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Her Left Hand Undid Everything Her Right Hand Did While She Dressed, and a Stroke Was Behind It

A 50-year-old woman's left hand kept undoing her right hand's work while she got dressed. A stroke in the corpus callosum explained it.

Medical Daily · Sep 1

BioNTech Halted a Cancer Vaccine Trial, and Genentech Says There Were More Deaths in the Vaccine Group

BioNTech terminated a Phase 2 mRNA cancer vaccine trial in colorectal cancer after monitors found a survival imbalance between the two arms.

Medical Daily · Sep 1

Hospital IV Saline Was Recalled for Zinc Oxide Particles, Then the Company Corrected It to Iron Oxide

B. Braun recalled three lots of IV saline, then corrected the particulate from zinc oxide to iron oxide. FDA warns of possible pulmonary emboli.

Medical Daily · Sep 1

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An Experimental Pill Was Tested in Both Forms of the Most Common Inherited Heart Disease, Which No Approved Drug Does

Phase 2 data on EDG-7500 were presented in Munich, covering both forms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The drug remains investigational and unapproved.

Medical Daily · Sep 1

Forecasters Put the Odds of a Record Breaking El Nino at 69 Percent, and Winter Health Risks Shift with It

NOAA puts a very strong El Niño above 90% for winter 2026-27, with a 69% chance of a record event. Here is what that means for household health.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Three Diets, the Same 10 Percent Weight Loss, and Only One Cut Liver Fat by Two Thirds

A controlled feeding trial found that keto, Mediterranean, and low-fat diets all produced 10% weight loss, but keto cut liver fat by 67% versus 45%.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Oncologists Just Got a Three Tier Rationing Playbook for a Chemotherapy Drug with No Substitute

ASCO has directed cancer practices to a federal conservation framework as ifosfamide, a chemotherapy with no direct substitute, runs critically low.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

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One Infusion Held LDL Cholesterol 52 Percent Lower for a Full Year, in a Trial of Fifteen People

A CRISPR therapy cut LDL cholesterol 52.5% and triglycerides 47.8% a full year after one infusion, in a company-funded trial of 15 patients.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

A Two Week Chest Patch Doubled the Rate of Dangerous Heart Rhythms Found After Unexplained Fainting

A 2,233-patient UK trial found wearable ECG patches after unexplained fainting detected arrhythmias in 22% of patients versus 9% with usual care.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Two of Three Federal Cyclospora Research Programs Are Shutting Down in the Middle of a Record Season

USDA is closing two of three federal Cyclospora research projects as CDC logs 17,180 US cases, the largest recorded season for the parasite.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

The Gallbladder Can Twist Itself into a Corkscrew and Surgeons Catch It Beforehand Only 17 Percent of the Time

Gallbladder volvulus strangles the organ's own blood supply. In a pooled review of 477 cases, only 17 percent were diagnosed before surgery.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

One Man's Dizziness Arrived Every Time He Yawned and Ultrasound Caught His Brain Blood Flow Vanishing

In three men, ordinary head movements cut blood flow to the back of the brain by up to 90 percent. One man's trigger was tilting back and yawning.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

A Brain Cyst Faked Dementia in a 71-Year-Old Woman and the Standard Memory Test Missed It

A Japanese team reversed a patient's gait and thinking decline by opening a brain cyst that had convincingly mimicked untreatable dementia.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

The Amoeba Behind a Sight-Threatening Eye Infection Is Often Hiding Live Bacteria Inside Itself

Acanthamoeba can blind contact lens wearers. Screening keeps finding live bacteria inside them, and a rat study suggests the passengers matter.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

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Medical Daily · Aug 31

Their Eyes Water Every Time They Urinate, and After 90 Years Doctors Still Cannot Say Why

Tears during urination have been described since 1932, yet fewer than ten cases exist. Doctors suspect crossed wiring deep in the brainstem.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

One in Four Infected UK Health Workers Reported Long COVID, and the Report Names Who Carried the Heaviest Load

A UK review found that one in four infected healthcare workers reported prolonged COVID symptoms, and 26.5 percent worldwide still had them at a year.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

A Federal Reporting Tool Used by 17,000 Small Testing Sites Shuts Down Today, and Its Data Disappears

CDC shuts down SimpleReport today at 5 pm ET. Stored patient and test data will be deleted, and reporting obligations will not change.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Three Boys, 19.3 Pounds, and Full Term, in a Birth That Was Not the World Record Some Reports Claimed

Three boys born at Kaiser Permanente South Bay weighed 19.3 pounds combined, far above the average for triplets, who usually arrive early.

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Medical Daily · Aug 31

Rural Patients Get Addiction Medicine at the Pharmacy, While Urban Patients Increasingly Get It in the ER

New CDC data show buprenorphine reaches rural patients mainly through pharmacies, while only one in ten rural emergency departments has adopted it.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Two Weeks Off the Antibiotic Clock for Heart Valve Infection, and a Relapse Signal That Came with It

The POET-II trial shortened antibiotic treatment for infective endocarditis from 41 days to 26, though relapses were more frequent.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Blood Thinner Alone Halved Hidden Valve Clots After Heart Valve Replacement, and Bleeding Did Not Go Up

A randomized trial found that anticoagulation alone halved subclinical leaflet thrombosis after TAVI compared with aspirin, meeting safety noninferiority.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Live Legionella Turned Up in 59 of the 183 New York Cooling Towers Tested During a Cluster That Killed Seven

New York City tested 183 cooling towers during its Upper East Side Legionnaires' cluster. Live Legionella was found in 59 of them.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

A Weekly Shot Spared Three in Four Blood Cancer Patients from Repeat Blood Draws, and the FDA Just Approved It

FDA approved Mimrylo for polycythemia vera, the first hepcidin-mimicking drug for a blood cancer affecting about 90,000 Americans.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Stroke Rehab Should Begin Within 48 Hours, and the New Guideline Counts Mood and Memory as Much as Muscle

The American Stroke Association's first rehab guideline update in a decade calls for therapy within 48 hours and routine mental health screening.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

A Wall of Water Erased Nearly Every Footbridge in the Grand Canyon and Left About 15 People Unaccounted For

One person died, and about 15 remain unaccounted for after a Grand Canyon flash flood destroyed footbridges and knocked out the park water pipeline.

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