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Silicone Gel Significantly Improves Head and Neck Scar Outcomes

Silicone Gel Significantly Improves Head and Neck Scar Outcomes

A randomised placebo-controlled study shows silicone gel significantly improves scar quality in head and neck wounds without adverse effects.

Meta Analysis Compares CAR T Constructs

Meta Analysis Compares CAR T Constructs

Across 40 trials, 4 1BB based CAR T therapy targeting CD19 delivered the strongest remission rates and lower neurotoxicity in relapsed B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Genetic Obesity Risk Raises Breast Cancer Mortality

Genetic Obesity Risk Raises Breast Cancer Mortality

Breast cancer survivors with high genetic risk for excess body weight had 15% higher mortality, and required more weekly walking to mitigate inherited risk.

WHO Clears Novel Oral Polio Vaccine for Global Use

WHO Clears Novel Oral Polio Vaccine for Global Use

WHO prequalification of an additional novel oral polio vaccine boosts global outbreak response, accelerating polio eradication efforts.

New Fingerstick Test Detects Hepatitis B Within One Hour

New Fingerstick Test Detects Hepatitis B Within 1 Hour

A new point-of-care fingerstick test detects HBV within one hour, a 2026 diagnostic accuracy study has found.

Close-up of a healthcare professional putting on protective medical gloves during an infectious disease clinic examination.

Mpox-HIV Coinfection Tied to Higher Hospitalization

Mpox-HIV coinfection in MSM was linked to more severe symptoms and higher hospitalization, in Hangzhou case series of 104 patients.

3D Printing Reshapes Surgical Training

3D Printing Reshapes Surgical Training

Fused Deposition Modelling 3D printing has become a practical, accessible, and cost-effective tool in surgical settings, a 2026 systematic review has found.

Child sleeping at home, pediatric obstructive sleep apnea and viral infection risk concept

Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Raises Viral Infection Risk

Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea raised influenza and COVID-19 diagnoses over five years in a U.S. TriNetX large EHR cohort study.

FDA ends ‘two-trial dogma’ in historic shift

The FDA has announced that a single clinical trial will now be the default requirement for the approval of novel medicines.

Transcatheter Falls Short of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation results in a higher risk of mortality and stroke compared with surgical replacement, a 2026 systematic review has found.