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Antimicrobial resistance remains one of the most pressing challenges in modern healthcare. In this edition, a critical care expert explores how consistent antibiotic management beyond the ICU can prevent careful stewardship efforts from being undone. Also included: highlights from the Medical Taiwan 2026 health and care expo, new insights on advancing chemotherapy, and the public health impact of air pollution, wildfires, and heatwaves. Enjoy reading!
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Article • Fighting drug resistance
Antimicrobial stewardship is essential to curbing the growing threat of drug-resistant infections – yet its principles are too often abandoned the moment a patient leaves the intensive care unit (ICU). At the Critical Care Symposium in Manchester, ... |
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Sponsored • Medical Taiwan 2026
How can innovative technology help solve the most urgent needs in medicine? At the Medical Taiwan 2026 health and care expo in Taipei, leading manufacturers, international experts and decision-makers offered a promising glimpse into the healthcare ... |
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News • Nanomedicine
A new study has identified a way to reshape the gut microbiome that can enhance the delivery of certain chemotherapies to tumors, making these nanoparticle-based cancer drugs more effective. |
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News • Pediatric oncology
Chemotherapy of many childhood cancers leaves specific traces in the DNA, a new study finds. These changes could help clinicians spot treatment resistance earlier, before cancer returns or spreads. |
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News • Improved tumor response and survival outcomes
Results from a recently published clinical trial suggest that combining focused ultrasound with chemotherapy may improve tumor response and survival outcomes in patients with pancreatic cancer. |
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News • Call for systematic bone health optimization
A new position statement urges orthopaedic surgeons and bone health specialists to work together to assess and treat osteoporosis before and after joint replacement and spinal fusion surgery. |
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News • Bone health
Severe back pain and fractures may hint at pregnancy- and lactation-associated osteoporosis (PLO). A new publication aims to help healthcare professionals identify and treat women with PLO. |
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News • Environmental medicine
A novel study shows that exposure to air pollution, especially fine particulate matter (PM2.5), is associated with increased disease activity and flare risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). |
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News • Environmental medicine
Wildfires and heatwaves strain the heart and lungs, and can also affect mental health. An environmental health expert explains who is most at risk and how public health systems can prepare. |
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News • Study encompassing 186 countries
Many countries are using too many powerful and inappropriate antibiotics, fuelling antibiotic resistance concerns, according to a major international study of antibiotic use. |
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News • Anti-inflammatory treatment
After a heart attack, a new type of treatment, administered directly into the damaged blood vessel, stimulates healing. This could help prevent heart failure due to scarring, the researchers say. |
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News • Molecular imaging
PET/CT can add valuable information to aid the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin (FUO), directly influencing the clinical management in nearly 75% of patients, a new study finds. |
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News • Wound management
Strong compression is important for people with venous leg ulcers, to improve blood flow and support healing. Now, a study explores the pros and cons of different bandages, wraps, and stockings. |
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News • Promising technology
A research team has developed a new method that directly optimizes the thickness of a 3D-printed lens to simultaneously and precisely stimulate multiple regions of the brain. |
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News • Gesture sequence recognition and clinical outcome prediction
A newly developed AI system analyzes surgeons’ techniques during prostate cancer surgery, helping identify the surgical movements associated with the best patient outcomes. |
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News • Immunoassay limitations
A common diabetes test could miss the condition in people with sickle cell trait, new research suggests. Understanding this limitation of immunoassay testing could help guide protocols and policies. |
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News • Potential treatment strategy
The characteristic white skin patches of vitiligo are caused by a lack of skin pigments – or so we thought. New research suggests that melanocytes merely enter a dormant state – from which they may be awakened. |
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