Health
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Health New Trial Tests Shorter Treatment Strategy for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
The New England Journal of Medicine has published findings from the phase 3 BEAT Tuberculosis trial, which examined a six-month treatment…
6 July 2026 -
Health Liver Disease Affecting One in Three Adults Worldwide — What Kent Residents Need to Know About MASLD Screening
A major medical journal is asking which patients should be screened for a common but frequently undetected liver condition that affects…
6 July 2026 -
Health Rare Cancer Drug Response Reported in Young Child, New England Journal of Medicine Reveals
A medical journal has published correspondence describing how an infant with a rare soft tissue cancer responded to a targeted drug therapy…
6 July 2026 -
Health PROPEL 3 Trial: Oral Drug Infigratinib Shown to Increase Height Velocity in Children with Achondroplasia
A phase 3 randomised trial presented at a major international conference has found that once-daily oral infigratinib markedly increased…
6 July 2026 -
Health Mayo Clinic Researcher Focuses on Brain’s Natural Ability to Heal in Epilepsy Care
A Mayo Clinic doctor is exploring how the brain adapts and recovers, using non-invasive techniques that could make epilepsy treatment more…
6 July 2026 -
Health CAR T-Cell Therapy Shows Long-Term Survival Gains for Blood Cancer Patients, Major Study Finds
New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that nearly half of follicular lymphoma patients treated with CAR…
25 June 2026 -
Health GLP-1 Diabetes Drugs and Pancreatitis Risk: What New Research Means for Kent Patients
The New England Journal of Medicine has flagged new data examining the association between GLP-1 medications — the class of drugs that…
24 June 2026 -
Health Puberty Blocker Trial Reapproved: What Kent Families Need to Know
Regulators have given the green light to a revised clinical trial investigating puberty-suppressing hormones in children with gender…
24 June 2026 -
Health Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer: Why Fewer Patients May Now Avoid Surgery, According to New England Journal of Medicine
A post from the New England Journal of Medicine signals a shift in how doctors approach low-risk papillary thyroid cancer, with watchful…
24 June 2026 -
Health US Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case Raises Public Health and Bioethics Concerns, Experts Warn
A ruling against birthright citizenship in the United States could carry serious consequences for public health and bioethical practice…
23 June 2026 -
Health TB Deaths in the UK: Almost One Person a Week Dies Without Ever Receiving a Diagnosis
New analysis of UK data has revealed that nearly one person every week dies with or from tuberculosis without ever being tested or…
23 June 2026 -
Health FDA Launches Pilot Programme to Speed Up Early-Stage Clinical Trials
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced a new pilot programme aimed at accelerating early-stage clinical trials, a development…
23 June 2026