Early-life immune system differences drive childhood eczema risk
A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Weill Cornell Medicine, and other…
Few doctors have seen it before
At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a…
Physical function metrics improve mortality prediction in elderly heart failure patients
Current models of mortality risk after heart failure (HF) rely primarily on cardiac-specific clinical variables and may underestimate…
Queensland woman wakes from coma after contracting meningitis and septic shock on ski holiday to Japan
Anna Gallo’s voice sounds remarkably clear for someone who was on death’s door less than a fortnight ago.…
$8.7 million award supports faster genetic diagnosis of lymphatic diseases
A team of researchers led by Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has been awarded an…
Private health premiums to rise at fastest rate in almost a decade
Private health insurance premiums will rise at their fastest rate in almost a decade after the federal government…
Unraveling resistance at single-cell resolution
HER2-positive gastric cancer accounts for a substantial proportion of advanced cases and has long been treated with HER2-targeted…
Five arrested after incident at Alice Springs Hospital, police allege weapons brandished inside
NT Police have arrested two men and three boys after an alleged aggravated assault outside Alice Springs Hospital…
Public fury as China mental hospitals recruit people to impersonate patients in insurance scam
A number of psychiatric hospitals in central China have been exposed over a scam in which they lure…
Time of radiotherapy influences cancer treatment response
A team of researchers from the Andalusian Centre for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER) and the University…
NT coroner hands down findings into death of infamous murderer Martin Leach
A Northern Territory prisoner serving life without parole spent his final months locked in a battle with NT…
Prehospital emergency anesthesia with intubation saves lives of trauma patients
Trauma patients urgently requiring a breathing tube are more likely to survive if the tube is inserted before…