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Diet, Exercise and Three Drug Classes Shifted Aging Biomarkers Across 51 Studies While Supplement Evidence Fell Short

A Nature Medicine analysis of 51 trials found that diet, exercise, metformin, semaglutide, and anti-TNF drugs shifted aging markers. Supplement evidence was thin.

Medical Daily · Sep 7

New Tick Virus Described in China Is Carried by a Species Already Established in 21 US States

Researchers describe a new tick-borne virus carried by the Asian longhorned tick, a species confirmed in 21 US states. No US cases have been reported.

Medical Daily · Sep 7

SHEIN Recalls About 963 Spiral Toys Over Small Balls in the Fourth Such Recall Since August 2025

CPSC says about 963 SHEIN spiral toys violate the federal small ball ban. It is the fourth recall of this toy design in about a year.

Medical Daily · Sep 7

A Purple Tumor Wrapped a Newborn's Entire Calf and His Doctors Deliberately Chose to Do Almost Nothing

A newborn's leg tumor measured 280 millimeters in circumference. His doctors watched it instead of treating it, and it disappeared within his first year.

Medical Daily · Sep 7

Two Melanomas Appeared in an Empty Eye Socket Nine Years After Surgery and Her Birthmarks May Explain Why

Nine years after her eye was eviscerated, surgeons found two separate primary melanomas in the socket. Her blue birthmarks may be the clue.

Medical Daily · Sep 7

Her Ovary Twisted into Necrosis at 19 Weeks and Surgeons Suspect an Old Operation on the Other Side

A pregnant woman lost a healthy ovary to torsion at 19 weeks. Surgeons found no cyst, only adhesions from an operation years earlier.

Medical Daily · Sep 7

Weekly Chili Tracked with Less Fatty Liver, but Only for People Who Kept the Heat Mild

Weekly spicy food tracked with lower fatty liver risk among 23,666 adults followed 12 years, but only at mild and moderate heat levels.

Medical Daily · Sep 7

Roughly 7,000 Recalled Philips Ventilators Still Await Remediation More Than Five Years After the Foam Notice

Philips reports 98,000 of 105,000 recalled US ventilators remediated as of August 2026, leaving thousands of the most fragile patients waiting.

Medical Daily · Sep 7

Swapping Animal Fat for Plant Fat Was Linked to Longer Survival After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

A study of 4,884 men found that replacing animal fat with plant fat after a prostate cancer diagnosis was linked to 16 percent lower mortality.

Medical Daily · Sep 7

New Mortality Analysis Puts COPD Above Breast and Prostate Cancer Deaths as Rural Americans Carry Heaviest Burden

New research presented in Barcelona found COPD death rates exceeded those of prostate and breast cancer and matched those of heart failure in a national records study.

Medical Daily · Sep 7