Neuroscience
Miracle surgery saves 2-year-old boy with broken neck, severed spinal cord
Two-year-old German boy, Oliver Staub, lay in a Mexico City hospital bed awaiting death.
Dec 19, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Comprehensive study settles debate over diet safety for patients with cancer
For decades, patients undergoing blood cancer treatment have been told to avoid certain foods to reduce infection risk, guidance that some physicians hoped could safely be relaxed. Now, a University of Florida study offers ...
Dec 19, 2025
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Pediatrics
Protecting infants from RSV: Expert explains safety, efficacy of preventive treatments
The recent safety review of two approved RSV preventive treatments for infants initiated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is unusual and could have unintended consequences for public trust and child health, pediatric ...
Dec 19, 2025
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Surgery
First pediatric heart and liver dual organ transplant performed
Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) successfully performed the hospital's first-ever heart and liver dual organ transplant, with support from dozens of team members across 25 different multidisciplinary care ...
Dec 19, 2025
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HIV & AIDS
Electronic medical records help save lives of HIV patients
With 9.5% of its population estimated to be HIV-positive in 2019, Malawi has one of the highest rates of HIV prevalence in the world. While untreated HIV can lead to infection and death, antiretroviral therapy (ART)—a combination ...
Dec 19, 2025
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Surgery
Study finds more comfortable option for guiding breast cancer surgery
A new study led by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health Levine Cancer has found that a modern technique for locating breast tumors before surgery, called radioactive seed localization ...
Dec 19, 2025
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Autism spectrum disorders
AI-assisted device may improve autism care access
Access to autism evaluations through specialty health care is notorious for long wait times across the United States. In Missouri, many families wait nearly a year for a diagnostic appointment. AI might be a solution to cutting ...
Dec 19, 2025
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Medications
Combined oral contraceptive use among people with migraine with aura persists, despite cautions
Current medical guidelines discourage the use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) among people who experience migraine with aura—a type of migraine accompanied by temporary neurological symptoms—due to a heightened ...
Dec 19, 2025
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Vaccination
Florida vaccine debate: explaining chickenpox, Hep B, Hib and pneumococcus shots
MIAMI – Florida's surgeon general wants to do away with all state vaccine mandates. But the first step in his plan targets four specific vaccines.
Dec 19, 2025
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study finds fertility remains high in rural Tanzania despite access to family planning
Fertility rates in much of Sub-Saharan Africa remain high, despite declining child mortality and improved access to contraceptives and female education—factors that generally lead to smaller families and improved economic ...
Dec 19, 2025
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