated with increased risks of mental disorders among young adult recipients in Korea. (Journal of the American Heart Association)<br />
The FDA is hosting...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pacemakers-and-mental-issues-cardio-oncology-gaps-sugar-unlocks-veggie-benefits/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pacemakers-and-mental-issues-cardio-oncology-gaps-sugar-unlocks-veggie-benefits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Reverses Course on Neuro Drugs; Omega-3s and Dementia; Brain Death Test Lawsuit]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Gene therapy developer uniQure said it will submit a marketing application for accelerated approval for investigational AMT-130 for Huntington's disease after the FDA reversed its position and agreed that a 3-year analysis of...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-reverses-course-on-neuro-drugs-omega-3s-and-dementia-brain-death-test-lawsuit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-reverses-course-on-neuro-drugs-omega-3s-and-dementia-brain-death-test-lawsuit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctor, NP Among Hundreds Charged in $6.5B Healthcare Fraud Crackdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Justice Department on Tuesday announced criminal charges against 455 people, including 90 doctors and other medical professionals, as part of a 2-week healthcare fraud crackdown that officials say involved more than $6.5...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/doctor-np-among-hundreds-charged-in-65b-healthcare-fraud-crackdown/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/doctor-np-among-hundreds-charged-in-65b-healthcare-fraud-crackdown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cardiologist Charged in $89M Fraud Case Amid Trump Administration's Crackdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Justice Department has charged a Texas doctor in an $89 million healthcare fraud scheme, accusing him of billing insurers for medically unnecessary cardiovascular screening tests for college student-athletes and then rubber...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cardiologist-charged-in-89m-fraud-case-amid-trump-administrations-crackdown/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cardiologist-charged-in-89m-fraud-case-amid-trump-administrations-crackdown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet Another Administrative Burden for Doctors: Medicaid Work Requirements]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Imagine three patient scenarios.<br />
In one, a physician receives a MyChart message from a cancer patient who can no longer access her medications or even make a follow up appointment because her "medical frailty exemption" was...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/yet-another-administrative-burden-for-doctors-medicaid-work-requirements/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/yet-another-administrative-burden-for-doctors-medicaid-work-requirements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defining the Role of Oral SERDs in Frontline Metastatic Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, results from the phase III persevERA BC trial did not show a statistically significant progression-free survival (PFS) benefit with the investigational oral selective...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/defining-the-role-of-oral-serds-in-frontline-metastatic-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/defining-the-role-of-oral-serds-in-frontline-metastatic-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[T-DXd in Early HER2-Positive Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Recent approvals of trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd; Enhertu) in early HER2-positive breast cancer have created new questions about its optimal use in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings.<br />
MedPage Today brought together three...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/t-dxd-in-early-her2-positive-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/t-dxd-in-early-her2-positive-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surgery Bests Meds for Recurrent Sinus Inflammation]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For patients with recurrent acute rhinosinusitis, endoscopic sinus surgery improved quality of life related to the condition, whereas conservative medical treatment alone did little, a small randomized trial showed.<br />
Improvement...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/surgery-bests-meds-for-recurrent-sinus-inflammation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/surgery-bests-meds-for-recurrent-sinus-inflammation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['The Pitt' Actor's Cancer Diagnosis; New HHS Research Plans; Madonna Reveals Injury]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Actor Moshe Kasher of "The Pitt" said he underwent surgery for early oropharyngeal cancer last week. (USA Today)<br />
HHS announced plans to accelerate early clinical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-pitt-actors-cancer-diagnosis-new-hhs-research-plans-madonna-reveals-injury/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-pitt-actors-cancer-diagnosis-new-hhs-research-plans-madonna-reveals-injury/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nvidia’s Kimberly Powell: We are reinventing the doctor experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[The chipmaker&rsquo;s head of healthcare argues AI can ease many of the sector&rsquo;s ills, including reducing medics&rsquo; workload and tackling the shortage of trained staff]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nvidias-kimberly-powell-we-are-reinventing-the-doctor-experience/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nvidias-kimberly-powell-we-are-reinventing-the-doctor-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patient Portal Messages Have Spiked Since 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Patient portal messaging has surged in recent years, signaling a significant change in the way physicians deliver care, a cross-sectional analysis of electronic health record data showed.<br />
In an analysis of national data from...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/patient-portal-messages-have-spiked-since-2020/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/patient-portal-messages-have-spiked-since-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIN2 Lesions May Not Need Immediate Treatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Delaying treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 (CIN2) wasn't linked to increased cancer risk at 3 years and may reduce unnecessary excisions compared with immediate treatment, an observational emulation target...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cin2-lesions-may-not-need-immediate-treatment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cin2-lesions-may-not-need-immediate-treatment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Super Movers' Show Signs of Exceptional Brain Aging]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Super movers--adults 80 and older who walk as fast as people 30 years younger--had lower risks of cognitive impairment, data from multiple cohorts suggested.<br />
Across five cohorts in the Health and Retirement Study International...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/super-movers-show-signs-of-exceptional-brain-aging/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/super-movers-show-signs-of-exceptional-brain-aging/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Flags Overuse of Antibiotics for Diverticulitis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Despite guidelines discouraging antibiotics in many uncomplicated diverticulitis cases, nearly everyone got one in a retrospective cohort study across Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities.<br />
Of more than 33,000 outpatient...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-flags-overuse-of-antibiotics-for-diverticulitis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-flags-overuse-of-antibiotics-for-diverticulitis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multicomponent Test Tops PSA for Clinically Significant Prostate Cancers]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A multicomponent blood-based biomarker test that combines prostate-specific antigen (PSA) with additional plasma protein biomarkers, a polygenic risk score, and clinical variables identified more clinically significant prostate...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/multicomponent-test-tops-psa-for-clinically-significant-prostate-cancers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/multicomponent-test-tops-psa-for-clinically-significant-prostate-cancers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Data Back Teclistamab for Autoimmune Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Prospects are growing that an approved, off-the-shelf drug can rescue patients with certain ultra-refractory autoimmune diseases, a pair of new reports suggest.<br />
Among 18 patients with various autoimmune conditions treated with...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-data-back-teclistamab-for-autoimmune-disease/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-data-back-teclistamab-for-autoimmune-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle Treatments as Important as Medications in Managing Obesity in Kids, Teens]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Pharmacotherapies paired with lifestyle treatments were linked with the greatest short-term weight reduction in kids and teens with obesity, a systematic review and network meta-analysis showed.<br />
Treatment with the GLP-1 receptor...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lifestyle-treatments-as-important-as-medications-in-managing-obesity-in-kids-teens/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lifestyle-treatments-as-important-as-medications-in-managing-obesity-in-kids-teens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Way to Successfully Rein in Unnecessary Blood Thinner Use]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The country's largest integrated health system found a way to clamp down on unnecessary antiplatelet use among patients on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs).<br />
In a quality improvement study, seven health systems within the Veterans...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-way-to-successfully-rein-in-unnecessary-blood-thinner-use/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-way-to-successfully-rein-in-unnecessary-blood-thinner-use/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HER2-Positive Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An estimated 20% to 40% of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer will ultimately develop brain metastases, resulting in poorer odds of survival along with headache, seizure, neurological and cognitive impairment...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/her2-positive-breast-cancer-and-brain-metastases/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/her2-positive-breast-cancer-and-brain-metastases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massage Gun Eye Injury: Retinal Tears, Detachment]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The rise in popularity of percussive massage guns could carry some hidden dangers for consumers, as a case study of a young student with tired eyes revealed.<br />
A patient in his 20s reported experiencing flashing lights and floaters...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/massage-gun-eye-injury-retinal-tears-detachment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/massage-gun-eye-injury-retinal-tears-detachment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Monthly Dosing With Novel GLP-1  Maintain Weight Loss?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the American Diabetes Association annual meeting, updated phase II data from the VESPER program showed that patients who achieved weight loss with a weekly dose of the ultra-long-acting investigational GLP-1 agonist berobenatide...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/can-monthly-dosing-with-novel-glp-1-maintain-weight-loss/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/can-monthly-dosing-with-novel-glp-1-maintain-weight-loss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bispecific Antibodies May Reshape Relapsed Follicular Lymphoma Care]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, new subgroup and real-world analyses added to the growing evidence for bispecific antibodies in relapsed follicular lymphoma, while also highlighting practical questions...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bispecific-antibodies-may-reshape-relapsed-follicular-lymphoma-care/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bispecific-antibodies-may-reshape-relapsed-follicular-lymphoma-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First-Line Options in HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The survival outlook for patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer has changed significantly for the better over the last two decades.<br />
For example, a European cohort study showed that overall survival (OS) increased...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-line-options-in-her2-positive-metastatic-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-line-options-in-her2-positive-metastatic-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Staggering Amounts of Fentanyl Hit Streets as the DEA Watched and Took No Action]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--Even as it battled the deadliest drug epidemic in American history, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico between...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/staggering-amounts-of-fentanyl-hit-streets-as-the-dea-watched-and-took-no-action/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/staggering-amounts-of-fentanyl-hit-streets-as-the-dea-watched-and-took-no-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utah Marks a Year of Battling Measles, With No Clear End in Sight]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Utah has spent the past year fighting measles outbreaks--a grim milestone that could affect whether the U.S. can keep its measles-free designation.<br />
More than 680 people have gotten sick since the state's first outbreak began...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/utah-marks-a-year-of-battling-measles-with-no-clear-end-in-sight/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/utah-marks-a-year-of-battling-measles-with-no-clear-end-in-sight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hypertension Drug Recall; Hantavirus Quarantine Ends; Bending Over and Miscarriage]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
More than 11,000 bottles of the hypertension drug chlorthalidone have been recalled over failed dissolution specifications, according to the FDA. (Eating Well)...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hypertension-drug-recall-hantavirus-quarantine-ends-bending-over-and-miscarriage/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hypertension-drug-recall-hantavirus-quarantine-ends-bending-over-and-miscarriage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['The Paper's Title Tells You It Shouldn&rsquo;t be Published': What We Heard This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- "The paper's title tells you that it shouldn't be published."--Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, on a study that purportedly suggested an increase in sudden infant...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-papers-title-tells-you-it-shouldnrsquot-be-published-what-we-heard-this-week/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-papers-title-tells-you-it-shouldnrsquot-be-published-what-we-heard-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're Being Taught to Care for Everyone But Ourselves]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- November 6, 2024. The moment I (Agorua) wake up, I know something has shifted. I want to stay home and cry, but that is not the reality of a second-year medical student. I peel myself from my bed, hide the evidence of sleep deprivation...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/were-being-taught-to-care-for-everyone-but-ourselves/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/were-being-taught-to-care-for-everyone-but-ourselves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food Labels and Childhood Obesity; Prehabilitation in Older Adults]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/food-labels-and-childhood-obesity-prehabilitation-in-older-adults/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/food-labels-and-childhood-obesity-prehabilitation-in-older-adults/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ancient Teeth Push the Plague's Timeline Back to Over 5,500 Years Ago]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Scientists have found the oldest known evidence of the plague, which sparked deadly outbreaks dating back about 5,500 years ago--some 200 years earlier than previously thought.<br />
The disease has sickened humans for thousands...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ancient-teeth-push-the-plagues-timeline-back-to-over-5500-years-ago/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ancient-teeth-push-the-plagues-timeline-back-to-over-5500-years-ago/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Measure the Cost of Nurse Turnover. What About the Cost of Losing a Nurse?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare leaders have become increasingly sophisticated in calculating the cost of nurse turnover. We have formulas to estimate vacancy costs, recruitment expenses, orientation costs, contract labor expenditures, and productivity...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/we-measure-the-cost-of-nurse-turnover-what-about-the-cost-of-losing-a-nurse/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/we-measure-the-cost-of-nurse-turnover-what-about-the-cost-of-losing-a-nurse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Cup Disease Surveillance; Another PE Takeover; How We Broke the ADA Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following is a transcript of the podcast episode:<br />
Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/world-cup-disease-surveillance-another-pe-takeover-how-we-broke-the-ada-story/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/world-cup-disease-surveillance-another-pe-takeover-how-we-broke-the-ada-story/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Test Outperformed SCORE2 for Gauging Heart Risk in Rheumatic Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) measurements more accurately predicted cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases than a commonly used CV risk scoring system, researchers said.<br />
Among...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/this-test-outperformed-score2-for-gauging-heart-risk-in-rheumatic-disease/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/this-test-outperformed-score2-for-gauging-heart-risk-in-rheumatic-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Some Medically Safe Births Still Feel Traumatic]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- I used to help women write birth plans.<br />
As a doula, I viewed them as protection: emotional armor against one of the most vulnerable experiences in a woman's life. Women arrived carrying carefully prepared documents outlining...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-some-medically-safe-births-still-feel-traumatic/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-some-medically-safe-births-still-feel-traumatic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ebola Outbreaks Complicated by Victims Who Prefer Traditional Healers Over Hospitals]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Whenever Ebola comes, some of the afflicted choose the road to the nearest hospital. Others take the path to the shrine of a traditional healer, often with devastating consequences.<br />
Many view the onset of hemorrhagic fever as...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-outbreaks-complicated-by-victims-who-prefer-traditional-healers-over-hospitals/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-outbreaks-complicated-by-victims-who-prefer-traditional-healers-over-hospitals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Booze and Pancreatic Cancer Risk; From 'Hospice' to 'Hope'; Gen Z-ers Skip Screening]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A new study showed a "dose response risk relationship" between alcohol consumption and pancreatic cancer. (International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research)<br />
Brain tumors diagnosed in 11 nurses at Newton-Wellesley Hospital...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/booze-and-pancreatic-cancer-risk-from-hospice-to-hope-gen-z-ers-skip-screening/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/booze-and-pancreatic-cancer-risk-from-hospice-to-hope-gen-z-ers-skip-screening/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generic Single-Dose Flu Antiviral Gets FDA's Blessing]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA this week approved the first generic version of baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) as a single-dose option to treat or prevent influenza in adults and children 5 years and up.<br />
In the treatment setting, the single-dose tablet...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/generic-single-dose-flu-antiviral-gets-fdas-blessing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/generic-single-dose-flu-antiviral-gets-fdas-blessing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outbreak Kills Over 200; ACIP Investigation Launched; Hackers Demand $75M From Novo]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Ebola cases in Congo have increased almost 40% in a week, and the outbreak's confirmed death toll has now topped 200. (AP)<br />
The U.S. CDC activated $107 million in...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/outbreak-kills-over-200-acip-investigation-launched-hackers-demand-75m-from-novo/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/outbreak-kills-over-200-acip-investigation-launched-hackers-demand-75m-from-novo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bob Blendon, an Expert in Health Policy and Polling, Dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Bob Blendon, ScD, a giant in the world of healthcare polling, died Wednesday, said officials from Harvard University in Boston.<br />
"Bob contributed so much to health policy as an innovator in research on public opinion," Paul Ginsburg...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bob-blendon-an-expert-in-health-policy-and-polling-dies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bob-blendon-an-expert-in-health-policy-and-polling-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bob Blendon, an Expert Giant in Health Policy and Polling, Dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Bob Blendon, ScD, a giant in the world of healthcare polling, died Wednesday, said officials from Harvard University in Boston.<br />
"Bob contributed so much to health policy as an innovator in research on public opinion," Paul Ginsburg...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bob-blendon-an-expert-giant-in-health-policy-and-polling-dies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bob-blendon-an-expert-giant-in-health-policy-and-polling-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Panel Endorses New Flu Shot That Uses Tech Dissed by RFK Jr.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An FDA advisory panel on Thursday unanimously endorsed the use of Moderna's trivalent flu vaccine candidate, which uses mRNA technology that's come under fire from the nation's top health official.<br />
In two 9-0 votes, the Vaccines...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-panel-endorses-new-flu-shot-that-uses-tech-dissed-by-rfk-jr/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-panel-endorses-new-flu-shot-that-uses-tech-dissed-by-rfk-jr/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FIFA's Hydration Breaks Have Sparked Criticism]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- LOS ANGELES--For the first time in World Cup history, FIFA is mandating all soccer players take hydration breaks to protect them from the threats of extreme heat. But the new rule has sparked criticism from two very different...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fifas-hydration-breaks-have-sparked-criticism/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fifas-hydration-breaks-have-sparked-criticism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which Vaccine Was Linked to Fewer Heart Attacks?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/which-vaccine-was-linked-to-fewer-heart-attacks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/which-vaccine-was-linked-to-fewer-heart-attacks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Disorders and TBI May Fuel Each Other]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The connection between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and neurologic disorders may run both ways, a large retrospective study of U.S. military veterans suggested.<br />
Older adults with TBI were more likely than those without TBI to...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-disorders-and-tbi-may-fuel-each-other/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-disorders-and-tbi-may-fuel-each-other/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reddit Chatter Signaled Virus Surge in World Cup Host City]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Public health surveillance tactics in place for the FIFA World Cup identified and confirmed a gastrointestinal virus surge in a host city.<br />
The Health Security Operations Center (HSOC) has been leading an independent and collaborative...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/reddit-chatter-signaled-virus-surge-in-world-cup-host-city/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/reddit-chatter-signaled-virus-surge-in-world-cup-host-city/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Served on Grant Review Panels for 12 Years. Let's Not Romanticize NIH Peer Review.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For more than a dozen years, I served on federal scientific review panels. My colleagues were serious, conscientious, and deeply knowledgeable in their fields. But the process was also far less mechanical, objective, and insulated...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/i-served-on-grant-review-panels-for-12-years-lets-not-romanticize-nih-peer-review/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/i-served-on-grant-review-panels-for-12-years-lets-not-romanticize-nih-peer-review/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear FIFA, Check My Clinic Schedule; Former Janitor Starts Residency; Dystopian EMR]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.<br />
Dear FIFA, can you schedule matches around my clinic hours? Pain management doctor Jeffrey R. Prinsell Jr...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dear-fifa-check-my-clinic-schedule-former-janitor-starts-residency-dystopian-emr/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dear-fifa-check-my-clinic-schedule-former-janitor-starts-residency-dystopian-emr/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Might Be Lost When AI Takes Over Physician Notes?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- One of the most exciting elements of our future healthcare system is the reduction of administrative load, and particularly, documentation burden. It is not difficult to see why: 21% of physicians report spending more than 8...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-might-be-lost-when-ai-takes-over-physician-notes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-might-be-lost-when-ai-takes-over-physician-notes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rewriting What We Know About Kidney Transplant Rejection]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Dr. Alexander Wiseman and Dr. Carrie A Schinstock are paid partners of Biogen. In addition, Dr. Schinstock is a principal investigator for ongoing research in AMR and MVI.<br />
Each year, approximately 23,000 people in the U.S. are...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rewriting-what-we-know-about-kidney-transplant-rejection/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rewriting-what-we-know-about-kidney-transplant-rejection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Many Americans Can Afford High-Quality Healthcare? Poll Finds the Number Dropped]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Twannetta Weaver felt like she made the responsible choice when she enrolled in a high-deductible health insurance plan through her employer, an option that avoided high premiums and allowed her to save for retirement.<br />
Then...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-many-americans-can-afford-high-quality-healthcare-poll-finds-the-number-dropped/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-many-americans-can-afford-high-quality-healthcare-poll-finds-the-number-dropped/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Wine and Bowel Disease; Transplant Paper Retracted; AGA Dumps on CRC Blood Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A study in Gut found that red wine may be associated with a lower risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).<br />
But drinking roughly two alcoholic beverages a day was linked with a 10% to 30% higher risk of pancreatic cancer, a...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/red-wine-and-bowel-disease-transplant-paper-retracted-aga-dumps-on-crc-blood-test/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/red-wine-and-bowel-disease-transplant-paper-retracted-aga-dumps-on-crc-blood-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurse Booted From RFK Jr. Event; Doc Accused of Neck Bite; NP Gets 7 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Michigan nurse Ashley Meyers was kicked out of a panel discussion featuring HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for interrupting him by shouting questions about healthcare affordability. (MLive.com)<br />
One doctor is accused of...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurse-booted-from-rfk-jr-event-doc-accused-of-neck-bite-np-gets-7-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurse-booted-from-rfk-jr-event-doc-accused-of-neck-bite-np-gets-7-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's CDC Overhaul; Journal Editor Quits Over AI; Data Centers' Health Toll]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
The Trump administration is moving forward with a State Department plan to strip the CDC of its oversight on global health programs. (New York Times)<br />
Meanwhile...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trumps-cdc-overhaul-journal-editor-quits-over-ai-data-centers-health-toll/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trumps-cdc-overhaul-journal-editor-quits-over-ai-data-centers-health-toll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repercussions of Old Boston Heart Lab Test Kickback Case Still Being Felt]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- With a recent $2 million settlement, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has now pulled in tens of millions of dollars related to the decade-plus-old Boston Heart Diagnostics case, which centered around alleged kickbacks to...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/repercussions-of-old-boston-heart-lab-test-kickback-case-still-being-felt/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/repercussions-of-old-boston-heart-lab-test-kickback-case-still-being-felt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cefazolin Proves Its Mettle for Methicillin-Susceptible Staph Infections]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Cefazolin was effective for the treatment of bacteremia caused by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), findings of an international open-label platform trial showed.<br />
Among patients hospitalized with penicillin...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cefazolin-proves-its-mettle-for-methicillin-susceptible-staph-infections/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cefazolin-proves-its-mettle-for-methicillin-susceptible-staph-infections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTC Sues Leading Transgender Health Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and four states sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health Wednesday, in the latest push by President Donald Trump's administration and others to limit gender-affirming care...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ftc-sues-leading-transgender-health-group/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ftc-sues-leading-transgender-health-group/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Some 'Old' Soccer Players Like Messi, Ronaldo Can Still Kick It in the World Cup]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics.<br />
In the hit TV show "Ted Lasso," there was an ongoing joke that the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-some-old-soccer-players-like-messi-ronaldo-can-still-kick-it-in-the-world-cup/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-some-old-soccer-players-like-messi-ronaldo-can-still-kick-it-in-the-world-cup/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short-Acting Opioids for Withdrawal May Keep Patients From Leaving Hospital Early]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Treating opioid withdrawal with short-acting opioids showed a dose-dependent association with a reduction in early patient-directed discharge in hospitalized adults receiving medications for opioid use disorder (OUD), according...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/short-acting-opioids-for-withdrawal-may-keep-patients-from-leaving-hospital-early/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/short-acting-opioids-for-withdrawal-may-keep-patients-from-leaving-hospital-early/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Oral Carbapenem Approved for Complicated UTIs]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved oral tebipenem pivoxil (Utebzi) as the first oral carbapenem antibiotic to treat complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs), the agency announced on Wednesday.<br />
Tebipenem pivoxil is indicated for complicated...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-oral-carbapenem-approved-for-complicated-utis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-oral-carbapenem-approved-for-complicated-utis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science Has Always Been Political. Now Politicians Want the Final Say.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Science has always been political. From the people who have been allowed to dominate research and academic spaces, to the diseases we study and prioritize funding for.<br />
I am a soon to be third-year MD-PhD student. My doctoral...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/science-has-always-been-political-now-politicians-want-the-final-say/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/science-has-always-been-political-now-politicians-want-the-final-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real-World Study Backs Menopausal Hormone Therapy for Stronger Bones]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--Menopausal hormone therapy was associated with a reduced risk of low bone mineral density (BMD) among postmenopausal women in a retrospective cohort study.<br />
Among the 387 women analyzed, low BMD--defined as osteopenia...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/real-world-study-backs-menopausal-hormone-therapy-for-stronger-bones/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/real-world-study-backs-menopausal-hormone-therapy-for-stronger-bones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study on Weekly Resistance Training Finds Sweet Spot for Heart Protection]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Women engaged in regular resistance training had substantially better cardiovascular health in the long run, according to a large cohort study.<br />
Those performing at least 2 hours a week of resistance training had a 20% lower...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-on-weekly-resistance-training-finds-sweet-spot-for-heart-protection/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-on-weekly-resistance-training-finds-sweet-spot-for-heart-protection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern Neuroimaging: What's Changing Brain Tumor Care?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Following the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) meeting, MedPage Today convened three leaders in neuro-oncology and brain tumor imaging for a virtual roundtable discussion on the evolving role of advanced MRI in brain...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/modern-neuroimaging-whats-changing-brain-tumor-care/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/modern-neuroimaging-whats-changing-brain-tumor-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Approves PTSD Device; GLP-1s for ADHD? Probiotics and Geriatric Depression]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA cleared Wave Neuroscience's biomarker-guided neuromodulation system (MeRT) to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the company announced.<br />
Gastrointestinal interoception was disrupted across multiple domains in...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-ptsd-device-glp-1s-for-adhd-probiotics-and-geriatric-depression/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-ptsd-device-glp-1s-for-adhd-probiotics-and-geriatric-depression/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luigi Mangione Plans Psychiatric Defense in Trial of UnitedHealthcare CEO's Killing]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance when he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge said Wednesday. That...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/luigi-mangione-plans-psychiatric-defense-in-trial-of-unitedhealthcare-ceos-killing/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/luigi-mangione-plans-psychiatric-defense-in-trial-of-unitedhealthcare-ceos-killing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four-Year Data Confirm Anifrolumab Efficacy in Lupus]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in the registration trials for anifrolumab (Saphnelo) who were followed for 4 years showed sustained improvement in hematologic and serologic parameters, as well as clinical symptom...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/four-year-data-confirm-anifrolumab-efficacy-in-lupus/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/four-year-data-confirm-anifrolumab-efficacy-in-lupus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hantavirus Origin Story Questioned; 'Weird' Political Jobs List; RFK Jr. Plays Nice]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The landfill origin story of the recent hantavirus outbreak affecting passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship seemed plausible to many. But scientists are now testing other hypotheses including one involving a mobile home...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-origin-story-questioned-weird-political-jobs-list-rfk-jr-plays-nice/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-origin-story-questioned-weird-political-jobs-list-rfk-jr-plays-nice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Patients Speak May Signal Cognitive Impairment]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Short segments of conversations between primary care clinicians and patients contained signals that helped detect undiagnosed cognitive impairment, an acoustic analysis suggested.<br />
A machine learning model trained on acoustic...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-patients-speak-may-signal-cognitive-impairment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-patients-speak-may-signal-cognitive-impairment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Triplet Could Become a New Standard in Tough-to-Treat CLL]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Fixed-duration therapy with pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca) plus venetoclax (Venclexta) and rituximab improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to interim...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/triplet-could-become-a-new-standard-in-tough-to-treat-cll/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/triplet-could-become-a-new-standard-in-tough-to-treat-cll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prone Positioning Not a Big Help for Infant Bronchiolitis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Prone positioning of infants on high-flow nasal cannula oxygen support for bronchiolitis didn't significantly reduce risk of progression to needing positive pressure ventilation, a large randomized trial showed.<br />
Escalation of...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/prone-positioning-not-a-big-help-for-infant-bronchiolitis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/prone-positioning-not-a-big-help-for-infant-bronchiolitis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI medical tools match or surpass doctors for advice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two health models displayed clinical value across a range of diagnostic and treatment decisions, studies show]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ai-medical-tools-match-or-surpass-doctors-for-advice/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ai-medical-tools-match-or-surpass-doctors-for-advice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advanced Therapy in Early Crohn's Disease: Evidence Outpaces Acceptance]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Evidence continues to grow that patients with Crohn's disease should be aggressively treated with advanced therapy as early as possible after diagnosis, rather than first turning to less-powerful corticosteroids.<br />
Still, many...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/advanced-therapy-in-early-crohns-disease-evidence-outpaces-acceptance/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/advanced-therapy-in-early-crohns-disease-evidence-outpaces-acceptance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspect in Fatal Shooting Inside Delaware Hospital Taken Into Custody]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The suspect in a fatal shooting Tuesday inside a Delaware hospital has been taken into custody in Philadelphia, officials said.<br />
The 23-year-old man is expected to be charged in the shooting at Wilmington Hospital and extradited...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/suspect-in-fatal-shooting-inside-delaware-hospital-taken-into-custody/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/suspect-in-fatal-shooting-inside-delaware-hospital-taken-into-custody/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital's Brain Tumor Cluster; Princess's Lung Transplant; Plastic Surgery Deaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Brain tumors diagnosed in 11 nurses at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in suburban Boston were not caused by any exposures to chemicals, radiation, or anything else at...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospitals-brain-tumor-cluster-princesss-lung-transplant-plastic-surgery-deaths/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospitals-brain-tumor-cluster-princesss-lung-transplant-plastic-surgery-deaths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Staff Weighs In on Potential First mRNA Flu Shot]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Ahead of an advisory committee meeting this week, FDA reviewers raised no serious efficacy or safety concerns about Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine candidate, which has the potential to become the first such product approved by the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-staff-weighs-in-on-potential-first-mrna-flu-shot/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-staff-weighs-in-on-potential-first-mrna-flu-shot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Staff Weigh In on Potential First mRNA Flu Shot]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Ahead of an advisory committee meeting this week, FDA reviewers raised no serious efficacy or safety concerns about Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine candidate for adults 50 and older, which has the potential to become the first such...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-staff-weigh-in-on-potential-first-mrna-flu-shot/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-staff-weigh-in-on-potential-first-mrna-flu-shot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Overrules Experts to Keep Hantavirus Cruise Ship Passenger in Quarantine]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week refused to release a cruise ship passenger exposed to hantavirus in early May from a quarantine facility in Nebraska--despite a federal medical review that said there's no...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-overrules-experts-to-keep-hantavirus-cruise-ship-passenger-in-quarantine/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-overrules-experts-to-keep-hantavirus-cruise-ship-passenger-in-quarantine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Goes After Journal That Removed Vaccine Study]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Legal and public health experts expressed concern about HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s scrutiny of a medical journal's decision to remove a study that purportedly suggested an increased incidence of sudden infant death...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-goes-after-journal-that-removed-vaccine-study/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-goes-after-journal-that-removed-vaccine-study/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experts Pan RFK Jr.'s Inquiry Into Removal of Flawed Vaccine Study]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Legal and public health experts expressed concern about HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s scrutiny of a medical journal's decision to remove a study that purportedly suggested an increased incidence of sudden infant death...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/experts-pan-rfk-jrs-inquiry-into-removal-of-flawed-vaccine-study/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/experts-pan-rfk-jrs-inquiry-into-removal-of-flawed-vaccine-study/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lifestyle Change in Prediabetes Cuts Risk of Multimorbidity]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Adults with prediabetes randomized to a lifestyle intervention had a significantly lower risk of developing multiple chronic conditions over time compared with a placebo group, a benefit not seen among those assigned to metformin...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lifestyle-change-in-prediabetes-cuts-risk-of-multimorbidity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lifestyle-change-in-prediabetes-cuts-risk-of-multimorbidity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Alerts on Shortage of Breast Biopsy Needles]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA informed healthcare providers about disruptions in the supply of stereotactic breast biopsy needles that will likely persist through March 2027.<br />
