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Pediatricians Who Added Two Short Questionnaires Found One More Struggling Teenager for Every Thirteen They Screened

Adding anxiety and suicide risk questions to depression screening found more at-risk teens. Here is what the study shows and what it does not.

Medical Daily · Aug 28

Light Activated Particles Revealed Single Brain Cancer Cells in Mice and Destroyed What Surgery Could Not Reach

A mouse study used light-activated nanoparticles to find and destroy glioblastoma cells that surgery misses. The results are preclinical, not clinical.

Medical Daily · Aug 28

A Model Told South Carolina Its Measles Outbreak Was Still Growing While Case Reports Showed a Decline

A CDC model corrected reporting lags during South Carolina's measles outbreak. Here is what it caught and what it missed at the peak.

Medical Daily · Aug 28

Older Adults Face Four Vaccine Decisions This Fall While the Federal Schedule Still Carries a 2025 Date

Flu, RSV, pneumococcal, and shingles vaccines are age-dependent, not universal. Here is what actually applies to adults over 60 this season.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Fibroids Sent a Reality Star to a Hysterectomy This Year, and Her Path There Is Far From Unusual

Michelle Le says severe fibroids led to a hysterectomy in May. Fibroids remain the most common single reason for hysterectomy in the US.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Cancer Practices Report Only Weeks of Ifosfamide on Hand as Oncologists Warn No Substitute Drug Exists

ASCO warns some oncology practices have under a few weeks of ifosfamide left, with no direct substitute for the chemotherapy drug.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Nepal Flood Survivors Face a Second Health Emergency as Damaged Water Systems Raise Waterborne Disease Risk

Nepal's flash flood destroyed water and sanitation infrastructure, raising the risk of waterborne diseases for survivors as access to relief remains limited.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Tim Curry Dies at 80 After Thirteen Years of Adapting to Life Following a Near Fatal Stroke

Tim Curry has died at 80, with no cause released. He spent more than a decade adapting after a 2012 stroke and emergency brain surgery.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Pancreatic Cancer Patients No Longer Need Expanded Access to Get a RAS Inhibitor After Federal Approval

FDA approved daraxonrasib for metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma, replacing a case by case expanded access route with a prescribable therapy.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

A Newborn Was Among Pennsylvania's Two Measles Associated Deaths, and the County Coroner Disputes the Label

Pennsylvania says a newborn was one of two measles-associated deaths. The Lancaster County coroner says the baby died of a ruptured spleen.

Medical Daily · Aug 27