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Health Sudden Blackouts Linked to Heart Rhythm Faults: What Kent Residents Should Know About Ventricular Arrhythmia
The New England Journal of Medicine has highlighted a case of unheralded syncope — sudden, unexplained loss of consciousness — caused by a…
6 July 2026 -
Health Tranexamic Acid Cuts Transfusion Need in Major Surgery, Trial Finds
The TRACTION trial has found that tranexamic acid reduced the need for blood transfusions in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery…
6 July 2026 -
Health When Should Babies Be Introduced to Peanuts? New Guidance Explained
The New England Journal of Medicine has posted guidance stating that peanut introduction should begin as early as four months for high-risk…
6 July 2026 -
Health Caught on Camera: What a Viral Medical Case Study Reveals About Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention
The New England Journal of Medicine has shared video surveillance footage of a real cardiac emergency involving a 47-year-old man, offering…
6 July 2026 - 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