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Jan 31, 2025 | 
medicalnewsinsider.substack.com | Liam Davenport
Earlier this week, my esteemed colleague Neil Osterweil, in an indictment of President Trump’s gag order on US healthcare agencies, examined some of the assertions made by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
medicalnewsinsider.substack.com | Liam Davenport
Access to even the most basic and essential cancer medications is limited in lower-income countries, with people facing enormous out-of-pocket expenses if they want the latest treatment, reveals a study that shows the needle has hardly moved over the past few years.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
medicalnewsinsider.substack.com | Liam Davenport
“Having a large glass of milk every day may cut the risk of bowel cancer by nearly a fifth, according to the largest study conducted into diet and the disease,” reported The Guardian on 8 January (with similar sentiments echoed by many other publications).
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
medicalnewsinsider.substack.com | Liam Davenport
GENEVA — When I was studying medicine back in the mid-1990s, one of my tutors told me and my fellow students that the intestines, or guts if you prefer, are a window to the soul. What he meant was that they tell us much about the state of a person in both body and mind. But what he couldn’t have known at the time was the fundamental role that the gut microbiota, or the naturally occurring community of bacteria and other microbes in the intestines, plays in human health.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
medicalnewsinsider.substack.com | Liam Davenport
With the ringing in of the new year and the impending debut of the second Trump administration, with its anticipated consequences for US healthcare, it is tempting to take a look across the other side of the pond and take stock of the situation in Europe. Across the region, the principle of healthcare as a universal right—free or reimbursable at the point of use—stands as a cornerstone, some might say a beacon, of social solidarity.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
medicalnewsinsider.substack.com | Liam Davenport
Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors, especially males, are more likely than older people to commit suicide, typically several years after their diagnosis, finds a US analysis that underlines their complex needs and the importance of survivorship care.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
medicalnewsinsider.substack.com | Liam Davenport
Genetic testing of a type of early stage breast cancer that has not yet spread outside of the breast or local lymph nodes could help determine the ideal length of time people should receive hormone therapy following surgery, shows an analysis of trial data. Hormone receptor-positive breast cancer is one of the most common forms of breast cancer.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
medscape.co.uk | Liam Davenport
This site is intended for UK healthcare professionals News“As we walk into town passing families, children of all ages stop and stare open-mouthed. My daughter doesn't see it, but I do. I can see they are trying to work out: why is that person walking with their head down? Why are they walking so slowly? Why have they got their arms linked? What’s wrong with her?
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
medicalnewsinsider.substack.com | Liam Davenport
The headline was clear: Certain hormone replacement therapy (HRT) tablets are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and blood clots. It arose from a Swedish data analysis published by none other than the British Medical Journal, on November 27, and which was covered by the UK national press, including The Telegraph, and the Mirror.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
medicalnewsinsider.substack.com | Liam Davenport
Consuming large amounts of ultra-processed foods is associated with active psoriasis, when sufferers experience visible symptoms such as inflamed or cracked skin, and marked discomfort, French scientists have discovered. Ultra-processed foods are types of packaged foods that have been heavily altered during production, and often contain ingredients typically not found in a home kitchen, like artificial flavors, preservatives, sweeteners or colourings.
