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A Woman Mistook Her Wireless Earbud for a Painkiller in the Dark and Swallowed It Whole

A 22-year-old swallowed a wireless earbud at 2 a.m. Doctors skipped an endoscopy and watched the battery-containing device pass in five days.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

Scientists Find Genetic Variants Linked To Personality May Also Shape Health, Careers, Sleep Habits And Other Life Outcomes

A large study found more than 1,200 genetic variants linked to personality, with connections to health, careers, sleep habits, and other life outcomes.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

He Swallowed Horse Dewormer Paste, and It Hardened into a Four Centimeter Mass Blocking His Small Intestine

A 79-year-old man swallowed ivermectin horse paste. It congealed into a bezoar, blocked his bowel, and led to bleeding and two operations.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

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Scientists Find Protein That May Explain Why Fatty Liver Can Progress To Inflammation, Scarring And Serious Liver Damage

Researchers identified EFHD1 as a protein that may drive liver injury by triggering a misplaced antiviral response in stressed liver cells.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

A Fish Bone He Barely Remembered Swallowing Tunneled Out of His Gut and into His Liver

A man had a fever for 25 days with no stomach pain. A CT scan found the fish bone that had broken from his duodenum into his liver.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

A Bulge Above His Navel Was the First Clue That His Abdomen Was Slowly Filling with Jelly

A 53-year-old man's swelling and hernia led to pseudomyxoma peritonei, a cancer affecting roughly one to four people per million each year.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

His ECG Drew a Shark's Fin and the Artery Feeding Most of His Heart Was Completely Blocked

A rare triangular waveform on a heart tracing signals massive ischemia. Here it pointed to a fully clotted left main coronary artery.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

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Surgeons Repairing a Diabetic Woman's Retina Found Two Live Worms Tucked Behind Her Eyelids

Two live eyeworms were found during retinal surgery on a 74-year-old woman. The parasite spreads by fly, and it has reached U.S. patients.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

Her Back Pain Turned to Paralysis in Four Hours and Her MRI Showed Two Glowing Owl Eyes

A healthy 55-year-old woman lost the use of both legs in four hours. The cause was a spinal cord stroke traced to an undiagnosed heart rhythm.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

Scientists Identify 36 Genes Linked To OCD And Tourette Syndrome, Revealing Shared Brain Pathways Across Disorders

Researchers identified 36 genes linked to OCD and chronic tic disorders, offering new clues about how the conditions develop in the brain.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

Pet Owners Can Now Prevent Screwworm Infestations in Dogs and Cats Under a New Federal Authorization

FDA authorized Capstar and generic nitenpyram to prevent New World screwworm in dogs and cats, the first prevention option cleared.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

Hospital Monitoring Software That Dropped Patients During Updates Now Carries a Formal Recall Classification from Regulators

FDA classified the GE HealthCare Portrait monitoring software issue as a Class II recall after patients were removed during updates.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

A Pancreatic Cancer Drug Shrank Lung Tumors in an Early Trial, but Four Patients Died from Adverse Events

Daraxonrasib shrank tumors in RAS-mutant lung cancer in an early trial, but most patients had side effects, and four died.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

First Treatment Ever Approved for Alexander Disease Targets the Protein Buildup Behind the Rare Brain Disorder

FDA approved Zanvastro for Alexander disease, the first therapy for a rare fatal brain disorder that has only ever had supportive care.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

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Medical Daily · Sep 4

Mountain Bikes Sold for Up to Twelve Thousand Dollars Recalled After Carbon Handlebars Broke During Rides

CPSC recalled Mondraker mountain bikes fitted with ONOFF S9 carbon handlebars after five reports of breakage and two rider injuries.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

Federal Money Moves Toward a Last Resort Antibiotic for Children as an FDA Decision Approaches in February

BARDA exercised a $36.9 million cefiderocol option under a contract that also funds a pediatric expansion now under FDA review.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

Fewer Than One in Four New Compounding Facilities Were Inspected, and Every Inspected Site Had Violations

A pharmacy journal study found that only 23% of newly registered 503B outsourcing facilities were inspected, and all had significant violations.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

Boston Scientific Pulls Unused Spinal Cord Stimulator Leads Tied to Fractures, but Implanted Devices Stay in Place

FDA labeled Boston Scientific's Infinion CX lead removal a Class I recall after 1,081 serious injuries. Implanted leads are not affected.

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Medical Daily · Sep 4

Infant Breathing Hoses Flagged by the FDA After Manufacturer Confirms Cracks That Can Restrict a Baby's Air

FDA issued an Early Alert on Draeger VentStar Resus Neo infant breathing hoses that can crack or detach and restrict ventilation.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

A Young Cat Leaked Milky Fluid into Three Places at Once, and Vets Borrowed a Human Diagnosis to Explain It

A five-month-old cat leaked chyle into its chest, abdomen, and skin. Vets used a human disease framework to classify the lymphatic defect.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

His Right Ventricle Never Finished Growing, and the Left One Stretched into the Shape of a Christmas Hat

A 9-year-old boy's cardiac MRI revealed a heart shape his doctors report has never been described before in the published medical literature.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

Hospital Epinephrine Vials Recalled Nationwide After Cracking and Leaking, with Nylon, Glass and Plastic Particles Found

American Regent recalled three lots of hospital epinephrine after cracked, leaking vials and particles including nylon, glass, and polyethylene.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

Experimental Dengue Antibody Cleared Fever and Virus Within a Single Day at All Four Doses Tested

A phase 2 trial of 250 adults found that an experimental dengue antibody cleared the virus and fever within 24 hours at every dose level.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

Rotavirus Vaccination Linked to 76 Percent Lower Risk of Death from Rotavirus Gastroenteritis Across 22 Countries

A 22-country study of 27,252 children found rotavirus vaccine was 75.8 percent effective against rotavirus-positive gastroenteritis deaths.

Medical Daily · Sep 4

Swedish Registry Study of Three Million Women Ties HPV to Slightly Higher Odds of Heart Disease

A study of nearly 500,000 HPV-positive Swedish women found a 7 percent higher heart disease risk. Researchers say not to be unduly concerned.

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