Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
Precision cancer treatment on a larger scale is moving closer now that researchers have developed an AI platform to tailor protein components and arm the patient's immune cells to fight cancer.
Permanente Medicine
JULY 24, 2025
Pavan Somusetty, MD, and Jackie Ryan… Suicide is a deeply personal tragedy — and a pressing public health challenge. In this episode, we take a closer look at how health systems can lead meaningful change through prevention, early intervention, and compassion. Dr. Pavan Somusetty, regional chief of mental health at Northwest Permanente and national leader for suicide prevention at Kaiser Permanente, joins Jackie Ryan, psychiatry practice director at Northwest Permanente and Zero Suicide pr
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Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
Thanks to a new technique, neurosurgeons at UMC Utrecht have been able to watch the blood flow in brain tissue live during surgery for the first time. Together with researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology, they have developed a method that allows them to detect the risk of a stroke during surgery sooner—and potentially prevent it. The technique could also be useful for other types of operations, such as kidney transplants.
Physician's Practice
JULY 24, 2025
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The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.
Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
A seven-year international, multi-center clinical trial led by London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI) and St. Michael's Hospital, a site of Unity Health Toronto, has found that a new ventilation mode called proportional assist ventilation (PAV+) could improve outcomes for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) who require help breathing.
NPR Health
JULY 24, 2025
A research team has successfully tested a blood substitute in animals, and human trials may not be far off. The powdered blood could help medics respond faster in a crisis.
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KevinMD
JULY 24, 2025
Sepsis continues to pose a serious threat to patients and a significant challenge to hospital systems. Despite advances in awareness and clinical guidelines, delays in diagnosis and treatment remain common and costly. Sepsis is the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals and costs the U.S. health care industry $62 billion annually. The ripple effects Read more… Nurse-initiated protocols for sepsis: a strategic imperative for patient care and hospital operations originally appeared in KevinMD.co
Physician's Weekly
JULY 24, 2025
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has upgraded a recall of a commonly prescribed thyroid medication due to what it described as “subpotent” active ingredients. The recall of more than 160,000 bottles of levothyroxine sodium , which went into effect June 20, was upgraded to a Class II recall on July 23.
KevinMD
JULY 24, 2025
You’re in the OR. A colleague, maybe a resident, suggests a different approach. You’ve already considered it. Or maybe it’s not a great suggestion. Either way, it’s hard to hear. You feel your muscles tense and lean away from your colleague, avoiding eye contact. Defensiveness is a common and understandable dynamic. A common dynamic In Read more… How doctors can turn criticism into collaboration originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
Despite being one of the most preventable and treatable cancers, colorectal cancer continues to claim more lives in Black communities than in any other racial group in the United States. Incidence and mortality rates remain about 20% and 30% higher for Black individuals compared with White individuals, making it a leading driver of racial health disparities.
KevinMD
JULY 24, 2025
What’s a dyad and how do I fit into it? What do I do? These are the questions every new health care leader asks themselves, as I did, when they first join a dyad partnership. Although there has been much academic writing regarding leadership dyads in health care, with a macro focus on structure and Read more… Building trust in dyad leadership partnerships originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
Researchers at Uppsala University have identified a promising therapeutic approach for the challenging blood cancer multiple myeloma. In a new preclinical study, they demonstrate that a dual treatment with drugs that inhibit epigenetic regulation reduces tumor growth and induces cancer cell death. The findings are published in the journal Blood Advances.
FDA Law
JULY 24, 2025
By Lisa M. Baumhardt, Principal Medical Device Regulatory Expert & Allyson B. Mullen — FDA recently released a draft guidance regarding the transfer or sale of a 510(k) clearance. When a 510(k) for a device is sold or transferred from one entity to another, the new 510(k) holder must list the device with the FDA. If the device has not been significantly changed or modified, the new 510(k) holder is required to provide the original 510(k) number when creating their device listing.
Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has upgraded a recall of a commonly prescribed thyroid medication due to what it described as "subpotent" active ingredients.
A Country Doctor Writes
JULY 24, 2025
Trust is equal parts character and competence. — Stephen M R Covey Because of the well documented science behind nocebo and placebo effects, we now know that patients’ trust in their clinicians can affect outcomes as much as their prescribed medications can. We also, obviously, know that physicians don’t get paid by their patients, but directly by their employers and indirectly by the Government or by the insurance companies.
Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
Researchers have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to design a blueprint for building a vaccine that aims to teach the body's immune system to fight cancer.
Physician's Weekly
JULY 24, 2025
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For patients with heart failure and severe mitral regurgitation (MR) undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER), baseline atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with more frequent MR recurrence and an increased risk for death or heart failure hospitalization (HFH), according to a study published online July 17 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
Breaking the link between prescription drug list prices and compensation to middlemen like pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) could cut a significant portion of the U.S.'s annual drug tab, finds a new analysis from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics.
AMMD
JULY 24, 2025
Women carry an invisible weight each day. They juggle careers, caregiving, relationships, households, and community roles. There is often an unspoken expectation to do it all with ease and grace. Many women feel exhausted by this constant balancing act. Struggles with mental health are common. Anxiety, overwhelm, and burnout affect millions of women.
