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Pfizer is the first big pharmaceutical company to reach an agreement with the Trump administration over most-favored nation drug pricing, a deal that lowers U.S. prices of certain medications and makes them available directly to patients through new online channels. The agreement announced Tuesday also gives Pfizer a grace period before facing potential tariffs on its drugs. With most-favored nation pricing, the prices of a drug in the U.S. will be matched to the lowest price of the same drug in a comparable developed nation.

If you have a kiddo between the ages of 10 to 18, I want you to listen up because you need to be prepared for your next pediatric visit. Your child is offered alone time with the doctor and it comes as a shock to some of these parents who have 9-year-olds or 10-year-olds. So, we like to prepare them.

During her final year she died on 19 August 2024 she was verified as the oldest living person, a feat that drew the attention of researchers who explore the biology of ageing. We wanted to learn from her particular case to benefit other people, says Manel Esteller, a physician specializing in genetics at the University of Barcelona in Spain. At the time, Branyas was living in the small town of Olot, in the Catalonia region of Spain, where she enjoyed reading books, playing with dogs

As part of the report, the panel contacted 325 women who had been treated by Mr Hay between 2015 and 2018, asking them to share their experiences. In addition to the 325 patients, 58 women had already been reviewed in an earlier assessment carried out in 2019. In Wednesday's report, the steering group panel identified two women as suffering "severe physical harm", with three sustaining "moderate physical harm" under Mr Hay's care.

China increased its investment in science by more than 3,800% between 1996 and 2023, says Bilal Demirel, who studies science and innovation at the Rathenau Institute in The Hague, the Netherlands, and is now coming close to matching what the United States spends. With China currently increasing its annual R&D budget by 7% - while US funding looks set to fall under President Donald Trump - there is every chance China will lead on research investment in the coming years.

To my horror, I couldn't make out a single word on the display. The customer, a woman with her young daughter, stood impatiently as I froze. I didn't know what to say. After a few awkward minutes, the hiring manager dismissed me and I received a rejection email the next morning. My dreams of attending Wireless and Reading festivals with my friends disintegrated and I had another, more important, revelation: for the first time in my life, I realised that I was disabled.

A saliva sample is all that is required for the Endotest, which is marketed as using artificial intelligence and new microRNA technology to diagnose the disease. Ziwig's founders have vowed a "revolution" that would enable "early detection of all forms of endometriosis, even the most complex". If successful, this would also mark a meaningful scientific advance -- though the discovery of microRNA in the 1990s earned a medicine Nobel last year, the technology has yet to lead to a significantly impactful pharmaceutical product.

Back at the hospital emergency department, the mum and baby were about to be sent home by staff after being told there was an eight-hour wait. But when another 10-day-old baby came in with a seizure, a doctor was called - he subsequently examined Molly and rushed her straight through. He measured her head and it was "off the chart", said Corinne, so the doctor sent her in for a CT scan.

Two centuries ago, few women lived long enough to reach menopause. Today, it marks a major inflection point in women's health, yet remains poorly understood. Cornell researchers aim to change that. Drawing on cutting-edge technology and interdisciplinary expertise, researchers are launching Menopause Health Engineering, a new initiative uniting faculty from Cornell's Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine, to uncover how menopause shapes health and disease, and to develop urgently needed treatment strategies.

Dinner table conversations in my house weren't typical. My grandmother was a nurse, my mom was a respiratory therapist, and my stepdad was an EMT. We often talked about the medical emergencies they'd seen that day, but I liked hearing their stories. Still, I didn't want to get into medicine myself, so I went to culinary school after high school. Then, I joined my local volunteer fire department, and realized I liked the adrenaline of the work. By 24, I was a full-time EMT.

The procedures were complex, but I was determined to learn from the hospital team to understand what Kennedy was going through. As a parent, it was important for me to stay involved at every step. I spent hours online reading medical literature about her condition, which was caused by a single toxic bead expanding and lodging in her gut. I didn't just sign the permission forms without asking the doctors to fully explain the pros and cons.