According to the agency, the disruption is expected to impact patient care...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-alerts-on-shortage-of-breast-biopsy-needles/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-alerts-on-shortage-of-breast-biopsy-needles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AAP Disputes Kennedy's Claim That Vaccine Panel Can't Meet Ahead of Flu Season]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) pushed back on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claims that the CDC's vaccine panel is unable to meet due to a recent ruling in a lawsuit challenging changes to the U.S. childhood...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aap-disputes-kennedys-claim-that-vaccine-panel-cant-meet-ahead-of-flu-season/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aap-disputes-kennedys-claim-that-vaccine-panel-cant-meet-ahead-of-flu-season/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Menopause Experts Release Guidance on Non-Hormone Therapy for Hot Flashes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--A multidisciplinary group of menopause experts developed new comorbidity-specific guidance on non-hormone therapy for moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms.<br />
For patients whose primary menopausal symptoms are hot...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/menopause-experts-release-guidance-on-non-hormone-therapy-for-hot-flashes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/menopause-experts-release-guidance-on-non-hormone-therapy-for-hot-flashes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alzheimer's and Psilocybin; Migraine and Driving; What New MS Criteria Reveal]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An older Japanese American woman with advanced Alzheimer's disease experienced transient improvements in multiple domains after taking psilocybin-containing mushrooms, according to a case report. (Frontiers in Neuroscience)...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alzheimers-and-psilocybin-migraine-and-driving-what-new-ms-criteria-reveal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alzheimers-and-psilocybin-migraine-and-driving-what-new-ms-criteria-reveal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Refill Encounter: Managing Medications the Modern Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- I vividly remember my first day in outpatient clinic as an intern more than 30 years ago, when my patient told me they needed refills for all their medications. In his incredibly thick paper chart was a list of medications, handwritten...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-refill-encounter-managing-medications-the-modern-way/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-refill-encounter-managing-medications-the-modern-way/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PAs in Cardiology; Increased Risks With Gout; Bad News for Female Heart Recipients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In the U.K., resident doctors in cardiology claimed it was not uncommon to observe physician assistants (PAs) performing actions outside of their scope of practice, a survey found. (Heart)<br />
Multiple sclerosis did not predispose...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pas-in-cardiology-increased-risks-with-gout-bad-news-for-female-heart-recipients/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pas-in-cardiology-increased-risks-with-gout-bad-news-for-female-heart-recipients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Expands OTC Options for Opioid Overdose Reversal]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved another opioid overdose reversal product for over-the-counter (OTC) use, the agency announced on Tuesday.<br />
The 4-mg intranasal naloxone hydrochloride (Rextovy) nasal spray joins other similar nonprescription...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-expands-otc-options-for-opioid-overdose-reversal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-expands-otc-options-for-opioid-overdose-reversal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicare's GLP-1 Program Looms; Chemicals in Breast Milk; Acromegaly Drug Rejected]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A massive wave of new prescriptions for GLP-1 receptor agonists is expected following the July launch of a Medicare pilot program that offers the drugs for weight loss for a flat $50 monthly copay. (Axios)<br />
Meanwhile, nearly...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicares-glp-1-program-looms-chemicals-in-breast-milk-acromegaly-drug-rejected/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicares-glp-1-program-looms-chemicals-in-breast-milk-acromegaly-drug-rejected/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Balloon-Expandable TAVR Has Struggles Evident at 10-Year Follow-Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Ten-year results were disappointing for older-generation Sapien transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), with a newer iteration providing some reassurance on deaths and aortic valve reinterventions.<br />
In the PARTNER 2A randomized...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/balloon-expandable-tavr-has-struggles-evident-at-10-year-follow-up/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/balloon-expandable-tavr-has-struggles-evident-at-10-year-follow-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maintenance Regimens Expand in HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, updated HER2CLIMB-05 findings on the addition of tucatinib (Tukysa) to first-line maintenance therapy with trastuzumab (Herceptin) and pertuzumab (Perjeta) added to...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/maintenance-regimens-expand-in-her2-positive-metastatic-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/maintenance-regimens-expand-in-her2-positive-metastatic-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family Medicine Residency Spots in Seattle Area Axed]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two family medicine residency programs in the Seattle-Tacoma area are folding or downsizing, raising concerns about physician shortages in already underserved areas.<br />
Tacoma's Community Health Care is shuttering its family medicine...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/family-medicine-residency-spots-in-seattle-area-axed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/family-medicine-residency-spots-in-seattle-area-axed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hazardous Cheese in Our Golden Age of Food]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Looking back at the cheeses I ate as a kid, I mainly remember bright orange cheddar, monterey jack, and powdery parmesan from a metallic green cylindrical can. And, at parties hosted by my grandparents, rubbery string cheese...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hazardous-cheese-in-our-golden-age-of-food/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hazardous-cheese-in-our-golden-age-of-food/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Falls to All-Time Low, but Trails Other Wealthy Nations]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Infant mortality in the U.S. dropped to a new all-time low in 2025, according to preliminary government data.<br />
There were slightly fewer than 5.4 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2025, according to the CDC.<br />
While that...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-infant-mortality-rate-falls-to-all-time-low-but-trails-other-wealthy-nations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-infant-mortality-rate-falls-to-all-time-low-but-trails-other-wealthy-nations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Studies Raise New Questions in HR-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Several studies presented at this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting highlighted emerging strategies for hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer, including early...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/studies-raise-new-questions-in-hr-positive-her2-negative-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/studies-raise-new-questions-in-hr-positive-her2-negative-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moving T-DXd Into Earlier HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Care]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, results from the DESTINY-Breast11 trial showed higher pathologic complete response (pCR) rates with a trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd; Enhertu)-based neoadjuvant...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/moving-t-dxd-into-earlier-her2-positive-breast-cancer-care/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/moving-t-dxd-into-earlier-her2-positive-breast-cancer-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEJM Editors Slam Trump Administration; Alfredo Sauce Recall; Ebola Doc Comes Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) editorial board warned that the Office of Management and Budget's proposed changes to the HHS grant process would further...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nejm-editors-slam-trump-administration-alfredo-sauce-recall-ebola-doc-comes-home/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nejm-editors-slam-trump-administration-alfredo-sauce-recall-ebola-doc-comes-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palantir NHS claims rely on just a few hospitals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data shows some trusts have delivered fewer operations since adopting the US company&rsquo;s technology]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/palantir-nhs-claims-rely-on-just-a-few-hospitals/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/palantir-nhs-claims-rely-on-just-a-few-hospitals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claims of Palantir improvement in NHS driven by a handful of hospitals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data shows some trusts have delivered fewer operations since adopting the US company&rsquo;s technology]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/claims-of-palantir-improvement-in-nhs-driven-by-a-handful-of-hospitals/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/claims-of-palantir-improvement-in-nhs-driven-by-a-handful-of-hospitals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Looks at Risk for Dementia After Shingles Vaccine in High-Risk Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Older adults at higher risk for dementia were less likely to have a dementia diagnosis if they received a herpes zoster (shingles) shot, a cohort study using target trial emulation showed.<br />
Among 500,000 people in skilled-nursing...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-looks-at-risk-for-dementia-after-shingles-vaccine-in-high-risk-group/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-looks-at-risk-for-dementia-after-shingles-vaccine-in-high-risk-group/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Timely 'Nudges' Can Help Encourage More End-of-Life Conversations in Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Reminders, or "nudges," to both oncology clinicians and patients led to a significant increase in difficult conversations about poor-prognosis cancers, a large randomized study showed.<br />
Involving more than 1,000 patients and...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/timely-nudges-can-help-encourage-more-end-of-life-conversations-in-cancer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/timely-nudges-can-help-encourage-more-end-of-life-conversations-in-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In High-Risk B-Cell ALL, Swapping Out Chemo for Blinatumomab Improves Outcomes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Replacing two high-dose chemotherapy courses with blinatumomab (Blincyto) significantly improved event-free survival (EFS) in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed high-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), an interim...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/in-high-risk-b-cell-all-swapping-out-chemo-for-blinatumomab-improves-outcomes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/in-high-risk-b-cell-all-swapping-out-chemo-for-blinatumomab-improves-outcomes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congo Reports Large Daily Jump in Ebola Cases a Month After Outbreak Was Declared]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- KINSHASA, Congo--Congolese authorities have reported one of the highest daily increases in Ebola cases in the month-old outbreak as the virus spreads quickly in a remote region whose shifting population challenges efforts...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/congo-reports-large-daily-jump-in-ebola-cases-a-month-after-outbreak-was-declared/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/congo-reports-large-daily-jump-in-ebola-cases-a-month-after-outbreak-was-declared/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Type of Maggots Cleared by FDA as Medical Treatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA cleared medical-grade Australian sheep blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) larvae in what maker Cuprina Holdings believes marks the first debridement product to use this particular species.<br />
Dubbed Medifly Maggots, the product...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-type-of-maggots-cleared-by-fda-as-medical-treatment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-type-of-maggots-cleared-by-fda-as-medical-treatment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newborn Girls Appear Less Likely to Get Vitamin K, Hepatitis B Shots]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Newborn girls were less likely to receive vitamin K prophylaxis and hepatitis B vaccination than newborn boys, according to a cohort study involving more than 93,000 babies.<br />
Female sex was associated with non-receipt of vitamin...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/newborn-girls-appear-less-likely-to-get-vitamin-k-hepatitis-b-shots/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/newborn-girls-appear-less-likely-to-get-vitamin-k-hepatitis-b-shots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diabetes Patients on Semaglutide Had Fewer Fractures, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--The GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) was associated with a 15% lower risk for fractures in adults with type 2 diabetes, a review of medical records found.<br />
In a matched analysis involving more...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/diabetes-patients-on-semaglutide-had-fewer-fractures-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/diabetes-patients-on-semaglutide-had-fewer-fractures-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novel Hereditary Angioedema Treatments on the Horizon]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Novel hereditary angioedema (HAE) drugs aim to push treatment and prevention toward more convenient, long-acting agents and gene-editing cures by targeting plasma kallikrein and the contact activation cascade to prevent uncontrolled...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-hereditary-angioedema-treatments-on-the-horizon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-hereditary-angioedema-treatments-on-the-horizon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['The Pitt' Finale Was 2 Months Ago. We Can't Stop Thinking About This Scene.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Watching season two of "The Pitt," we found ourselves pulled into one of the show's quieter moments, when two exhausted trainees sat outside the ambulance bay entrance to the emergency department at the end of a brutal shift...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-pitt-finale-was-2-months-ago-we-cant-stop-thinking-about-this-scene/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-pitt-finale-was-2-months-ago-we-cant-stop-thinking-about-this-scene/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ED Docs Being Replaced by Private Equity-Owned Firm Call It a 'Kick in the Teeth']]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Emergency medicine physicians under contract with Valley Health in Winchester, Virginia, said they were blindsided by the news that the health system planned to end their contract and partner with a private-equity owned practice...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ed-docs-being-replaced-by-private-equity-owned-firm-call-it-a-kick-in-the-teeth/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ed-docs-being-replaced-by-private-equity-owned-firm-call-it-a-kick-in-the-teeth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID Shots Tied to Lower Risks of Heart Attack, Cardiac Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- COVID-19 vaccines were associated with a lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), in addition to other outcomes, particularly among older adults, according to three studies.<br />
Among over 1 million veterans who...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/covid-shots-tied-to-lower-risks-of-heart-attack-cardiac-death/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/covid-shots-tied-to-lower-risks-of-heart-attack-cardiac-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to Know About Alpha-Gal Syndrome, the Life-Threatening, Tick-Borne Meat Allergy]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- It's common knowledge that ticks can spread infections that cause serious illnesses, including Lyme disease. Now health officials are trying to raise awareness of a lesser-known problem: alpha-gal syndrome, a life-threatening...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-to-know-about-alpha-gal-syndrome-the-life-threatening-tick-borne-meat-allergy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-to-know-about-alpha-gal-syndrome-the-life-threatening-tick-borne-meat-allergy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teplizumab Approval Expands to Early Type 1 Diabetes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA expanded the approval of teplizumab (Tzield) to include pediatric patients 8 years and older who have recently been diagnosed with stage 3 type 1 diabetes, the clinical stage where hyperglycemia symptoms emerge and insulin...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/teplizumab-approval-expands-to-early-type-1-diabetes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/teplizumab-approval-expands-to-early-type-1-diabetes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Clears First OTC Continuous Glucose Monitor for Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA cleared the first over-the-counter (OTC) integrated continuous glucose monitor (CGM) for children 2 years and older with or without diabetes, the agency announced on Friday.<br />
The Stelo Glucose Biosensor System device...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-clears-first-otc-continuous-glucose-monitor-for-kids/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-clears-first-otc-continuous-glucose-monitor-for-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell Hospitalized; Outbreak Deaths Reach 181; iPhones and Birth Rates]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), age 84, was admitted to the hospital with an undisclosed condition. (The Hill)<br />
The CDC alerted about three babies hospitalized with...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-outbreak-deaths-reach-181-iphones-and-birth-rates/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-outbreak-deaths-reach-181-iphones-and-birth-rates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicare Should Pay Docs More, Cut Nursing Home and Home Health Pay, MedPAC Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule should increase each year tied to the rate of medical inflation, while payments for inpatient rehabilitation and home healthcare should be cut, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicare-should-pay-docs-more-cut-nursing-home-and-home-health-pay-medpac-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicare-should-pay-docs-more-cut-nursing-home-and-home-health-pay-medpac-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CRISPR Gene Therapy Slashes Hereditary Angioedema Attacks]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Novel in vivo CRISPR-based therapy lonvoguran ziclumeran (lonvo-z) dramatically lowered hereditary angioedema (HAE) attack frequency in the HAELO randomized trial.<br />
HAE attacks dropped by a relative 87% after the single infusion...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/crispr-gene-therapy-slashes-hereditary-angioedema-attacks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/crispr-gene-therapy-slashes-hereditary-angioedema-attacks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australian pharmacy group pulls out of $10bn talks to buy Boots]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sigma Healthcare says deal for UK retailer would not meet its strategic objectives]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/australian-pharmacy-group-pulls-out-of-10bn-talks-to-buy-boots/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/australian-pharmacy-group-pulls-out-of-10bn-talks-to-buy-boots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not Enough Men On Testosterone Get Guideline-Based Hypogonadism Work-Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--Few men prescribed testosterone therapy received guideline-concordant diagnostic testing for androgen deficiency, and some received therapy despite contraindications, a retrospective chart review indicated.<br />
In a...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/not-enough-men-on-testosterone-get-guideline-based-hypogonadism-work-up/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/not-enough-men-on-testosterone-get-guideline-based-hypogonadism-work-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Less Than 1% of Hypertension Cases Screened for Primary Aldosteronism]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--One in 12 patients with incident hypertension screened positive for primary aldosteronism, suggesting expanded screening may boost detection, according to a real-world cohort study.<br />
Among 2.5 million adults with...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/less-than-1-of-hypertension-cases-screened-for-primary-aldosteronism/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/less-than-1-of-hypertension-cases-screened-for-primary-aldosteronism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['We've Actually Got Millions of People to Think About It': What We Heard This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- "By the actions of the ADA, we've actually got millions of people to think about it."--Steven Kahn, MBChB, editor-in-chief of Diabetes Care, on being kicked out of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) meeting after distributing...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/weve-actually-got-millions-of-people-to-think-about-it-what-we-heard-this-week/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/weve-actually-got-millions-of-people-to-think-about-it-what-we-heard-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diabetes Tied to Higher Death Risk After Solid Organ Transplant]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--Diabetes was linked with an increased risk of death among transplant recipients of four major organs, with pre-existing and new-onset diabetes both implicated, a comprehensive analysis of four types of solid-organ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/diabetes-tied-to-higher-death-risk-after-solid-organ-transplant/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/diabetes-tied-to-higher-death-risk-after-solid-organ-transplant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World Cup Is a Celebration of Sport. It's Also a Warning About Climate Change.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Over the next month, millions of fans will gather across North America for the FIFA World Cup. Stadiums will fill with cheering crowds. Young athletes will dream of representing their countries one day. Communities will celebrate...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-world-cup-is-a-celebration-of-sport-its-also-a-warning-about-climate-change/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-world-cup-is-a-celebration-of-sport-its-also-a-warning-about-climate-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1 and SGLT2 Users Face Different Risk for Diabetic Foot Complication]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists was tied to significantly lower risks of major diabetic foot complications compared with SGLT2 inhibitors in adults with type 2 diabetes, a large, real-world analysis indicated.<br />
Compared...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-and-sglt2-users-face-different-risk-for-diabetic-foot-complication/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-and-sglt2-users-face-different-risk-for-diabetic-foot-complication/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visceral Fat and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors; Autoantibodies and IBD]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/visceral-fat-and-cardiometabolic-risk-factors-autoantibodies-and-ibd/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/visceral-fat-and-cardiometabolic-risk-factors-autoantibodies-and-ibd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Our Dog-Eat-Dog Medical Culture, Physicians Lose]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For years, physicians have voiced the same frustrations: declining reimbursement, increasing administrative burden, private equity infiltration, insurance company control, expanding scope creep, artificial intelligence (AI) anxiety...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/in-our-dog-eat-dog-medical-culture-physicians-lose/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/in-our-dog-eat-dog-medical-culture-physicians-lose/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA's E-Cigarette Authorization: Fruity Vapes Not Better Than Tobacco Ones]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Fruit-flavored e-cigarettes recently authorized by the FDA were not significantly better at helping smokers quit than tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes, according to a new memo that's likely to stir new questions about the agency...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fdas-e-cigarette-authorization-fruity-vapes-not-better-than-tobacco-ones/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fdas-e-cigarette-authorization-fruity-vapes-not-better-than-tobacco-ones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endocrine Society Issues First Guideline on Central Precocious Puberty]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--For kids with central precocious puberty (CPP), there shouldn't be a one-size-fits-all approach to testing and treatment, according to a clinical practice guideline from the Endocrine Society.<br />
The guideline, the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/endocrine-society-issues-first-guideline-on-central-precocious-puberty/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/endocrine-society-issues-first-guideline-on-central-precocious-puberty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talquetamab Regimens Boost Survival in Multiple Myeloma]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Talquetamab (Talvey) plus daratumumab (Darzalex) with or without pomalidomide (Pomalyst) significantly improved survival outcomes over an active regimen for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, a phase III trial showed....]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/talquetamab-regimens-boost-survival-in-multiple-myeloma/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/talquetamab-regimens-boost-survival-in-multiple-myeloma/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Linking Vaccines to Autism Retracted]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A 2010 paper that linked hepatitis B vaccines in infant boys to an increased risk of autism diagnosis was retracted and another study by the same authors is under investigation.<br />
The study, published in the Journal of Toxicology...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-linking-vaccines-to-autism-retracted/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-linking-vaccines-to-autism-retracted/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drinking in Pregnancy on the Rise, CDC Data Show]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Alcohol consumption during pregnancy has been on the rise in recent years, with some groups, like unmarried women and women in frequent distress, more likely to partake, CDC data showed.<br />
Responding to a survey, 15.2% of pregnant...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/drinking-in-pregnancy-on-the-rise-cdc-data-show/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/drinking-in-pregnancy-on-the-rise-cdc-data-show/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Approves Prostate Cancer Combo That Warranted Advisory Meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved capivasertib (Truqap) in combination with abiraterone (Zytiga) and prednisone for PTEN-deficient prostate cancer, the agency announced on Friday.<br />
Approval stipulates use in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-prostate-cancer-combo-that-warranted-advisory-meeting/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-prostate-cancer-combo-that-warranted-advisory-meeting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adjuvant Combination for Kidney Cancer Gets FDA's Blessing]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA on Friday approved belzutifan (Welireg) plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Keytruda Qlex) as adjuvant therapy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with a clear cell component.<br />
Based on results from LITESPARK-022, the combination...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/adjuvant-combination-for-kidney-cancer-gets-fdas-blessing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/adjuvant-combination-for-kidney-cancer-gets-fdas-blessing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top Pro Athletes Credit a Tiny New Scope for Their Faster Recoveries]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Several top pro athletes and their surgeons say a modern version of an old tool is shaving weeks off the recovery time for certain injuries. And some top doctors think this is only the beginning.<br />
Cy Young Award winners Tarik...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/top-pro-athletes-credit-a-tiny-new-scope-for-their-faster-recoveries/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/top-pro-athletes-credit-a-tiny-new-scope-for-their-faster-recoveries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massive Medical Equipment Warehouse Burns Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Firefighters responding to a blaze that destroyed a massive medical equipment warehouse in Northern California and sent embers flying for miles were hindered by sprinklers and hydrants that weren't working, authorities said Friday...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/massive-medical-equipment-warehouse-burns-down/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/massive-medical-equipment-warehouse-burns-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renowned Cancer Doc Impersonated in Scam; 'X-Men' Actor's Dx; Lung Screening Woes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Scammers used the identity of Brian Druker, MD, the renowned leukemia researcher known for his work developing imatinib (Gleevec), to pitch ivermectin as a cancer cure. (OregonLive)<br />
A phase III trial involving lurbinectedin...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/renowned-cancer-doc-impersonated-in-scam-x-men-actors-dx-lung-screening-woes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/renowned-cancer-doc-impersonated-in-scam-x-men-actors-dx-lung-screening-woes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicare Pays for Programs That May Not Help After Serious Hospitalizations]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs after hospitalization for sepsis or lower respiratory infection--an approach increasingly reimbursed for by Medicare--didn't beat usual follow-up care when it came to increasing...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicare-pays-for-programs-that-may-not-help-after-serious-hospitalizations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicare-pays-for-programs-that-may-not-help-after-serious-hospitalizations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The FDA Issued a Warning on Which Weight-Loss Drug?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-fda-issued-a-warning-on-which-weight-loss-drug/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-fda-issued-a-warning-on-which-weight-loss-drug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five Things I Wish Someone Said at My 1998 Medical School Graduation]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Around this time of year, medical schools are engaging in a 250-year-old annual tradition: they're graduating their latest class of career-ready physicians. It's a deservedly triumphant moment--the culmination of at least...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/five-things-i-wish-someone-said-at-my-1998-medical-school-graduation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/five-things-i-wish-someone-said-at-my-1998-medical-school-graduation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's 22 Medical Specialists; Infectious Hot Tub; Ending Postpartum Hemorrhage]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
A record-setting 22 medical specialists assessed President Trump as part of his latest checkup. (Washington Post)<br />
The Trump administration suggested that insurers...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trumps-22-medical-specialists-infectious-hot-tub-ending-postpartum-hemorrhage/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trumps-22-medical-specialists-infectious-hot-tub-ending-postpartum-hemorrhage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sodium Bicarbonate Fails to Improve Kidney Outcomes in ICU]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Sodium bicarbonate to correct metabolic acidosis in critically ill patients on vasopressors did not lower risks of major kidney outcomes, the randomized, double-blind SODa-BIC trial showed.<br />
While the intervention rapidly corrected...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/sodium-bicarbonate-fails-to-improve-kidney-outcomes-in-icu/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/sodium-bicarbonate-fails-to-improve-kidney-outcomes-in-icu/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private Medicare Denies Rehab Care at Exceedingly High Rates]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report found that among 19 Medicare Advantage organizations, the three largest denied prior authorization requests for care in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) and inpatient rehabilitation...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/private-medicare-denies-rehab-care-at-exceedingly-high-rates/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/private-medicare-denies-rehab-care-at-exceedingly-high-rates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private Medicare Denies Long-Term and Rehab Care at Exceedingly High Rates]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report found that among 19 Medicare Advantage organizations, the three largest denied prior authorization requests for care in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) and inpatient rehabilitation...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/private-medicare-denies-long-term-and-rehab-care-at-exceedingly-high-rates/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/private-medicare-denies-long-term-and-rehab-care-at-exceedingly-high-rates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Puts up $750K to Evacuate Hantavirus Cruise Ship Passenger From Remote Island]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration put up $750,000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island after she had been aboard a cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-puts-up-750k-to-evacuate-hantavirus-cruise-ship-passenger-from-remote-island/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-puts-up-750k-to-evacuate-hantavirus-cruise-ship-passenger-from-remote-island/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chemo-Free Treatment Effective in Kids With Aggressive Blood Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A chemotherapy-free regimen was safe and effective in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), according to results from a prospective study.<br />
The 2-year overall survival (OS) rate among all...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/chemo-free-treatment-effective-in-kids-with-aggressive-blood-cancer/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/chemo-free-treatment-effective-in-kids-with-aggressive-blood-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADA's 'Streisand Effect'; 'Rashtime' the Musical; RN's Sixth Sense]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.<br />
Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD, explained how the "Streisand effect" led to skyrocketing engagement with the editorial...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/adas-streisand-effect-rashtime-the-musical-rns-sixth-sense/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/adas-streisand-effect-rashtime-the-musical-rns-sixth-sense/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trial: Vitamin K Supplement Curbs Coronary Atherosclerosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Menaquinone-7 (MK-7) supplementation modestly slowed the progression of coronary artery calcification (CAC) for patients in the placebo-controlled VitaK-CAC trial.<br />
Among people with existing chronic coronary atherosclerosis...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trial-vitamin-k-supplement-curbs-coronary-atherosclerosis/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trial-vitamin-k-supplement-curbs-coronary-atherosclerosis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Microdosing Accutane Safe? Dermatologist Weighs In]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics.<br />
While isotretinoin (Accutane) is an incredibly effective acne medication...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-microdosing-accutane-safe-dermatologist-weighs-in/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-microdosing-accutane-safe-dermatologist-weighs-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gas-X Recall; MASLD and Alzheimer's Mortality; Counties Without a Gastroenterologist]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Certain lots of Gas-X Extra Strength gel capsules were recalled over potential contamination with a coolant chemical that could cause nausea or vomiting, stomach pain, and diarrhea, according to an FDA notice.<br />
Researchers found...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/gas-x-recall-masld-and-alzheimers-mortality-counties-without-a-gastroenterologist/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/gas-x-recall-masld-and-alzheimers-mortality-counties-without-a-gastroenterologist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They Told Families to 'Eat Real Food.' Now They May Cut the Produce Benefit.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Last week, the House passed its agriculture spending bill by three votes, 213 to 210, with four Democrats crossing over. The legislation contains a $141 million cut to the part of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/they-told-families-to-eat-real-food-now-they-may-cut-the-produce-benefit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/they-told-families-to-eat-real-food-now-they-may-cut-the-produce-benefit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foot Doc Sues HHS for $50M; Upside-Down Heart Valve Suit; Doc Gets 40 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Michigan podiatrist Anthony Weinert, DPM, has filed a $50 million lawsuit against HHS agents, claiming he was falsely accused of healthcare fraud, which he says cost him his reputation, two clinics, and a supervisory surgical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/foot-doc-sues-hhs-for-50m-upside-down-heart-valve-suit-doc-gets-40-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/foot-doc-sues-hhs-for-50m-upside-down-heart-valve-suit-doc-gets-40-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Call Charges Against NIH Virologists 'Chilling']]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Federal charges against two virologists have sparked public outcry among scientists concerned about NIH researchers being targeted by the Trump administration.<br />
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/scientists-call-charges-against-nih-virologists-chilling/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/scientists-call-charges-against-nih-virologists-chilling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make the Diagnosis: Chest Pain, Dyspnea, Palpitations, and More: What’s Her Diagnosis?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) --]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/make-the-diagnosis-chest-pain-dyspnea-palpitations-and-more-whats-her-diagnosis/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/make-the-diagnosis-chest-pain-dyspnea-palpitations-and-more-whats-her-diagnosis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Sick to Work, but Can They Prove It? New Medicaid Rule Worries Patients.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- On hot afternoons, DeAnna Brandon's three dogs zag around while she splashes in a backyard kiddie pool with her grandkids. These are the moments the 48-year-old blood cancer survivor cherishes--and wonders if she'll get to...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/too-sick-to-work-but-can-they-prove-it-new-medicaid-rule-worries-patients/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/too-sick-to-work-but-can-they-prove-it-new-medicaid-rule-worries-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ebola's Brain Effects Persist More Than 7 Years After Infection]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Neurologic manifestations in Ebola survivors persisted more than 7 years after acute infection, data from the prospective PREVAIL III study showed.<br />
Compared with controls, people who survived the 2014-2016 epidemic in West Africa...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebolas-brain-effects-persist-more-than-7-years-after-infection/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebolas-brain-effects-persist-more-than-7-years-after-infection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rabbit Fever Alert; Med School Faces Bias Claim; TAVR Program Still Under Fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Health officials sounded the alarm on the presence of tularemia, or "rabbit fever," in northern Colorado. (USA Today via Yahoo!)<br />
The number of &#8203;confirmed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rabbit-fever-alert-med-school-faces-bias-claim-tavr-program-still-under-fire/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rabbit-fever-alert-med-school-faces-bias-claim-tavr-program-still-under-fire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mucus Thinners Yield Troubling Results for Ventilated ICU Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two commonly used mucoactive agents leaned toward more harm than benefit for critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure, according to the open-label randomized MARCH trial.<br />
In people with acute respiratory failure...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mucus-thinners-yield-troubling-results-for-ventilated-icu-patients/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/mucus-thinners-yield-troubling-results-for-ventilated-icu-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shingles Vaccine Might Be Less Effective in Systemic Sclerosis Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Brazilian patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) had a lower immune response to the recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (Shingrix) compared with healthy controls in a randomized trial, casting doubt on the vaccine's long-term effectiveness...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/shingles-vaccine-might-be-less-effective-in-systemic-sclerosis-patients/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/shingles-vaccine-might-be-less-effective-in-systemic-sclerosis-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Issues Safety Alert on Weight-Loss Drug's Kidney Risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA issued a drug safety communication approving a label change that warns about the risk of kidney stones or kidney injury with the over-the-counter (OTC) weight loss drug orlistat (alli), the agency said Wednesday.<br />
The...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-issues-safety-alert-on-weight-loss-drugs-kidney-risks/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-issues-safety-alert-on-weight-loss-drugs-kidney-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Warns on Sugary Drinks and Liver Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Regular consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages was associated with an increased risk of two liver cancer subtypes, according to a pooled analysis of 11 prospective cohort studies including more than 1.5 million adults.<br />
Sugar...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-warns-on-sugary-drinks-and-liver-cancer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-warns-on-sugary-drinks-and-liver-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Video: ADA Leader Apologizes to Researchers Ejected From Meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The CEO of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has apologized to five members who were escorted by police out of the organization's annual meeting in New Orleans last week after they distributed an editorial criticizing the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/video-ada-leader-apologizes-to-researchers-ejected-from-meeting/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/video-ada-leader-apologizes-to-researchers-ejected-from-meeting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[APOL1 Gene and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Variants in the apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) gene are associated with a significant increase in the risk of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a rare and aggressive kidney disease characterized by scarring of the glomeruli...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/apol1-gene-and-focal-segmental-glomerulosclerosis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/apol1-gene-and-focal-segmental-glomerulosclerosis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ACOG Makes Vaccine Recommendations for the First Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The American College of Obstetricians &amp; Gynecologists (ACOG) announced vaccine recommendations on Wednesday that differ from what the U.S. government advises.<br />
The immunization schedule is specifically for pregnant, postpartum...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/acog-makes-vaccine-recommendations-for-the-first-time/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/acog-makes-vaccine-recommendations-for-the-first-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawsuits Claiming Social Media Is 'Addictive' Gain Momentum]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Social media has been on trial for allegedly harming youth mental health, and tech companies have been facing uphill legal battles in recent months.<br />
In a landmark case in March, a California jury found Meta and Google liable...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lawsuits-claiming-social-media-is-addictive-gain-momentum/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lawsuits-claiming-social-media-is-addictive-gain-momentum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMA Delegates Stop Short of Backing Universal Newborn Cytomegalovirus Screening]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A proposal to back universal newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) was fiercely debated among the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates on Tuesday.<br />