Physician's Weekly
JULY 24, 2025
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Although the rate of perinatal HIV infection is low, more than 50 percent of HIV infections in infants before age 1 year occurred in those who did not receive postnatal prophylaxis, according to a study published online June 17 in Pediatrics. Mingyue Lu, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues conducted a retrospective study using the MarketScan Multi-State Medicaid Database for 2009 to 2021 to provide data on postnatal HIV pr
KevinMD
JULY 24, 2025
She works for a not-for-profit health system, but nothing about what she described to me felt charitable. A young physician, just a few years into her career, she’s already facing a choice that no doctor should ever have to make: protect her patients or protect the metrics that determine her employer’s paycheck. The heart of Read more… The hidden moral injury behind value-based health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Physician's Weekly
JULY 24, 2025
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For inpatients with cirrhosis, a machine learning (ML) model using random forest (RF) analysis is superior for prediction of inpatient mortality, according to a study published online July 23 in Gastroenterology. Scott Silvey, from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, and colleagues used ML approaches to enhance the prognostication of inpatient mortality in a cohort that enrolled inpatients with cirrhosis globally.
Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
While the incidence of breast cancer is highest for white women, Black women are more likely to have early-onset or more aggressive subtypes of breast cancer, such as triple-negative breast cancer. Among women under 50, the disparity is even greater: young Black women have double the mortality rate of young white women.
Common Sense Family Doctor
JULY 24, 2025
Affecting approximately 6% of persons older than 50 years, Barrett esophagus is a premalignant condition that increases the risk of developing esophageal cancer. However, the annual risk of progression to adenocarcinoma in the absence of high-grade dysplasia is low (0.12%-0.24%). Although expert consensus recommends endoscopic surveillance every 3 to 5 years in asymptomatic persons with Barrett esophagus, optimal intervals and the effectiveness of surveillance are not known.
Physician's Weekly
JULY 24, 2025
Air pollution may promote asthma and worsen lung diseases by altering immune regulation and increasing oxidative stress, according to recent research on mice. Chronic inhalation of particulate matter (PM) drove oxidative‑stress-mediated shifts toward allergic-type immune imbalance, aggravated fibrosis, and suppressed protective T helper 1 (TH1) signals in a mouse model, according to a study published in Redox Biology. “ Particulate matter (PM) is a harmful air pollutant associated with respirato
Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
For older patients with cancer and type 2 diabetes (T2D), glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use is associated with lower all-cause mortality than dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor (DPP4i) use, according to a study published online July 18 in JAMA Network Open.
Physician's Weekly
JULY 24, 2025
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has signed off on the first-ever cream specifically approved for treating chronic hand eczema (CHE). CHE is a common condition marked by redness, itching and cracking on the hands and wrists. Anzupgo (delgocitinib cream) is approved for adults with moderate-to-severe CHE who can’t use topical steroids or who don’t respond well to them. “The approval of Anzupgo reinforces our commitment to investing in di
Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
Cardiovascular scientists at City St George's, University of London, have identified crucial clues from a heart rhythm test that could detect hidden heart disease in young people, according to research published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
Physician's Weekly
JULY 24, 2025
More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person’s brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person’s health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive functioning. Colorado , California , and Montana are among the states that have recently required safeguarding brain data collected by devices outside of medical settings.
Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
In the world's first comprehensive study to evaluate both the nutritional quality and environmental footprint of food served in health care institutions using detailed, food-level data, researchers assessed menus and food procurement data from two hospitals and three nursing homes of average size in Germany. These institutions' foodservice likely reflects that of many health care institutions in high-income countries.
Physician's Weekly
JULY 24, 2025
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration are gathering data to create a uniform definition of ultra-processed foods. The agencies announced a joint Request for Information (RFI), to be published in the Federal Register tomorrow, to help establish a federally recognized definition of ultra-processed foods.
Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
Melanoma testing could one day be done at home with a skin patch and test strip with two lines, similar to COVID-19 home tests, according to University of Michigan researchers.
Physician's Weekly
JULY 24, 2025
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Intravenous induction followed by subcutaneous maintenance therapy with guselkumab is efficacious for adults with moderately to severely active Crohn disease, according to a study published online July 17 in The Lancet. Remo Panaccione, M.D., from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, and colleagues examined the efficacy and safety of intravenous induction followed by subcutaneous maintenance therapy with guselkumab over 48 weeks in adults
Medical Xpress
JULY 24, 2025
A wearable technology developed by Technion Professor Hossam Haick and colleagues in China enables real-time, noninvasive tracking and optimized treatment for diabetic patients.
Physician's Weekly
JULY 24, 2025
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) and systemic oxidative stress (SOS) score are independently associated with poorer prognosis of low-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), according to a study published online July 4 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. Tuba Ersal, M.D., from Bursa Uludag University in Turkey, and colleagues conducted a retrospective analysis involving 175 newly diagnosed patients with low-risk MDS to examine the prognostic im
KevinMD
JULY 24, 2025
A few years ago, I said something in a meeting that made the air go still. “People don’t actually feel safe filing ‘safe’ reports.” I said it to a room full of leaders from the quality and safety team, the very people tasked with building trust and accountability. They didn’t argue. They just didn’t believe Read more… Institutional reporting systems discourage clinical honesty originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
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