Top story
'What does it say if a woman can't give birth in her own city?'
The Southern Health Trust plans to temporarily transfer inpatient maternity services from Daisy Hill to Craigavon.
Live · updated hourly
🇮🇩 Indonesia — Health News
Breaking news and today's biggest headlines from Indonesia — politics, business, sport and everyday life, gathered every hour from the country's trusted newsrooms. Every story links straight to the original publisher, free and ad-free.
STAT+: Roche gets a lung cancer win with its KRAS drug divarasib
One of the more impressive data sets at this year’s ESMO came from a Roche study of its drug divarasib, which treats lung cancer. You’re reading our E…
STAT+: Nonprofit Bon Secours Mercy Health strikes $5.7 billion deal for surgery center chain
The deal would make the Catholic system one of the largest operators of outpatient surgery centers. Bon Secours Mercy Health could soon become one of …
STAT+: HHS relaxes security, transparency rules for health record software used by hospitals
The Trump administration removed several security, privacy and transparency requirements for vendors of EHR software. The Trump administration on Mond…
AI Scribes Improved Note-Taking Time but Not Productivity, Study Finds
(MedPage Today) -- The use of an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven ambient scribe in outpatient practice was associated with reductions in time spen…
Obesity in Young Adults Linked to Multiple Early Cancers
(MedPage Today) -- Obesity in young adulthood was associated with significantly increased likelihood of early-onset cancers, with the risk persisting …
GLP-1s Tied to Lower Rates of MS Relapse Activity, Real-World Study Shows
(MedPage Today) -- Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients exposed to a GLP-1 receptor agonist had lower rates of relapse activity and steroid use, reduced i…
She Voted for Trump Every Time. Then Came Cancer and the Bills.
(MedPage Today) -- The Ford Expedition rumbled to a stop and Cindy Banda's bedazzled flip-flops landed on the asphalt of the Houston cancer center's v…
Study Questions Safety of Strict Protein Restriction in Chronic Kidney Disease
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Strict dietary protein restriction was associated with worse clinical outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (C…
With tighter checks for flesh-eating screwworm, a border crossing reopens
Stockyards in New Mexico that had closed due to the New World screwworm outbreak are bustling again
High-Dose Vitamin D Fails to Improve Survival in Dialysis Patients
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Supplementation with high-dose cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) did not improve overall survival in patients receiving dialys…
'Magic Drug' Reduces Risk of Death by 44% in Lung Cancer Trial
(MedPage Today) -- A next-generation KRAS G12C inhibitor significantly improved survival outcomes versus first-generation drugs for previously treated…
Bigger does not always mean better in hospital care | Letter
For some medics, working at a large centre means for the same pay you don’t have to work so hard, writes Dr Paul GodwinThe closure of maternity units …
STAT+: House lawmaker probes PBMs for ‘punitive’ audits of independent pharmacies
A House lawmaker is investigating whether the three largest PMS targeted independent pharmacies withretaliatory audits. A House lawmaker is investigat…
STAT+: GSK sees its return to cancer start to pay off
A decade ago, GSK was out of oncology. It could soon pick up approval for its sixth cancer drug. MADRID — In the past week, a GSK cancer drug picked u…
Low-Dose Naltrexone Linked to Some Long COVID Improvements
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- People with long COVID reported significantly better functioning and symptom improvements after taking low-dose naltr…
Baby Aspirin Misses Mark for Primary Cardiovascular Prevention in CKD
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Daily low-dose aspirin did not significantly reduce major vascular events in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD), th…
GLP-1s May Interact With Psychiatry Medication, Case Report Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- During an appointment with her psychiatrist, a 50-year-old woman with bipolar disorder reported new symptoms of tremor in both hand…
Lower Metastasis Risk in Very High-Risk Prostate Cancer With Intensified Treatment
(MedPage Today) -- Men with very high-risk prostate cancer had a significantly lower risk of metastasis when they received darolutamide (Nubeqa) in ad…
STAT+: Merck ADC drug cut risk of death by one-third in advanced endometrial cancer
A Phase 3 trial of a targeted drug developed by Merck and China’s Kelun-Biotech cut by one-third the risk of death in patients with advanced endometri…
NHS consultants to go on two-day strike in England in November
Industrial action by senior doctors to begin on 25 November with only emergency cover provided, BMA saysEngland’s most senior hospital doctors will st…
Jakarta govt opens health services to patients without city ID cards
Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung Wibowo said patients without Jakarta identity cards would receive care at Taman Sari ...
Baznas operates oxygen health center, deploys personnel to fight fires
Indonesia’s National Zakat Agency (Baznas) has deployed disaster-response teams to fight forest and land fires ...
Thawed chicken to non-stick pans, we answered your food and kitchen safety questions
We hosted a live Q&A with guest experts Rachel Sherman and Caroline L SchauerThe Drexel food lab tested the best air fryers (the Cosori, a hands-down …