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Medical News: A new large-scale analysis has found that a widely available medication can significantly reduce blood loss in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery, offering hope for safer recovery and fewer complications.
A Serious Problem in Elderly Patients
Hip fractures are among the most dangerous injuries in older adults. These fractures, especially those occurring outside...
Thailand Medical: New Human H5N1 Infection Detected in Northwest Cambodia
Health authorities in Cambodia have confirmed a new human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, marking the country’s second documented case in 2026. The case involves a 45-year-old woman from Ropai Village in Preah Netr Preah District, located in Banteay Meanchey Province close to the Thailand border. Officia...
Medical News: CDC Data Signals Localized Growth in Infections
New modeling data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that COVID-19 infections are beginning to rise again in select regions of the United States, particularly in the states of Virginia and Arizona. Although the national outlook currently shows declining or stable trends in most states, public health an...
Medical News: A medication commonly prescribed to help people overcome alcohol addiction may, in rare cases, lead to serious vision problems. Doctors are now warning that the drug disulfiram, widely known by the brand name Antabuse, could cause a rare but potentially reversible form of optic nerve damage known as toxic optic neuropathy.
Doctors report rare but reversible vision loss linked to...
Medical News: A new study has revealed a worrying increase in deaths linked to a class of powerful sedative drugs known as novel benzodiazepines (NBZDs). These substances are often designed to imitate well-known prescription medications such as Valium and Xanax but are frequently produced illegally and can be significantly more potent.
Researchers warn that powerful illicit benzodiazepines ar...
Medical News: A new experimental study has revealed that a drug designed to remove damaged aging cells may significantly protect the brain after a stroke. Scientists discovered that the senolytic drug navitoclax reduced brain injury and improved neurological recovery in laboratory stroke models, highlighting a promising new direction for stroke therapy.
A senolytic drug that removes harmful agin...
Medical News: Breakthrough insights into how a key fibrosis drug reshapes immune responses
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating lung disease that slowly scars the lungs, making it increasingly difficult for patients to breathe. Scientists have long known that the anti-fibrotic drug nintedanib helps slow disease progression, but exactly how it influences the immune system has remai...
Thailand Medical News: A violent assault involving three teenage boys in Bangkok has sparked outrage among parents and renewed scrutiny over emergency medical care standards. The victims, aged between 15 and 16, were reportedly attacked by a group of unknown teenagers while riding motorcycles in the Ramkhamhaeng area. According to their families, the victims had no prior disputes with the attacker...
Medical News: Forgotten Psychiatric Drug Shows Unexpected Power
In a surprising scientific breakthrough, researchers in Italy have discovered that chlorpromazine, a psychiatric drug used since the 1950s, may help the immune system fight glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer. The study was conducted by scientists from the Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, ...
Medical News: A new scientific analysis is raising fresh questions about how well the popular flu drug oseltamivir, commonly known as Tamiflu, actually works inside the human body. While the medication has long been prescribed to shorten flu symptoms, researchers now suggest that its effect on the virus itself may be more limited and complex than previously believed.
Study reveals Tamiflu may...
Medical News: Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer, with limited treatment options and very poor survival rates. Now, new research suggests that metformin, a widely used and inexpensive diabetes drug, could help slow down this deadly cancer by switching off key survival signals inside tumor cells.
Metformin may slow aggressive brain cancer by blocking ke...
Medical News: Many people living with inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, already face daily digestive struggles. New research now suggests that a commonly used class of acid reflux medicines may quietly raise the risk of a dangerous gut infection in these patients, especially during the first few years of use.
Widely used acid reflux medications may unexpectedly raise infection risks in people...
Medical News: Drug Regulators on Both Sides of the Atlantic Raise Serious Concerns
Regulatory pressure is mounting against avacopan, marketed as Tavneos, after both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency signaled that the drug’s future on the market is in jeopardy. The oral therapy, approved for the treatment of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)...
Medical News: Panobinostat Shows Promise in Fighting Drug Resistant Stomach Cancer
Gastric cancer remains one of the world’s deadliest cancers, largely because many patients eventually stop responding to standard chemotherapy. One of the most widely used drugs, 5 fluorouracil, often loses its effectiveness over time as cancer cells adapt and survive. Now, researchers from South Korea have u...
Medical News: Eye Drops Under Scientific Scrutiny
A commonly used chemical found in some over-the-counter eye drops is now raising fresh concerns after scientists discovered it may affect liver cells and behave like PFAS chemicals inside the body. Researchers from Örebro University in Sweden carried out the study after questions were raised about the long-term safety of eye drop ingredients ...
Medical News: Pridopidine a Promising New Drug That Could Slow Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are devastating conditions that slowly damage the brain and nervous system, leading to loss of movement, speech, and independence. Scientists are now reporting encouraging findings about a drug called pridopidine,...