At Mechnikov Hospital, our rules say we need to start surgery in the first two hours after admission,

His career began after graduating from Life College in 1997, followed by several years working with Brandt Chiropractic in Macon. Those early years gave him the foundation to build his own practice, which he named in honour of his family and its deep ties to Middle Georgia. From the beginning, Dr Phillips focused on personal care and tailored treatment plans.

Some on social media say it's a hack for getting more and better sleep and to reduce snoring. The claims - which are not backed by science - are taking off on places like TikTok, sometimes pushed by people working for companies selling related products. "The studies behind mouth tape are small, the benefits are modest and the potential risks are there,"

The Stats don't lie: after age 65, most people will struggle to focus visually on close-up objects. You might have seen this among your friends and relatives or even experienced it yourself, holding books, magazines, or your phone farther away from your face to try to bring words and pictures into focus. Many of those affected start using reading glasses. But a new treatment could become available: eye drops.

Her own, yes, but also the thousands of people she has met online who are, like her, recovering from spine surgery and often, like her, not their first. In the "Life After Back Surgery Support Group" on Facebook, they post questions, weary updates, and long, detailed accounts of their surgeries, sometimes good, sometimes very bad. Those with long-term pain reach for the language to describe it - "radiating," "unbearable," "like I've been kicked all night long,"

Researchers analysed dust samples from the homes of 1,050 tots aged three to four-months and tracked them until they were five years old. Over this period, 6.6 per cent were diagnosed with asthma. Analysis revealed babies exposed to higher levels of the allergen Can f1, which is shed in dog skin and saliva, had a 48 per cent lower risk of developing the lung condition, compared with other babies.

Birthdays are always a big deal in my family we love any excuse to spend time together. My dad's 60th, in May last year, was a particularly special one, as we had family travelling from Germany to Eastbourne, in East Sussex, to celebrate. I spent the first part of the morning with my sisters at my mum's nearby. She has a birthday in the same week, so we were celebrating hers first.

Roughly there's about 300,000 people living with diabetes in Ireland and 90% of that is type two diabetes. And about 10% will be type one.

Roughly there's about 300,000 people living with diabetes in Ireland and 90% of that is type two diabetes. And about 10% will be type one. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition where the body's immune system destroys insulin-producing cells, leading to a complete lack of insulin, while Type 2 diabetes is characterized by insulin resistance, where the body doesn't use insulin effectively, and the pancreas doesn't make enough insulin to compensate.

There are many sources of vision loss, of course, but it tends to be a lot more common in folks who have metabolic risk factors such as high blood pressure, such as poorly controlled diabetes, such as high cholesterol, which is the other risk factor [identified in the report],

Figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (Baaps) show facelifts are on the rise in the UK. In 2024 there were 1,882 procedures, up 8% from the previous year. Women accounted for the majority, with numbers rising by 7% to 1,742. But the steepest increase came from men: procedures grew by 26%, from 111 in 2023 to 140 in 2024.

I spent the long months of pregnancy that followed feeling like a cartoon character with a me-size thunderstorm threatening at every turn. Though my pregnancy was healthy, I was convinced I had to remain vigilant until my son was in my arms. When my husband and I visited my obstetrician nine days past my son's due date, I wasn't surprised to see an irregularity in his heartbeat. Less than an hour later, we were checking into the hospital to start my induction.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by pressure on the median nerve, which runs through a little passageway in the wrist to your hand (called the carpal tunnel). If inflammation from injuries, chronic health conditions, or overuse compresses the nerve in that small space, it can create a variety of symptoms, from pain, tingling, and numbness to actual weakness in the hand and wrist.

Civilians in Gaza have sustained injuries of a type and on a scale more usually seen among professional soldiers involved in intense combat operations, research has found. A study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that some types of wounds such as burns or injuries to legs were more common among civilians in Gaza than among US soldiers fighting in recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.