When a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Kunar Province in the middle of the night in September 2025, WHO-supported…
Category: 6. Health
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Saving lives beyond vaccination: Polio teams on the frontline of the Kunar earthquake response
A camp for earthquake-displaced families in Andarlachak village, Kunar province. ©WHO/EMRO -
Call for routine high blood pressure testing of UK children as cases almost double | High blood pressure
Leading doctors have called for a national UK programme to monitor schoolchildren for high blood pressure amid concerns that rising rates in adolescents will increase cases of organ damage, strokes and heart attacks.
Rates of high blood pressure…
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GnRH Antagonists Superior for Oocyte Retrieval in IVF
In one of the largest analyses to date examining ovarian stimulation strategies in young women at high predicted risk of low oocyte yield, researchers report that the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist protocol delivers markedly…
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High blood pressure: who is at risk and why UK children are getting it | High blood pressure
High blood pressure was long considered a health problem of middle age, but rates are increasing in children and adolescents, with doctors reporting a surge in strokes among people of working age.
What is hypertension?
Hypertension is the medical…
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Six Years and Six Winters Without Getting Sick
This is the ninth of a series of posts on Long COVID by David Brasure. See parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
I haven’t been sick since 2018.
No flu. No colds. No COVID. Nothing.
Same for my wife. Same for my son. Six winters. Six holiday…
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PROMIS Outcome Measures Effective for Evaluating Chronic Skin Disease
A generalized set of patient-reported outcomes measures known as the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) has been validated for evaluating the impacts of
chronic skin diseases , new data suggest.1PROMIS was evaluated…
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Early Social Media Use Affects Teens’ Memory and Mental Health
Published: January 1, 2026
Photo by cottonbro studio via Pexels By India McCarty
Experts warn parents against the damage social media can do to young people’s brains, from affecting memory to creating anxiety issues.
“One large study of…
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TCTMD’s Biggest News of 2025
Gene-editing therapy, ACS guidelines, and the death of Dimitrios Karmpaliotis were some of TCTMD’s most-read stories this year.
The most widely read story on TCTMD this past year involved the sad death of Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, an…
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Delaying dementia diagnosis wastes precious time, Michigan experts warn
- A dementia diagnosis might be delayed for several reasons, including a person’s reluctance to seek it
- Earlier diagnosis means access to drugs that can enhance life or to financial assistance
- Seeking help also may address more…
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