One of the biggest producers of hormone replacement therapy has been censured by regulators for “systemic failures” that put patient safety in jeopardy. Theramex, the UK producer of HRT drugs Evorel and Intrarosa was found to have breached fundamental compliance standards including not updating crucial prescribing information – in some cases for several years –…
Suicide deaths among individuals ages 15 to 34 declined by 11% across the U.S. after the launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in July 2022. Differences in observed-to-expected suicide deaths among those ages 15 to 34 were markedly greater in the 10 states with the strongest uptake versus the 10 with the lowest…
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Credit: Illustration by Ian Moore and product image courtesy of Amazon. For their fitness and health tracking features, Garmin smartwatches are beloved by the health-conscious and sports enthusiasts alike. Their Garmin Venu 3S, which…
Parliament has passed a bill to make cigarettes inaccessible to future generations in the U.K. Children born after December 31, 2008, will never be able to buy cigarettes under the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill LONDON — Opponents of smoking got a breath of fresh air as Parliament passed a bill that will put cigarettes…
Dr. Yilai Shu examines a young patient at the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University in China. Partners HealthCare hide caption toggle caption Partners HealthCare An experimental gene therapy appears safe and highly effective for restoring hearing to people born with a rare form of deafness, researchers reported Wednesday. The study, the largest and…
Last week’s season finale of “The Pitt” generated significant discussion, particularly around one of its most emotionally charged scenes: Dr. Al-Hashimi’s disclosure to Dr. Robby that she has a seizure disorder causing brief, intermittent lapses in attention, and what that means for her ability to drive and practice emergency medicine. After watching the episode, I…
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Pocket wifi is nothing new, and I considered it a luxury more than a necessity—a way to guarantee wifi in a time when wifi access is already practically guaranteed. Not only was I wrong, but I overlooked it for far too long. And if you…
Crunchy, gooey, sweet and easy to make, crispy rice treats are a dessert that delivers joy and invites creativity. The recipe as we know it first appeared on a box of Kellogg’s Rice Krispies cereal in 1940 and is a simple combination of the cereal, marshmallows, butter and vanilla. It has not only stood the…
How does Simon Singh’s classic popular science book Fermat’s Last Theorem hold up today? Did you know the number 26 is rather special? It is the only number that sits directly between a square number (25 or 52) and a cube number (27 or 33). And to be clear, it’s not merely that we’ve never…
One morning in July 2025, I arrived in the small, quiet town of Albershausen in south-west Germany. It has only around 4,000 inhabitants. I went to visit a care home where they were piloting a social robot named Emma. A group of residents sat in a circle while Emma stood in the middle. She’s the…
