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Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/apple-watch-raises-afib-diagnoses-in-high-risk-patients/ (MedPage Today) — Smartwatches beat standard cardiology care when it came to detecting atrial fibrillation (Afib, or AF) in a high-risk population, the Dutch EQUAL trial found. Among older people with elevated stroke risk, Apple Watch screening… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/arrhythmias/119535 Author : Publish date : 2026-01-22 19:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/colon-cancer-now-leading-cause-of-cancer-death-in-younger-people/ (MedPage Today) — Mortality from the deadliest cancers has decreased among people younger than 50 over the last three decades in the U.S., with the notable exception of colorectal cancer, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/oncology/coloncancer/119536 Author : Publish date : 2026-01-22 19:46:00 Copyright for syndicated content […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/ancient-giant-kangaroos-could-have-hopped-despite-their-huge-size/ Procoptodon goliah was 2 metres tall, but it might have hopped MICHAEL LONG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Even the giant kangaroos that roamed Australia thousands of years ago might have been able to hop, according to a new analysis of bones. Some of the kangaroos living during the Pleistocene were more than twice as heavy as those […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/employment-and-arthritis-natural-enemies/ (MedPage Today) — People with arthritis face a dramatically shortened working life compared with other individuals, researchers found, putting numbers to a familiar phenomenon that hadn’t previously been quantified. Using the long-running, U… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/rheumatology/arthritis/119527 Author : Publish date : 2026-01-22 14:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Employment […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/wes-streeting-admits-nhs-falling-short-on-autism-and-adhd/ The Health Secretary has admitted the NHS is “falling short” on meeting demand for adult autism and ADHD diagnosis. Speaking to BBC Radio Oxford, he was responding to a question about adult referrals having been paused in Oxfordshire since 2024. But he said it was a national issue that he was “very worried about”. When […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/unusual-oral-microbiome-signature-linked-to-obesity/ Oral bacteria (blue) on human cheek cells (yellow) shown in a scanning electron micrograph STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Some people with obesity have a distinct oral microbiome signature – a discovery that could lead to a way to spot the condition early and potentially prevent it. The huge community of microbes that resides in the […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/fellow-nurses-whats-happening-with-the-nurses-in-nyc-right-now/ (MedPage Today) — Approximately 16,000 nurses across three of New York City’s largest private-sector hospital networks are currently on strike, and as the signs many of the nurses are carrying on the picket line state, “If your nurses are on the… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nurses-station/119531 Author : Publish date : 2026-01-22 16:25:00 Copyright for syndicated […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/death-comes-with-a-price-tag/ (MedPage Today) — I am going to be clear: as a physician in the U.S., I am terrified. There is no sugar-coating what is happening at the highest levels of our federal government. The administration’s vaccine policies, led by Health and Human Services… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/prescriptionsforabrokensystem/119532 Author : Publish date : 2026-01-22 16:32:00 Copyright […] […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/dupilumab-boosts-survival-in-immune-related-skin-events/ In patients who developed cutaneous immune-related adverse events, researchers compared outcomes for those who received dupilumab with those who did not. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/dupilumab-boosts-survival-immune-related-skin-events-2026a1000253?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-01-22 16:05:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Dupilumab Boosts Survival in Immune-Related Skin Events first appeared on […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/eye-practices-will-pay-feds-6m-nurses-sexual-assault-cases-impostor-nurse/ (MedPage Today) — Five ophthalmology practices will pay nearly $6 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to federal insurers for medically unnecessary transcranial Doppler ultrasounds, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/119530 Author : Publish date : 2026-01-22 15:13:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/screening-older-doctors-unfair-fertility-clinic-mix-up-improved-gluten-labeling/ (MedPage Today) — Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Many late-career physician screening programs are designed unfairly, a group argued in the New England Journal of Medicine. South Carolina’s measles outbreak could… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/hospitalbasedmedicine/workforce/119529 Author : Publish date : 2026-01-22 14:38:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The […] More

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/family-hubs-must-reach-every-community-say-mps/ MPs say England has Europe’s worst child health outcomes and call for 1000 more health visitors and restored 95% vaccine target. Press Association Source link : https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/family-hubs-must-reach-every-community-say-mps-2026a1000258?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-01-22 14:45:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Family Hubs Must Reach Every Community, Say MPs first appeared on […] More