The proposal was ultimately referred for more...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ama-delegates-stop-short-of-backing-universal-newborn-cytomegalovirus-screening/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ama-delegates-stop-short-of-backing-universal-newborn-cytomegalovirus-screening/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leading Psychiatrist Dies; Diagnostic Interviews Unreliable? Remote Work Distress]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Harvard University professor Robert Coles, MD, the psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who championed the cause of children grappling with poverty and segregation, died at age 97. (AP)<br />
High-intensity transcranial...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/leading-psychiatrist-dies-diagnostic-interviews-unreliable-remote-work-distress/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/leading-psychiatrist-dies-diagnostic-interviews-unreliable-remote-work-distress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMA Adopts Policy Pushing Back on AI Creep in Medicine]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine must always be overseen by physicians, according to a policy adopted by the American Medical Association (AMA) on Tuesday.<br />
At its annual meeting on Tuesday, AMA's House of Delegates passed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ama-adopts-policy-pushing-back-on-ai-creep-in-medicine/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ama-adopts-policy-pushing-back-on-ai-creep-in-medicine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Diabetes Burden Inside and Outside the ADA Conference Hall]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- I did not see the police officers muscle the five diabetes experts out of the convention center in New Orleans at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) meeting because I was inside the meeting room where the opening session...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-diabetes-burden-inside-and-outside-the-ada-conference-hall/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-diabetes-burden-inside-and-outside-the-ada-conference-hall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMA to Fund Studies Comparing Care From Physicians vs NPs, PAs]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Concerned that unsupervised nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) provide patient care that is not as good or safe as that provided by physicians, the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates voted...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ama-to-fund-studies-comparing-care-from-physicians-vs-nps-pas/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ama-to-fund-studies-comparing-care-from-physicians-vs-nps-pas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: Law Firms Cheated in Filing Claims With NFL's Concussion Settlement Fund]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The court officials overseeing the NFL's $1 billion settlement fund for concussion-related injuries have barred five law firms from handling any more claims from former players, after finding that they fraudulently steered clients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/report-law-firms-cheated-in-filing-claims-with-nfls-concussion-settlement-fund/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/report-law-firms-cheated-in-filing-claims-with-nfls-concussion-settlement-fund/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genetic Risk of Autism, ADHD Decreased as Diagnoses Increased]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Among people with diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), genetic risk has decreased over time, a cohort study from Denmark suggested.<br />
Among individuals with incident diagnoses...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/genetic-risk-of-autism-adhd-decreased-as-diagnoses-increased/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/genetic-risk-of-autism-adhd-decreased-as-diagnoses-increased/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cancer Panelist's Ivermectin Paper; RFK Jr.'s Work Style; Measles Outbreak Genetics]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Harvey Risch, MD, PhD, the chair of the President's Cancer Panel, is a co-author on a new paper in Anticancer Research promoting ivermectin and mebendazole as a cancer treatment. The paper is backed by anti-vaccine organizations...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cancer-panelists-ivermectin-paper-rfk-jrs-work-style-measles-outbreak-genetics/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cancer-panelists-ivermectin-paper-rfk-jrs-work-style-measles-outbreak-genetics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tranexamic Acid Makes Noncardiac Surgery Safer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A hospital policy of giving high transfusion-risk patients tranexamic acid for noncardiac surgery reduced blood transfusions without increasing thromboembolic risk, the TRACTION randomized trial showed.<br />
Hospitals giving tranexamic...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tranexamic-acid-makes-noncardiac-surgery-safer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tranexamic-acid-makes-noncardiac-surgery-safer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tailoring Treatment for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in Older Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Despite being more commonly diagnosed in women ages 40 or younger, an estimated 10% to 15% of early triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cases are diagnosed in patients over 70.<br />
Current guidelines recommend the use of adjuvant...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tailoring-treatment-for-triple-negative-breast-cancer-in-older-patients/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tailoring-treatment-for-triple-negative-breast-cancer-in-older-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimizing Perioperative Therapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The treatment landscape for early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) continues to evolve with evidence from ongoing neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy trials.<br />
A major development was the KEYNOTE-522 trial that established...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/optimizing-perioperative-therapy-in-triple-negative-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/optimizing-perioperative-therapy-in-triple-negative-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicare Faces Funding Problems in 2033]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund will be unable to pay full benefits in 2033, unchanged from last year's estimate, while Social Security's retirement trust fund is projected to face a funding shortfall in 2032, according...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicare-faces-funding-problems-in-2033/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicare-faces-funding-problems-in-2033/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[115 Dead in Outbreak; House Panel Targets Prior Auth in Medicare; NIAID's New Leader]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Authorities in Congo said that confirmed Ebola cases now total 598, including 115 deaths. (Reuters via MSN)<br />
Police shot and killed a protester in Kenya as hundreds...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/115-dead-in-outbreak-house-panel-targets-prior-auth-in-medicare-niaids-new-leader/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/115-dead-in-outbreak-house-panel-targets-prior-auth-in-medicare-niaids-new-leader/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dementia May Be Worse for People Taking Popular Supplement]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Glucosamine--a popular supplement used for joint pain--was associated with faster progression to Alzheimer's disease and worse survival among Alzheimer's patients, a retrospective study of electronic health records suggested...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dementia-may-be-worse-for-people-taking-popular-supplement/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dementia-may-be-worse-for-people-taking-popular-supplement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alzheimer's May Be Worse for People Taking Popular Supplement]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Glucosamine--a popular supplement used for joint pain--was associated with faster progression to Alzheimer's disease and worse survival among Alzheimer's patients, a retrospective study of electronic health records suggested...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alzheimers-may-be-worse-for-people-taking-popular-supplement/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alzheimers-may-be-worse-for-people-taking-popular-supplement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids' Risk of Severe Respiratory Infection Rises With Comorbidity Count]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Having multiple comorbidities or being transferred from a referring hospital was linked to a greater risk of severe illness in children hospitalized with acute respiratory tract infections (RTIs), according to a Canadian retrospective...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/kids-risk-of-severe-respiratory-infection-rises-with-comorbidity-count/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/kids-risk-of-severe-respiratory-infection-rises-with-comorbidity-count/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Guideline on Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome Released]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The first dedicated U.S. guideline for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome makes a big push to unite primary and specialty care in managing large swaths of the population.<br />
The American Heart Association (AHA) and...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-guideline-on-cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic-syndrome-released/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-guideline-on-cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic-syndrome-released/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stem Cell Transplant for Sickle Cell Disease More Cost-Effective Than Gene Therapy]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Non-myeloablative haploidentical allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is a more cost-effective strategy compared with gene therapy for treating sickle cell disease (SCD), researchers found.<br />
Their cost...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/stem-cell-transplant-for-sickle-cell-disease-more-cost-effective-than-gene-therapy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/stem-cell-transplant-for-sickle-cell-disease-more-cost-effective-than-gene-therapy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oral Small-Molecule Elecoglipron Tackles Obesity and Diabetes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS--Treatment with investigational elecoglipron led to weight loss in people with obesity and improved glucose control in those with type 2 diabetes, a pair of global phase II randomized trials showed.<br />
In the dose...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oral-small-molecule-elecoglipron-tackles-obesity-and-diabetes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oral-small-molecule-elecoglipron-tackles-obesity-and-diabetes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA OKs First New Sunscreen Ingredient in a Quarter Century]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For the first time since the late 1990s, the FDA has approved a new active ingredient for sunscreens.<br />
Approved as an over-the-counter (OTC) product for use by adults and children, bemotrizinol is a non-mineral broad-spectrum...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-oks-first-new-sunscreen-ingredient-in-a-quarter-century/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-oks-first-new-sunscreen-ingredient-in-a-quarter-century/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Institute Halts Research; Parkinson's Deaths Fall; Meet the 'Dementia Rebels']]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The White Plains, New York-based Burke Neurological Institute ceased research operations, citing funding problems, The Transmitter reported.<br />
A global brain bank study illustrated how genetic variants were associated with Parkinson...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-institute-halts-research-parkinsons-deaths-fall-meet-the-dementia-rebels/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-institute-halts-research-parkinsons-deaths-fall-meet-the-dementia-rebels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cutting Through the Chaos in Primary Care]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Working at the faculty practice of a large academic medical center--the primary outpatient teaching site for 140 internal medicine residents--can be a tough place to inspire. They spend one quarter of their residency...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cutting-through-the-chaos-in-primary-care/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cutting-through-the-chaos-in-primary-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drug Fights GLP-1 Muscle Loss; Unapproved Retatrutide Prescriptions; Protein Swap]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Investigational apitegromab--a selective myostatin activation inhibitor--effectively preserved lean mass when combined with tirzepatide (Zepbound) in a randomized phase II trial, suggesting it could help fight "Ozempic...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/drug-fights-glp-1-muscle-loss-unapproved-retatrutide-prescriptions-protein-swap/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/drug-fights-glp-1-muscle-loss-unapproved-retatrutide-prescriptions-protein-swap/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Admin Warns Over 500 Hospitals to Provide More Pricing Info or Face Fines]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration has warned more than 500 hospitals that they are failing to provide the public with basic pricing information--arguing that the lack of disclosure is keeping healthcare costs higher than they should...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-admin-warns-over-500-hospitals-to-provide-more-pricing-info-or-face-fines/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-admin-warns-over-500-hospitals-to-provide-more-pricing-info-or-face-fines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unproven Peptides Need More Regulation, AMA Delegates Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA must do a better job of regulating unproven peptides, members of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates said Monday.<br />
At their annual meeting, the delegates passed a resolution directing the AMA to...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/unproven-peptides-need-more-regulation-ama-delegates-say/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/unproven-peptides-need-more-regulation-ama-delegates-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medical Groups Cheer Court Decision to Halt $100K H-1B Visa Fee]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Medical groups are hailing a federal judge's decision to strike down the Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B visa fee, which would have limited the country's healthcare workforce.<br />
"At a time when communities across the country...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medical-groups-cheer-court-decision-to-halt-100k-h-1b-visa-fee/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medical-groups-cheer-court-decision-to-halt-100k-h-1b-visa-fee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's How Experts Are Watching for Infectious Disease Threats During the World Cup]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A collaborative of public health groups are utilizing tools like wastewater surveillance to monitor pathogens throughout the upcoming FIFA World Cup, hoping to detect and prevent the spread of disease during the massive soccer...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-how-experts-are-watching-for-infectious-disease-threats-during-the-world-cup/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-how-experts-are-watching-for-infectious-disease-threats-during-the-world-cup/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low Lipoprotein(a) Harm; Soccer Pro Collapses Again; Cancer-Related Ischemic Stroke?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A low lipoprotein(a) level was tied to incident diabetes in the FOURIER trial. (European Heart Journal)<br />
People with 1.5 to 2 hours of strength training a week typically lived longer in a pooled cohort study. (British Journal...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/low-lipoproteina-harm-soccer-pro-collapses-again-cancer-related-ischemic-stroke/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/low-lipoproteina-harm-soccer-pro-collapses-again-cancer-related-ischemic-stroke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watching the NBA Finals? Think Twice Before Betting]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- I am a child of the golden era of basketball. I grew up watching Larry Legend (Larry Bird) and Earvin "Magic" Johnson duel through the 1980s. I was in ecstasy when my beloved Detroit Bad Boys dethroned both Goliaths, and for...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/watching-the-nba-finals-think-twice-before-betting/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/watching-the-nba-finals-think-twice-before-betting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medical Groups Pledge to Boost Nutrition Education for Physicians]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Nine accrediting and medical organizations pledged to integrate nutrition into their curricula and assessments of future physicians, HHS officials announced on Monday.<br />
"Over the last 10 months, these organizations have done...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medical-groups-pledge-to-boost-nutrition-education-for-physicians/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medical-groups-pledge-to-boost-nutrition-education-for-physicians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genomic Test May Spare More Patients With Node-Positive Breast Cancer From Chemo]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The phase III OPTIMA trial, presented at this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, showed that some patients with high-risk, early-stage, estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/genomic-test-may-spare-more-patients-with-node-positive-breast-cancer-from-chemo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/genomic-test-may-spare-more-patients-with-node-positive-breast-cancer-from-chemo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Guidelines Didn't Feature Government-Commissioned Study Finding Drinking Risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A study commissioned by President Joe Biden's administration to investigate alcohol-related health harms was released independently on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump's administration decided not to feature the researchers...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-guidelines-didnt-feature-government-commissioned-study-finding-drinking-risks/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-guidelines-didnt-feature-government-commissioned-study-finding-drinking-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CDC Trust Falls Sharply; Watchdog Flags Medicaid Gaps; Drug Targets 'Ozempic Butt']]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Only 50% of the public said they nowtrust health recommendations from the CDC, down from 77% in spring 2025, according to a poll conducted by the Harvard School...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-trust-falls-sharply-watchdog-flags-medicaid-gaps-drug-targets-ozempic-butt/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-trust-falls-sharply-watchdog-flags-medicaid-gaps-drug-targets-ozempic-butt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tolerability Concerns for GLP-1/Glucagon Agonist in Obesity, MASLD]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS--Treatment with survodutide led to significant weight loss and reductions in liver fat in phase III trials of obesity and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), but about a fifth of...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tolerability-concerns-for-glp-1glucagon-agonist-in-obesity-masld/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tolerability-concerns-for-glp-1glucagon-agonist-in-obesity-masld/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flesh-Eating Cattle Parasite Spreads Beyond Texas as New Screwworm Cases Are Found]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one outside the main cluster in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a pest that could potentially devastate the nation's cattle industry, the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/flesh-eating-cattle-parasite-spreads-beyond-texas-as-new-screwworm-cases-are-found/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/flesh-eating-cattle-parasite-spreads-beyond-texas-as-new-screwworm-cases-are-found/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NICU Babies More Likely to Miss Rotavirus Vax]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For U.S. kids born after the rotavirus vaccine was introduced, recommendations against administration in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) appeared to be a strong barrier to getting immunized, researchers reported.<br />
Children...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nicu-babies-more-likely-to-miss-rotavirus-vax/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nicu-babies-more-likely-to-miss-rotavirus-vax/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Primitive Reflexes May Predict Dementia]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Primitive or regressive reflexes--known as frontal release signs--later in life were associated with increased dementia risk, a longitudinal study of cognitively normal older adults showed.<br />
In adults with intact cognition...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/primitive-reflexes-may-predict-dementia/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/primitive-reflexes-may-predict-dementia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Large Study Links GLP-1s to Lower Risk of Multiple Cancers]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists for obesity had a 41% lower risk of obesity-related cancers as compared with patients treated with diet or exercise, a large propensity-matched cohort study showed.<br />
After 2 years of follow...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/large-study-links-glp-1s-to-lower-risk-of-multiple-cancers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/large-study-links-glp-1s-to-lower-risk-of-multiple-cancers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1, Amylin Analog Combo Cuts Blood Sugar, Weight in Diabetes Trials]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS--A fixed-dose combination of novel amylin analog cagrilintide and semaglutide, given once weekly, lowered blood glucose and weight in various populations with type 2 diabetes.<br />
The combination injectable, dubbed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-amylin-analog-combo-cuts-blood-sugar-weight-in-diabetes-trials/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-amylin-analog-combo-cuts-blood-sugar-weight-in-diabetes-trials/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaders Resign From ADA After Experts Booted From Meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS--In the wake of clinicians and researchers being kicked out of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) meeting here, at least two of the organization's leaders have resigned.<br />
President-Elect Jennifer Green, MD...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/leaders-resign-from-ada-after-experts-booted-from-meeting/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/leaders-resign-from-ada-after-experts-booted-from-meeting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maternal RSV Vaccine Linked to Lower Risk of Infant Hospitalization]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Maternal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination during pregnancy was effective at preventing infants from being hospitalized with RSV-associated acute respiratory illness (ARI) in a real-world setting, according to a retrospective...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/maternal-rsv-vaccine-linked-to-lower-risk-of-infant-hospitalization/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/maternal-rsv-vaccine-linked-to-lower-risk-of-infant-hospitalization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One 'Lucky' Patient Swallowed This Object 20 Years Earlier]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- While ingestion of foreign bodies is far more common in children, adults have their share of incidents. Take this case of a 40-year-old man who, after questioning by clinicians, revealed what he'd swallowed while drinking with...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/one-lucky-patient-swallowed-this-object-20-years-earlier/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/one-lucky-patient-swallowed-this-object-20-years-earlier/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Vitamin K Shot Refusals Are Really Telling Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A ProPublica investigation published last month documented something troubling: parents across the country are declining a simple vitamin K shot for their newborns, and some of those babies are dying of preventable hemorrhages...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-vitamin-k-shot-refusals-are-really-telling-us/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-vitamin-k-shot-refusals-are-really-telling-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monthly GLP-1 for Obesity Promising as More Manageable Alternative]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS--Injections of an ultra-long-acting investigational GLP-1 agonist led to significant weight loss in people with overweight or obesity, with reductions continuing after a switch to once-monthly dosing, according...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/monthly-glp-1-for-obesity-promising-as-more-manageable-alternative/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/monthly-glp-1-for-obesity-promising-as-more-manageable-alternative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Workers at Epicenter of Congo's Ebola Outbreak Labor With Little Pay or Rest]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Richard Lokudu, MD, the medical director of Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital, has received barely any compensation for his work on the front line of one of Congo's deadliest Ebola virus outbreaks.<br />
Lokudu and several of his...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/health-workers-at-epicenter-of-congos-ebola-outbreak-labor-with-little-pay-or-rest/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/health-workers-at-epicenter-of-congos-ebola-outbreak-labor-with-little-pay-or-rest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egg Allergies Declined With Earlier Introduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Fewer toddlers developed egg allergies after guidelines changed to recommend introducing egg products in infancy, large population-based studies from Australia showed.<br />
As the proportion of infants introduced to egg by 6 months...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/egg-allergies-declined-with-earlier-introduction/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/egg-allergies-declined-with-earlier-introduction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eminent Psychiatrist Dies; Editing Embryo DNA; Acetaminophen vs Ibuprofen]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Harvard University professor Robert Coles, MD, the psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who championed the cause of children grappling with poverty and...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/eminent-psychiatrist-dies-editing-embryo-dna-acetaminophen-vs-ibuprofen/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/eminent-psychiatrist-dies-editing-embryo-dna-acetaminophen-vs-ibuprofen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Bariatric Surgery-Level' Weight Loss With Novel Triple-Agonist]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS--Participants with obesity achieved weight loss on par with bariatric surgery and had improvements in two obesity-related conditions while taking a once-weekly investigational triple hormone receptor agonist...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bariatric-surgery-level-weight-loss-with-novel-triple-agonist/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bariatric-surgery-level-weight-loss-with-novel-triple-agonist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up to 40% of Diabetes Patients Achieved Normal HbA1c With Retatrutide]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS--Monotherapy with once-weekly retatrutide, an investigational triple hormone receptor agonist, improved glycemic control and body weight in adults with type 2 diabetes, the phase III TRANSCEND-T2D-1 trial showed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/up-to-40-of-diabetes-patients-achieved-normal-hba1c-with-retatrutide/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/up-to-40-of-diabetes-patients-achieved-normal-hba1c-with-retatrutide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Add-On Orforglipron: Good News for Type 2 Diabetes and Inadequate Glycemic Control]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS--Once-daily orforglipron (Foundayo) improved outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes and inadequate glycemic control, the international ACHIEVE-5 trial showed.<br />
In patients already taking background insulin glargine...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/add-on-orforglipron-good-news-for-type-2-diabetes-and-inadequate-glycemic-control/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/add-on-orforglipron-good-news-for-type-2-diabetes-and-inadequate-glycemic-control/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['We're Close to Beer Time Here': What We Heard This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- "I realize we're close to beer time here--promise to at least give you something very scintillating."--Paul Richardson, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, before presenting trial results for a novel oral...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/were-close-to-beer-time-here-what-we-heard-this-week/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/were-close-to-beer-time-here-what-we-heard-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Late-Breaking Studies at EULAR Paint Rosy Picture of Rheumatology's Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- LONDON--Late-breaking abstracts presented at the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology's (EULAR) annual meeting, held here last week, addressed a wide range of clinical concerns and suggested that patients and...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/late-breaking-studies-at-eular-paint-rosy-picture-of-rheumatologys-future/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 21:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/late-breaking-studies-at-eular-paint-rosy-picture-of-rheumatologys-future/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modest Weight Loss Plus Few GI Upsets With Amylin Injectable]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS--Petrelintide, an investigational long-acting amylin analog, induced significant weight loss with minimal side effects in the global phase II ZUPREME-1 study.<br />
By week 28, all five investigational doses of petrelintide...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/modest-weight-loss-plus-few-gi-upsets-with-amylin-injectable/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 21:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/modest-weight-loss-plus-few-gi-upsets-with-amylin-injectable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can AI Save the Primary Care Exam Room From Quality Creep?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Years ago, a practice operations leader told me that every patient encounter--no matter how urgent--was an opportunity to capture a quality metric. She referred to this as "in-reach," complimenting outreach to patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/can-ai-save-the-primary-care-exam-room-from-quality-creep/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/can-ai-save-the-primary-care-exam-room-from-quality-creep/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-Marketing Studies Document Extra VTE Risk for Baricitinib]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- LONDON--Baricitinib (Olumiant) failed to show noninferiority to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk in FDA-required postmarketing studies, a researcher reported here.<br />
In two large...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/post-marketing-studies-document-extra-vte-risk-for-baricitinib/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/post-marketing-studies-document-extra-vte-risk-for-baricitinib/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cancer Diagnosis Delays During Screening Study; Benefits of Resistance Training]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cancer-diagnosis-delays-during-screening-study-benefits-of-resistance-training/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cancer-diagnosis-delays-during-screening-study-benefits-of-resistance-training/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Case Against Calling It 'Emergency Medicine']]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Names matter. They shape expectations, guide behavior, and in medicine, determine how systems are built, how resources are allocated, and how clinicians practice. The name "emergency medicine" is one of the most consequential...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-case-against-calling-it-emergency-medicine/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-case-against-calling-it-emergency-medicine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Festering Infections to Untreated Cancer, ICE Detainees Report Medical Neglect]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An Albanian man's pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months in a New Mexico immigration detention center. A Honduran mother of two said she was hospitalized for a heart problem...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/from-festering-infections-to-untreated-cancer-ice-detainees-report-medical-neglect/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/from-festering-infections-to-untreated-cancer-ice-detainees-report-medical-neglect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CDC Sees 10,000 Ebola Deaths Among Possible Outbreak Scenarios]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Ebola outbreak in Congo could rival the largest on record, according to CDC models of possible trajectories over the next 3 months.<br />
In scenarios that had 70% of Ebola patients entering isolation and 50 Ebola deaths as of...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-sees-10000-ebola-deaths-among-possible-outbreak-scenarios/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-sees-10000-ebola-deaths-among-possible-outbreak-scenarios/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Surgical Technique for Cervical Lesions May Reduce Recurrences]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Cold knife conization (CKC) was tied to a lower risk of recurrence of cervical lesions and higher human papillomavirus (HPV) clearance compared with the loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) among women with cervical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/one-surgical-technique-for-cervical-lesions-may-reduce-recurrences/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/one-surgical-technique-for-cervical-lesions-may-reduce-recurrences/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senator Cassidy Calls Out RFK Jr.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), who recently lost his primary bid for reelection, is speaking up a little louder about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s wariness of vaccines.<br />
"A terrible outcome from RFK and others promoting...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/senator-cassidy-calls-out-rfk-jr/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/senator-cassidy-calls-out-rfk-jr/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finerenone Also Slows Kidney Decline in Diabetes-Free Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Finerenone (Kerendia) slowed the decline of kidney function in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who did not have diabetes, the large randomized FIND-CKD trial showed.<br />
By month 32, the mean annual rate of change in estimated...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/finerenone-also-slows-kidney-decline-in-diabetes-free-patients/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/finerenone-also-slows-kidney-decline-in-diabetes-free-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Virus Now Faces a New FDA Approval?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-virus-now-faces-a-new-fda-approval/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-virus-now-faces-a-new-fda-approval/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Much Prednisone Is Too Much in Treating Rheum Effects From Cancer Therapies?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- LONDON--Overall survival is significantly shortened for cancer patients receiving more than 20 mg of prednisone (or the equivalent) at any point to treat arthritic side effects from immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), a...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-much-prednisone-is-too-much-in-treating-rheum-effects-from-cancer-therapies/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-much-prednisone-is-too-much-in-treating-rheum-effects-from-cancer-therapies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICE to No Longer Report Deaths of Detainees Recently Released From Custody]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will no longer report deaths of detainees who have recently been released from its custody, in a change that could obscure the full human cost of the Trump administration's mass detention...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ice-to-no-longer-report-deaths-of-detainees-recently-released-from-custody/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ice-to-no-longer-report-deaths-of-detainees-recently-released-from-custody/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aspirin and Bladder Cancer; Oncology Workforce Shortage; 'Exploding Immune Cells']]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A large Danish study suggests that aspirin use may indirectly help uncover asymptomatic bladder cancer. (Journal of Internal Medicine)<br />
A concerning number of deaths and lack of survival benefit in a confirmatory trial have raised...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aspirin-and-bladder-cancer-oncology-workforce-shortage-exploding-immune-cells/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aspirin-and-bladder-cancer-oncology-workforce-shortage-exploding-immune-cells/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novel Lupus Drugs Continue to Shine in Extended Early Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- LONDON--Two investigational drugs for lupus with encouraging primary phase II results yielded more good news from follow-on studies, reports here indicated.<br />
The Toll-like receptor (TLR) inhibitor enpatoran showed no diminution...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-lupus-drugs-continue-to-shine-in-extended-early-data/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-lupus-drugs-continue-to-shine-in-extended-early-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Members of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) were escorted by police out of the convention center in New Orleans during the organization's annual meeting on Friday as they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/video-police-tussle-with-diabetes-experts-at-ada-meeting/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/video-police-tussle-with-diabetes-experts-at-ada-meeting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B-Cell Depleter Nabs Phase III Win in Autoimmune Kidney Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The B-cell depleting agent obinutuzumab (Gazyva) was superior to the immunosuppressant tacrolimus in inducing remissions in primary membranous nephropathy, the global phase III MAJESTY trial showed.<br />
By week 104, 37% of patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/b-cell-depleter-nabs-phase-iii-win-in-autoimmune-kidney-disease/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/b-cell-depleter-nabs-phase-iii-win-in-autoimmune-kidney-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World Cup Is Coming. Here’s What EDs Should Prepare For.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- On June 11, the largest FIFA World Cup in history kicks off across 16 cities in the U.S. (11 cities), Canada, and Mexico. Over 5 million fans from around the globe will pack stadiums, fan zones, and city streets through mid-July...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-world-cup-is-coming-heres-what-eds-should-prepare-for/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-world-cup-is-coming-heres-what-eds-should-prepare-for/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ebola in Congo: What Happens When Global Response Capacity Disappears?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In this MedPage Today webinar, Editor-in-Chief Jeremy Faust, MD, speaks with Jeremy Konyndyk, president of Refugees International and former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) official who helped lead the U.S...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-in-congo-what-happens-when-global-response-capacity-disappears/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-in-congo-what-happens-when-global-response-capacity-disappears/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politicization of Grants; Lessons From the 2014 Ebola Outbreak; Hantavirus Update]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following is a transcript of the podcast episode:<br />
Rachael Robertson: Hey everyone, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/politicization-of-grants-lessons-from-the-2014-ebola-outbreak-hantavirus-update/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/politicization-of-grants-lessons-from-the-2014-ebola-outbreak-hantavirus-update/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deadly Cheese-Linked Outbreak; 15 Med Schools Probed; 'Concern' on FDA Voucher Pilot]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
FDA said a multi-year Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to soft ricotta/requeson cheese sold in Maryland, New York, and Virginia has hospitalized seven people...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/deadly-cheese-linked-outbreak-15-med-schools-probed-concern-on-fda-voucher-pilot/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/deadly-cheese-linked-outbreak-15-med-schools-probed-concern-on-fda-voucher-pilot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Change to PEPFAR Will Slash CDC's Presence Abroad]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A major change to how the popular President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program operates took effect on June 1, which experts warn will result in a massive decline in the U.S.'s public health presence abroad.<br />
Historically...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-change-to-pepfar-will-slash-cdcs-presence-abroad/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-change-to-pepfar-will-slash-cdcs-presence-abroad/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Risks Tied to High Ultraprocessed Food Intake]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- People who consumed the most ultraprocessed foods--sugar-sweetened drinks, packaged snacks, or processed meats, for example--were more likely to develop a composite outcome of dementia or cognitive impairment compared...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-risks-tied-to-high-ultraprocessed-food-intake/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-risks-tied-to-high-ultraprocessed-food-intake/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Backs Maker of Generic Heart Drug in 'Skinny Label' Case]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Amarin Pharma has not done enough to definitively show that its generic competitor, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, is infringing on Amarin's patents for its anti-hypertriglyceridemia drug icosapent ethyl (Vascepa), the Supreme Court...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/supreme-court-backs-maker-of-generic-heart-drug-in-skinny-label-case/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/supreme-court-backs-maker-of-generic-heart-drug-in-skinny-label-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tools to Fight Hantavirus Show Promise Despite Limited Funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- SANTIAGO, Chile--When a rare but deadly rodent-borne virus struck passengers on a cruise ship and seemed to be spreading, there were no treatments for those who fell ill and no vaccines to protect others.<br />
That was the case...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tools-to-fight-hantavirus-show-promise-despite-limited-funding/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tools-to-fight-hantavirus-show-promise-despite-limited-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Stimulation Restores Hand and Arm Mobility After Stroke]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Cervical epidural spinal cord stimulation (SCS) accrued more evidence backing its safety and feasibility as a treatment for chronic upper-limb paresis in stroke survivors.<br />
In a pilot study, seven people got SCS neuroprosthetic...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/spinal-cord-stimulation-restores-hand-and-arm-mobility-after-stroke/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/spinal-cord-stimulation-restores-hand-and-arm-mobility-after-stroke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private Health Insurance Doesn't Always Ensure Coverage, Survey Shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- One in five adults with private insurance was denied coverage for themselves or a family member for care their doctors recommended, according to a Commonwealth Fund report published on Thursday.<br />
Among more than 4,500 adults...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/private-health-insurance-doesnt-always-ensure-coverage-survey-shows/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/private-health-insurance-doesnt-always-ensure-coverage-survey-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accumulating Evidence Lifts GLP-1s to Clinical Trial for Breast Cancer Prevention]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--A study of women undergoing breast imaging showed a significantly lower incidence of breast cancer in those who had a history of treatment with GLP-1 agonists.<br />
