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Doctors Put a Camera into Her Chest and Found a Living Lung Fluke Moving on the Pleura

A woman had pleural fluid twice in six months. A thoracoscope finally found the cause moving on her chest wall: a living parasitic worm.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

A Prized Market Mushroom Makes People See Tiny Marching Figures, and Nobody Can Find the Chemical

DNA sequencing linked identical visions of tiny people in China and the Philippines to a single mushroom that contains no known hallucinogens.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

T Cells Can Feel How Stiff a Tissue Is, and That Helps Decide What They Become

McGill researchers found T cells read the physical stiffness of tissue, and that mechanical signal helps decide whether they become memory cells.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

An Exercise-Released Molecule Drives Muscle Adaptation in Mice, and Researchers Hope It Could Help Patients

Leeds researchers identified L-BAIBA as a central regulator of how muscle adapts to exercise in mice. No human therapy exists yet.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

Eye Insert Missed Its Main Vision Goal in a Late Stage Trial but Cut Injections Sharply

EyePoint's DURAVYU missed its primary vision endpoint in the LUGANO trial for wet AMD, despite reducing injection burden by 42 percent.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

Prescription Drug Prices Fell 3.1 Percent Over the Year, but That Number Measures Less Than You Think

Prescription drug prices posted their steepest annual drop since 1963. Here is what the index actually measures and what it leaves out.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

A Record Outbreak Season Is Colliding with a Federal Campaign Telling Americans to Eat More Fresh Food

Record foodborne illness outbreaks are complicating the health secretary's push for fresh food. The tension is about traceback, not produce safety.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

Three Year Follow Up Data Show a Bispecific Antibody Doubling Median Survival for Transplant Ineligible Lymphoma Patients

Three-year STARGLO data show that glofitamab plus chemotherapy roughly doubled median survival in relapsed lymphoma patients ineligible for transplant.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

A Pooled 24 Country Analysis Ties Rotavirus Vaccination to Fewer Deaths Among Children Hospitalized with Diarrhea

A Lancet analysis pooling case-control studies across 24 countries links rotavirus vaccination to lower mortality from rotavirus gastroenteritis.

Medical Daily · Aug 19

Children Given Flu Antivirals Within Two Days of Symptom Onset Had an 81 Percent Lower Hospitalization Risk

A new study links antiviral treatment within 48 hours to a sharp reduction in influenza hospitalizations in children. It shows association, not proof.

Medical Daily · Aug 19