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Bleeding After Sex Was the Only Clue to a Hidden 2-Centimeter Tear Inside a Man's Urethra

A 43-year-old man bled from the penis after sex, with no swelling or bruising. A scope found a 2 cm urethral tear that healed with a catheter.

Medical Daily · Oct 3

Global health research makes America richer and healthier

Recently, a middle-aged woman came to see me in my ophthalmology clinic because her eyes felt gritty and uncomfortable. She had seen another doctor a month earlier who diagnosed her with eyelid inflammation and wrote her a prescription.

The Conversation · Oct 1

Lame-duck effort brewing to protect NIH grantmaking

​Senate appropriators from both parties are workshopping language that could be added to a spending bill to prevent the White House from exerting political influence on medical research grants. The provision would go into the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill that lawmakers hope to pass before stopgap funding expires Dec. 11. The senators, led by Appropriations Chair…

Roll Call · Oct 1

Roanoke's Carilion Clinic Wins Federal Grant to Test Whether Psilocybin Can Help People with Cocaine Addiction

Carilion Clinic won a $623,000 federal grant for an early psilocybin study in cocaine addiction. The treatment remains experimental.

Medical Daily · Sep 25

White House Reportedly Backs Away From Giving Political Appointees Veto Power Over NIH Grants After Collins Pushback

The White House is reportedly retreating from a plan to let political appointees veto NIH grants, but a revised order could still return.

Medical Daily · Sep 25

U.S. Cancer Death Rate Fell 35% Since 1991, Led by Lung Cancer, as Diagnoses Rise in Younger Adults

The AACR says the U.S. cancer death rate fell 35% from 1991 to 2024, averting more than 4.8 million deaths, while cancer keeps rising in younger adults.

Medical Daily · Sep 24

NIH Puts $88 Million into Human-Based Research Facilities and Weighs a Yearly Public Count of Lab Animals

NIH is funding $88 million in human-based research facilities and may publish yearly lab animal counts, part of a wider HHS push.

Medical Daily · Sep 24

Senators from Both Parties Push Back on Reported Plan for Political Appointees to Approve NIH Grants

Senators from both parties oppose a reported plan for political appointees to approve NIH grants. No order has been issued. How peer review works now.

Medical Daily · Sep 23

White House drops executive order for tighter NIH purview

The White House is scrapping plans for an executive order that would give the Trump administration more control over grantmaking at the National Institutes of Health, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The White House had reportedly held a meeting earlier this week discussing plans for the potential…

Roll Call · Sep 23

Kennedy Names Leucovorin Telehealth Co-Founder to Chair Federal Panel That Advises on Roughly $2 Billion in Autism Research

Kennedy named NICHD chief John Gaitanis, co-founder of a leucovorin telehealth firm, to chair the federal autism committee. Here is what it means.

Medical Daily · Sep 23