Involving more than 30,000 women, the study showed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/accumulating-evidence-lifts-glp-1s-to-clinical-trial-for-breast-cancer-prevention/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/accumulating-evidence-lifts-glp-1s-to-clinical-trial-for-breast-cancer-prevention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Standard Malaria Treatment Effective, Even Amid Drug-Resistant Gene Variants]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Standard treatment with intravenous artesunate led to similar outcomes among children hospitalized with severe malaria whether they had Plasmodium falciparum genetic variants linked to artemisinin resistance or not, according...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/standard-malaria-treatment-effective-even-amid-drug-resistant-gene-variants/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/standard-malaria-treatment-effective-even-amid-drug-resistant-gene-variants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Measured GFR in Line With eGFR for Predicting CKD Outcomes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The usual glomerular filtration rate (GFR) threshold could be applied for predicting patient outcomes based on measured (mGFR) values, a retrospective observational cohort study indicated.<br />
Among 6,174 patients, a baseline mGFR...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/measured-gfr-in-line-with-egfr-for-predicting-ckd-outcomes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/measured-gfr-in-line-with-egfr-for-predicting-ckd-outcomes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Should Our Patients With Diabetes Eat?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For decades, nutrition counseling in diabetes care has focused primarily on one question: What should patients eat? But a growing body of evidence suggests another question may be clinically important as well: When should patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/when-should-our-patients-with-diabetes-eat/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/when-should-our-patients-with-diabetes-eat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Standing Ovation for Cancer Trial; MD Makes $42,000 in May; Nursing Fight or Flight]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.<br />
Allergist Zachary Rubin, MD, explained the "why" behind the standing ovation received by a game-changing...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/standing-ovation-for-cancer-trial-md-makes-42000-in-may-nursing-fight-or-flight/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/standing-ovation-for-cancer-trial-md-makes-42000-in-may-nursing-fight-or-flight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antibiotic Combo Approved for Multidrug-Resistant UTIs]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved intravenous cefepime and zidebactam (Zaynich) for complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs), including pyelonephritis, caused by susceptible gram-negative bacteria in adults, Wockhardt announced.<br />
The novel...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/antibiotic-combo-approved-for-multidrug-resistant-utis/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/antibiotic-combo-approved-for-multidrug-resistant-utis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fart Frequency in Men vs Women; Organ Transplant in Celiacs; Engineered Gut Bacteria]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Using the Chart Your Fart app, Australians self-reported an average of five flatus per day, with a higher number recorded among males versus females, at 5.2 versus 4.8. (JAMA Network Open)<br />
First-in-class miR-124 enhancer obefazimod...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fart-frequency-in-men-vs-women-organ-transplant-in-celiacs-engineered-gut-bacteria/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fart-frequency-in-men-vs-women-organ-transplant-in-celiacs-engineered-gut-bacteria/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gun Pulled on Hospital Workers; Doc's Drano Poisoning Case Dismissed; PT Kickbacks]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A Michigan man was arrested for allegedly pulling a gun on three hospital workers while they were on a break. (Click On Detroit)<br />
A Texas woman was arrested after allegedly assaulting emergency department staff, spitting in the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/gun-pulled-on-hospital-workers-docs-drano-poisoning-case-dismissed-pt-kickbacks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/gun-pulled-on-hospital-workers-docs-drano-poisoning-case-dismissed-pt-kickbacks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Screwworm Fly Detected in Texas Decades After Cattle Threat Largely Eradicated]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The New World screwworm fly has reached south Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed Wednesday, the first time in decades that the parasite with flesh-eating larvae has threatened the nation's cattle industry...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/screwworm-fly-detected-in-texas-decades-after-cattle-threat-largely-eradicated/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/screwworm-fly-detected-in-texas-decades-after-cattle-threat-largely-eradicated/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Win for Secukinumab in Polymyalgia Rheumatica]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- LONDON--The interleukin (IL)-17A inhibitor secukinumab (Cosentyx) was clearly effective in treating polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) in a phase III trial, researchers reported, even as they also published final data from a failed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/big-win-for-secukinumab-in-polymyalgia-rheumatica/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/big-win-for-secukinumab-in-polymyalgia-rheumatica/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Win for Secukinumab in Polymyalgia Rheumatic]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- LONDON--The interleukin (IL)-17A inhibitor secukinumab (Cosentyx) was clearly effective in treating polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) in a phase III trial, researchers reported, even as they also published final data from a failed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/big-win-for-secukinumab-in-polymyalgia-rheumatic/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/big-win-for-secukinumab-in-polymyalgia-rheumatic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novel Concept, 'Immune Dimming,' Explored in Rheumatoid Arthritis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- LONDON--In yet another effort to repurpose oncology drugs for autoimmune disease, a researcher reported here that low doses of blinatumomab (Blincyto) given to patients with treatment-resistant rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-concept-immune-dimming-explored-in-rheumatoid-arthritis/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-concept-immune-dimming-explored-in-rheumatoid-arthritis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PAM Inhibitor Doubles Time to Progression in Advanced Breast Cancer Subset]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--A second-line triplet regimen involving the novel intravenous drug gedatolisib significantly reduced the risk of progression or death in PIK3CA-mutant hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer, a phase III study...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pam-inhibitor-doubles-time-to-progression-in-advanced-breast-cancer-subset/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pam-inhibitor-doubles-time-to-progression-in-advanced-breast-cancer-subset/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's Hair-Loss Drug; Bringing Americans With Ebola to U.S.; Widespread ACA Fraud?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
President Trump took finasteride (Propecia) during his first term in office, according to several of his past physicians, but the hair-loss drug has not appeared...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trumps-hair-loss-drug-bringing-americans-with-ebola-to-us-widespread-aca-fraud/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trumps-hair-loss-drug-bringing-americans-with-ebola-to-us-widespread-aca-fraud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trial Dims Prospects for Rivaroxaban's Cardiovascular Protection in Advanced CKD]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An established blood thinner regimen failed to extend its cardioprotective benefits to patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to the international TRACK trial.<br />
In this placebo-controlled study of patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trial-dims-prospects-for-rivaroxabans-cardiovascular-protection-in-advanced-ckd/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trial-dims-prospects-for-rivaroxabans-cardiovascular-protection-in-advanced-ckd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA OKs Inflatable Penile Prosthesis for Erectile Dysfunction]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the Titan Prime inflatable penile prosthesis for men with erectile dysfunction, Coloplast announced on Wednesday.<br />
This prosthesis is indicated for men who are considered to be candidates for implantation of...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-oks-inflatable-penile-prosthesis-for-erectile-dysfunction/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-oks-inflatable-penile-prosthesis-for-erectile-dysfunction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CAR T-Cell Therapy Enabled Kidney Transplant in Highly Sensitized Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Patients highly sensitized to HLA successfully underwent kidney transplantation after desensitization with the use of dual chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.<br />
In a safety run-in cohort of an ongoing phase I trial...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/car-t-cell-therapy-enabled-kidney-transplant-in-highly-sensitized-patients/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/car-t-cell-therapy-enabled-kidney-transplant-in-highly-sensitized-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PCOS Was Rebranded As PMOS. We Have Reservations.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The name of a condition that affects between 6-10% of all reproductive-age women was recently changed from PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) to PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome) by an international consensus process...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pcos-was-rebranded-as-pmos-we-have-reservations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pcos-was-rebranded-as-pmos-we-have-reservations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Being Surveilled at Home Around the Clock]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Of the five people exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship who left a Nebraska quarantine facility for their home states, two passengers went to New York, and one each went to Arizona, California, and Oregon.<br />
At least some of...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-cruise-passengers-being-surveilled-at-home-around-the-clock/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-cruise-passengers-being-surveilled-at-home-around-the-clock/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CAR T-Cell Trial in Rheumatoid Arthritis Starts Off Strong]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- LONDON--Most patients with super-refractory, seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) responded well to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in the first part of an ongoing phase I/II trial, a researcher reported...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/car-t-cell-trial-in-rheumatoid-arthritis-starts-off-strong/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/car-t-cell-trial-in-rheumatoid-arthritis-starts-off-strong/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investigational ADC Ups Survival in Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--Treatment with investigational izalontamab brengitecan (iza-bren) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/investigational-adc-ups-survival-in-advanced-triple-negative-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/investigational-adc-ups-survival-in-advanced-triple-negative-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senators Clash Over Youth Gender Care Bans]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- As the Trump administration continues to target gender-affirming care for youth, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee debated the issue in a hearing on Wednesday.<br />
Committee members heard testimony...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/senators-clash-over-youth-gender-care-bans/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/senators-clash-over-youth-gender-care-bans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Youths Report Using AI Chatbots for Mental Health Advice]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Roughly one in five young people used an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for mental health advice last year, a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey showed.<br />
Among youths ages 12 to 21, 19.2% said that they had...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-youths-report-using-ai-chatbots-for-mental-health-advice/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-youths-report-using-ai-chatbots-for-mental-health-advice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deaths of Despair Drop; FDA Rejects ADHD Drug; Rafael Nadal's Anxiety Battle]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Deaths of despair--fatalities from drugs, alcohol, and suicide--declined by 16% in 2024, according to a report from Trust for America's Health.<br />
Georgia's Pathways to Coverage--a Medicaid expansion program that conditions...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/deaths-of-despair-drop-fda-rejects-adhd-drug-rafael-nadals-anxiety-battle/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/deaths-of-despair-drop-fda-rejects-adhd-drug-rafael-nadals-anxiety-battle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ebola spreads to new areas of DR Congo as outbreak widens]]></title><description><![CDATA[One infected person in Uganda is known to have travelled to the United Arab Emirates before falling ill]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-spreads-to-new-areas-of-dr-congo-as-outbreak-widens/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-spreads-to-new-areas-of-dr-congo-as-outbreak-widens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The U.S. Ebola Response Is a Harbinger of Worse Things to Come]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Last summer, the Kiel Institute, a non-profit think tank in Germany, asked me to lead an analysis of the global benefits of international health aid programs, such as the Global Fund, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-us-ebola-response-is-a-harbinger-of-worse-things-to-come/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-us-ebola-response-is-a-harbinger-of-worse-things-to-come/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supporting Patient Autonomy in Vaccine Conversations]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Vaccines," Cleveland Clinic infectious disease specialist Donald Dumford III, MD, and host John Mangels continue their conversations on communicating effectively and empathetically with patients around vaccination...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/supporting-patient-autonomy-in-vaccine-conversations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/supporting-patient-autonomy-in-vaccine-conversations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Egg Allergy Oral Immunotherapy, Low-Dose Liquid May Be a Key to Success]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For egg-allergic children, an oral immunotherapy (OIT) protocol using low-dose liquid egg to start appeared to be the most successful in inducing tolerance in the outpatient setting, according to one academic center's experience...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/for-egg-allergy-oral-immunotherapy-low-dose-liquid-may-be-a-key-to-success/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/for-egg-allergy-oral-immunotherapy-low-dose-liquid-may-be-a-key-to-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Combating Cancer-Related Fatigue: Yoga, Bupropion, Exercise Plus Methylphenidate]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--A month-long structured yoga program helped patients with cancer improve mood disturbance, anxiety, and fatigue, contributing to a reduction in insomnia, a large multicenter randomized trial showed.<br />
Scores on tests...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/combating-cancer-related-fatigue-yoga-bupropion-exercise-plus-methylphenidate/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/combating-cancer-related-fatigue-yoga-bupropion-exercise-plus-methylphenidate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Out of My Lane': Dr. Oz Ducks Questions During Turn in White House Briefing Room]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- He spoke fast, hammering through the Trump administration's efforts to lower prescription drug prices, combat healthcare fraud, and curb the spread of Ebola overseas.<br />
But when reporters tried to ask Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, about...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/out-of-my-lane-dr-oz-ducks-questions-during-turn-in-white-house-briefing-room/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/out-of-my-lane-dr-oz-ducks-questions-during-turn-in-white-house-briefing-room/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Charged With Bringing Deactivated Mpox Into U.S., Lying to Authorities]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two scientists at a U.S. government lab were charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa and lying about it during interviews with investigators at a Michigan airport, authorities said...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/scientists-charged-with-bringing-deactivated-mpox-into-us-lying-to-authorities/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/scientists-charged-with-bringing-deactivated-mpox-into-us-lying-to-authorities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HHS Screens NIH Grants; NIAID Gag Order; Children's Health Defense Windfall]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- All grants approved by the NIH for funding are now going through extra screening at HHS. HHS staffers--who may be political appointees and not subject matter experts--have sometimes asked to make substantive changes to...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hhs-screens-nih-grants-niaid-gag-order-childrens-health-defense-windfall/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hhs-screens-nih-grants-niaid-gag-order-childrens-health-defense-windfall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Provocative' Survival Result in Myelofibrosis Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--A randomized trial testing the addition of selinexor (Xpovio) to ruxolitinib (Jakafi) for myelofibrosis only met one of its two primary endpoints, yet the combination also showed a potential survival benefit.<br />
At...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/provocative-survival-result-in-myelofibrosis-trial/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/provocative-survival-result-in-myelofibrosis-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Missing Congressman; Suspected Ebola Cases Drop; Peabo Bryson Dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) has been absent from Congress for several months due to what he says is a "personal medical issue," and New York Times reporters have...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-missing-congressman-suspected-ebola-cases-drop-peabo-bryson-dies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-missing-congressman-suspected-ebola-cases-drop-peabo-bryson-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novel Biologic Performs Well in IgG4-Related Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- LONDON--An investigational monoclonal antibody drug for immunoglobulin (Ig)G4-related disease called obexelimab substantially outperformed placebo in the phase III INDIGO trial, researchers reported, positioning it to take...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-biologic-performs-well-in-igg4-related-disease/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-biologic-performs-well-in-igg4-related-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1 Drugs Cut Need for Knee Replacement]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- People with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who used GLP-1 receptor agonists were less likely to undergo knee replacement surgery, an analysis of a large records database indicated.<br />
Compared with otherwise similar OA patients not taking...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-drugs-cut-need-for-knee-replacement/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-drugs-cut-need-for-knee-replacement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Groups Unhappy With Medicaid Work Requirement Interim Rule]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CMS issued an interim final rule Monday outlining implementation rules for new Medicaid work requirements, and health organizations seemed none too happy with it.<br />
"Most adults covered by Medicaid are already working, caregiving...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/health-groups-unhappy-with-medicaid-work-requirement-interim-rule/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/health-groups-unhappy-with-medicaid-work-requirement-interim-rule/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adding Immunotherapy-Based Combo Boosts PFS in Unresectable Liver Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--Combining standard transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) with the immunotherapy-based STRIDE regimen improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the phase...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/adding-immunotherapy-based-combo-boosts-pfs-in-unresectable-liver-cancer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/adding-immunotherapy-based-combo-boosts-pfs-in-unresectable-liver-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protein Won't Solve Our Nutrition Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Buffalo Wild Wings now offers an unusual new drink: "Espresso Proteini." Marketed for National Espresso Martini Day, the $12 drink includes 10 grams of Muscle Milk protein powder with a signature Buffalo dry rub rim.<br />
While the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/protein-wont-solve-our-nutrition-problem/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/protein-wont-solve-our-nutrition-problem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultra-Low-Dose Immunotherapy May Benefit Cancer Patients in Low-Resource Countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO-- Triple oral metronomic chemotherapy combined with ultra-low-dose immunotherapy (TMC-I) may be a promising first-line treatment for patients in low-resource countries with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ultra-low-dose-immunotherapy-may-benefit-cancer-patients-in-low-resource-countries/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ultra-low-dose-immunotherapy-may-benefit-cancer-patients-in-low-resource-countries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ebola Webinar June 4: Former USAID Official Discusses Flawed U.S. Response]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration moved quickly to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) after taking office in early 2025, implementing a funding freeze, issuing stop-work orders, and carrying out mass layoffs...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-webinar-june-4-former-usaid-official-discusses-flawed-us-response/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-webinar-june-4-former-usaid-official-discusses-flawed-us-response/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visceral Fat Over Weight Loss; BP Control Incentive Backfires; PVCs Not Benign]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Losing visceral fat by diet and exercise--regardless of pounds shed or later regained--was tied to long-term improvements in cardiometabolic health, follow-up data from two randomized trials showed. (Circulation)<br />
A study...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/visceral-fat-over-weight-loss-bp-control-incentive-backfires-pvcs-not-benign/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/visceral-fat-over-weight-loss-bp-control-incentive-backfires-pvcs-not-benign/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the Brain Works at Night; An Unusual ARIA Case; Smartwatch Detects Seizures]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A review in Science looked at the oscillatory biology of sleep and how disruptions are linked with dementia risk.<br />
Using artificial intelligence (AI) and MRI data, a novel framework revealed how the brain clears out waste at...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-the-brain-works-at-night-an-unusual-aria-case-smartwatch-detects-seizures/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-the-brain-works-at-night-an-unusual-aria-case-smartwatch-detects-seizures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Omnipod Pod Recall; Afrezza OK'd for Kids 6 and Up; CVS to Cover Zepbound Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Insulet initiated a voluntary device correction of certain Omnipod pods due to a manufacturing defect that causes insulin to leak rather than being fully delivered into the body, the FDA alerted. This action is separate from...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/omnipod-pod-recall-afrezza-okd-for-kids-6-and-up-cvs-to-cover-zepbound-again/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/omnipod-pod-recall-afrezza-okd-for-kids-6-and-up-cvs-to-cover-zepbound-again/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melanoma Vaccine Halves Risk of Recurrence, Metastasis Over 5 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--An investigational individualized vaccine for surgically resected melanoma demonstrated durable benefits in reducing the risks of recurrence and distant spread, 5-year follow-up of a randomized study showed.<br />
Adding...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/melanoma-vaccine-halves-risk-of-recurrence-metastasis-over-5-years/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/melanoma-vaccine-halves-risk-of-recurrence-metastasis-over-5-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Papers Open Access Could Cost Feds $1B Per Year, Report Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The costs of meeting a federal mandate to make research papers freely and immediately available to the public are exorbitant, and most agencies don't have adequate plans in place to cover it, a report from the U.S. Government...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/making-papers-open-access-could-cost-feds-1b-per-year-report-finds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/making-papers-open-access-could-cost-feds-1b-per-year-report-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planning for Long-Term Care and Family Support in Alzheimer's Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Alzheimer's Disease," Cleveland Clinic behavioral neurologist Jagan Pillai, MD, PhD, and host Glenn Campbell continue their discussion on communicating effectively with patients and families facing a progressive...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/planning-for-long-term-care-and-family-support-in-alzheimers-disease/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/planning-for-long-term-care-and-family-support-in-alzheimers-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Docs Should Compete for Patient Dollars, Not Political Influence, Economist Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In this series, MedPage Today is asking healthcare economists and policy experts the same questions about the high costs of U.S. healthcare. They'll discuss what they believe is working, what's not working, and what else can...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/docs-should-compete-for-patient-dollars-not-political-influence-economist-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/docs-should-compete-for-patient-dollars-not-political-influence-economist-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volixibat Soothed the Itch in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The investigational ileal bile acid transporter (IBAT) inhibitor volixibat delivered better itch relief than placebo in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), data from a phase II randomized clinical trial showed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/volixibat-soothed-the-itch-in-primary-sclerosing-cholangitis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/volixibat-soothed-the-itch-in-primary-sclerosing-cholangitis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People Are Booing AI. Health Leaders Should Take Note.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Something happened at graduation ceremonies this spring that should cause every health system CEO, hospital administrator, and digital health investor to rethink their development, implementation, and marketing strategies: college...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/people-are-booing-ai-health-leaders-should-take-note/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/people-are-booing-ai-health-leaders-should-take-note/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurse Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Rule That Limits Graduate Loans]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Over the last 9 months, nurses have been protesting a federal regulation that they say would drive up student loan debt, exacerbate workforce shortages, and threaten patient access to care. Last week, they put their words into...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurse-groups-sue-trump-administration-over-rule-that-limits-graduate-loans/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurse-groups-sue-trump-administration-over-rule-that-limits-graduate-loans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Rule Would Politicize Grant Decisions, Scientists Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A sweeping proposed rule that would transfer federal grantmaking decisions from scientific experts to senior political appointees is "dystopian," "disastrous," and a "flagrant assault on our democracy," scientists and health...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-rule-would-politicize-grant-decisions-scientists-say/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-rule-would-politicize-grant-decisions-scientists-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Shape Care. Our Patients Should Know.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For many patients, taking a controlled medication feels like any ordinary medical decision. You're prescribed something for sleep, anxiety, ADHD, or pain. You're counseled on risks and side effects. You pick it up from the pharmacy...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-shape-care-our-patients-should-know/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-shape-care-our-patients-should-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Data Support Trodelvy-Keytruda Combo in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--Sacituzumab govitecan (SG, Trodelvy) added to pembrolizumab (Keytruda) extended a surrogate measure of long-term clinical outcomes compared with chemotherapy plus pembrolizumab in patients with PD-L1-positive metastatic...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-data-support-trodelvy-keytruda-combo-in-triple-negative-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-data-support-trodelvy-keytruda-combo-in-triple-negative-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top health official held shares in key children’s home operator]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samantha Jones, permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care, had multiple private-sector interests]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/top-health-official-held-shares-in-key-childrens-home-operator/</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/top-health-official-held-shares-in-key-childrens-home-operator/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood Markers to Direct Lung Cancer Screening; Name Change for PCOS]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/blood-markers-to-direct-lung-cancer-screening-name-change-for-pcos/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/blood-markers-to-direct-lung-cancer-screening-name-change-for-pcos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’ve Seen One Too Many E-Scooter Injuries in the Trauma Bay]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- With their sleek black bodies and shock absorbers, powered scooters are an attractive toy. For many, they seem like a convenient solution to urban traffic, but based on what I've seen in the trauma department, they may be causing...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ive-seen-one-too-many-e-scooter-injuries-in-the-trauma-bay/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ive-seen-one-too-many-e-scooter-injuries-in-the-trauma-bay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Look at Major Ebola Outbreaks and When the Disease Was First Identified]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- With around 600 suspected cases and at least 130 deaths, the new Ebola outbreak in the Central African country of Congo has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-look-at-major-ebola-outbreaks-and-when-the-disease-was-first-identified/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-look-at-major-ebola-outbreaks-and-when-the-disease-was-first-identified/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Migraine With Aura Tied to Higher Stroke Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Middle-aged and older adults who had migraine with aura had a greater risk of subsequent stroke, a study of 11,000 people showed.<br />
Over 6 years, migraine with aura was associated with a 73% higher risk of ischemic stroke compared...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/migraine-with-aura-tied-to-higher-stroke-risk/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/migraine-with-aura-tied-to-higher-stroke-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coal Mining and Cancer; Cancer Viruses in Wastewater; Sunscreens Miss the Mark Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A systematic review of studies of exposure to pollutants at coal mining operations showed a consistent association with higher cancer mortality. (American Cancer Society)<br />
Vanessa Trump, 48, the former wife of Donald Trump Jr...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/coal-mining-and-cancer-cancer-viruses-in-wastewater-sunscreens-miss-the-mark-again/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/coal-mining-and-cancer-cancer-viruses-in-wastewater-sunscreens-miss-the-mark-again/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microvascular Dysfunction an Important Independent Contributor to Heart Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) was an important independent component of ischemic heart disease, though it often accompanied epicardial coronary artery disease, a prospective study showed.<br />
In a large, unselected population...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/microvascular-dysfunction-an-important-independent-contributor-to-heart-disease/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/microvascular-dysfunction-an-important-independent-contributor-to-heart-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I Learned When We Treated a Possible Ebola Patient]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Long before it was first identified in 1976, Ebola disease, the mysterious illness capable of causing fever, vomiting, and bleeding, struck fear into the hearts of those who encountered it. And reasonably so--Ebola has a...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-i-learned-when-we-treated-a-possible-ebola-patient/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-i-learned-when-we-treated-a-possible-ebola-patient/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creeping Gradients After TAVR Linked to Poor Longer-Term Outcomes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Early hemodynamic valve deterioration (HVD) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR, or TAVI) appeared to have clinical impact by the 4-year mark, according to registry data.<br />
By that point, post-TAVR HVD was associated...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/creeping-gradients-after-tavr-linked-to-poor-longer-term-outcomes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/creeping-gradients-after-tavr-linked-to-poor-longer-term-outcomes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prostate Cancer Drug Linked to Lower Risk of Cognitive Decline]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--Patients with advanced prostate cancer treated with enzalutamide (Xtandi) had a significantly greater decline in cognitive function compared with those who received darolutamide (Nubeqa), according to results from...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/prostate-cancer-drug-linked-to-lower-risk-of-cognitive-decline/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/prostate-cancer-drug-linked-to-lower-risk-of-cognitive-decline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ebola Outbreak in Congo Went Unnoticed for Weeks. This Is What We Know.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Health officials believe the Ebola outbreak in Congo started weeks ago and say they haven't identified the source.<br />
The outbreak has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-went-unnoticed-for-weeks-this-is-what-we-know/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-went-unnoticed-for-weeks-this-is-what-we-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanessa Trump's Cancer; 3 Deaths Tied to Mystery Substance; Ebola Clinic Torched]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Also note that MedPage Today will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Look for Morning Break again on Tuesday, May 26.<br />
Vanessa Trump, 48, the former...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vanessa-trumps-cancer-3-deaths-tied-to-mystery-substance-ebola-clinic-torched/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vanessa-trumps-cancer-3-deaths-tied-to-mystery-substance-ebola-clinic-torched/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brookfield among PE suitors circling Gulf fertility firm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deal could value Fakih IVF at $1bn as healthcare proves resilient Middle East sector during Iran war]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brookfield-among-pe-suitors-circling-gulf-fertility-firm/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brookfield-among-pe-suitors-circling-gulf-fertility-firm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Hearing on the Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA Finds Much Agreement on Problems]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A House hearing on how to improve the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and encourage more use of advanced alternative payment models (AAPMs) included lots of agreement on problems, but not as much discussion of solutions.<br />
"Medicare...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/house-hearing-on-the-physician-fee-schedule-macra-finds-much-agreement-on-problems/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 23:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/house-hearing-on-the-physician-fee-schedule-macra-finds-much-agreement-on-problems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Was Erectile Dysfunction Linked With?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-was-erectile-dysfunction-linked-with/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 23:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-was-erectile-dysfunction-linked-with/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funding Cuts and Empty Beds: Critics Question the U.S. Response to  Ebola]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's cuts to international public health programs have blunted the response to the latest Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, and the cumulative impact could lead to failure in future public health emergencies...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/funding-cuts-and-empty-beds-critics-question-the-us-response-to-ebola/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 23:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/funding-cuts-and-empty-beds-critics-question-the-us-response-to-ebola/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short-Term Fasting Enhances Chemotherapy Response in Advanced Ovarian Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--Patients who fasted during chemotherapy for ovarian cancer had significantly longer progression-free survival (PFS) compared with patients who ate a normal diet, a small randomized study from Italy showed.<br />
Fasting...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/short-term-fasting-enhances-chemotherapy-response-in-advanced-ovarian-cancer/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/short-term-fasting-enhances-chemotherapy-response-in-advanced-ovarian-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1s Linked to Lower Risk of Cancer Spread in Four Tumor Types]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO--Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists in patients with four solid tumor types was significantly associated with lower rates of progression to metastatic disease over a 5-year period, a propensity score-matched analysis...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-linked-to-lower-risk-of-cancer-spread-in-four-tumor-types/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-linked-to-lower-risk-of-cancer-spread-in-four-tumor-types/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ebola Outbreak Goes Viral; Marinating in UV Damage; Fibermaxxing Gone Too Far?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.<br />
Allergist Zachary Rubin, MD, shared his top concerns about the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda.<br />
Meanwhile...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-outbreak-goes-viral-marinating-in-uv-damage-fibermaxxing-gone-too-far/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 21:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-outbreak-goes-viral-marinating-in-uv-damage-fibermaxxing-gone-too-far/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psychosis and Cannabis Legalization: Where's the Evidence?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Just what impact nationwide cannabis policy changes might have on psychosis remains unclear, with mixed and emerging data from the studies that have been done, preliminary findings of a systematic review indicated.<br />
Across the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/psychosis-and-cannabis-legalization-wheres-the-evidence/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 21:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/psychosis-and-cannabis-legalization-wheres-the-evidence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Admin Expands Its Use of AI in Hunt for Healthcare Fraud]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- HHS on Thursday announced it is supercharging its use of artificial intelligence to police how states and other recipients of federal health dollars are auditing their programs. The move is intended to tamp down risks of fraud...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-admin-expands-its-use-of-ai-in-hunt-for-healthcare-fraud/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 21:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-admin-expands-its-use-of-ai-in-hunt-for-healthcare-fraud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's What Happened the First Time Ebola Hit U.S. Shores]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Reports about American doctors contracting or being at risk of developing Ebola hearken back to the 2014 outbreak in West Africa, when a patient fell ill on U.S. soil and ultimately sickened two healthcare workers.<br />
On Sept...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-what-happened-the-first-time-ebola-hit-us-shores/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 21:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-what-happened-the-first-time-ebola-hit-us-shores/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A 'Youthful' Brain May Boost Alzheimer's Resilience]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Greater structural brain integrity appeared to buffer the cognitive consequences of Alzheimer's disease pathology, cross-sectional data suggested.<br />
The study evaluated two markers of brain reserve--brain-predicted age difference...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-youthful-brain-may-boost-alzheimers-resilience/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 20:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-youthful-brain-may-boost-alzheimers-resilience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Surgeon Reveals What's Behind the Musty 'BBL Smell']]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics.<br />
People are complaining about a strange side effect of Brazilian butt...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-surgeon-reveals-whats-behind-the-musty-bbl-smell/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 19:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-surgeon-reveals-whats-behind-the-musty-bbl-smell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women-Only Trial Supports Self-Expanding TAVR as the Way to Go]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a self-expanding valve still worked out better, at least in terms of hemodynamics, in the first head-to-head device trial exclusively in women.<br />
Among older women with symptomatic...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/women-only-trial-supports-self-expanding-tavr-as-the-way-to-go/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/women-only-trial-supports-self-expanding-tavr-as-the-way-to-go/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why This Texas Doctor Dumped His Medicare Advantage Plan Contracts]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Bryan Johnson, MD, an internal medicine physician in Frisco, Texas, has tried hard over the past 3 years to drop all of his practice's Medicare Advantage (MA) contracts, dropping the percentage of MA patients from 30% or 40...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-this-texas-doctor-dumped-his-medicare-advantage-plan-contracts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-this-texas-doctor-dumped-his-medicare-advantage-plan-contracts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appeals in Congo for Supplies as Aid Groups Say Ebola Outbreak Is 'Gaining Momentum']]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare workers and aid groups in eastern Congo said Thursday they are in dire need of more supplies and staff to respond to a growing Ebola outbreak linked to a rare virus, as armed groups continue to threaten a region already...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/appeals-in-congo-for-supplies-as-aid-groups-say-ebola-outbreak-is-gaining-momentum/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 17:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/appeals-in-congo-for-supplies-as-aid-groups-say-ebola-outbreak-is-gaining-momentum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stoking Sexual Arousal and Desire: GLP-1s, Nerve Stimulation, 'Scream Cream']]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Interest in GLP-1 receptor agonists as a potential aid to sexual desire and arousal disorders took off in the field of sexual medicine--and landed with a thud.<br />
