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Health New Weight-Loss Drug Retatrutide Shows No Heart Benefit in Key Trial Measure
A major clinical trial of retatrutide, a new obesity drug, found it did not considerably reduce the risk of death, heart attack, or stroke…
23 July 2026 -
Health Weight-loss drug linked to hair loss risk, BMJ study finds
A new study published in The BMJ has found that GLP-1 drugs — the class that includes widely used weight-loss and diabetes medicines such…
23 July 2026 -
Health HIV Treatment Guidelines Explained: What the Latest Medical Guidance Says
The New England Journal of Medicine has published a review of antiretroviral therapy options, setting out how doctors choose the right HIV…
23 July 2026 -
Health Aortic Aneurysm in the Chest: What Kent Residents Should Know
The New England Journal of Medicine has published a clinical image case highlighting descending thoracic aortic aneurysm, a condition that…
22 July 2026 -
Health Dual Blood-Thinning Therapy Cuts Heart Risk After Stenting, Trial Finds
A major clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that continuing dual antiplatelet therapy for a second year…
21 July 2026 -
Health New Research Links Enzyme Deficiency to Lupus Inflammation
A correspondence published in the New England Journal of Medicine examines how a deficiency in the enzyme DNASE1L3 may allow harmful DNA…
21 July 2026 -
Health Gene Therapy for Inherited Deafness Shows Safety and Promise, Study Finds
Nature Medicine has published new findings suggesting that treating both ears in sequence with gene therapy is feasible, safe, and…
20 July 2026 -
Health Two Years of Myeloma Maintenance Drug Matches Lifelong Treatment, Trial Finds
A major phase 3 trial has found that patients with multiple myeloma who took lenalidomide for two years lived just as long as those who…
20 July 2026 -
Health Genetic Screening Before Marriage: What a Major Study Found
A large-scale premarital genetic screening programme in the United Arab Emirates has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine…
20 July 2026 -
Health Hospital Doctors Going Hungry on Shift, Study Finds
Many hospital doctors in England still cannot reliably access hot or nutritious food during their working hours, with researchers warning…
19 July 2026 -
Health Fibromyalgia: What Patients Need to Know About Pain and the Nervous System
The New England Journal of Medicine has published guidance on fibromyalgia, explaining that the condition’s widespread pain is linked to…
19 July 2026 -
Health Health Research Reporting Has Significant Gaps, BMJ Study Finds
The British Medical Journal has published 33 recommendations to improve how studies on scaling up health interventions are reported, after…
19 July 2026