Children as young as six seeking help for mental health crisis The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is warning that ‘more children are reaching crisis point’. Evening Standard · Sep 1
Jon Snow leads dementia campaign demanding faster diagnosis as half wait more than six months Jon Snow was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s back in 2023 The Independent UK · Sep 1
A Tick Bite Can End Red Meat for Life and New York Still Does Not Count the Cases New York lawmakers passed an alpha-gal reporting bill in June, but it is not law yet and the state still has no statewide case count. Medical Daily · Sep 1
The Stone Faced Panel in Psychology's Best Known Stress Test Carries a Burden Nobody Has Measured Forty-six researchers described what really happens inside the Trier Social Stress Test, and the burden falls on both sides of the table. Medical Daily · Sep 1
Her Ureter Slipped Through a Gap in the Pelvis and Kept Sending Her Back with Kidney Infections A 75-year-old had recurrent kidney infections because her ureter had herniated through the sciatic foramen. Only 48 such cases exist. Medical Daily · Sep 1
A Rare Fibrous Thyroid Disease Grew into a Patient's Windpipe and Surgeons Rebuilt the Airway to Fix It Riedel's thyroiditis invaded a patient's trachea and narrowed it repeatedly. Surgeons used a reconstruction never before reported for the disease. Medical Daily · Sep 1
HEPA Air Purifiers May Improve Mental Flexibility After One Month, Study of Adults Living Near Highways Suggests A study found that adults aged 40 and older completed an executive-function test faster after one month of HEPA air filtration. Medical Daily · Sep 1
11-Year-Old Beats Rare Cancer, 2,000 Medical Procedures To Make It To Secondary School This Year Seb Boulter, an 11-year-old from Hertfordshire, starts secondary school after surviving lymphoblastic lymphoma, highlighting the impact of Blood Cancer UK's 'Here for This' campaign. International Business Times UK · Sep 1
Calls grow to extend pill testing beyond festivals One state will continue drug testing at festivals despite political opposition, after a year-long trial found the service provided unique value. AAP · Sep 1
When should you get your flu shot? Here’s what the experts say The vaccines prevented 10 million illnesses last year The Independent UK · Sep 1
'Priority remediation': Mater set for big funding injection to fix mould disaster 'Community outrage has forced them to finally undertake remediation.' Newcastle Herald · Sep 1
Women Report Depression Diagnosis at Twice the Rate of Men, as Doctor Claims Britain Is Over-Diagnosing the Nation New data reveals women in Britain are nearly twice as likely as men to report depression diagnoses, sparking debate over psychiatric overdiagnosis and gender disparities in mental health care. International Business Times UK · Sep 1
Calls for state to redirect gun buyback cash to health as maternity services teeter A Hunter council wants to see the money reallocated to regional health and roads. Newcastle Herald · Sep 1
'Massive' gaps and a new frontier facing women's health A gathering of experts and advocates has discussed the "massive" health gaps facing women in 2026, while GPs describe a new information overload frontier. AAP · Sep 1
The Independent UK · Sep 1 Pennsylvania doctors blast the Trump administration over measles deaths controversy: ‘I’ve lost trust in the CDC’ The CDC has been ‘thoroughly remade’ in RFK Jr’s image, a Pittsburgh infectious disease physician told The Independent
Medical Daily · Sep 1 Her Feeding Tube Wandered Through Her Small Intestine and Jammed at the Gate to Her Colon A woman noticed her jejunostomy feeding catheter had vanished inward. A CT scan found it had crossed the ileocecal valve into her colon.
Bored Panda · Sep 1 Psychopaths Aren’t The Worst — Former FBI Agent Exposes An Even More Dangerous Personality Type “The effects are really quite numerous and quite devastating,” the agent said.
Medical Daily · Sep 1 Scientists Discover Flexible Diamond Can Generate Electricity, Opening New Possibilities for Tiny Self-Powered Medical Devices Future Ultrathin flexible diamond membranes generate electricity when bent, challenging a century-old assumption and raising possibilities for future medical devices.
Medical Daily · Sep 1 A Man Coughed Blood for Six Months and Doctors Found Real Bone Growing Inside His Lungs A 34-year-old was repeatedly told he had tuberculosis. A lung biopsy instead found mature bone and marrow growing inside his lung tissue.
Medical Daily · Sep 1 Stefanos Tsitsipas Could Not Walk for Two Days Last Year and Beat a Top Ten Seed Monday Tsitsipas said back pain left him unable to walk and weighing retirement. His US Open upset shows what recovery from chronic back pain looks like.
Medical Daily · Sep 1 Long COVID Was Not Linked to Preterm Birth in New Data but a Blood Pressure Signal Appeared A study of 603 pregnancies found no link between long COVID and preterm birth, but a secondary analysis flagged high blood pressure disorders.
Medical Daily · Sep 1 People with the Most of This Sugar Substitute in Their Blood Had More Heart Attacks and Strokes New data presented in Munich link high blood xylitol levels to more cardiovascular events across two cohorts. The finding is an association, not proof.
Medical Daily · Sep 1 A Cincinnati Olive Oil Sold for Nearly a Year Used a Garlic Oil Never Cleared for Food A Cincinnati garlic-infused olive oil sold for nearly a year used an essential oil not approved for culinary use. No illnesses were reported.
Medical Daily · Sep 1 A New Weekly Injection Cut Repeat Blood Draws for Most Patients with a Rare Blood Cancer FDA approved Mimrylo for polycythemia vera. In trial data, 76.9% of patients needed no blood draws during weeks 20 to 32, versus 32.9% on placebo.
Bored Panda · Sep 1 New Mom Keeps Noticing A Sickeningly Sweet Smell On Her Baby, Shocked When Doctors Tell Her Why Newborns are supposed to come with plenty of sweetness, from their tiny faces and soft cries to that unmistakable baby smell. But for one mom, her son’s unusually sweet, pancake-and-maple-syrup-like scent turned out to be something far more serious. What first seemed like a harmless mystery became an important clue…