"GLP-1s are not what I would call treatments...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/stoking-sexual-arousal-and-desire-glp-1s-nerve-stimulation-scream-cream/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 17:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/stoking-sexual-arousal-and-desire-glp-1s-nerve-stimulation-scream-cream/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[$45M Botox Scheme; Man Accused of Slamming Nurse's Head Into Wall; Doc's Hit-and-Run]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Violetta Mailyan, DO, of California, was convicted for her role in a $45 million scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for Botox injections that were never provided or that patients didn't need. Federal prosecutors said Mailyan...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/45m-botox-scheme-man-accused-of-slamming-nurses-head-into-wall-docs-hit-and-run/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 16:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/45m-botox-scheme-man-accused-of-slamming-nurses-head-into-wall-docs-hit-and-run/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Backs New Ebola Treatment; Candy-Like Tobacco Targeted; 1 in 10 Surgeons Quit]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
U.S. officials are working with Mapp Biopharmaceutical, a small biotech company based in San Diego, to provide an experimental monoclonal antibody treatment for...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-backs-new-ebola-treatment-candy-like-tobacco-targeted-1-in-10-surgeons-quit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 15:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-backs-new-ebola-treatment-candy-like-tobacco-targeted-1-in-10-surgeons-quit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steatosis and Cardiovascular Events; Golimumab Biosimilar OK'd; Daily Stress and IBS]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Compared to people without liver steatosis, those with the condition had greater noncalcified coronary plaque burden and nearly twice the risk for major cardiovascular events, an analysis of the multicenter PROMISE study showed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/steatosis-and-cardiovascular-events-golimumab-biosimilar-okd-daily-stress-and-ibs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/steatosis-and-cardiovascular-events-golimumab-biosimilar-okd-daily-stress-and-ibs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tool Predicts Difficult-to-Treat Depression, Even Before Drug Failure]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Self-reported questionnaire data predicted difficult-to-treat depression, even in patients who weren't considered treatment-resistant, observational data showed.<br />
In a sample of 550 hospitalized patients--including those...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tool-predicts-difficult-to-treat-depression-even-before-drug-failure/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tool-predicts-difficult-to-treat-depression-even-before-drug-failure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Questions Methods Used in Alzheimer's Drug Analysis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A statistical approach used to support amyloid-targeting treatment for Alzheimer's disease may lead to overstated claims about amyloid-cognition relationships, an analysis suggested.<br />
The study focused on quantile aggregation...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-questions-methods-used-in-alzheimers-drug-analysis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-questions-methods-used-in-alzheimers-drug-analysis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pictorial Tool Helps Lupus Patients Stay on Hydroxychloroquine]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Showing lupus patients in pictures exactly how much benefit hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is likely to provide, as well as the risks for side effects, raised adherence to their prescribed regimens in a prospective trial.<br />
At baseline...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pictorial-tool-helps-lupus-patients-stay-on-hydroxychloroquine/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pictorial-tool-helps-lupus-patients-stay-on-hydroxychloroquine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former CDC Chief Tom Frieden on the Latest Ebola Outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Congo has led to nearly 600 suspected cases and 139 deaths, prompting the World Health Organization to declare a public health emergency of international concern.<br />
In this MedPage Today webinar...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/former-cdc-chief-tom-frieden-on-the-latest-ebola-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 22:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/former-cdc-chief-tom-frieden-on-the-latest-ebola-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Infants Developed Measles After Utah Prophylaxis Regimen]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- After 11 infants were exposed to measles at a pediatric clinic in Utah, the state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) helped administer intramuscular immunoglobulin (IMIG) as postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) and ultimately...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/no-infants-developed-measles-after-utah-prophylaxis-regimen/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 22:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/no-infants-developed-measles-after-utah-prophylaxis-regimen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Missed Signals to Meaningful EoE Dialogue: The Impact of Shared Decision-making]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Bryan Sauer, MD, MSc, and Rob are paid consultants for Takeda.<br />
Awareness of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a progressive, immune-mediated inflammatory disease of the esophagus, has increased substantially over the past decade...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/from-missed-signals-to-meaningful-eoe-dialogue-the-impact-of-shared-decision-making/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 22:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/from-missed-signals-to-meaningful-eoe-dialogue-the-impact-of-shared-decision-making/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Fires USPSTF Leaders]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the two vice chairs of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)--John Wong, MD, of Tufts Medical Center in Boston, and Esa Davis, MD, MPH, of the University of Maryland in...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-fires-uspstf-leaders/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 21:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-fires-uspstf-leaders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pancreatic Cancer Risk Much Higher for Certain Group, Study Suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Low-risk pancreatic cystic lesions were associated with a long-term risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a retrospective cohort study.<br />
Among over 6,000 patients with low-risk pancreatic cystic lesions, 0.6% developed pancreatic...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pancreatic-cancer-risk-much-higher-for-certain-group-study-suggests/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pancreatic-cancer-risk-much-higher-for-certain-group-study-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IL-6 Drug Promising in Depression; U.S. More Anxious; AI Risks in Addiction Medicine]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A single infusion of the interleukin (IL)-6 inhibitor tocilizumab (Actemra) showed greater improvements in depression severity, somatic symptoms, fatigue, and anxiety in patients with difficult-to-treat depression and low-grade...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/il-6-drug-promising-in-depression-us-more-anxious-ai-risks-inaddiction-medicine/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 20:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/il-6-drug-promising-in-depression-us-more-anxious-ai-risks-inaddiction-medicine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Do We Know About How Hantavirus Spreads?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Experts are relying heavily on a paper about superspreader events in Argentina to understand transmission dynamics of the Andes virus at the center of the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak.<br />
In that paper, published in 2020 in...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-do-we-know-about-how-hantavirus-spreads/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 20:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-do-we-know-about-how-hantavirus-spreads/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lung Biopsy Cryoprobe Increases Diagnostic Yield Over Standard Forceps]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A transbronchial lung biopsy cryoprobe 1.1 mm in diameter outperformed standard 2.0-mm forceps for diagnostic yield, the FROSTBITE-2 randomized trial showed.<br />
Diagnostic yield came in nearly 10 percentage points higher with transbronchial...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lung-biopsy-cryoprobe-increases-diagnostic-yield-over-standard-forceps/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 19:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/lung-biopsy-cryoprobe-increases-diagnostic-yield-over-standard-forceps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BATMAN Technique Promising in Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A major complication of transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) could be prevented using a newer percutaneous leaflet modification technique, according to registry data.<br />
Early adopters of the so-called "BATMAN" (balloon...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/batman-technique-promising-in-transcatheter-mitral-valve-replacement/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/batman-technique-promising-in-transcatheter-mitral-valve-replacement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CDC Chief Orders 2 Americans to Quarantine Over Hantavirus Concern]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The CDC's temporary leader ordered two Americans to quarantine at a Nebraska hospital following their high-risk hantavirus exposures on an outbreak-hit cruise ship.<br />
Eighteen recently repatriated U.S. passengers from the MV Hondius...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-chief-orders-2-americans-to-quarantine-over-hantavirus-concern/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-chief-orders-2-americans-to-quarantine-over-hantavirus-concern/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot to Kill: The Enduring Anger of the Mass Shooter]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- If you're anything like me, you've been inundated recently with stories of mass shootings. On April 19, for instance, a Louisiana man entered a house in the middle of the night and shot and killed eight children execution-style...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/shoot-to-kill-the-enduring-anger-of-the-mass-shooter/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/shoot-to-kill-the-enduring-anger-of-the-mass-shooter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NIAID Leaders Ousted; How Measles Jumped the Border; NIH Can't Spend Its Budget]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Three top officials at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases were given a choice between reassignment outside the institute or resignation. This now means that eight of 10 top leadership spots at the institute...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/niaid-leaders-ousted-how-measles-jumped-the-border-nih-cant-spend-its-budget/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 17:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/niaid-leaders-ousted-how-measles-jumped-the-border-nih-cant-spend-its-budget/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intravascular Lithotripsy Matches Gold Standard for Calcified PCI]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Intravascular lithotripsy was noninferior to rotational atherectomy for preparing severely calcified coronary lesions for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a head-to-head trial.<br />
On optical frequency domain...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/intravascular-lithotripsy-matches-gold-standard-for-calcified-pci/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 17:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/intravascular-lithotripsy-matches-gold-standard-for-calcified-pci/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ACA Enrollment Projected to Plunge by 5 Million as Costs Spike, Analysis Shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance marketplace could plummet by nearly 5 million people this year, shrinking the number of participants in the program by more than 20%, according to a new...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aca-enrollment-projected-to-plunge-by-5-million-as-costs-spike-analysis-shows/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/aca-enrollment-projected-to-plunge-by-5-million-as-costs-spike-analysis-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-ICU Rehab Program Misses Mark for Improving Quality of Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A from-home rehabilitation program for intensive care unit (ICU) survivors who had been on mechanical ventilation did not improve health-related quality of life after discharge overall, but secondary outcomes suggested benefit...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/post-icu-rehab-program-misses-mark-for-improving-quality-of-life/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/post-icu-rehab-program-misses-mark-for-improving-quality-of-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children's Hospital Ordered to Resume Gender-Affirming Care for Minors]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered Colorado's largest provider of gender-affirming care for young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy despite threats that providing the care could...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/childrens-hospital-ordered-to-resume-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/childrens-hospital-ordered-to-resume-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Taps Temp Surgeon General; Who's the U.S. Doc With Ebola? Chickenpox Parties]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tapped health official and family medicine physician Stephanie Haridopolos, MD, to temporarily take on the surgeon general's...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-taps-temp-surgeon-general-whos-the-us-doc-with-ebola-chickenpox-parties/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-taps-temp-surgeon-general-whos-the-us-doc-with-ebola-chickenpox-parties/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Europe and Asian private equity health funds merge to defy AI disruption]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global Healthcare Opportunities and CBC Group say $21bn investment manager will be world&rsquo;s largest in sector]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/big-europe-and-asian-private-equity-health-funds-merge-to-defy-ai-disruption/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/big-europe-and-asian-private-equity-health-funds-merge-to-defy-ai-disruption/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Prostate Cancer Survival Benefit With More Extensive Lymph Node Assessment]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) after radical prostatectomy failed to improve survival in intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer over standard lymphadenectomy, long-term follow-up from a randomized...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/no-prostate-cancer-survival-benefit-with-more-extensive-lymph-node-assessment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 23:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/no-prostate-cancer-survival-benefit-with-more-extensive-lymph-node-assessment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tibial Nerve Stimulation for Overactive Bladder Tied to Better Quality of Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--An investigational implantable tibial nerve stimulation (ITNS) device was associated with improved quality of life in patients with urgency urinary incontinence, commonly known as overactive bladder (OAB), data...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tibial-nerve-stimulation-for-overactive-bladder-tied-to-better-quality-of-life/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 23:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tibial-nerve-stimulation-for-overactive-bladder-tied-to-better-quality-of-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Will Be FDA's Next Commissioner?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Familiar names from the first Trump administration are being floated as a replacement for Marty Makary, MD, MPH, who resigned as FDA commissioner last week.<br />
Kyle Diamantas, JD, the FDA's deputy commissioner for food, is now...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/who-will-be-fdas-next-commissioner/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 23:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/who-will-be-fdas-next-commissioner/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Undiagnosed ADHD May Be Tied to Car Crash Injuries in Adults]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Undetected attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was not uncommon among adults hospitalized after traffic accidents, according to a cross-sectional study from the Dominican Republic.<br />
Among 95 adults admitted for traffic...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/undiagnosed-adhd-may-be-tied-to-car-crash-injuries-in-adults/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 23:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/undiagnosed-adhd-may-be-tied-to-car-crash-injuries-in-adults/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ebola Webinar: May 20 With Former CDC Chief Tom Frieden]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Congo has led to more than 500 suspected cases and 130 deaths, prompting the World Health Organization to declare a public health emergency of international concern. The Bundibugyo virus driving...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-webinar-may-20-with-former-cdc-chief-tom-frieden/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 22:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-webinar-may-20-with-former-cdc-chief-tom-frieden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HHS Withdraws New Rules for CDC Vaccine Panel]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- HHS yanked its revised charter for the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) little more than a month after the agency unveiled changes that critics warned would keep vaccine-skeptical policies and members...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hhs-withdraws-new-rules-for-cdc-vaccine-panel/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 22:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hhs-withdraws-new-rules-for-cdc-vaccine-panel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Omega-3s Linked to Cognitive Decline; Women and Alzheimer's; Amateur Soccer Heading]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation was associated with accelerated cognitive decline in older adults, potentially through adverse effects on cerebral synaptic function, data from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/omega-3s-linked-to-cognitive-decline-women-and-alzheimers-amateur-soccer-heading/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 21:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/omega-3s-linked-to-cognitive-decline-women-and-alzheimers-amateur-soccer-heading/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Will Replace Cassidy on the Senate's Health Committee?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two physician senators--Sen. Rand Paul, MD, (R-Ky.) and Sen. Roger Marshall, MD, (R-Kan.)--are among the leading contenders to take over Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, (R-La.)'s role as chair of the Senate Health, Education...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/who-will-replace-cassidy-on-the-senates-health-committee/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 21:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/who-will-replace-cassidy-on-the-senates-health-committee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low-Dose Buprenorphine Enhanced Ketamine's Antisuicidal Effects in Major Depression]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Low-dose buprenorphine significantly enhanced the antisuicidal effects of a single infusion of ketamine in patients with suicidal ideation and major depressive disorder (MDD), a randomized trial showed.<br />
Among 45 patients who...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/low-dose-buprenorphine-enhanced-ketamines-antisuicidal-effects-in-major-depression/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 20:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/low-dose-buprenorphine-enhanced-ketamines-antisuicidal-effects-in-major-depression/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1s vs Bariatric Surgery; Obesity Trends Reversing; Creatine for Menopause?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- GLP-1 medication use increased by 140.4% from 2022 to 2024 while metabolic bariatric surgery utilization declined by 34.1%, national insurance data indicated. (JAMA Surgery)<br />
Generic forms of semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) aren...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-vs-bariatric-surgery-obesity-trends-reversing-creatine-for-menopause/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 20:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-vs-bariatric-surgery-obesity-trends-reversing-creatine-for-menopause/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BP Meds and Falls; Gaseous Emboli From Pulsed Field Ablation; Stent Paper Retracted]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In primary care, a first prescription for high blood pressure (BP) could be tied to a small increased risk of hospitalization or death due to a fall, according to a retrospective observational analysis. (Lancet Primary Care...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bp-meds-and-falls-gaseous-emboli-from-pulsed-field-ablation-stent-paper-retracted/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/bp-meds-and-falls-gaseous-emboli-from-pulsed-field-ablation-stent-paper-retracted/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physician Group Wants Medicare Advantage Reform]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The nation's largest physician specialty group is so frustrated by the harmful impacts Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have on their practices, it is asking CMS for major policy reforms in nine key areas.<br />
In a position paper published...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/physician-group-wants-medicare-advantage-reform/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/physician-group-wants-medicare-advantage-reform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care for Adults with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis or Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Dr. Tanzira Zaman and Dr. Ekaterini Zapantis partnered with Boehringer Ingelheim to share the health messages below. Dr. Zaman and Dr. Zapantis are paid consultants for Boehringer Ingelheim.<br />
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/care-for-adults-with-idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis-or-progressive-pulmonary-fibrosis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/care-for-adults-with-idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis-or-progressive-pulmonary-fibrosis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senator Bill Cassidy Is Out. He's Taking the Science With Him.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- When Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), questioned Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his confirmation hearing for health secretary last winter, many physicians and public health leaders saw something increasingly rare in American politics...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/senator-bill-cassidy-is-out-hes-taking-the-science-with-him/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 17:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/senator-bill-cassidy-is-out-hes-taking-the-science-with-him/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amikacin Eases MAC Lung Disease in First-Line Treatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Amikacin liposome inhalation suspension (ALIS) improved symptoms and infection clearance in treatment-naive Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease, the ENCORE trial showed.<br />
For the primary endpoint, the aminoglycoside...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/amikacin-eases-mac-lung-disease-in-first-line-treatment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 17:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/amikacin-eases-mac-lung-disease-in-first-line-treatment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to Know About the Bundibugyo Virus Causing the Large Ebola Outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The species of Ebola virus causing an outbreak in Congo that has killed over 130 people is less common than other Ebola viruses, which is complicating the response because there are no specific treatments or vaccines.<br />
"There...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-to-know-about-the-bundibugyo-virus-causing-the-large-ebola-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 17:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-to-know-about-the-bundibugyo-virus-causing-the-large-ebola-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA's Analysis of Child Deaths After COVID Shot Released by Senator]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) released the FDA analysis on pediatric deaths tied to COVID shots that was touted by former FDA leadership but never made public.<br />
Last November, former Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Director...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fdas-analysis-of-child-deaths-after-covid-shot-released-by-senator/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fdas-analysis-of-child-deaths-after-covid-shot-released-by-senator/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inhaled Treprostinil Benefit Affirmed in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Nebulized treprostinil (Tyvaso) reduced lung function decline from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in the pivotal TETON-1 trial, mirroring positive results from the parallel TETON-2 trial.<br />
Declines from baseline to week...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/inhaled-treprostinil-benefit-affirmed-in-idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/inhaled-treprostinil-benefit-affirmed-in-idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Touts Major TrumpRx Expansion, Adding More Than 600 Generic Drugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump on Monday announced that more than 600 generic medications are being added to the government's discounted-drug website TrumpRx, dramatically increasing offerings from one of the Republican administration...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-touts-major-trumprx-expansion-adding-more-than-600-generic-drugs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-touts-major-trumprx-expansion-adding-more-than-600-generic-drugs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trial Casts Doubt on Antibiotics for Refractory Low Back Pain]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Patients with lower back pain related to spinal disc herniation got no more relief from the antibiotic combination of amoxicillin and clavulanate than from placebo in a randomized trial, creating new confusion around this approach...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trial-casts-doubt-on-antibiotics-for-refractory-low-back-pain/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trial-casts-doubt-on-antibiotics-for-refractory-low-back-pain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ebola Deaths Rise Sharply; Trump's Abortion Pill Dilemma; 'Star Wars' Actor Dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
The director-general of the World Health Organization voiced concerns about the "scale and speed" of an outbreak of a rare Ebola variant in the Congo, where authorities...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-deaths-rise-sharply-trumps-abortion-pill-dilemma-star-wars-actor-dies/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 15:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ebola-deaths-rise-sharply-trumps-abortion-pill-dilemma-star-wars-actor-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Significant Boost in Testosterone Levels for Men]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Men treated with GLP-1 receptor agonists had significant increases in testosterone levels, according to findings from a retrospective analysis.<br />
Among men who received semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) or tirzepatide...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-drugs-linked-to-significant-boost-in-testosterone-levels-for-men/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 15:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-drugs-linked-to-significant-boost-in-testosterone-levels-for-men/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HHS Panel That Aims to Reshape U.S. Healthcare Holds Its First Meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A new HHS health advisory committee met very briefly Monday to introduce its members and outline its broad goals for reshaping large parts of the healthcare system.<br />
The Healthcare Advisory Committee, whose existence was announced...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hhs-panel-that-aims-to-reshape-us-healthcare-holds-its-first-meeting/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hhs-panel-that-aims-to-reshape-us-healthcare-holds-its-first-meeting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CDC Places Limits on U.S. Entry as Deaths Top 100 in Ebola Outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In response to the Ebola outbreak linked to scores of deaths, the CDC is blocking entry to the U.S. from people who have been in Ebola-affected African nations.<br />
Non-U.S. passport holders will not be allowed entry if they've...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-places-limits-on-us-entry-as-deaths-top-100-in-ebola-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-places-limits-on-us-entry-as-deaths-top-100-in-ebola-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leucovorin Scripts Surged Even Before White House Autism Push]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Prescriptions for leucovorin for children with autism rose sharply after widespread media attention early in 2025, and again after a White House briefing last fall promoted unproven claims about the drug, an analysis of national...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/leucovorin-scripts-surged-even-before-white-house-autism-push/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 22:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/leucovorin-scripts-surged-even-before-white-house-autism-push/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erectile Dysfunction May Predispose Older Men to Multiple Types of Substance Abuse]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Older men with erectile dysfunction (ED) have an increased risk of substance abuse, including sedatives, opioids, and cocaine, according to a large retrospective study.<br />
ED had the strongest association with sedative...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/erectile-dysfunction-may-predispose-older-men-to-multiple-types-of-substance-abuse/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 22:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/erectile-dysfunction-may-predispose-older-men-to-multiple-types-of-substance-abuse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drowning Prevention Is a Team Effort, Pediatricians Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Drowning remains the leading cause of death among 1- to 4-year-olds, and a multi-layered approach to prevention is necessary, according to a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).<br />
Those methods include...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/drowning-prevention-is-a-team-effort-pediatricians-say/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 21:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/drowning-prevention-is-a-team-effort-pediatricians-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Greenlights Novel Hypertension Pill for Tough-to-Treat Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the first-in-class oral aldosterone synthase inhibitor baxdrostat (Baxfendy) to treat adults with uncontrolled hypertension in combination with other antihypertensive drugs, AstraZeneca announced.<br />
Aldosterone...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-greenlights-novel-hypertension-pill-for-tough-to-treat-patients/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-greenlights-novel-hypertension-pill-for-tough-to-treat-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whole Blood Not Better Than Components En Route to Hospital After Traumatic Injury]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For patients at risk of hemorrhagic shock after a traumatic injury, transfusing whole, type O blood rather than blood components on the way to the hospital yielded similar outcomes, the randomized TOWAR trial showed.<br />
Thirty...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/whole-blood-not-better-than-components-en-route-to-hospital-after-traumatic-injury/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 21:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/whole-blood-not-better-than-components-en-route-to-hospital-after-traumatic-injury/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Doctor Has Ebola]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- KINSHASA, Congo--An American doctor is among the newly confirmed cases in an outbreak in Congo of a rare variant of the Ebola virus with no approved vaccines or therapeutics, a Congolese official said Monday, and details...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/american-doctor-has-ebola/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 21:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/american-doctor-has-ebola/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evidence Mounts for Darolutamide Plus ADT in Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Darolutamide (Nubeqa) plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) significantly improved outcomes compared with ADT alone in men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), the phase II ARASEC trial...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/evidence-mounts-for-darolutamide-plus-adt-in-hormone-sensitive-prostate-cancer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/evidence-mounts-for-darolutamide-plus-adt-in-hormone-sensitive-prostate-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blockbuster Drug Gets Breast Cancer Approvals in Curative Setting]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA on Friday approved two new trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd; Enhertu) indications for treating early-stage breast cancer patients with HER2-positive disease.<br />
In the neoadjuvant setting, the first indication is for stage...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/blockbuster-drug-gets-breast-cancer-approvals-in-curative-setting/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 20:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/blockbuster-drug-gets-breast-cancer-approvals-in-curative-setting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pediatric Hereditary Angioedema Treatment Options Growing]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Evidence for the treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE) in younger children is growing, with expanding treatment options.<br />
A pasteurized formulation of purified C1 inhibitor (Berinert) was approved in 2009 for use in patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pediatric-hereditary-angioedema-treatment-options-growing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 20:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pediatric-hereditary-angioedema-treatment-options-growing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Can We Better Assist Newly Discharged Patients?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Over the past few years, some dedicated physicians and other emergency department team members have created a new program.<br />
It's called Community Teleparamedicine. (I understand from the physician who created the program that...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-can-we-better-assist-newly-discharged-patients/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 20:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-can-we-better-assist-newly-discharged-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Let Big Oil Off the Health Liability Hook]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- As healthcare professionals, we understand the gravity of our responsibilities. We are held to exacting standards, and we accept that our decisions may be scrutinized in malpractice claims. Many of us have been named in such...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dont-let-big-oil-off-the-health-liability-hook/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 20:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dont-let-big-oil-off-the-health-liability-hook/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novel Central Line Locking Fluid Reduces Certain Complications in ICU]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- As the locking fluid for central venous access device (CVAD) ports in the ICU, an investigational 4% solution of tetrasodium EDTA reduced complications compared with a standard fluid, a randomized trial showed.<br />
Combined risk...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-central-line-locking-fluid-reduces-certain-complications-in-icu/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 20:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-central-line-locking-fluid-reduces-certain-complications-in-icu/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by a rare virus in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday, after more than 300 suspected cases...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-a-global-health-emergency/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 19:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-a-global-health-emergency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trigger Abortion Bans Linked to Delayed, Less Effective Miscarriage Care]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- State-level abortion bans enacted after Roe v. Wade was overturned were associated with a shift in management of spontaneous abortion away from evidence-based care, a retrospective cross-sectional study found.<br />
A difference-in...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trigger-abortion-bans-linked-to-delayed-less-effective-miscarriage-care/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 19:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trigger-abortion-bans-linked-to-delayed-less-effective-miscarriage-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He Inserted a Cable in His Penis. 10 Years Later, He Needed Surgery.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At first, it was a mystery as to why a man in his 60s presented to urology with penile pain, swelling, and increasing trouble emptying his bladder, as his history was "vague and inconsistent."<br />
But eventually, his medical team...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/he-inserted-a-cable-in-his-penis-10-years-later-he-needed-surgery/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/he-inserted-a-cable-in-his-penis-10-years-later-he-needed-surgery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temporary Prostatic Urethra Expander for BPH/LUTS Shows Durable Results]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Implantation of a temporary prostatic urethra expander resulted in sustained improvements of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), results from the sham-controlled trial showed....]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/temporary-prostatic-urethra-expander-for-bphluts-shows-durable-results/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 17:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/temporary-prostatic-urethra-expander-for-bphluts-shows-durable-results/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antibiotic No Help for Young Kids' Acute Wheezing]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A course of azithromycin for preschoolers who presented to the emergency department (ED) with wheezing didn't improve their symptoms, the AZ-SWED trial showed.<br />
Among children, ages 18-59 months, the 5-day sum of scores on the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/antibiotic-no-help-for-young-kids-acute-wheezing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 17:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/antibiotic-no-help-for-young-kids-acute-wheezing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outbreak Deaths Grow to 80; RFK Jr. Nemesis Loses Primary; Metal Bits in Ice Cream]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.The Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals from pharmaceutical companies that object to negotiating Medicare drug prices with the federal government. (AP)<br />
...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/outbreak-deaths-grow-to-80-rfk-jr-nemesis-loses-primary-metal-bits-in-ice-cream/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 15:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/outbreak-deaths-grow-to-80-rfk-jr-nemesis-loses-primary-metal-bits-in-ice-cream/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major Complete Response Rate in Very High-Risk Bladder Cancer With Combo Treatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Adding immunotherapy to standard treatment for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) achieved complete response (CR) in more than 90% of patients who had refused cystectomy for high-risk disease, a small...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/major-complete-response-rate-in-very-high-risk-bladder-cancer-with-combo-treatment/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 23:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/major-complete-response-rate-in-very-high-risk-bladder-cancer-with-combo-treatment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['It Was David Versus Goliath': What We Heard This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- "It was David versus Goliath ... and you know something, we ripped them to shreds."--Daniel McGee, MD, of Eugene Emergency Physicians in Oregon, a plaintiff in a lawsuit to block an employer from replacing the local medical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/it-was-david-versus-goliath-what-we-heard-this-week/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/it-was-david-versus-goliath-what-we-heard-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low-Intensity Ultrasound Shatters Kidney Stones in 70% of SOUND Trial Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--An in-office device that uses low-pressure ultrasound waves to breaking up kidney stones was safe and effective, according to data from the SOUND trial.<br />
Treatment with the Break Wave lithotripsy device reduced...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/low-intensity-ultrasound-shatters-kidney-stones-in-70-of-sound-trial-patients/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 20:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/low-intensity-ultrasound-shatters-kidney-stones-in-70-of-sound-trial-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Much or Too Little Opioid Pain Relief May Drive Refills After Urologic Surgery]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Too much or too little opioid pain management at discharge after urologic surgery significantly increased the likelihood of refills, providing new insight into opioid overuse, according to a study reported here...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/too-much-or-too-little-opioid-pain-relief-may-drive-refills-after-urologic-surgery/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 20:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/too-much-or-too-little-opioid-pain-relief-may-drive-refills-after-urologic-surgery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Demands Medicaid Data for Deportation. Some States Go a Step Further.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Several states have joined President Donald Trump's deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further--by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-demands-medicaid-data-for-deportation-some-states-go-a-step-further/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-demands-medicaid-data-for-deportation-some-states-go-a-step-further/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Official Who Scrutinized COVID Shots, Antidepressants Is Out in Latest Shake-Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An FDA official involved in scrutinizing the safety of antidepressants, COVID-19 vaccines, and other widely used therapies has been removed from her role leading the agency's drug program.<br />
Tracy Beth Hoeg, MD, PhD, will be replaced...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-official-who-scrutinized-covid-shots-antidepressants-is-out-in-latest-shake-up/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 19:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-official-who-scrutinized-covid-shots-antidepressants-is-out-in-latest-shake-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Kids Are Hurting]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Alongside many others, it is my mission to improve the health and well-being of those who are most vulnerable: kids. As a pain scientist, I am committed to continuing to support youth and specifically, children afflicted with...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-kids-are-hurting/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-kids-are-hurting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Crisis of Conscience Spurred This Christian IVF Doctor's Career Pivot]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- John Gordon, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist, has been a man of faith for years. When he began to have doubts, they were not about his God, but his life's work.<br />
