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Trump administration lays off FDA employees

The cuts are part of a purge of 5,200 probationary workers across federal health agencies that started Friday.

How Were Cholesterol and Glaucoma Linked?

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‘It can be really frightening’: knowing the common signs that a loved one is dying can help in their final days

Death is confronting, heartbreaking and unpredictable – information and open discussions can make a difficult experience more meaningful My mum died on a summer’s morning.

Not-So-Benign TIAs? Impact of Remnant Cholesterol

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REMS for Clozapine Must Go

(MedPage Today) -- In the U.S., schizophrenia remains one of the most severe and debilitating mental health conditions, with effective treatment often out of reach for those who need them most.

First patient in UK tests new treatment for loss of sense of smell

Chrissi Kelly, who says anosmia is a ‘like a bereavement’, is trialling a simple procedure that could help those who lost sense of smell during Covid or other viral infections Smell loss was a de

Texas Judge Fines New York Doc for Prescribing Abortion Pills to Dallas-Area Woman

(MedPage Today) -- A Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,000 in penalties for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, a ruling that could test "shield l

British professor makes ‘thrilling’ breakthrough for cancer that killed his mother

Paul Workman has researched untreatable chordoma for years.

Saying ‘women’ is not allowed, but ‘men’ and ‘white’ are OK? I’m (not) shocked

Thanks to Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders attacking a number of terms, ‘women’ is literally being erasedThanks to the intolerant left, nobody can say the word “women” anymore! Do yo

JD Vance decried as extremist over attack on UK abortion clinic safe zones

US vice-president’s comments, part of a wide-ranging tirade against Europe, called inaccurate and misogynistic JD Vance has been labelled an “extremist” after he launched a broadside against the

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