Malattia, esposizione e cure che non sono arrivate — storie in cui il prezzo è stata la salute, dal bilancio di un'epidemia a un ospedale che una città non riesce più a raggiungere.
Al Sant'Orsola di Bologna due pazienti iperimmunizzati, dopo oltre un decennio di attesa, hanno ricevuto un rene grazie al farmaco sperimentale cizutamig, usato in via compassionevole.
Alle Molinette di Torino cinque trapianti di fegato in 36 ore, due con tecnica split. Tutti i pazienti sono in progressivo miglioramento.
Con 651 casi in dodici mesi, l'Italia è il Paese UE con più morbillo, pari a un quarto del totale europeo. Gli esperti allertano sulle coperture vaccinali insufficienti.
Uno studio italiano ha collegato alterazioni del sistema immunitario nel sangue a pazienti con Parkinson che mostrano biomarcatori tipici dell'Alzheimer, aprendo una prospettiva predittiva ancora sperimentale.
A JAMA Surgery analysis of 21,858 emergency surgery patients found ACS verification was associated with lower 30-day deaths and shorter stays at five verified hospitals.
Antigua and Barbuda's Works and Housing Minister Maria Bird-Browne urged Commonwealth nations to strengthen HPV vaccination, cancer screening and treatment, and to turn awareness into concrete action.
Newly found asbestos items in the Palace of Westminster now exceed 1,650, as MPs face pressure to decide on a costly restoration of the crumbling Parliament building.
Un estudio vincula puntuaciones bajas de memoria y rapidez mental a los 60-69 años con más ictus posteriores. La asociación es estadística y no prueba causalidad.
A Swedish case-control study in Neurology links occupational exposure to petroleum-derived lubricants with 38% higher odds of multiple sclerosis, though it shows association, not causation.
Korean researchers identified the FAM84B protein as a driver of abnormal tau moving between brain cells in Alzheimer's, pointing to a possible treatment target for slowing dementia.
A Neurology study of 352 women aged 70 links longer reproductive lifespan and hormonal contraceptive or hormone therapy history to fewer brain small vessel disease signs. Findings show association, not cause.
A Yale study of 186 psychedelic users links persisting visual abnormalities after drug use to perception patterns seen in early psychosis, though causation remains unproven.
An international expert panel led by Germany's DGI published the first coordinated guidelines for personalized phage therapy, a bacteria-killing virus treatment for antibiotic-resistant infections.
A Murdoch Children's Research Institute study of 1,275 Australian infants found 35 per cent with suspected peanut allergy passed a supervised food challenge, prompting calls to confirm diagnoses before treatment.
A Dutch-Norwegian observational study found pre-eclampsia in 11% of women with familial hypercholesterolemia versus 7% of matched controls, though authors stress this does not mean individual women will develop it.
A UK randomized trial led by the University of Bristol found older kidney failure patients with frailty or multiple conditions have similar length and quality of life with dialysis or conservative care.
Kellanova is replacing whole rice grains with rice flour in UK Rice Krispies and Coco Pops due to weather-related grain supply issues; US and Canadian products are unchanged.
University of Newcastle researchers have found a possibly disease-free koala population in bushland near Newcastle, with drone surveys estimating around 2,300 koalas and calls for habitat protection.
3M will pay up to $US7.35 billion over nine years to as many as 120,000 people who say groundwater PFAS contamination harmed their health. The company does not admit liability.
A BMJ network meta-analysis of 189 trials finds shockwave therapy probably eases short-term pain in frozen shoulder, while manipulation under anaesthesia improves short-term movement.
