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Decades of Money Trouble Tracked With Weaker Thinking Scores at Fifty Three in a Long-Running British Study

A UCL analysis of 2,759 people found persistent financial hardship in adulthood was tracked with weaker cognitive scores by age 53 and brain aging later.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

His Bowel Was Wide Open but Running Backward and It Took 138 Days for Surgeons to See It

After a complex Whipple operation, a 72-year-old man's small bowel was reconnected in reverse, driving digestion the wrong direction for months.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Two Annual Eye Exams Got This Aircrew Member's Diagnosis Wrong and Her Age Was the Reason Why

A 33-year-old military flier carried the wrong vitreous diagnosis for two years because doctors matched the sparkle to her age, not its motion.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

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Your Neighborhood In Your 20s May Shape Your Heart Decades Later, Research Suggests A Lasting Effect

Where you live in early adulthood may influence your heart health years later, with neighborhood conditions linked to artery calcification.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

A Leaf Shaped Liver Fluke Was Living in This Woman's Abdominal Wall and Her Stool Test Came Back Clean

Surgeons removed a mass from an Iranian woman's rectus abdominis and found an adult Fasciola hepatica, a fluke that belongs in the bile ducts.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

A Strange Blood Signal In ALS May Reveal How The Body Tries To Fight Back Against The Disease

Higher levels of N-acyl taurines were linked to faster ALS progression, but researchers found the pathway may also protect nerve cells.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

A Trail of Scar Tissue in One Man's Liver Traced the Exact Path a Raw Fish Parasite Took In

Pathologists followed a continuous inflammatory tract from the liver surface to an Anisakis larva, mapping the worm's route into the organ.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

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Federal Regulators Cite an Arizona Stem Cell Company Over Sterility Failures and Claims Aimed at Desperate Patients

FDA warned an Arizona firm over unapproved umbilical cord products marketed for autism and ALS, citing unvalidated sterility processes.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Three California Cats Living Near Dairy Farms Carried Bird Flu Antibodies Including Two That Never Went Outside

A CDC journal study found H5N1 antibodies in three of 12 cats living within 2 km of California dairy farms. Two never went outdoors.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Four Philips CT Scanner Recalls Now Cover an Unintended Radiation Issue Affecting Hospitals Across the United States

FDA posted four Class 2 recalls for Philips CT scanners over an unintended radiation issue. Philips is updating software at no cost to hospitals.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Ohio Opens a Cancer Navigator Office After a West Chester Family Spent His Final Weeks Fighting Paperwork

Ohio created a Pediatric Complex Care Navigation Program after Jayden Zurlinden died at 20. It is open to families at any income level.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Phone Movement Data Is Guiding Ebola Response in Congo for the First Time as Cases Top 6,000

WHO and Flowminder are using anonymized mobile data to predict Ebola spread in Congo, a first for an Ebola response. Cases exceed 6,250.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Heart Monitor Server Software Used by Boston Scientific Patients Draws Three Class 2 Recalls Over Delayed Alerts

FDA posted Class 2 recalls for Boston Scientific LUX-Dx monitor server software over delayed atrial fibrillation alerts. No injuries reported.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Independent Review of Flu Vaccine Evidence Finds Protection Against Severe Illness and No New Safety Signals

A new JAMA review of flu vaccine evidence for this season found continued protection against severe illness and no new safety concerns.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

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Medical Daily · Sep 3

A Blood Score Told Broken Heart Syndrome From a Heart Attack in Nearly 90 Percent of Validated Cases

Researchers validated the BioTAK score, which combines blood biomarkers and sex to identify Takotsubo syndrome before cardiac catheterization.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Yonkers Case Becomes Westchester's First Human West Nile Infection of the Season With Exposure Site Still Unconfirmed

Westchester County confirmed its first human West Nile case of the season in a Yonkers resident. Officials are still tracing where the exposure occurred.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Men Genetically Prone to Baldness Carry a 7 Percent Added Hair Loss Risk Tied to GLP-1 Biology

An NYU Langone genetic study links GLP-1 receptor activity to a 7 percent increased risk of male pattern hair loss. What the finding does and does not show.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

A Baby's Tongue Turned Black, and the Antifungal Kept Coming Even After the Test Was Negative

A 3-month-old baby was treated for thrush she never had. Her black, hairy tongue was harmless and cleared with gentle brushing alone.

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Medical Daily · Sep 3

One Drainage Bag Ran Yellow and the Other Turned Deep Purple in the Same Patient

A man had two urinary drainage systems. One ran normal yellow, the other bright purple, in a case that explains what causes the color change.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

A New mRNA Flu Vaccine Is Here, But Scientists Still Cannot Predict How The 2026 Season Will Unfold

A new mRNA flu vaccine has entered the 2026 season as scientists monitor changing influenza viruses and prepare for another winter.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Three Days After a Routine Lung Biopsy, the Fluid Drained from His Chest Was Milky White

A 66-year-old man developed chylothorax three days after an ultrasound-guided lung biopsy, a complication first reported only in 2018.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Dyson's New AI Toothbrush Can See Between Your Teeth And Target Hidden Plaque While You Brush

Dyson's new CameraJet toothbrush uses a built-in camera and AI to spot gaps between teeth and target them with mouthrinse.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Three Years of Draining His Abdomen, and the Fluid Everyone Was Treating Did Not Exist

A farmer spent three years on diuretics and repeated abdominal taps for refractory ascites. A CT scan found a giant cyst instead of fluid.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Mindfulness May Lower Blood Pressure In Eight Weeks, But Regular Practice Appears Key To The Benefits

Mindfulness and other positive psychology programs may improve blood pressure and heart health within eight to 12 weeks.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

A Boy's Small Intestine Was Twisted Two and a Half Turns for Five Days and Never Died

A 4-year-old's small bowel spun 900 degrees around a mesenteric cyst for five days. Surgeons untwisted it and found the intestine alive.

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