He chose to be an infertility specialist to help people. Thirty...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-crisis-of-conscience-spurred-this-christian-ivf-doctors-career-pivot/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-crisis-of-conscience-spurred-this-christian-ivf-doctors-career-pivot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHO declares global health emergency on Ebola]]></title><description><![CDATA[Outbreak is of &lsquo;international concern&rsquo; as rare strain of disease spills over into Uganda]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/who-declares-global-health-emergency-on-ebola/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 13:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/who-declares-global-health-emergency-on-ebola/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Durvalumab Plus BCG Cut Early Recurrence of High-Risk Bladder Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Add-on durvalumab (Imfinzi) reduced the number of early high-risk disease recurrences within the first year in patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), according to new analyses from...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/durvalumab-plus-bcg-cut-early-recurrence-of-high-risk-bladder-cancer/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 22:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/durvalumab-plus-bcg-cut-early-recurrence-of-high-risk-bladder-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of Patients With Post-BCG Bladder Cancer Achieve CR With Nonviral Gene Therapy]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--More than half of patients with previously treated non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) had complete responses (CRs) with an intravesical gene therapy, according to preliminary results from an ongoing study...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/half-of-patients-with-post-bcg-bladder-cancer-achieve-cr-with-nonviral-gene-therapy/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 22:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/half-of-patients-with-post-bcg-bladder-cancer-achieve-cr-with-nonviral-gene-therapy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exercise and Blood Pressure; Maternal Occupation and Autism]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/exercise-and-blood-pressure-maternal-occupation-and-autism/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/exercise-and-blood-pressure-maternal-occupation-and-autism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Low Can America Go?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For many doctors like me, Donald G. McNeil Jr.'s byline will always inspire respect. A New York Times (NYT) reporter since the 1970s, he first earned his medical stripes in the 1990s as a foreign correspondent covering HIV/AIDS...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-low-can-america-go/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-low-can-america-go/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Makary's Resignation Expands Leadership Void at Health Department]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- When the week began, several senior positions at HHS were already sitting empty.<br />
There was no Senate-confirmed U.S. surgeon general. The head of the NIH was doubling as the acting head of the CDC. The FDA lacked a permanent...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/makarys-resignation-expands-leadership-void-at-health-department/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/makarys-resignation-expands-leadership-void-at-health-department/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1 Drug Makes Its Case for Treating Plaque Psoriasis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Adding a dual GLP-1/GIP receptor agonist to the psoriasis drug ixekizumab (Taltz) significantly improved outcomes in adults with difficult-to-treat plaque psoriasis due to overweight or obesity, the open-label TOGETHER-PsO trial...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-drug-makes-its-case-for-treating-plaque-psoriasis/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 23:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-drug-makes-its-case-for-treating-plaque-psoriasis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many States Not Prepared to Respond to Public Health Emergencies, Report Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Even as hantavirus cases on a cruise ship continue to cause concern, about one-fourth of states are not fully prepared to manage a public health emergency if one should come their way, a report found.<br />
"The nation faced the most...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/many-states-not-prepared-to-respond-to-public-health-emergencies-report-finds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 22:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/many-states-not-prepared-to-respond-to-public-health-emergencies-report-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Largest U.S. Children's Hospital to Set Up a 'Detransition Clinic' for Trans Youth]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The nation's largest children's hospital has agreed to a legal settlement with Texas and the Trump administration over gender-affirming care for transgender youth that includes a $10 million payment to the state and the requirement...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/largest-us-childrens-hospital-to-set-up-a-detransition-clinic-for-trans-youth/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 22:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/largest-us-childrens-hospital-to-set-up-a-detransition-clinic-for-trans-youth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a Challenge to Mifepristone Could Disrupt Drug Regulation at Large]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Since the FDA approved mifepristone over 25 years ago, the drug has been part of an extremely safe and effective regimen for terminating a pregnancy, with the risk of serious complications less than 1%. Nearly two-thirds of all...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-a-challenge-to-mifepristone-could-disrupt-drug-regulation-at-large/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 22:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-a-challenge-to-mifepristone-could-disrupt-drug-regulation-at-large/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hantavirus Strain in Outbreak Hasn't Become More Transmissible, WHO Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The hantavirus that triggered a cruise ship outbreak hasn't mutated into a more transmissible strain, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said, and any new cases likely reflect effective monitoring of existing contacts...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-strain-in-outbreak-hasnt-become-more-transmissible-who-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 21:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-strain-in-outbreak-hasnt-become-more-transmissible-who-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Prescription Increased After Mel Gibson's Comments?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-prescription-increased-after-mel-gibsons-comments/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 19:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-prescription-increased-after-mel-gibsons-comments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World's Reaction to Hantavirus Is Tinged by Echoes of Something Else: COVID]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The lingering impact of COVID-19, a few years out from the declaration that the pandemic was over, is scattered across how we live today--the work-from-home jobs, the way some have decided wearing masks is their new normal...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-worlds-reaction-to-hantavirus-is-tinged-by-echoes-of-something-else-covid/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 19:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-worlds-reaction-to-hantavirus-is-tinged-by-echoes-of-something-else-covid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weight Gain &amp; Cancer Risk; Steppin' Out After Surgery; Depression in Ovarian Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Weight gain in adulthood may increase a person's cancer risk by as much as fivefold, according to a Swedish study. (The Guardian)<br />
An updated review of data for nearly 800,000 participants in prostate cancer screening studies...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/weight-gain-amp-cancer-risk-steppin-out-after-surgery-depression-in-ovarian-cancer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 17:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/weight-gain-amp-cancer-risk-steppin-out-after-surgery-depression-in-ovarian-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping Tabs on Hantavirus; MA Auto-Enrollment; Mel Gibson's Ivermectin Influence]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following is a transcript of the podcast episode:<br />
Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/keeping-tabs-on-hantavirus-ma-auto-enrollment-mel-gibsons-ivermectin-influence/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 17:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/keeping-tabs-on-hantavirus-ma-auto-enrollment-mel-gibsons-ivermectin-influence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outbreak Kills 65; RFK Jr. Did Not Perform Surgery, Hospital Says; DOJ Targets Yale]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Africa CDC confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo's remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far. (AP)<br />
Meanwhile, a meningitis...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/outbreak-kills-65-rfk-jr-did-not-perform-surgery-hospital-says-doj-targets-yale/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/outbreak-kills-65-rfk-jr-did-not-perform-surgery-hospital-says-doj-targets-yale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antidepressants in Pregnancy: What a New Study Found]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Children exposed to prenatal antidepressants had an increased risk of autism or attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that was not significant after adjusting for confounding factors, a systematic review and meta-analysis...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/antidepressants-in-pregnancy-what-a-new-study-found/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/antidepressants-in-pregnancy-what-a-new-study-found/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Preserves Access to Mifepristone While Lawsuit Plays Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.<br />
The court's order allows women seeking abortions to continue...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/supreme-court-preserves-access-to-mifepristone-while-lawsuit-plays-out/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/supreme-court-preserves-access-to-mifepristone-while-lawsuit-plays-out/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Americans Being Monitored for Hantavirus Than Previously Known]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The number of Americans being monitored after potential hantavirus exposure has climbed to 41, but there are no current U.S. cases, the CDC said on Thursday.<br />
That tally is up from earlier reviews of state health department data...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-americans-being-monitored-for-hantavirus-than-previously-known/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 23:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-americans-being-monitored-for-hantavirus-than-previously-known/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New AML Regimen for Unfit Patients Gets FDA's Blessing]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA on Wednesday approved a new all-oral regimen for newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in patients ineligible for intensive chemotherapy.<br />
The combination of decitabine-cedazuridine (Inqovi) plus venetoclax (Venclexta...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-aml-regimen-for-unfit-patients-gets-fdas-blessing/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 23:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-aml-regimen-for-unfit-patients-gets-fdas-blessing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer Public Health-Maxxing; Ob/Gyns Celebrate PCOS Renaming; K for Bebe?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.<br />
As warmer weather approaches, public health worker organization "Fired But Fighting" offered an alternative...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/summer-public-health-maxxing-obgyns-celebrate-pcos-renaming-k-for-bebe/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 23:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/summer-public-health-maxxing-obgyns-celebrate-pcos-renaming-k-for-bebe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's How Many Hospitals Earned Five Stars From CMS]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- CMS updated its Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating this week, with the bulk of facilities sitting in the middle of the pack.<br />
Overall, 385 (12%) rated hospitals earned top marks with five stars, while 204 (6.4%) received only...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-how-many-hospitals-earned-five-stars-from-cms/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 22:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-how-many-hospitals-earned-five-stars-from-cms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's What Stakeholders Want From the Next FDA Commissioner]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Stakeholders across the board are calling for a return to regular order at the FDA following the resignation of Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, who said he resigned in protest over the agency's decision to authorize flavored...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-what-stakeholders-want-from-the-next-fda-commissioner/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 22:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-what-stakeholders-want-from-the-next-fda-commissioner/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Your Patient Couldn’t Tell the Dispatcher]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The patient was a 63-year-old man whose feelings of being unwell had been building for 4 days, and this was before anyone called 911.<br />
By the time my emergency medical services (EMS) team arrived, his blood pressure was 198/110...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-your-patient-couldnt-tell-the-dispatcher/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 22:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-your-patient-couldnt-tell-the-dispatcher/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the 'What I Eat in a Day' Trend Fueling Malnutrition?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At an annual pediatrics visit, a 15-year-old female patient told me she was trying to "eat healthier." I asked her to tell me what that looked like, so she pulled out her phone and opened to a TikTok video titled "what I eat...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-the-what-i-eat-in-a-day-trend-fueling-malnutrition/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 21:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-the-what-i-eat-in-a-day-trend-fueling-malnutrition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Blocks DOJ's Demand for Hospital's Records of Trans Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's sweeping demands for confidential transgender patient information from Rhode Island's largest hospital that provides gender-affirming care to minors.<br />
U.S. District Judge...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/judge-blocks-dojs-demand-for-hospitals-records-of-trans-kids/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 20:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/judge-blocks-dojs-demand-for-hospitals-records-of-trans-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make the Diagnosis: This Is a Curious Cluster. Can You Diagnose It?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) --]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/make-the-diagnosis-this-is-a-curious-cluster-can-you-diagnose-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 20:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/make-the-diagnosis-this-is-a-curious-cluster-can-you-diagnose-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors Skeptical of Insurers' Pledges to Rein in Prior Authorization]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Physicians remain skeptical that health insurers' pledges to ease prior authorization hassles will result in any meaningful action, an American Medical Association (AMA) survey found.<br />
In June 2025, a group of about 60 insurers...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/doctors-skeptical-of-insurers-pledges-to-rein-in-prior-authorization/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 19:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/doctors-skeptical-of-insurers-pledges-to-rein-in-prior-authorization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1s and Hepatic Events; 'Shame, Taboo, Hygiene'; Treating Late-Onset IBD]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Among U.S. adults with diabetes and steatotic liver disease in the All of Us cohort, new use of a GLP-1 receptor agonist was linked with a 38% to 42% lower risk of hepatic events over nearly 3 years of median follow-up. (American...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-and-hepatic-events-shame-taboo-hygiene-treating-late-onset-ibd/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 18:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1s-and-hepatic-events-shame-taboo-hygiene-treating-late-onset-ibd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurse Killed in Hospital Parking Lot; Deadly Cosmetic Surgery Suit; EHR Lawsuit]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An Alabama nurse was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in the hospital parking lot. The suspect had been dropped off at the hospital earlier in the day and was showing signs of mental illness. (WBRC)<br />
A widower is suing...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurse-killed-in-hospital-parking-lot-deadly-cosmetic-surgery-suit-ehr-lawsuit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 18:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurse-killed-in-hospital-parking-lot-deadly-cosmetic-surgery-suit-ehr-lawsuit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oncologist Who Cared for Hantavirus Patients on Ship Leaves Medical Isolation Unit]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An oncologist traveling on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska, where he was the lone American placed in isolation after he helped care for...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oncologist-who-cared-for-hantavirus-patients-on-ship-leaves-medical-isolation-unit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oncologist-who-cared-for-hantavirus-patients-on-ship-leaves-medical-isolation-unit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[De-Escalated Treatment for Early Breast Cancer Continues to Gain Momentum]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The number of women skipping sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for early breast cancer doubled over a 5-year period to become the predominant strategy for low-risk disease, a prospective study showed.<br />
The proportion of patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/de-escalated-treatment-for-early-breast-cancer-continues-to-gain-momentum/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/de-escalated-treatment-for-early-breast-cancer-continues-to-gain-momentum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two New Physician Social Media Platforms Come Online]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two new physician social media communities have come online in recent weeks--Roon, and one run by the social media personality Dr. Glaucomflecken--joining a crowded field that includes Doximity, Sermo, and Figure 1....]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/two-new-physician-social-media-platforms-come-online/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/two-new-physician-social-media-platforms-come-online/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Aide Quits in Protest; ICE Releases Doctor; Osteoporosis Tied to Mortality]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s chief spokesperson Rich Danker resigned Wednesday, citing irreconcilable differences over an effort to promote flavored e-cigarettes...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-aide-quits-in-protest-ice-releases-doctor-osteoporosis-tied-to-mortality/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 15:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-aide-quits-in-protest-ice-releases-doctor-osteoporosis-tied-to-mortality/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS hospitals hit key target on waiting times in boost for Streeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cut in waiting lists in England revealed ahead of health secretary&rsquo;s expected bid for Labour leadership]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nhs-hospitals-hit-key-target-on-waiting-times-in-boost-for-streeting/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 12:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nhs-hospitals-hit-key-target-on-waiting-times-in-boost-for-streeting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spire Healthcare shares soar on £1bn takeover offer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Activist investor Toscafund offers &pound;2.50 a share for UK&rsquo;s largest private hospital operator]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/spire-healthcare-shares-soar-on-1bn-takeover-offer/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 10:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/spire-healthcare-shares-soar-on-1bn-takeover-offer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID Antiviral Can Prevent Household Contacts From Catching Virus]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Risk of getting sick from a household contact with COVID-19 dropped by more than half among those who took the antiviral ensitrelvir compared with placebo, a randomized trial showed.<br />
In a modified intention to treat (ITT) population...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/covid-antiviral-can-prevent-household-contacts-from-catching-virus/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/covid-antiviral-can-prevent-household-contacts-from-catching-virus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next-Gen BCL2 Inhibitor Approved for Aggressive Lymphoma]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted accelerated approval to sonrotoclax (Beqalzi) as the first BCL2 inhibitor for relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), a rare and often aggressive subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.<br />
A next-generation...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/next-gen-bcl2-inhibitor-approved-for-aggressive-lymphoma/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 23:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/next-gen-bcl2-inhibitor-approved-for-aggressive-lymphoma/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLP-1 Drug Linked to Cases of Rare Vision-Altering Condition]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two patients taking the GLP-1 receptor agonist dulaglutide (Trulicity) developed choroidal lymphoid hyperplasia (CLH), a rare, benign condition of the uveal tract, that resolved after the patients stopped the drug.<br />
In both cases...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-drug-linked-to-cases-of-rare-vision-altering-condition/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 23:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/glp-1-drug-linked-to-cases-of-rare-vision-altering-condition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endovascular Thrombectomy Boosts Outcomes in Medium-Vessel Ischemic Stroke]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For patients with moderate-to-severe deficits from an acute middle-vessel occlusion stroke, endovascular treatment within 24 hours of onset improved functional independence, the Chinese ORIENTAL-MeVO trial found.<br />
Survival without...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/endovascular-thrombectomy-boosts-outcomes-in-medium-vessel-ischemic-stroke/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/endovascular-thrombectomy-boosts-outcomes-in-medium-vessel-ischemic-stroke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competition Builds for Novel IgA Nephropathy Approach]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Patients with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy had less protein in their urine--a key surrogate marker for the renal impairment caused by the condition--after treatment with a dual-acting biologic agent that inhibits...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/competition-builds-for-novel-iga-nephropathy-approach/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/competition-builds-for-novel-iga-nephropathy-approach/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Name for PCOS More Accurately Reflects Condition]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) now has a new name that experts say more accurately reflects the condition: polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS).<br />
The change comes after an extensive global consensus process involving...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-name-for-pcos-more-accurately-reflects-condition/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 22:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-name-for-pcos-more-accurately-reflects-condition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dementia With Lewy Bodies May Be More Common Than We Think]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Dementia with Lewy bodies--a disease characterized by faster progression and greater functional decline than Alzheimer's disease--was confirmed as a predominantly late-onset dementia with incidence rising sharply with...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dementia-with-lewy-bodies-may-be-more-common-than-we-think/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 22:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dementia-with-lewy-bodies-may-be-more-common-than-we-think/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctor on Cruise Ship Questions Whether He Already Had Hantavirus]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The doctor who is in isolation in a biocontainment unit in Nebraska described to CNN what it was like to be on board the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak--and questioned whether he and others on board may have already...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/doctor-on-cruise-ship-questions-whether-he-already-had-hantavirus/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 22:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/doctor-on-cruise-ship-questions-whether-he-already-had-hantavirus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personalized DNA Vaccine Shows Promise in Brain Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An adjuvant personalized DNA vaccine was safe and demonstrated promising efficacy among patients with MGMT-unmethylated glioblastoma in a phase I trial.<br />
The vaccine caused no serious adverse events and extended overall survival...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/personalized-dna-vaccine-shows-promise-in-brain-cancer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 21:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/personalized-dna-vaccine-shows-promise-in-brain-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hantavirus: What You Need to Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- How concerned should the public be about the Andes hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship?<br />
In this MedPage Today webinar, Editor-in-Chief Jeremy Faust, MD, speaks with infectious disease physician and researcher...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-what-you-need-to-know/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 20:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-what-you-need-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pregnant Physician Trainees Given Parental Support Had Less Burnout]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A parental support package targeting perinatal stressors significantly mitigated burnout among pregnant and postpartum physician trainees, a randomized controlled trial showed.<br />
From enrollment during pregnancy to 24 weeks postpartum...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pregnant-physician-trainees-given-parental-support-had-less-burnout/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 19:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pregnant-physician-trainees-given-parental-support-had-less-burnout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HHS Denies Considering SSRI Ban; Suicide Deaths in Youth; Apps for Eating Disorders]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An HHS spokesperson denied claims that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has linked selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to violence and fetal harm, explored a ban on the widely used antidepressants. (Reuters via...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hhs-denies-considering-ssri-ban-suicide-deaths-in-youth-apps-for-eating-disorders/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 19:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hhs-denies-considering-ssri-ban-suicide-deaths-in-youth-apps-for-eating-disorders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hantavirus, Ivermectin, and the Dangers of the Internet]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Back in March 2020, I did an interview with a CBS affiliate in Denver. While I was asked several questions about COVID-19 and pandemics in general, the interview was very short. To this day, I believe the most important piece...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-ivermectin-and-the-dangers-of-the-internet/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 19:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-ivermectin-and-the-dangers-of-the-internet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virologist Fights Funding Ban; Kennedy's Covert Vax Risk Project; TrumpRx Lobbying]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Alleging a "pattern of deception" in studies done more than a decade ago, the U.S. government proposed a ban on federal funding to a prominent coronavirus researcher whose recent work has spurred unproven accusations he helped...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/virologist-fights-funding-ban-kennedys-covert-vax-risk-project-trumprx-lobbying/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 19:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/virologist-fights-funding-ban-kennedys-covert-vax-risk-project-trumprx-lobbying/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These States Are Watching for Potential Hantavirus Cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Several Americans are already being monitored at home]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/these-states-are-watching-for-potential-hantavirus-cases/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 18:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/these-states-are-watching-for-potential-hantavirus-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overdose Deaths Fell Again in 2025, but Some Worry About Policy, Drug Supply Changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year--about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data.<br />
It was the third straight annual drop, making it the longest decline in decades...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/overdose-deaths-fell-again-in-2025-but-some-worry-about-policy-drug-supply-changes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 18:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/overdose-deaths-fell-again-in-2025-but-some-worry-about-policy-drug-supply-changes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYU Hospital Subpoenaed Over Gender-Affirming Care in Minors]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A New York hospital system says it received a grand jury subpoena from federal prosecutors in Texas seeking information about children who received gender-affirming care and the medical providers who administered it.<br />
NYU Langone...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nyu-hospital-subpoenaed-over-gender-affirming-care-in-minors/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 17:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nyu-hospital-subpoenaed-over-gender-affirming-care-in-minors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Reassures on Azithromycin in Pregnancy and Neurodevelopmental Risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Azithromycin exposure in pregnancy was not associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring, according to a retrospective cohort study, and use in late pregnancy was linked with some lower risks.<br />
Among over 15,000 mother...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-reassures-on-azithromycin-in-pregnancy-and-neurodevelopmental-risks/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-reassures-on-azithromycin-in-pregnancy-and-neurodevelopmental-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurse Tortured, Prosecutors Say; Hantavirus Case Critically Ill; Skin Cream Recall]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Katherine Torbick, RN, of Illinois, was allegedly tortured before being murdered by her boyfriend, according to prosecutors. (People)<br />
Jason Collins, the NBA's first...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurse-tortured-prosecutors-say-hantavirus-case-critically-ill-skin-cream-recall/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 15:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nurse-tortured-prosecutors-say-hantavirus-case-critically-ill-skin-cream-recall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experts Question Impact of Trump's Latest Effort on Fertility Care Coverage]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Labor Department's proposed rule to make it easier for employers to offer a fertility benefit isn't likely to result in many more employers doing so, although it may tip the scales for employers who were already considering...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/experts-question-impact-of-trumps-latest-effort-on-fertility-care-coverage/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/experts-question-impact-of-trumps-latest-effort-on-fertility-care-coverage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study on GLP-1s and Breast Cancer 'Too Good to Be True'?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists in breast cancer patients was linked to lower mortality and recurrence risk in a retrospective study, but experts are questioning the quality of the underlying data.<br />
At 10 years, the risk of all...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-on-glp-1s-and-breast-cancer-too-good-to-be-true/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-on-glp-1s-and-breast-cancer-too-good-to-be-true/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apixaban May Offer a 'Practical Alternative' for Dialysis Patients With Afib]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two anticoagulants showed similar safety and efficacy in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients with newly diagnosed nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (Afib), according to a retrospective study of real-world data.<br />
Among 660 patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/apixaban-may-offer-a-practical-alternative-for-dialysis-patients-with-afib/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/apixaban-may-offer-a-practical-alternative-for-dialysis-patients-with-afib/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metastatic Breast Cancers on the Rise, U.S. Study Shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Despite improvements in survival, the incidence of stage IV breast cancer increased significantly from 2010 through 2021, according to a U.S. population-based cohort study.<br />
The age-adjusted incidence rate of de novo stage IV...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/metastatic-breast-cancers-on-the-rise-us-study-shows/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/metastatic-breast-cancers-on-the-rise-us-study-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autism-Vaccine Researcher Arraigned in the U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Poul Thorsen, MD, PhD, a Danish researcher who co-authored key papers demonstrating no links between childhood vaccines and autism, was arraigned on federal wire fraud and money laundering charges after his extradition from Germany...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/autism-vaccine-researcher-arraigned-in-the-us/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/autism-vaccine-researcher-arraigned-in-the-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celebrity vs Cancer Science: Ivermectin Prescriptions Soared After Mel Gibson Plug]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Prescribing for combination ivermectin-benzimidazole doubled after actor Mel Gibson promoted the regimen as a potential cure for advanced cancer during an appearance on a popular podcast, a review of national data showed.<br />
The...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/celebrity-vs-cancer-science-ivermectin-prescriptions-soared-after-mel-gibson-plug/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/celebrity-vs-cancer-science-ivermectin-prescriptions-soared-after-mel-gibson-plug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Non-Medication Approaches in IBS Offer Paths for Reducing Symptoms]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two non-pharmaceutical approaches for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) feasibly offered patients symptom relief, according to research presented at the annual Digestive Disease Week meeting.In a post-hoc analysis of a small...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/non-medication-approaches-in-ibs-offer-paths-for-reducing-symptoms/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 22:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/non-medication-approaches-in-ibs-offer-paths-for-reducing-symptoms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Makary Resigns as FDA Commissioner]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, resigned on Tuesday after just over a year at the agency and days of speculation about whether he'd be fired.<br />
Kyle Diamantas, the agency's deputy commissioner for food, was named as the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/makary-resigns-as-fda-commissioner/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 22:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/makary-resigns-as-fda-commissioner/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is AI Healthcare's Newest Bureaucrat?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. healthcare system has officially entered the era of artificial intelligence (AI). Organizations, practitioners, and patients are no longer merely trying on a new fad, they are operationalizing the tool.<br />
Consider these...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-ai-healthcares-newest-bureaucrat/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-ai-healthcares-newest-bureaucrat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alzheimer's At-Home Tests; Anti-Amyloid Drug Demand Stunted; New Vaccine-Autism Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Self-administered finger-prick tests correlated well with venous blood biomarkers and with cognition in people who were cognitively normal or who had mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease. (Nature Communications)...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alzheimers-at-home-tests-anti-amyloid-drug-demand-stunted-new-vaccine-autism-data/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/alzheimers-at-home-tests-anti-amyloid-drug-demand-stunted-new-vaccine-autism-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTC Blocked From Endocrine Society Probe; FDA-Tzield Drama; GLP-1 Gene Therapy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A federal judge blocked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from investigating the Endocrine Society and World Professional Association for &zwnj;Transgender Health, which support gender-affirming care in minors. (Reuters via...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ftc-blocked-from-endocrine-society-probe-fda-tzield-drama-glp-1-gene-therapy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ftc-blocked-from-endocrine-society-probe-fda-tzield-drama-glp-1-gene-therapy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small Study Hints That Revving Up Immune Cells Might Help Fight HIV]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Scientists are tweaking a powerful cancer therapy in hopes it could fight HIV instead, by supercharging patients' own immune cells.<br />
On Tuesday, researchers said a single dose of those revved-up cells strongly suppressed HIV...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/small-study-hints-that-revving-up-immune-cells-might-help-fight-hiv/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/small-study-hints-that-revving-up-immune-cells-might-help-fight-hiv/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Topical Roflumilast May Expand Eczema Options for Infants, Young Children]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- MedPage Today brought together three expert leaders for a virtual roundtable discussion on atopic dermatitis (AD) following the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting: Moderator Peter A. Lio, MD, of Northwestern University...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/topical-roflumilast-may-expand-eczema-options-for-infants-young-children/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/topical-roflumilast-may-expand-eczema-options-for-infants-young-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's Where Hantavirus Has Historically Occurred in the U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- One region tends to see the most cases]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-where-hantavirus-has-historically-occurred-in-the-us/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-where-hantavirus-has-historically-occurred-in-the-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Getting Another Medical Checkup at the End of May, White House Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump is scheduled to see doctors for a medical and dental checkup this month--his fourth publicized visit to medical experts since returning to office--in what the White House describes as an annual...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-getting-another-medical-checkup-at-the-end-of-may-white-house-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-getting-another-medical-checkup-at-the-end-of-may-white-house-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Gaps Between Heart Failure Patients' Goals and Clinical Reality, Survey Reveals]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A longitudinal survey of patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) uncovered discrepancies in patient preferences, as well as limited advance care planning and clinician discussions.<br />
Among 297 respondents...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/big-gaps-between-heart-failure-patients-goals-and-clinical-reality-survey-reveals/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/big-gaps-between-heart-failure-patients-goals-and-clinical-reality-survey-reveals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Warns of New Blood Cancers With Sarcoma, Lymphoma Drug]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA on Monday alerted clinicians about the risk of new primary hematologic malignancies in patients treated with tazemetostat (Tazverik), a sarcoma and lymphoma drug now being pulled from global markets.<br />
The risk was known...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-warns-of-new-blood-cancers-with-sarcoma-lymphoma-drug/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-warns-of-new-blood-cancers-with-sarcoma-lymphoma-drug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Widening control of patient records risks opening ‘Pandora’s Box’ for data, warn GPs]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Medical Association will encourage people to opt out of sharing if family doctors are replaced as controller of records]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/widening-control-of-patient-records-risks-opening-pandoras-box-for-data-warn-gps/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/widening-control-of-patient-records-risks-opening-pandoras-box-for-data-warn-gps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharing patient records could open ‘Pandora’s Box’, warn GPs]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Medical Association will encourage people to opt out of sharing if family doctors are replaced as controller of records]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/sharing-patient-records-could-open-pandoras-box-warn-gps/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/sharing-patient-records-could-open-pandoras-box-warn-gps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chocolate Recall Expanded; RFK Jr.'s Vast Vaccine Inquiry; Can NAD+ Boost Longevity?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Spring &amp; Mulberry expanded its voluntary recall of select chocolate bars because of possible Salmonella risk, the FDA posted.<br />
While HHS Secretary Robert F...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/chocolate-recall-expanded-rfk-jrs-vast-vaccine-inquiry-can-nad-boost-longevity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 15:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/chocolate-recall-expanded-rfk-jrs-vast-vaccine-inquiry-can-nad-boost-longevity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a Patient Portal Alone Won't Suffice]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Over the weekend, when my wife and I were heading home from a late afternoon movie followed by a stop to pick up some ice cream, we remembered that we needed to stop by the pharmacy.<br />
Since we moved into the neighborhood 30 years...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/when-a-patient-portal-alone-wont-suffice/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 23:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/when-a-patient-portal-alone-wont-suffice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicaid Expansion Tied to Lower Mortality Among Young Adults With Kidney Failure]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was linked to lower 1-year mortality among young adults with kidney failure who were starting dialysis, a cohort study suggested.<br />
One-year mortality declined from 3.6% before...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicaid-expansion-tied-to-lower-mortality-among-young-adults-with-kidney-failure/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 23:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/medicaid-expansion-tied-to-lower-mortality-among-young-adults-with-kidney-failure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[White House, HHS Debut Website for Expectant and New Moms]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A website launched by the Trump administration for expectant and new mothers drew mixed reactions Monday from women's health groups.<br />
"The Trump administration is strengthening its commitment to America's families by equipping...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/white-house-hhs-debut-website-for-expectant-and-new-moms/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 23:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/white-house-hhs-debut-website-for-expectant-and-new-moms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Hantavirus Cruise Passenger Develops Symptoms, Transferred to Atlanta]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A total of 18 passengers from the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha for quarantine, but a couple was transported to Emory University in Atlanta after...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/american-hantavirus-cruise-passenger-develops-symptoms-transferred-to-atlanta/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/american-hantavirus-cruise-passenger-develops-symptoms-transferred-to-atlanta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pediatrics Group Issues New Guidance on Recess for the First Time in 13 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Recess isn't just a fun break for grade schoolers. It's crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages.<br />
