Cachar police arrest fake doctor practising without qualifications
Cachar: In yet another case of quackery in the state, a fake doctor has been arrested by Cachar police for allegedly pretending to be an MBBS doctor without having any…
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Oncology Events 2026: International Conferences, Dates & Locations
Cancer represents a major public health and economic challenge in the 21st century, accounting for one in six deaths and one in four deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) globally. The…
Watch out for these Worldwide Gynecology and Obstetrics Conferences in 2026
Gynecological morbidities are critical components of reproductive health and significantly contribute to the disease burden among women in India. Societal stigma and sociocultural beliefs frequently discourage women from reporting and…
ARBs Show Highest Long-Term Treatment Persistence in Hypertension, suggests study
In patients with hypertension, starting therapy with an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) is associated with the best long-term medication persistence compared with other antihypertensive drug classes, according to a study…
STAT+: Eli Lilly’s Zepbound, on top of immunology drug, helped reduce psoriatic arthritis symptoms
New data from Eli Lilly suggest its GLP-1 drug Zepbound may also be helpful for psoriatic arthritis.
STAT+: Growing number of House Republicans support enhanced ACA subsidies
This is the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT's twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine.
Telitacicept Matches Belimumab in Controlling Childhood Lupus, Study Finds
China: A prospective multicentre cohort study from China suggests that telitacicept, when used alongside standard of care (SoC), offers meaningful clinical benefits for children and adolescents with systemic lupus erythematosus…
Optimizing Anesthetic Techniques for Percutaneous Kyphoplasty: A Comparative Study of TPVB and Local Infiltration
Recent randomized controlled trial compared the efficacy and safety of thoracic paravertebral nerve block (TPVB) versus local infiltration (LI) anesthesia during percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) in patients with thoracic osteoporotic vertebral…
Deep Learning Boosts Image Quality in Low-Dose CT Portal Venography: Study Shows
China: A new study published in Academic Radiology suggests that deep learning–based image reconstruction significantly enhances image quality in dual-energy CT portal venography, even when both radiation dose and contrast…
Blood Metabolites May Have Causal Links with Alopecia Areata: Study
Researchers have found in a new study a potential causal associations between alopecia areata and blood levels of glutamine, citric acid, glucose, as well as various lipids and lipoproteins. Initial…