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Immunotherapy Drug Spares Cancer Patients From Grisly Surgeries and Harsh Therapies

For a limited group of cancer patients who have solid tumors in the stomach, rectum, esophagus and other organs, an immunotherapy trial offered stunning results.

Here's a Replacement for Prior Authorization

(MedPage Today) -- For many clinicians, it's the small victories -- saving a patient from a life-threatening injury, helping a patient obtain much-needed medical treatment for cancer -- that brin

The Guardian view on GPs: the importance of being face to face | Editorial

Relationships matter to people, and public services must be designed with this in mindThat members of the public value access to in-person GP appointments sounds like a statement of the obvious.

My life’s a mess. Will turning it into a game make everything better?

With two small kids and a dog to take care of, I often struggle to look after myself. Self-care apps promise to help – if you can handle the quests, magic potions and rainbow stones.

The United States is witnessing the return of psychiatric imprisonment | Jordyn Jensen

From ‘wellness farms’ to expanded involuntary commitment policies, the US is embracing psychiatric incarceration under the guise of compassionAcross the country, a troubling trend is accelerating:

‘Mummy, Charlie called me fat today’: how to talk to kids about body image

A psychologist reveals five questions children can ask – and how to answer them• Can I protect my seven-year-old daughter from the impossible beauty standards of the fashion world?If your child is

‘I didn’t eat or sleep’: a Meta moderator on his breakdown after seeing beheadings and child abuse

Solomon says the scale and depravity of what he was exposed to was far darker than he had ever imaginedWhen Solomon* strode into the gleaming Octagon tower in Accra, Ghana, for his first day as a Meta

Europe’s Pharma Industry Braces for Pain as Trump Tariff Threat Looms

Medicines and chemicals are huge exports for European Union countries. That makes the sector a weak spot as trade tensions drag on.

Greatest Increases in Treatment, Survival Seen at 22 Weeks in Periviable Births

(MedPage Today) -- Between 2014 and 2023, increases in active treatment and survival among infants born between 22 and 25 weeks' gestation were most pronounced at 22 weeks, according to a retrospecti

Kids Were More Likely to Stop Inhaled Steroids for Asthma After Flovent's Exit

(MedPage Today) -- The market withdrawal of the brand-name asthma drug fluticasone propionate (Flovent) was linked to increased discontinuation of inhaled steroid therapy among children who had used

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