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A Jaw Cancer Named for Its Ghost Cells Is So Rare That a Rapid Test Called It the Wrong Cancer

Ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma is 0.23 percent of jaw tumors. Only 65 cases exist, and pathologists keep mistaking it for other cancers.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

The Fungus in His Toenails Is Better Known for Ruining Crops Than Infecting People

Alternaria alternata is a plant pathogen and a common airborne allergen. Spanish doctors found it growing in a healthy man's toenails instead.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

A 14-Centimeter Pouch Left Over from the Womb Blocked His Bowel 67 Years Later

A 67-year-old man's bowel obstruction was traced back to a 14-centimeter embryonic pouch that had sat silently in his abdomen his entire life.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

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Her Back Pain Was Treated as Tuberculosis for a Year Before Sequencing Found a Parasite in Her Spine

A woman's spine was being eaten away. Doctors treated tuberculosis for 12 months before sequencing found a parasite from surgery eight years earlier.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Tiny Magnetic Robot Drills Through Real Brain Tissue, Offering a Route to Reach Difficult Brain Lesions

A tiny magnetic robot drilled through sheep brain tissue in laboratory tests, offering a possible new way to reach difficult brain lesions.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Both His Kidneys Fused into a Single Disc in His Pelvis, and by Age 10, They Were Losing Function

Pancake kidney is the rarest renal fusion anomaly and is usually called harmless. One child's follow-up complicates that reassuring story.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

A Weekly Injection Could Replace Repeated Blood Draws for Some Patients with a Rare Blood Cancer

The FDA approved a first-in-class weekly injection for polycythemia vera that cut the need for repeated therapeutic blood draws in trials.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

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Cyborg Cockroaches Could One Day Search Disaster Zones and Deliver Medicine Where Rescue Robots Cannot Reach

Cyborg cockroaches fitted with cameras and miniature injectors could one day help deliver emergency treatment in disaster zones.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Six People with Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Improved After a Cancer Cell Therapy and Three Stopped Medication

A cancer cell therapy improved disease activity in six people with severe rheumatoid arthritis. Three reached drug-free remission in a phase 1 trial.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

A Nurse Practitioner to Star Athletes Paid $1.4 Million and Lost Her Prescribing Registration Without Criminal Charges

Federal filings allege a nurse practitioner prescribed 260,000 controlled substance pills across 20-plus states. She settled a civil case and lost her DEA registration.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

HPV Vaccines May Protect Men from Cancer-Causing Infections, New Studies Add Evidence of Broader Health Benefits

New research adds to evidence that HPV vaccination can protect men against persistent infections linked to several types of cancer.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Speed Is Sending Colorado Kids to the Trauma Room as E-Bike Injuries Rose 184 Percent in a Year

Children's Hospital Colorado saw a 184% rise in traumatic e-bike injuries from 2024 to 2025. Only 38% of injured riders this year wore a helmet.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Americans Are Flying to Europe for IVF as the Cost of One Cycle at Home Tops $29,000

One US IVF cycle now tops $29,000, and Americans at European clinics rose 37% last year. What the price gap does and does not buy.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

A Raw Pet Food Recall Carries a Human Health Risk That Households with Small Children Should Not Ignore

Northwest Naturals recalled two frozen raw pet foods for Salmonella and Listeria. The FDA warns that people can get sick from handling them.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

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Mangoes Sold at Walmart Stores in Four States Are Recalled After Salmonella Turned Up at the Farm

Panorama Produce recalled 302 boxes of Martina-brand mangoes sold at Walmart in CT, NY, NJ, and PA after FDA sampling found Salmonella at the farm.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

How to Support a Loved One Seeking Better Recovery

When someone you care about is having a hard time with substance use, it can make everyday life feel upside down. What helps most is staying calm, learning a little, and taking one step at a time. Recovery isn't a magic switch, but support from family and friends can be…

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Nearly One in Three American Women in Their Twenties Has Never Been Screened for Cervical Cancer

A JAMA Network Open study finds never-screening for cervical cancer rose sharply from 2005 to 2023, reaching 31.9% of women aged 21 to 29.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

New York City's Upper East Side Legionnaires Cluster Ends with Eleven Deaths and No Source Tower Named

Two more deaths bring the Upper East Side Legionnaires cluster to 11 deaths and 94 cases. A City Council oversight hearing is set for Wednesday.

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Medical Daily · Aug 31

Rabid Baby Goats Visited Ten Events Across Seven North Carolina Counties Before Anyone Knew They Were Infected

North Carolina has released ten exposure locations after rabies was confirmed in baby goats at a mobile petting zoo. Anyone who touched them should call their health department.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Earthquake Survivors Recorded 60 Seconds of Their Own Laughter and Played It Back Three Times a Day

Twenty survivors of the 2023 earthquakes recorded their own laughter and replayed it daily. Well-being scores rose, but there was no control group.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

A Yawn Crossed 23 of 32 Faces in the Lab, and Wincing at Someone Else's Pain Crossed Only 15

Italian researchers filmed 32 adults watching others laugh, yawn and wince, then measured exactly which muscles moved when the reaction landed.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

He Was Certain His Nose Smelled Like a Dead Mouse and Three Years of Testing Found Nothing

For three years, a man believed his nose gave off a dead mouse odor. Every exam came back clean, and the diagnosis turned out to be psychiatric.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Surgeons Fixed the Puppy's Plumbing with a Laser and She Still Would Not Stop Drinking Water

Vets lasered a golden retriever puppy's ectopic ureter, but she kept drinking. The real answer was compulsive water seeking, not anatomy.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

A Doctor Felt Too Awkward to Put His Ear on a Patient's Chest — The Simple Idea That Led to the Stethoscope

An embarrassed French doctor invented the stethoscope in 1816. Clinicians using one caught under half of audible valve disease in a new trial.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

A 300,000 Metric Ton Beef Import Expansion Begins Tuesday and Every Pound Must Clear the Same Federal Checkpoint

A proclamation effective September 1 admits 300,000 metric tons of lean beef trimmings in three tranches, all through one port-of-entry inspection step.

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