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WHO recommends new tuberculosis testing tools, including near point-of-care tests, tongue swabs, and sputum pooling to improve diagnosis and access.

Normothermic machine perfusion allows clinicians to assess high-risk livers from donors after circulatory or brain death before transplantation.

Synthetic radiographs are often hard to distinguish from real X-rays, challenging radiologists and AI while offering training and research opportunities.

Children with metabolically healthy obesity still face increased cardiometabolic risks by adulthood, highlighting the need for early intervention.

A classifier trained on pre-diagnostic activity and heart rate metrics demonstrated strong discriminatory ability, distinguishing patients with IPAH from controls with a ROC AUC of 0.87.

A real-world study shows transperineal prostate biopsy matches cancer detection rates while reducing infection risk compared to transrectal biopsy.

Physicians specialising in sickle cell disease report higher burnout, driven by reduced recreation and job satisfaction despite similar resilience levels.

While treatment costs were higher – A$3956 for PPOIT and A$3582 for OIT versus A$249 for no treatment – these were offset by improved clinical outcomes.