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These Burning Welts Looked Like Hives, but a Biopsy Found Inflamed Blood Vessels in a Man with Lupus

A man with lupus developed burning welts that looked like hives. A skin biopsy revealed urticarial vasculitis, a rare blood vessel inflammation.

Medical Daily · Oct 14

A Massive Sertraline Overdose Left a 23-Year-Old's Legs Jerking on Their Own, the Telltale Sign of Serotonin Syndrome

A 23-year-old's legs jerked on their own after a huge sertraline overdose. The NEJM case shows the key sign of serotonin syndrome on video.

Medical Daily · Oct 14

A Near-Fainting Spell and a Heart Murmur Exposed an Inherited Heart Condition That Goes Undiagnosed in 4 of 5 People

A man who nearly fainted had obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an inherited heart condition that goes undiagnosed in most people who have it.

Medical Daily · Oct 14

Vanderbilt Surgeons Transplant Children as Young as 2 Days Old Using Donor Hearts Recovered with Cold Oxygen Flush

Vanderbilt surgeons used a cold oxygen flush called REUP to recover donor hearts for children as young as 2 days old. Results are early but promising.

Medical Daily · Oct 10

Gene Therapy and Amber-Light Goggles Improved Light Sensitivity in 7 of 10 Blind Patients, but None Could Read

A gene therapy plus camera goggles helped 7 of 10 people with advanced retinitis pigmentosa see more light, but none regained normal sight.

Medical Daily · Oct 10

GLP-1 Weight Loss Injections: How Semaglutide Works in the Body and Who Should Avoid Them

What GLP-1 Actually IsGlucagon-like peptide-1 is a hormone your small intestine already makes. It releases after you eat, signals the pancreas to produce insulin, slows how fast food leaves your stomach, and tells the brain's hypothalamus that you've had enough. GLP-1 receptor agonists, drugs like semaglutide (sold as Ozempic for…

Times Life · Sep 22

A Famous Mediterranean Diet Study Was Stopped Early—Here’s Why Researchers Felt Continuing Was Unethical

A major study set out to examine the potential benefits of the Mediterranean diet, but several years into the research, an ethical dilemma changed its course.

Bored Panda · Sep 18

A Daily Pill for Children with Achondroplasia Draws Cautious Praise in a New England Journal Editorial

A UCLA pediatric specialist called an oral achondroplasia drug a potentially giant step forward in a New England Journal of Medicine editorial.

Medical Daily · Sep 7

8 Ways High AQI Pollution Is Slowly Damaging Your Lungs and Respiratory Health in India

Your Cilia Are Being ParalysedThe lungs' first line of defence is a carpet of microscopic hair-like structures called cilia, which beat rhythmically to sweep dust, bacteria, and debris up and out of the airways. PM2.5, particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometres, the dominant pollutant on high-AQI days across Delhi, Mumbai,…

Times Life · Sep 1

The DASH Diet Built Around Indian Spices, Legumes, and Staples That Actually Lower Sodium

What the DASH Diet Actually RequiresThe DASH diet, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, was developed in the 1990s through a landmark study funded by the US National Institutes of Health and published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1997. Its core targets: sodium below 2,300 mg per day…

Times Life · Aug 25