That's the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in 13 years...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pediatrics-group-issues-new-guidance-on-recess-for-the-first-time-in-13-years/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 22:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pediatrics-group-issues-new-guidance-on-recess-for-the-first-time-in-13-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Evidence that GLP-1s May Reduce Risk of Vision-Robbing Eye Diseases]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) had a lower likelihood of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) compared with patients using other glucose-lowering medications or lipid-lowering drugs, a large retrospective...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-evidence-that-glp-1s-may-reduce-risk-of-vision-robbing-eye-diseases/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 22:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-evidence-that-glp-1s-may-reduce-risk-of-vision-robbing-eye-diseases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Evidence Linking GLP-1s With Reduced Risk of Vision-Robbing Eye Diseases]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) had a lower likelihood of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) compared with patients using other glucose-lowering medications or lipid-lowering drugs, a large retrospective...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-evidence-linking-glp-1s-with-reduced-risk-of-vision-robbing-eye-diseases/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 22:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-evidence-linking-glp-1s-with-reduced-risk-of-vision-robbing-eye-diseases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food-as-Medicine Intervention Signals BP Benefit in High-Risk Adults]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A more intensive "food-is-medicine" intervention didn't improve diet quality overall but did signal blood pressure reductions in adherent, high-risk adults with uncontrolled hypertension, a randomized pilot trial showed.<br />
In...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/food-as-medicine-intervention-signals-bp-benefit-in-high-risk-adults/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 22:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/food-as-medicine-intervention-signals-bp-benefit-in-high-risk-adults/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live Webinar May 12: What You Need to Know About Hantavirus]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Hantavirus has been making headlines after an outbreak linked to a cruise ship was associated with at least three deaths. It's been confirmed that Andes virus--a type of hantavirus that causes cardiopulmonary syndrome and...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/live-webinar-may-12-what-you-need-to-know-about-hantavirus/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/live-webinar-may-12-what-you-need-to-know-about-hantavirus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hantavirus Webinar May 12: What You Need to Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Hantavirus has been making headlines after an outbreak linked to a cruise ship was associated with at least three deaths. It's been confirmed that Andes virus--a type of hantavirus that causes cardiopulmonary syndrome and...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-webinar-may-12-what-you-need-to-know/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-webinar-may-12-what-you-need-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experts Wonder 'Where Is the CDC?' as a Hantavirus Outbreak Unfolds on a Cruise Ship]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors.<br />
In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans and is making headlines around...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/experts-wonder-where-is-the-cdc-as-a-hantavirus-outbreak-unfolds-on-a-cruise-ship/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/experts-wonder-where-is-the-cdc-as-a-hantavirus-outbreak-unfolds-on-a-cruise-ship/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drug Targeting TLRs in Cutaneous Lupus Looks Good in Mid-Stage Studies]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Enpatoran, an investigational oral drug that inhibits Toll-like receptors (TLR) 7 and 8, was superior to placebo in relieving lupus skin manifestations in a dose-finding phase II trial.<br />
Doses of 25, 50, and 100 mg twice daily...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/drug-targeting-tlrs-in-cutaneous-lupus-looks-good-in-mid-stage-studies/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/drug-targeting-tlrs-in-cutaneous-lupus-looks-good-in-mid-stage-studies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did Your Patient’s Cane Kill Them?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A 74-year-old falls while using a walker. Rather than being a protective factor, the walker could be the culprit in this mishap. Surprisingly, nearly half of all the problems associated with "mobility assistance devices" (MADs...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/did-your-patients-cane-kill-them/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/did-your-patients-cane-kill-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HPV Vaccination Rates Vary Widely From State to State]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates varied substantially across and within U.S. regions, according to estimates in a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis, suggesting targeted interventions should focus on the needs...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hpv-vaccination-rates-vary-widely-from-state-to-state/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 19:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hpv-vaccination-rates-vary-widely-from-state-to-state/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Less Invasive Treatment Option for GERD May Offer Similar Results to Gold Standard]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A less invasive treatment option for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) resulted in similar improvements in symptoms and quality of life with less dysphagia compared with gold-standard surgical therapy, according to a prospective...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/less-invasive-treatment-option-for-gerd-may-offer-similar-results-to-gold-standard/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/less-invasive-treatment-option-for-gerd-may-offer-similar-results-to-gold-standard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oregon Emergency Physicians Claim Win Against For-Profit Replacements]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A group of independent emergency physicians in Oregon who sued their own hospital system are celebrating after the employer agreed to scrap its original plan to replace the group with an out-of-state corporate staffing firm...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oregon-emergency-physicians-claim-win-against-for-profit-replacements/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oregon-emergency-physicians-claim-win-against-for-profit-replacements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Do Patients Want Doctors to Know About Breast Cancer Recurrence?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- This article includes a first-person perspective from early breast cancer patient Lina. Lina was compensated for her time by Novartis.<br />
Some patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-do-patients-want-doctors-to-know-about-breast-cancer-recurrence/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-do-patients-want-doctors-to-know-about-breast-cancer-recurrence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Positive for Hantavirus; RFK Jr. Weighed SSRI Ban? Ant-Infested Hospital]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
An American and a French woman tested positive for the hantavirus, as nations around the world scrambled Monday to repatriate passengers from the cruise ship hit...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/american-positive-for-hantavirus-rfk-jr-weighed-ssri-ban-ant-infested-hospital/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 15:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/american-positive-for-hantavirus-rfk-jr-weighed-ssri-ban-ant-infested-hospital/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Objective Measures Pinpoint Clinically Silent Fluid Overload in Dialysis Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Subclinical volume overload was common in hemodialysis patients following hospital discharge, but objective measuring tools could be the key to early detection, according to a new quality improvement study.<br />
Out of 62 unique...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/objective-measures-pinpoint-clinically-silent-fluid-overload-in-dialysis-patients/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 22:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/objective-measures-pinpoint-clinically-silent-fluid-overload-in-dialysis-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Is This Going to Become Another Pandemic?': What We Heard This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- "Is this going to become another pandemic? No. Are we learning a lot? Yes."--Carlos del Rio, MD, of Emory University in Atlanta, addressing concerns over the recent cruise ship-related hantavirus outbreak.<br />
"Can this data...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-this-going-to-become-another-pandemic-what-we-heard-this-week/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-this-going-to-become-another-pandemic-what-we-heard-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protein Supplement Tied to Better Outcomes for Patients on Dialysis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Intradialytic oral protein supplementation was linked with improvements in several nutritional markers and real-world outcomes for patients on hemodialysis, according to a quality improvement study.<br />
After 12 months, patients...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/protein-supplement-tied-to-better-outcomes-for-patients-on-dialysis/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 20:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/protein-supplement-tied-to-better-outcomes-for-patients-on-dialysis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harm Reduction Works. 'Wellness Farms' Won&rsquo;t.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- As an emergency physician, I have treated patients after an overdose when minutes to a lifesaving medication determines survival. I have also worked in substance use clinics, where recovery is rarely immediate and requires meeting...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/harm-reduction-works-wellness-farms-wonrsquot/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/harm-reduction-works-wellness-farms-wonrsquot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Showering Protocol for Hemodialysis Patients Shows No Increased Infection Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A structured showering protocol helped hemodialysis patients feel better without compromising safety, a quality-improvement initiative found.<br />
Conducted across four dialysis centers in Utah, the initiative involved two nurses...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/showering-protocol-for-hemodialysis-patients-shows-no-increased-infection-risk/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 20:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/showering-protocol-for-hemodialysis-patients-shows-no-increased-infection-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Is the Off Ramp for Psychotropic Medications?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- When I first started taking an antidepressant as a teenager, no one talked to me or my parents about how I might eventually stop. Instead, the conversation was entirely centered on finding and starting the right medication. Since...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/where-is-the-off-ramp-for-psychotropic-medications/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/where-is-the-off-ramp-for-psychotropic-medications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CDC Alerts Clinicians About Potential for Imported Hantavirus Cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The CDC has issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) health advisory on hantavirus, urging clinicians to be aware of the potential for imported cases of hantavirus disease in connection with an outbreak of Andes virus aboard a cruise...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-alerts-clinicians-about-potential-for-imported-hantavirus-cases/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 16:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cdc-alerts-clinicians-about-potential-for-imported-hantavirus-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's What's Next for Hantavirus Cruise Passengers]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Passengers aboard the MV Hondius, the ship afflicted by a hantavirus outbreak, remain at sea, with plans to dock in the Canary Islands on Sunday.<br />
James Lawler, MD, MPH, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Global Center...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-whats-next-for-hantavirus-cruise-passengers/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-whats-next-for-hantavirus-cruise-passengers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cosmetic Interventions Are Booming. Many Say Ethical Conversations Are Lagging.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- LOS ANGELES--Shula Jassell is insecure about the size of her chin and has periodically considered getting filler to make it bigger.<br />
But when the 25-year-old from Southern California gives serious thought to the idea of repeatedly...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cosmetic-interventions-are-booming-many-say-ethical-conversations-are-lagging/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cosmetic-interventions-are-booming-many-say-ethical-conversations-are-lagging/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Wants Better Pregnancy Safety Data on Approved Drugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA on Friday issued guidance for manufacturers collecting postmarketing data on the safety of approved drugs and biologics in pregnancy, with the goal of better understanding potential risks for the pregnant patient and...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-wants-better-pregnancy-safety-data-on-approved-drugs/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 23:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-wants-better-pregnancy-safety-data-on-approved-drugs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Female Nephrologists Find Barriers to Achieving Goals in Academic Medicine]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Inequities persisted among female nephrologists at U.S. academic institutions, with barriers to advancement and burnout among the reasons many felt a lack of satisfaction, an interim analysis of survey data showed.<br />
Among 32...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/female-nephrologists-find-barriers-to-achieving-goals-in-academic-medicine/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 23:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/female-nephrologists-find-barriers-to-achieving-goals-in-academic-medicine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Public Health Officials Are Contact Tracing for Hantavirus]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Hantaviruses do not spread easily between people, which makes health officials confident the recent outbreak on a cruise ship that has killed three people will not turn into an epidemic.<br />
But, still, they need to make sure. So...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-public-health-officials-are-contact-tracing-for-hantavirus/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 23:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-public-health-officials-are-contact-tracing-for-hantavirus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Passengers From the Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship in the U.S.?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/are-passengers-from-the-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-in-the-us/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 23:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/are-passengers-from-the-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-in-the-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sacroiliac Bone Edema: Overrated as Diagnostic Marker of Spondyloarthritis?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Some 30% of a large general-population sample in Germany showed sacroiliac bone marrow edema (SBME) in MRI scans, a new study found, casting doubt on whether such findings are indicative of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).<br />
Among...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/sacroiliac-bone-edema-overrated-as-diagnostic-marker-of-spondyloarthritis/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 22:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/sacroiliac-bone-edema-overrated-as-diagnostic-marker-of-spondyloarthritis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Unconscious Brain Is Still Listening, New Study Shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The human brain appeared to process complex sensory information under general anesthesia, challenging long-held assumptions about consciousness, neural recordings from a small experiment suggested.<br />
Hippocampal neurons and local...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-unconscious-brain-is-still-listening-new-study-shows/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 22:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-unconscious-brain-is-still-listening-new-study-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oral Agent for Diabetic Macular Edema Misses Mark but Still Shows Promise]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- DENVER--An investigational oral therapy for diabetic macular edema (DME) did not significantly affect retinal thickening in a placebo-controlled randomized trial.<br />
After 6 months of treatment, mean central subfield thickness...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oral-agent-for-diabetic-macular-edema-misses-mark-but-still-shows-promise/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 22:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oral-agent-for-diabetic-macular-edema-misses-mark-but-still-shows-promise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Co-Antibody Therapy Effective in Highly Refractory IBD]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The co-antibody therapy JNJ-4804--a fixed-dose combination of guselkumab (Tremfya) and golimumab (Simponi)--showed clinically meaningful efficacy exceeding that of either drug alone in patients with highly refractory...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/co-antibody-therapy-effective-in-highly-refractory-ibd/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 22:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/co-antibody-therapy-effective-in-highly-refractory-ibd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oncologist on Hantavirus Cruise; Bile Duct Cancer Drug OK'd; Untreated Lung Cancers]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Oregon oncologist Stephen Kornfeld, MD, was a passenger on the MV Hondius but ended up treating hantavirus patients when the ship's onboard physician became seriously ill. (CNN)<br />
The FDA announced approval of zenocutuzumab (Bizengri...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oncologist-on-hantavirus-cruise-bile-duct-cancer-drug-okd-untreated-lung-cancers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 21:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oncologist-on-hantavirus-cruise-bile-duct-cancer-drug-okd-untreated-lung-cancers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dupilumab Improves Esophageal Distensibility in Eosinophilic Esophagitis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The monoclonal antibody dupilumab (Dupixent) led to significant improvements in esophageal distensibility among patients with eosinophilic esophagitis, the randomized REMODEL trial showed.At 24 weeks, patients taking dupilumab...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dupilumab-improves-esophageal-distensibility-in-eosinophilic-esophagitis/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 20:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dupilumab-improves-esophageal-distensibility-in-eosinophilic-esophagitis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transcranial Stimulation for ASD; Hospital Consultants Worth the Money?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/transcranial-stimulation-for-asd-hospital-consultants-worth-the-money/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 20:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/transcranial-stimulation-for-asd-hospital-consultants-worth-the-money/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Plans to Fire FDA Chief, Report Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- President Trump has signed off on a plan to fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Friday.<br />
Makary is seen by other top administration officials as struggling to manage the agency...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-plans-to-fire-fda-chief-report-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 20:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-plans-to-fire-fda-chief-report-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hantavirus: Anatomy of a Fractured Global Response]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Like many of you, I was deeply troubled when, on May 3, news broke that three people had died of a probable hantavirus infection and others had fallen ill on the MV Hondius, a Dutch-flagged Arctic-expedition vessel with the amenities...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-anatomy-of-a-fractured-global-response/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 18:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-anatomy-of-a-fractured-global-response/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Severe Scabies, Standard-Dose Ivermectin Superior to High Dose]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Paired with topical permethrin, a higher dose of oral ivermectin was not superior to a standard dose for cure of severe scabies, a randomized trial showed.<br />
Among patients using 5% topical permethrin and daily emollient cream...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/in-severe-scabies-standard-dose-ivermectin-superior-to-high-dose/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 17:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/in-severe-scabies-standard-dose-ivermectin-superior-to-high-dose/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tirofiban After Lytic Helps Select Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An adjunctive infusion of tirofiban (Aggrastat) after inadequate response to thrombolytics in acute ischemic stroke without large or medium vessel occlusion or a cardioembolic source improved the likelihood of an excellent outcome...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tirofiban-after-lytic-helps-select-acute-ischemic-stroke-patients/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 17:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tirofiban-after-lytic-helps-select-acute-ischemic-stroke-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Lifts Hold on Immigration Applications for Doctors]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Libyan Faysal Al Ghoula, MD, must renew his green card to continue caring for roughly 1,000 patients in southwestern Indiana, but hasn't been able to since the Trump administration stopped reviewing applications for people from...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-lifts-hold-on-immigration-applications-for-doctors/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 16:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/us-lifts-hold-on-immigration-applications-for-doctors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massive Pacemaker Recall After Deaths; U.S. Doc on Hantavirus Cruise; Deadly Misinfo]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
The FDA issued a notice about Boston Scientific's massive recall of Accolade, Essentio, Proponent, and other pacemakers affected by a software issue linked to four...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/massive-pacemaker-recall-after-deaths-us-doc-on-hantavirus-cruise-deadly-misinfo/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 15:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/massive-pacemaker-recall-after-deaths-us-doc-on-hantavirus-cruise-deadly-misinfo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teens With T1D, Obesity Reaped Benefits of GLP-1s, Case Studies Suggest]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two insulin-dependent adolescents with type 1 diabetes and obesity had metabolic improvements after starting a low-dose GLP-1 agent, a case series showed.<br />
One year after adding injectable semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) to lifestyle...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/teens-with-t1d-obesity-reaped-benefits-of-glp-1s-case-studies-suggest/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 06:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/teens-with-t1d-obesity-reaped-benefits-of-glp-1s-case-studies-suggest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tip of the Iceberg': Study Uncovers AI-Fabricated Citations in Research Papers]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Fabricated citations are an increasing problem coinciding with the widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in writing and editing, an analysis of biomedical research papers showed.<br />
Out of 97.1 million verified references...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tip-of-the-iceberg-study-uncovers-ai-fabricated-citations-in-research-papers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/tip-of-the-iceberg-study-uncovers-ai-fabricated-citations-in-research-papers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hantavirus Outbreak: 'Not the Next COVID' but Still Cause for Concern]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The cruise ship-related hantavirus outbreak is not going to be the next COVID-like global pandemic, but experts are still concerned by the potential number of people exposed--particularly during a flight from St. Helena to...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-outbreak-not-the-next-covid-but-still-cause-for-concern/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 23:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-outbreak-not-the-next-covid-but-still-cause-for-concern/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Blood Marker Is Tied to Cognition and Mortality in People Who Live Past 100]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Neurofilament light chain (NfL), a measure of neuronal injury, emerged as a key blood-based biomarker associated with both cognitive function and survival in centenarians, a Japanese cohort study showed.<br />
Higher plasma NfL levels...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/one-blood-marker-is-tied-to-cognition-and-mortality-in-people-who-live-past-100/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 22:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/one-blood-marker-is-tied-to-cognition-and-mortality-in-people-who-live-past-100/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CMS Mulls Auto-Enrolling Seniors Into Medicare Advantage]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- When your patients turn 65, will they automatically be enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan or accountable care organization (ACO)? That idea is now on the Trump administration's radar.<br />
CMS is currently mulling a plan that...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cms-mulls-auto-enrolling-seniors-into-medicare-advantage/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/cms-mulls-auto-enrolling-seniors-into-medicare-advantage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPA Will Move Forward With Plans to Propose Weakening Some Biden-Era PFAS Limits]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration will soon propose softening Biden-era limits on "forever chemicals" in drinking water, delaying but keeping tough standards for two common types and rescinding limits on some rarer forms of the substance...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/epa-will-move-forward-with-plans-to-propose-weakening-some-biden-era-pfas-limits/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/epa-will-move-forward-with-plans-to-propose-weakening-some-biden-era-pfas-limits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5-Year Data Support Top-Down Therapy in Crohn's Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A "top-down" approach of early aggressive therapy for Crohn's disease continued to achieve better outcomes versus a conventional accelerated "step-up" approach, long-term follow-up data from the PROFILE trial showed.<br />
At 5-year...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/5-year-data-support-top-down-therapy-in-crohns-disease/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/5-year-data-support-top-down-therapy-in-crohns-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Linked to Lower Glaucoma Risk in Men]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- DENVER--Men using phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitors for erectile dysfunction (ED) had a modestly lower risk of glaucoma, according to a study reported here.<br />
During 3 years of follow-up, men taking PDE-5 inhibitors...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/erectile-dysfunction-drugs-linked-to-lower-glaucoma-risk-in-men/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 20:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/erectile-dysfunction-drugs-linked-to-lower-glaucoma-risk-in-men/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA's New Playbook: Lots of Media Announcements but Not Much Rulemaking]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In one of his first major announcements as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called a news conference to unveil a plan to "phase out" synthetic food dyes.<br />
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, opened the event by saying...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fdas-new-playbook-lots-of-media-announcements-but-not-much-rulemaking/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 20:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fdas-new-playbook-lots-of-media-announcements-but-not-much-rulemaking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hantavirus Goes Viral; Hairy Toes and Heart Health; Top 5 Medical Horror Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.<br />
As new details emerge about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, emergency medicine physician Megan Ranney...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-goes-viral-hairy-toes-and-heart-health-top-5-medical-horror-stories/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 20:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-goes-viral-hairy-toes-and-heart-health-top-5-medical-horror-stories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trivalent mRNA Flu Shot More Effective Than Standard Vaccines]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- An investigational mRNA-based vaccine against three strains of influenza outperformed standard flu shots among adults ages 50 and older in the Fluent randomized trial.<br />
Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction-confirmed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trivalent-mrna-flu-shot-more-effective-than-standard-vaccines/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 17:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trivalent-mrna-flu-shot-more-effective-than-standard-vaccines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Expands Stelara Approval; Liver Cancer Blood Test; Pharmacotherapy for MASLD]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA expanded the approval of ustekinumab (Stelara) in Crohn's disease to include the treatment of kids as young as 2 years, Johnson &amp; Johnson announced.<br />
High clinical remission rates (98%) at approximately 5 years were...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-expands-stelara-approval-liver-cancer-blood-test-pharmacotherapy-for-masld/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 16:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-expands-stelara-approval-liver-cancer-blood-test-pharmacotherapy-for-masld/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[$100M Teen Death Lawsuit; Nurse's Deadly Car Crash; EpiPen Settlement Reached]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The family of an Oregon teen who died after a doctor stitched up a cut but allegedly failed to remove the pine needles and moss that were lodged inside filed a $100 million lawsuit against a hospital and physicians. (OregonLive...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/100m-teen-death-lawsuit-nurses-deadly-car-crash-epipen-settlement-reached/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/100m-teen-death-lawsuit-nurses-deadly-car-crash-epipen-settlement-reached/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Vaccine-Aluminum Study; Med School Discriminated on Race; Head Hits and the Gut]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
A new systematic review in The BMJ reported that current evidence did not support causal associations between aluminium adjuvanted vaccines and serious or long-term...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-vaccine-aluminum-study-med-school-discriminated-on-race-head-hits-and-the-gut/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-vaccine-aluminum-study-med-school-discriminated-on-race-head-hits-and-the-gut/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Safety Data on the Novel Pancreatic Cancer Drug Available by Early Access]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The investigational drug daraxonrasib, now available through an early access program, demonstrated promising efficacy in previously treated pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and was associated with high-grade adverse events...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/safety-data-on-the-novel-pancreatic-cancer-drug-available-by-early-access/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/safety-data-on-the-novel-pancreatic-cancer-drug-available-by-early-access/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ketamine Quickly Reduced Suicidal and Depressive Symptoms, Meta-Analysis Suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Ketamine infusion rapidly reduced suicidal and depressive symptoms among patients with a major depressive episode, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis.<br />
Across 26 randomized trials involving over...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ketamine-quickly-reduced-suicidal-and-depressive-symptoms-meta-analysis-suggests/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 23:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ketamine-quickly-reduced-suicidal-and-depressive-symptoms-meta-analysis-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Are Back in the U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- More than two dozen passengers potentially exposed to hantavirus aboard a cruise ship disembarked almost 2 weeks ago, several sources confirmed to MedPage Today, and Americans who were among them are now back on U.S. soil.<br />
A...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/some-hantavirus-cruise-passengers-are-back-in-the-us/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 22:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/some-hantavirus-cruise-passengers-are-back-in-the-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Migraine Drugs Guard Against Glaucoma? CGRP Inhibitors Show Promise]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- People who used calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) inhibitor drugs to prevent migraine had a lower risk of glaucoma, a retrospective study showed.<br />
Among 74,000 migraine patients, those taking CGRP inhibitors for migraine...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/can-migraine-drugs-guard-against-glaucoma-cgrp-inhibitors-show-promise/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/can-migraine-drugs-guard-against-glaucoma-cgrp-inhibitors-show-promise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IL-6 Inhibitor Shows Promise in Diabetic Macular Edema]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- DENVER--Targeting an inflammatory pathway in diabetic macular edema (DME), in addition to angiogenesis, led to greater improvement in visual acuity and retinal anatomy, a randomized trial showed.<br />
Single-agent ranibizumab...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/il-6-inhibitor-shows-promise-in-diabetic-macular-edema/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 21:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/il-6-inhibitor-shows-promise-in-diabetic-macular-edema/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psych Trial Halted After Death; Curbing Phone Addiction; Most Worried Racial Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA halted patient enrollment in a phase III trial of evenamide in treatment-resistant schizophrenia following the sudden death of a participant, Newron Pharmaceuticals said.<br />
Magnetic seizure therapy achieved similar remission...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/psych-trial-halted-after-death-curbing-phone-addiction-most-worried-racial-group/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 19:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/psych-trial-halted-after-death-curbing-phone-addiction-most-worried-racial-group/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get Your Hands Off My Patients!]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The number one rule of emergency medicine is that you never get to do anything uninterrupted.<br />
I hear a shout from one of the rooms: "Help!" I tap a paramedic on the shoulder, address him by name, and ask, "Can you check on them...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/get-your-hands-off-my-patients/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 18:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/get-your-hands-off-my-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Details of Fauci Aide's Arrest; MAHA PAC Low on Cash; Makary on Shaky Ground]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- When David Morens, MD, a top aide to Anthony Fauci, MD, was arrested by federal agents in late April, they removed his shirt and pants before handcuffing him and driving him to a courthouse in Maryland to be fingerprinted. A...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/details-of-fauci-aides-arrest-maha-pac-low-on-cash-makary-on-shaky-ground/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 17:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/details-of-fauci-aides-arrest-maha-pac-low-on-cash-makary-on-shaky-ground/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[VEGF Inhibitor Implant Preserves Visual Acuity, Retinal Anatomy in Wet AMD]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- DENVER--A sustained-release VEGF inhibitor implant outperformed standard anti-VEGF therapy for maintaining visual acuity in neovascular, or wet, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), showed a randomized trial reported here...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vegf-inhibitor-implant-preserves-visual-acuity-retinal-anatomy-in-wet-amd/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vegf-inhibitor-implant-preserves-visual-acuity-retinal-anatomy-in-wet-amd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Company Sued Over Chatbots Allegedly Claiming to Be Licensed Doctors]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Pennsylvania has sued an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot maker, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as doctors and are deceiving the system's users into thinking they are getting medical advice from a licensed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ai-company-sued-over-chatbots-allegedly-claiming-to-be-licensed-doctors/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ai-company-sued-over-chatbots-allegedly-claiming-to-be-licensed-doctors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Allows First Fruit-Flavored Vapes in Major Shift Under Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA on Tuesday announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift that comes after months of appeals to President Donald Trump from the vaping industry...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-allows-first-fruit-flavored-vapes-in-major-shift-under-trump/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 15:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-allows-first-fruit-flavored-vapes-in-major-shift-under-trump/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leapfrog's Safety Grades Give 372 Hospitals Straight As, but 5 Get an F]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Even amid an ongoing controversy, the Leapfrog Group released its semi-annual safety rankings, with hundreds of hospitals earning top marks, while just 5 got an F.<br />
Four states have the highest percentage of top-scoring hospitals...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/leapfrogs-safety-grades-give-372-hospitals-straight-as-but-5-get-an-f/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 15:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/leapfrogs-safety-grades-give-372-hospitals-straight-as-but-5-get-an-f/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's Workout Routine; Senator Calls for Fauci's Indictment; Potato Chips Recalled]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
President Trump said his fitness routine is "about 1 minute a day, max," during a ceremony on bringing back the presidential fitness test in schools. (The Hill...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trumps-workout-routine-senator-calls-for-faucis-indictment-potato-chips-recalled/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 15:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trumps-workout-routine-senator-calls-for-faucis-indictment-potato-chips-recalled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a U.S. Study Found About the Shingles Vaccine and Dementia]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Older adults in the U.S. were less likely to develop dementia if they received the recombinant subunit zoster (shingles) vaccine (Shingrix), an analysis of 1.5 million Medicare beneficiaries showed.<br />
The incidence of any type...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-a-us-study-found-about-the-shingles-vaccine-and-dementia/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 23:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-a-us-study-found-about-the-shingles-vaccine-and-dementia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Chronic Vulvar Pain Being Missed, Undertreated in Black and Hispanic Patients?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Racial and ethnic disparities persist in the management of vulvodynia, a retrospective cohort study found.<br />
Black and Hispanic patients were more frequently prescribed general pain relievers for chronic vulvar...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-chronic-vulvar-pain-being-missed-undertreated-in-black-and-hispanic-patients/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 23:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-chronic-vulvar-pain-being-missed-undertreated-in-black-and-hispanic-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Launches Effort to Encourage Antidepressant Deprescribing]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Clinicians need to do more to help wean patients off of antidepressants, according to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<br />
"The U.S. doesn't just face a mental health crisis; we face a dependency crisis driven by overmedication...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-launches-effort-to-encourage-antidepressant-deprescribing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 23:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/rfk-jr-launches-effort-to-encourage-antidepressant-deprescribing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Looks at GLP-1 Use in Pregnancy and Gestational Weight Gain]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--GLP-1 receptor agonist use for weight loss early in pregnancy was associated with a lower likelihood that gestational weight gain would be below recommended levels, according to a retrospective cohort study....]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-looks-at-glp-1-use-in-pregnancy-and-gestational-weight-gain/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 22:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-looks-at-glp-1-use-in-pregnancy-and-gestational-weight-gain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital Shootings Became More Common Over 25 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The number of hospital-based shootings rose steadily over the past quarter-century, a systematic review showed.<br />
From 2000 to 2024, shootings increased from 6 to 34 events per year, representing a 6.4% increase each year, Sarayna...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospital-shootings-became-more-common-over-25-years/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 22:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hospital-shootings-became-more-common-over-25-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home-Based Neuromodulator Shows Promise for Suppressing Ventricular Arrhythmias]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Home-based daily neuromodulation was feasible for managing ventricular arrhythmia, and it produced good preliminary results at one Japanese center.<br />
A portable device for stellate ganglion phototherapy (SGP), the Super Lizer...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/home-based-neuromodulator-shows-promise-for-suppressing-ventricular-arrhythmias/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 21:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/home-based-neuromodulator-shows-promise-for-suppressing-ventricular-arrhythmias/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Raises Questions About Effects, Risks of Drugs for Geographic Atrophy]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- DENVER--An analysis of real-world data suggested that use of complement inhibitors to treat geographic atrophy (GA) is associated with an increase in incidence of exudative age-related macular degeneration (eAMD) and progression...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-raises-questions-about-effects-risks-of-drugs-for-geographic-atrophy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-raises-questions-about-effects-risks-of-drugs-for-geographic-atrophy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharp Drop in Bariatric Surgery; Plea to Protect Research; How to Prescribe Exercise]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- For the first time since 2020, annual bariatric surgery procedures in the U.S. fell below 200,000 in 2024--more than a 20% drop from the previous year--according to research presented at the American Society for Metabolic...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/sharp-drop-in-bariatric-surgery-plea-to-protect-research-how-to-prescribe-exercise/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/sharp-drop-in-bariatric-surgery-plea-to-protect-research-how-to-prescribe-exercise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Changes Tied to Single Psilocybin Dose; 50 Days to See Neurology; APOE4 and MS]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A single 25-mg dose of psilocybin was associated with lasting anatomical brain changes, an imaging study of 28 healthy, psychedelic-naive participants showed. (Nature Communications)<br />
