This is a MedPage Today story. HAVANA, Fla. — For a rural community, this town of 1,750 people has been more fortunate than most. A family doctor has practiced here for the last 30 years. But that ended in December when Mark Newberry, MD, retired. To attract a new doctor,Continue Reading
Jonathan Morris BBC News, South West and Tamsin Melville BBC News, Cornwall BBC Neil Hopper was motivated by sexual interest in amputation, the court heard An NHS vascular surgeon who had his own legs removed has been jailed for two years and eight months for insurance fraud and possessing extremeContinue Reading
International officials say contaminated metal at an industrial site in Indonesia could be the source of radioactive material behind recalls of imported shrimp, Read MoreContinue Reading
A neurosurgeon says there are “rays of hope” for a 12-year-old girl critically injured in a Minneapolis church shooting, Read MoreContinue Reading
The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on ingredients from potentially from unverified foreign sources and that could be used in GLP-1 drugs that include Wegovy, Ozembic and Mounjaro., Read MoreContinue Reading
Some patients have been wrongly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and even prescribed medication they don’t need – and there could be more people affected say NHS England. Duration 2:41 First shown 5 Sep 2025 Expires tonight 12:59am Watchlist Audio Described Sign Language, from the BBC Read MoreContinue Reading
The World Health Organization says it no longer considers the mpox outbreak in Africa to be an international health emergency, Read MoreContinue Reading
SUMMARY Three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have acquired ample evidence showing that COVID-19 vaccines are safe. While COVID-19 vaccines are associated with some serious effects like myocarditis, such cases are rare and much less likely to occur after vaccination than after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nevertheless, anecdotesContinue Reading
Error leaves 55,000 diabetes patients needing new tests Nat Wright Health Producer Getty Images Errors by machines used to diagnose diabetes mean at least 55,000 people in England will need further blood tests, a BBC investigation has discovered. Some patients have been wrongly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and evenContinue Reading
A study of a pharmaceutical form of the psychedelic drug lysergic acid diethylamide suggests it might relieve anxiety symptoms for up to three months., Read MoreContinue Reading
Claims questioning COVID-19 vaccine safety have circulated continuously since COVID-19 vaccination campaigns began at the end of 2020. One such claim suggests that there has been an unprecedented rise in the number of cancer cases after the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, implying that the vaccines are responsible for this phenomenon. ScienceContinue Reading
Health officials on Thursday said they are optimistic about a relatively new HIV antiviral medication called lenacapavir that they hope will reach 2 million people by 2028., Read MoreContinue Reading
Massachusetts insurance carriers will be required to cover vaccinations recommended by the state’s department of public health, Read MoreContinue Reading