A high-sensitivity digital seed amplification...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-changes-tied-to-single-psilocybin-dose-50-days-to-see-neurology-apoe4-and-ms/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-changes-tied-to-single-psilocybin-dose-50-days-to-see-neurology-apoe4-and-ms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Look at the Safety of OX40-Targeted Therapy in Atopic Dermatitis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- MedPage Today brought together three expert leaders for a virtual roundtable discussion on atopic dermatitis (AD) following the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) annual meeting: Moderator Peter A. Lio, MD, of Northwestern...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-look-at-the-safety-of-ox40-targeted-therapy-in-atopic-dermatitis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/a-look-at-the-safety-of-ox40-targeted-therapy-in-atopic-dermatitis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's What Medical Marijuana Can Do for Older Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Older patients represent the group in which cannabis use is increasing most rapidly. The rates of use in this population doubled from 2005 to 2015 and roughly doubled once again from 2015 to 2018. As of 2023, roughly 7% of adults...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-what-medical-marijuana-can-do-for-older-patients/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 18:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/heres-what-medical-marijuana-can-do-for-older-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's Drug Pricing Deals May Save $529 Billion Over 10 Years, White House Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- White House economists estimate that President Trump's deals with pharmaceutical companies to drop some of their U.S. prescription drug prices to what they charge in other countries could save $529 billion over the next 10 years...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trumps-drug-pricing-deals-may-save-529-billion-over-10-years-white-house-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 18:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trumps-drug-pricing-deals-may-save-529-billion-over-10-years-white-house-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stent Graft Recall; Asians on DOACs; Lean Muscle and Cardiometabolic Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- RelayPro thoracic stent grafts from Bolton Medical have failed in some cases, leading to an urgent recall.<br />
Medtronic's Mosaic Neo mitral valve bioprosthesis was FDA approved for implantation through sternotomy, minimally invasive...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/stent-graft-recall-asians-on-doacs-lean-muscle-and-cardiometabolic-risk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 18:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/stent-graft-recall-asians-on-doacs-lean-muscle-and-cardiometabolic-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With More Severe Psoriasis Comes Greater Heart Risks: When to Act]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- At the recent American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting, experts emphasized that psoriasis is more than a skin disease--with implications for long-term cardiovascular health.<br />
In this MedPage Today video, Joel Gelfand...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/with-more-severe-psoriasis-comes-greater-heart-risks-when-to-act/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 18:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/with-more-severe-psoriasis-comes-greater-heart-risks-when-to-act/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vision-Correction Procedure Linked to Higher Level of Neuroticism Traits]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- DENVER--Adults opting for small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) surgery to improve vision exhibited increased levels of neuroticism, which could have implications for counseling and patient satisfaction, investigators...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vision-correction-procedure-linked-to-higher-level-of-neuroticism-traits/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 17:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vision-correction-procedure-linked-to-higher-level-of-neuroticism-traits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside the Cruise Ship at the Center of the Hantavirus Outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The nearly 150 people aboard a cruise ship off the coast of Cape Verde have been mostly confined to their cabins, according to footage obtained by the Associated Press, after three passengers died and at least four others were...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/inside-the-cruise-ship-at-the-center-of-the-hantavirus-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 17:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/inside-the-cruise-ship-at-the-center-of-the-hantavirus-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hantavirus That Can Spread Between Humans May Be Involved in Cruise Ship Outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Infectious disease experts suspect that Andes virus, a type of hantavirus that causes cardiopulmonary syndrome, is responsible for an outbreak aboard a small cruise ship that has killed three people and potentially infected at...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-that-can-spread-between-humans-may-be-involved-in-cruise-ship-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 17:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hantavirus-that-can-spread-between-humans-may-be-involved-in-cruise-ship-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dolly Parton's Health Update; RFK Jr.'s New Podcast; Novel Deadly Opioid Class]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Country music icon Dolly Parton cancelled all upcoming Las Vegas shows due to health issues, discussing her kidney stones and other problems, saying "everything...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dolly-partons-health-update-rfk-jrs-new-podcast-novel-deadly-opioid-class/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dolly-partons-health-update-rfk-jrs-new-podcast-novel-deadly-opioid-class/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colonoscopy Trial Highlights Strengths, Weaknesses in Benefits]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Updated findings from a European randomized trial continued to show that colonoscopy screening significantly reduced colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence, but its impact on CRC mortality was less clear.<br />
At 13 years of follow-up...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/colonoscopy-trial-highlights-strengths-weaknesses-in-benefits/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/colonoscopy-trial-highlights-strengths-weaknesses-in-benefits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will the Coming Cuts to Medicaid Spare the 'Truly Needy'?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Based on prior history, cuts to federal healthcare programs as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and the expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium subsidies will result in big drops in public coverage...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/will-the-coming-cuts-to-medicaid-spare-the-truly-needy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 23:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/will-the-coming-cuts-to-medicaid-spare-the-truly-needy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blocking $600 Million in Global Vaccine Funding Is a Grave Misstep]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- I was born in Cameroon in the 1980s. Like millions of children in similar settings, survival into adulthood was not guaranteed. But the launch of Gavi at the turn of the century had a measurable effect on reducing child mortality...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/blocking-600-million-in-global-vaccine-funding-is-a-grave-misstep/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 23:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/blocking-600-million-in-global-vaccine-funding-is-a-grave-misstep/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Pure Autonomic Failure a Warning Sign for Parkinson's? What a New Study Shows.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- People with pure autonomic failure--a disorder characterized by a severe drop in blood pressure when standing and other autonomic nervous system symptoms--developed Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, or multiple...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-pure-autonomic-failure-a-warning-sign-for-parkinsons-what-a-new-study-shows/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 22:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/is-pure-autonomic-failure-a-warning-sign-for-parkinsons-what-a-new-study-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Game-Changer? Wegovy Cuts Heavy Drinking in Alcohol Addiction Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- People with obesity and alcohol use disorder had fewer heavy drinking days while on semaglutide (Wegovy), a Danish randomized trial showed.<br />
Alongside cognitive behavioral therapy, adults receiving a 2.4-mg weekly dose of the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/game-changer-wegovy-cuts-heavy-drinking-in-alcohol-addiction-trial/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 22:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/game-changer-wegovy-cuts-heavy-drinking-in-alcohol-addiction-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vision-Threatening Forms of Diabetic Retinal Disease Have Plummeted]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- DENVER--Prevalence of diabetic retinal disease (DRD) declined modestly over a 20-year period, while severe forms dropped substantially, a large retrospective cohort study showed.<br />
Overall, the hazard ratio for progression...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vision-threatening-forms-of-diabetic-retinal-disease-have-plummeted/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 20:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/vision-threatening-forms-of-diabetic-retinal-disease-have-plummeted/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Women Opted for Sterilization After Roe Fell]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--More women underwent sterilization procedures in the 12 months after the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health overturned the federal right to abortion than in the year before, with particular...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-women-opted-for-sterilization-after-roe-fell/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 20:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/more-women-opted-for-sterilization-after-roe-fell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids' Acute Kidney Injury Linked to These Lasting Health Risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Kids who had acute kidney injury (AKI) during a hospitalization often experienced lasting health consequences, a meta-analysis showed.<br />
Pooled cumulative incidences were 17% for chronic kidney disease (CKD), 6% for mortality...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/kids-acute-kidney-injury-linked-to-these-lasting-health-risks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 19:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/kids-acute-kidney-injury-linked-to-these-lasting-health-risks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She Took a Supplement for Constipation. She Ended Up in the Cardiac ICU.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- When a 24-year-old woman took a dietary supplement called "raiz de tejocote," she encountered some dangerous and unpleasant side effects.<br />
On arrival to the emergency department, she was experiencing confusion, nausea, vomiting...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/she-took-a-supplement-for-constipation-she-ended-up-in-the-cardiac-icu/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 18:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/she-took-a-supplement-for-constipation-she-ended-up-in-the-cardiac-icu/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Addressing Risk Perception and Building Trust in Vaccine Conversations]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Vaccines," Cleveland Clinic infectious disease specialist Donald Dumford III, MD, and host John Mangels continue their conversations on communicating effectively and empathetically with patients around vaccination...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/addressing-risk-perception-and-building-trust-in-vaccine-conversations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 18:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/addressing-risk-perception-and-building-trust-in-vaccine-conversations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Can We Navigate the Wellness Craze for Our Patients?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- How do we reconcile the explosion of longevity and wellness businesses in healthcare, with the woefully inadequate healthcare delivery system we have that fails to provide the basic fundamentals that we know can help people live...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-can-we-navigate-the-wellness-craze-for-our-patients/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 18:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/how-can-we-navigate-the-wellness-craze-for-our-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discussing Anti-Amyloid Therapies in Alzheimer's Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Alzheimer's Disease," Cleveland Clinic behavioral neurologist Jagan Pillai, MD, PhD, and host Glenn Campbell continue their discussion on communicating effectively with patients and families facing a progressive...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/discussing-anti-amyloid-therapies-in-alzheimers-disease/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 17:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/discussing-anti-amyloid-therapies-in-alzheimers-disease/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Restores Access to Abortion Pill by Mail]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation.<br />
The order signed by Justice Samuel...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/supreme-court-restores-access-to-abortion-pill-by-mail/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 17:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/supreme-court-restores-access-to-abortion-pill-by-mail/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to Know About Hantavirus, the Illness Suspected in a Cruise Ship Outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A rodent-borne illness is suspected of causing an outbreak aboard a cruise ship that has killed three people and sickened others.<br />
Studies indicate hantaviruses have been around for centuries, with outbreaks documented in Asia...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-to-know-about-hantavirus-the-illness-suspected-in-a-cruise-ship-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 16:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-to-know-about-hantavirus-the-illness-suspected-in-a-cruise-ship-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Survival Benefit With Mastectomy in Younger, High-Risk Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Mastectomy did not significantly improve survival for younger women with high-risk locoregionally advanced breast cancer, even though the more aggressive surgery predominated in the age group, data from a prospective study showed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/no-survival-benefit-with-mastectomy-in-younger-high-risk-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/no-survival-benefit-with-mastectomy-in-younger-high-risk-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giuliani Hospitalized; 3 Dead in Suspected Outbreak; Abortion Back at SCOTUS?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, 81, was hospitalized for an unknown reason and is in critical condition, according to a spokesperson. (WABC)<br />
The Trump...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/giuliani-hospitalized-3-dead-in-suspected-outbreak-abortion-back-at-scotus/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 15:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/giuliani-hospitalized-3-dead-in-suspected-outbreak-abortion-back-at-scotus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Oh, It Gets Worse. We've Seen Worse': What We Heard This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- "At one point one of the doctors said, "It doesn't get worse than that." I'm like, oh, it gets worse. We've seen worse."--Nikki Zite, MD, MPH, of the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, discussing complications...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oh-it-gets-worse-weve-seen-worse-what-we-heard-this-week/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/oh-it-gets-worse-weve-seen-worse-what-we-heard-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Infection-Related Maternal Mortality Is Preventable, Study Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Infection remains a top cause of maternal mortality with most infection-related maternal deaths being preventable, a descriptive study of Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) data found.<br />
Only half of moms...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/most-infection-related-maternal-mortality-is-preventable-study-says/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 21:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/most-infection-related-maternal-mortality-is-preventable-study-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racial Differences Persist for Menopause Hormone Therapy Prescriptions]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Rates of menopause hormone therapy significantly differed by racial group, a retrospective cohort study found.<br />
Non-Hispanic white patients had the highest utilization of menopause hormone therapy at 10.8% while...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/racial-differences-persist-for-menopause-hormone-therapy-prescriptions/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 21:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/racial-differences-persist-for-menopause-hormone-therapy-prescriptions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Do I Have to Make the Same Clinical Decision Twice?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A few weeks ago, I saw a patient with diabetes that had been drifting out of control. We talked through everything carefully. Her labs, her medications, what she could afford, what she could realistically manage day-to-day. We...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-do-i-have-to-make-the-same-clinical-decision-twice/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/why-do-i-have-to-make-the-same-clinical-decision-twice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NPF Primer: GLP-1s Worth Considering as Adjunct for Select Psoriasis Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- GLP-1 receptor agonists represent a "biologically plausible and clinically intriguing adjunct" to psoriasis therapy for selected patients, authors of a National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) "primer" concluded.<br />
The evidence showed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/npf-primer-glp-1s-worth-considering-as-adjunct-for-select-psoriasis-patients/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/npf-primer-glp-1s-worth-considering-as-adjunct-for-select-psoriasis-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postpartum Visits Linked With Less Acute Care for Those With Substance Use Disorder]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON--Early postpartum visits were protective against acute care encounters among women with substance use disorder (SUD), a retrospective cohort study found.<br />
Attending a postpartum visit within 8 weeks was associated...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/postpartum-visits-linked-with-less-acute-care-for-those-with-substance-use-disorder/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 15:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/postpartum-visits-linked-with-less-acute-care-for-those-with-substance-use-disorder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telemedicine Visits Tied to Fewer Antibiotics for Respiratory Infections]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Kids seen by primary care clinicians for acute respiratory tract infections were prescribed antibiotics less often during telemedicine appointments, without a rebound in prescribing or visits afterward, a retrospective cross...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/telemedicine-visits-tied-to-fewer-antibiotics-for-respiratory-infections/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/telemedicine-visits-tied-to-fewer-antibiotics-for-respiratory-infections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unpacking Higher Cancer Rates in Young Adults; Increasing Vaccine Uptake]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/unpacking-higher-cancer-rates-in-young-adults-increasing-vaccine-uptake/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/unpacking-higher-cancer-rates-in-young-adults-increasing-vaccine-uptake/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Was Told I Had 6 Months to Live. That Was 20 Years Ago.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Twenty years ago, I was told I likely had 6 months to live.<br />
I was 22 when I had a seizure and woke up on the floor of a coffee shop in Little Rock, Arkansas. Imaging showed a large tumor in my right frontal lobe, and within...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/i-was-told-i-had-6-months-to-live-that-was-20-years-ago/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/i-was-told-i-had-6-months-to-live-that-was-20-years-ago/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's New Surgeon General Pick Has Both Praised and Cringed at His Administration]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Nicole Saphier, MD, is President Donald Trump's latest pick for the vacant role of U.S. surgeon general, a nomination that ended the embattled campaign of his previous candidate, Casey Means, MD, after it became clear she didn...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trumps-new-surgeon-general-pick-has-both-praised-and-cringed-at-his-administration/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trumps-new-surgeon-general-pick-has-both-praised-and-cringed-at-his-administration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court Restricts Abortion Access Across U.S. by Blocking the Mailing of Mifepristone]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking mailing of mifepristone prescriptions.<br />
The unanimous ruling Friday from a three-judge panel of the New Orleans...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/court-restricts-abortion-access-across-us-by-blocking-the-mailing-of-mifepristone/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 15:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/court-restricts-abortion-access-across-us-by-blocking-the-mailing-of-mifepristone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with healthy life expectancy]]></title><description><![CDATA[A crude blend of very different statistics is not the best tool for the job]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-problem-with-healthy-life-expectancy/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-problem-with-healthy-life-expectancy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Approves First Non-Antipsychotic Drug for Alzheimer's Agitation]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA expanded the indication for dextromethorphan hydrobromide and bupropion hydrochloride (Auvelity) extended-release tablets to treat agitation associated with Alzheimer's disease dementia, the agency announced Thursday...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-first-non-antipsychotic-drug-for-alzheimers-agitation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 22:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-approves-first-non-antipsychotic-drug-for-alzheimers-agitation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novel Pulsed Field Ablation System Turns to High-Energy, Ultra-Short Zaps]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The future of pulsed field ablation (PFA) technology could go in the direction of high-voltage nanosecond energy bursts, according to early results of a novel device.<br />
With CellFX nsPFA-360 PFA for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-pulsed-field-ablation-system-turns-to-high-energy-ultra-short-zaps/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 22:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-pulsed-field-ablation-system-turns-to-high-energy-ultra-short-zaps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Examines if Prenatal Exposure to Sedatives Is Linked to Psych Disorders]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Prenatal exposure to sedative drugs used for anxiety and insomnia was not associated with an increased risk of psychiatric or neurodevelopmental conditions in children when accounting for familial factors, a large population...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-examines-if-prenatal-exposure-to-sedatives-is-linked-to-psych-disorders/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 22:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/study-examines-if-prenatal-exposure-to-sedatives-is-linked-to-psych-disorders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As RFK Jr. Downplays Rabies, CDC Staff Tells Docs It's a Daily Threat]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Just a week after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed rabies during a Senate hearing based on the few annual fatalities, CDC staff held a call with physicians to emphasize that preventing further deaths requires...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/as-rfk-jr-downplays-rabies-cdc-staff-tells-docs-its-a-daily-threat/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 22:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/as-rfk-jr-downplays-rabies-cdc-staff-tells-docs-its-a-daily-threat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which Former NIH Official Was Indicted?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/which-former-nih-official-was-indicted/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/which-former-nih-official-was-indicted/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Opens Early Access to Novel Pancreatic Cancer Drug Generating Buzz]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has given the green light to an expanded access program (EAP) for the investigational pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib.<br />
In a "safe to proceed" letter to Revolution Medicines, the FDA gave its approval to initiate...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-opens-early-access-to-novel-pancreatic-cancer-drug-generating-buzz/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 21:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-opens-early-access-to-novel-pancreatic-cancer-drug-generating-buzz/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real-Time Trial Review Needs a Response Plan, Not Just a Data Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- When the FDA announced recently that two drug companies had begun streaming clinical trial data to agency reviewers in real time, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, reached for an analogy from his own training. As a surgical...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/real-time-trial-review-needs-a-response-plan-not-just-a-data-feed/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/real-time-trial-review-needs-a-response-plan-not-just-a-data-feed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First-in-Class Vepdegestrant Approved in Advanced Breast Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved oral vepdegestrant (Veppanu) for adults with advanced or metastatic estrogen receptor (ER)-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer, the agency announced on Friday.<br />
Approval of the first-in-class proteolysis targeting...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-in-class-vepdegestrant-approved-in-advanced-breast-cancer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 20:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/first-in-class-vepdegestrant-approved-in-advanced-breast-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Changes Linked to Ultraprocessed Foods, Even in Otherwise Healthy Diets]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- People who included more ultraprocessed foods--chips, candy bars, frozen meals, sugary cereals, or soda, for example--in an otherwise healthy diet had worse attention scores and a higher risk of dementia, an analysis...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-changes-linked-to-ultraprocessed-foods-even-in-otherwise-healthy-diets/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 20:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/brain-changes-linked-to-ultraprocessed-foods-even-in-otherwise-healthy-diets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hereditary Angioedema Prophylaxis: Persistence and Adherence]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Advances in hereditary angioedema attack prophylaxis have provided more options for patients than ever before, with multiple agents available for long-term prevention.<br />
"The treatment landscape for hereditary angioedema is evolving...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hereditary-angioedema-prophylaxis-persistence-and-adherence/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 19:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hereditary-angioedema-prophylaxis-persistence-and-adherence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hereditary Angioedema: Epidemiology and Prevalence]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder related to low levels of C1 inhibitor, which lead to too much of the plasma kallikrein enzyme, triggering overproduction of bradykinin that binds to receptors...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hereditary-angioedema-epidemiology-and-prevalence/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 19:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/hereditary-angioedema-epidemiology-and-prevalence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novel ICD Lead for Conduction System Pacing Enters the Arena]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A dedicated bipolar implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) lead for conduction system pacing (CSP) performed well in a first-in-human multicenter study.<br />
Placement of the novel UltiSynq CSP ICD lead, designed for left bundle...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-icd-lead-for-conduction-system-pacing-enters-the-arena/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 18:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/novel-icd-lead-for-conduction-system-pacing-enters-the-arena/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guiding Therapy Around Patient Priorities in Multiple Myeloma]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Multiple Myeloma," Cleveland Clinic hematologist Sandra Mazzoni, DO, and host John Mangels continue their conversations on communicating effectively and empathetically with patients facing a complex, chronic...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/guiding-therapy-around-patient-priorities-in-multiple-myeloma/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 18:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/guiding-therapy-around-patient-priorities-in-multiple-myeloma/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Center Providing Uterus Transplants Reports More Live Births]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A single-center study continued to show the feasibility of live birth after uterus transplantation among women with absolute uterine infertility.<br />
As of April at the Texas medical center pioneering the procedure, 33 women with...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/center-providing-uterus-transplants-reports-more-live-births/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 18:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/center-providing-uterus-transplants-reports-more-live-births/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Panel Endorses Capivasertib Use in Prostate Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- FDA's independent advisors on Thursday endorsed the use of capivasertib (Truqap) for treating an aggressive subtype of prostate cancer.<br />
By a 7-1 vote, and with a single abstention, the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee agreed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-panel-endorses-capivasertib-use-in-prostate-cancer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 18:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-panel-endorses-capivasertib-use-in-prostate-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Panel Endorses Broader Capivasertib Use in Prostate Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- FDA's independent advisors on Thursday endorsed the use of capivasertib (Truqap) for treating an aggressive subtype of prostate cancer.<br />
By a 7-1 vote, and with a single abstention, the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee agreed...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-panel-endorses-broader-capivasertib-use-in-prostate-cancer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 18:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-panel-endorses-broader-capivasertib-use-in-prostate-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 30 Serious Injuries Tied to Recalled Insulin Pods, FDA Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Omnipod 5 insulin delivery pods subject to a class I recall have been linked to nearly 30 serious injuries, the FDA said on Thursday.<br />
The agency reiterated that patients should not use pods from 49 affected lots that may have...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nearly-30-serious-injuries-tied-to-recalled-insulin-pods-fda-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/nearly-30-serious-injuries-tied-to-recalled-insulin-pods-fda-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paging Dr. AI; Myth Busting in Cancer; Oncologists Shine in Malpractice Survey]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Could the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare lead to a license to practice oncology? (ASCO AI in Oncology)<br />
Informed by an analysis of 2,000 abdominal CT scans, a next-generation AI system helped...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/paging-dr-ai-myth-busting-in-cancer-oncologists-shine-in-malpractice-survey/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 17:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/paging-dr-ai-myth-busting-in-cancer-oncologists-shine-in-malpractice-survey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Therapies for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Expand Options Beyond Anti-IgE Care]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Discussions at the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting highlighted a rapidly evolving treatment landscape for chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), with new targeted therapies expanding options beyond traditional antihistamines...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-therapies-for-chronic-spontaneous-urticaria-expand-options-beyond-anti-ige-care/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 16:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-therapies-for-chronic-spontaneous-urticaria-expand-options-beyond-anti-ige-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[J. Craig Venter, Who Won the Race to Sequence the Human Genome, Dies at 79]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- J. Craig Venter, PhD, who mapped the first draft of the human genome and helped scientists understand how genes shape our lives, died Wednesday. He was 79.<br />
Venter's death was announced by the J. Craig Venter Institute, a genomics...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/j-craig-venter-who-won-the-race-to-sequence-the-human-genome-dies-at-79/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 16:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/j-craig-venter-who-won-the-race-to-sequence-the-human-genome-dies-at-79/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to Know About Medicare's Hemp-Derived Product Program]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Proponents of medicinal hemp and medical marijuana are generally pleased with the pilot program launched in April by CMS to allow certain Medicare enrollees access to hemp-derived products.<br />
Unlike the 2013 Cole memorandum issued...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-to-know-about-medicares-hemp-derived-product-program/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 16:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/what-to-know-about-medicares-hemp-derived-product-program/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Risk of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Recurrence After Kidney Transplant]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- With no known cure for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), many affected patients opt for kidney transplant. But even after kidney transplant, FSGS can recur.<br />
FSGS is a progressive kidney disease with an incidence of...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/risk-of-focal-segmental-glomerulosclerosis-recurrence-after-kidney-transplant/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 15:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/risk-of-focal-segmental-glomerulosclerosis-recurrence-after-kidney-transplant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Differentiating the Trio of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Causes]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a progressive kidney disease with an estimated global prevalence of 4%, occurs when scarring develops on the glomeruli. This scarring leads to proteinuria and, in some cases, end-stage...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/differentiating-the-trio-of-focal-segmental-glomerulosclerosis-causes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 15:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/differentiating-the-trio-of-focal-segmental-glomerulosclerosis-causes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Team Exposed Doctors' Social Security Numbers; Outbreak Ends; More Poop Talk?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.<br />
The Trump administration inadvertently exposed the Social Security numbers of physicians and other healthcare providers in a database powering a Medicare portal...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-team-exposed-doctors-social-security-numbers-outbreak-ends-more-poop-talk/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 15:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-team-exposed-doctors-social-security-numbers-outbreak-ends-more-poop-talk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PwC will drop cover for weight-loss drugs from employee health plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Big Four accountancy balks at high cost of medication it says has become &lsquo;cultural phenomenon&rsquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pwc-will-drop-cover-for-weight-loss-drugs-from-employee-health-plans/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/pwc-will-drop-cover-for-weight-loss-drugs-from-employee-health-plans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New CDC Messaging May Be Eroding Trust in Vaccines, Survey Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The CDC's shift to an uncertainty-based approach when conveying the scientific evidence on vaccines and autism could already be increasing vaccine hesitancy and strengthening agreement with science-denial strategies, according...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-cdc-messaging-may-be-eroding-trust-in-vaccines-survey-finds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-cdc-messaging-may-be-eroding-trust-in-vaccines-survey-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physician Groups Want Better Enforcement of No Surprises Act]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Dozens of physician groups, including the American Medical Association and the American College of Emergency Physicians,sent a letter to HHS and other federal agencies urging stronger enforcement of legislation meant to prevent...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/physician-groups-want-better-enforcement-of-no-surprises-act/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/physician-groups-want-better-enforcement-of-no-surprises-act/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Mike's Guinness World Record; Aluminum Deodorant PSA; RN's Surprise Afib]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.<br />
Doctor Mike and NFL player Damar Hamlin teamed up with the American Heart Association to set a Guinness World...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dr-mikes-guinness-world-record-aluminum-deodorant-psa-rns-surprise-afib/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/dr-mikes-guinness-world-record-aluminum-deodorant-psa-rns-surprise-afib/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New AI Model Beats Doctors at Clinical Reasoning, Diagnosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A large language model (LLM) matched or exceeded hundreds of expert physicians in diagnostic and management reasoning tasks across six experiments, a new study showed.<br />
The LLM's advantage was most pronounced in early-stage emergency...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-ai-model-beats-doctors-at-clinical-reasoning-diagnosis/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/new-ai-model-beats-doctors-at-clinical-reasoning-diagnosis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Panel Gives Thumbs Down to Novel Strategy for Switching Breast Cancer Therapy]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- A novel strategy for switching breast cancer therapy intrigued members of an FDA advisory committee but failed to sway the panel to recommend approval of the strategy.<br />
By a 6-3 vote, the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-panel-gives-thumbs-down-to-novel-strategy-for-switching-breast-cancer-therapy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-panel-gives-thumbs-down-to-novel-strategy-for-switching-breast-cancer-therapy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Antihistamines Help Women With PMDD?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Women online are sharing an unusual over-the-counter treatment for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) symptom relief: doubling up on antihistamines.<br />
In one video, a woman said that after taking fexofenadine (Allegra) and...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/can-antihistamines-help-women-with-pmdd/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/can-antihistamines-help-women-with-pmdd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBD Drugs and Heart Attacks; AI Finds Occult Pancreatic Cancer; Managing Hemorrhoids]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- In a Medicare population with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), no higher risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attacks or strokes was observed for patients taking immunomodulators or biologics versus 5-aminosalicylic...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ibd-drugs-and-heart-attacks-ai-finds-occult-pancreatic-cancer-managing-hemorrhoids/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/ibd-drugs-and-heart-attacks-ai-finds-occult-pancreatic-cancer-managing-hemorrhoids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Intensifies Crackdown on GLP-1 Compounding]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- The FDA is proposing the removal of three GLP-1 drugs from the 503B bulks list of active ingredients that outsourcing facilities can use to make compounded medicines, the agency announced on Thursday.<br />
Following a review, the...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-intensifies-crackdown-on-glp-1-compounding/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/fda-intensifies-crackdown-on-glp-1-compounding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Risky Test Not Necessary for Subcutaneous ICD Implants]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- People getting a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) did fine skipping the defibrillation test after all, according to the PRAETORIAN-DFT randomized trial.<br />
In people randomized to de novo S-ICD placement...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/risky-test-not-necessary-for-subcutaneous-icd-implants/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/risky-test-not-necessary-for-subcutaneous-icd-implants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Yanks Surgeon General Nominee, Offers New Option]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- President Trump says he's nominating Fox News contributor Nicole Saphier, MD, for surgeon general after the path forward for Casey Means, MD, stalled in the Senate over questions about her experience and her stance on vaccines...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-yanks-surgeon-general-nominee-offers-new-option/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/trump-yanks-surgeon-general-nominee-offers-new-option/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shah’s Spleen: What a Cold War Medical Crisis Reveals About American Justice]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Spleens make me think of the Islamic Republic of Iran. That spongy mass tucked beneath your left rib cage keeps you healthy by filtering pathogens and damaged red cells from the blood. As a trauma surgeon, I have removed hundreds...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-shahs-spleen-what-a-cold-war-medical-crisis-reveals-about-american-justice/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/the-shahs-spleen-what-a-cold-war-medical-crisis-reveals-about-american-justice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Docs Bite Back at Physician Health Program; PA's Med Spa Troubles; Doc Impostor]]></title><description><![CDATA[(MedPage Today) -- Two former medical residents have sued a state physician health program, alleging it set back their careers. (KUOW)<br />
An Iowa physician assistant had her license put on probation after working at a medical spa, which was owned...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/docs-bite-back-at-physician-health-program-pas-med-spa-troubles-doc-impostor/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/medical-industry/docs-bite-back-at-physician-health-program-pas-med-spa-troubles-doc-impostor/</guid></item></channel></rss>