Medical News: A new laboratory study has brought renewed hope for millions of people living with diabetes who face the constant threat of slow healing foot wounds. Researchers have discovered that an experimental compound called MAGL11 can dramatically speed up wound healing in diabetic conditions by calming inflammation, boosting blood vessel growth, and helping skin cells repair damage more effe...
Medical News: A growing body of scientific evidence is pointing to an unexpected new role for common diabetes medications in protecting the brain from memory decline and Alzheimer’s disease. A newly published systematic review has found that a class of drugs known as SGLT2 inhibitors may significantly improve memory, reduce harmful brain changes, and lower inflammation in experimental models...
Medical News: Hidden disorders with life changing effects
Millions of people across all ages suffer daily from hearing loss tinnitus and vertigo but many do not realize how closely linked these problems are deep within the inner ear. A new scientific review by experts from the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Iowa together with collaborators from the Univers...
Medical News: A Forgotten Medicine Finds a New Mission
An older medicine with a long medical history is now gaining worldwide attention as researchers uncover its surprising potential to treat Bachmann-Bupp syndrome or BABS - an ultrarare and life-threatening genetic disorder that currently has no approved therapy. This Medical News report explores how a familiar drug may become the first real tr...
Medical News: Older Adults Still Getting Risky Brain-Affecting Medicines
A sweeping national investigation led by Yale School of Medicine-USA and supported by VA Connecticut Healthcare System-USA, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA-USA, VA Greater Los Angeles-USA, RAND Corporation-USA, and the University of Michigan Medical School-USA has revealed an ongoing public health concern affecti...
Medical News: Lidocaine, long trusted by dentists and surgeons to numb pain in seconds, is suddenly drawing global scientific attention for a very different reason. A fresh scientific review now shows that this familiar anesthetic also works as a powerful immune-modulating compound — dampening dangerous inflammation in some diseases while boosting anti-tumor defenses in others.
Common ane...
Medical News: A New Way to Fight a Dangerous Winter Virus
A team of Chinese scientists has reported a promising breakthrough against influenza A infection a disease still responsible for more than one billion illnesses and about half a million deaths worldwide each year. The researchers are from Ocean University of China Qingdao, Xuzhou Vocational College of Industrial Technology Xuzhou, the Labo...
Medical News: A Wake-Up Call for Clinicians and Families
A sweeping new UK study has sent shockwaves through the dementia care world, warning that the common antipsychotic drug risperidone—routinely used to calm severe aggression and agitation—raises the risk of stroke in every type of dementia patient, even those who previously appeared medically “low risk.”
UK resea...
Medical News: Medications may help aging brains recover faster
Aging brains often struggle after surgery. Many older adults experience confusion memory loss or difficulty concentrating following even routine operations. While most recover within weeks, a significant number continue to face problems months later affecting independence and quality of life. New research from the University of Illino...
Medical News: One of the world’s most widely prescribed diabetes medications may be quietly accelerating the very disease it is meant to control, according to a major new scientific study.
A Long-Trusted Diabetes Treatment Under Scrutiny
For more than seven decades, a group of medications known as sulphonylureas has been used to treat people living with type 2 diabetes. These drugs...
Medical News: A Routine Treatment Turns Life Threatening
Doctors in Brazil have reported a shocking and rare medical case showing how a commonly prescribed anabolic steroid may quietly damage the heart, even when used for approved medical reasons. This Medical News report highlights how a 65-year-old woman developed sudden and severe heart failure after receiving nandrolone, a drug often used to ...
Medical News: In the ever-evolving battle against viral infections, one drug has quietly maintained a stronghold in Eastern medicine while being conspicuously absent from Western pharmacies. Arbidol, also known as Umifenovir, emerges as a broad-spectrum antiviral agent with roots in Soviet-era research, offering potential defenses against influenza and beyond. Many studies conducted in Russia and ...
Medical News: A Fresh Look at a Deadly Condition
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that happens when the body overreacts to an infection and starts damaging its own organs. Despite modern medicine, sepsis remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Scientists are still trying to understand why the body’s immune system goes into overdrive and how this process can be controlled...
Medical News: In recent weeks, health authorities and doctors around the world have noted a troubling trend: individuals recovering from H3N2 influenza infections are reporting persistent vision issues. These range from blurred sight and light sensitivity to more severe optic nerve complications, raising alarms among ophthalmologists and infectious disease experts. While H3N2, a subtype of influen...
Medical News: A Commonly Prescribed Drug Under Scrutiny
A widely used painkiller once believed to be a safer option for chronic pain is now facing serious scientific scrutiny. Researchers are warning that tramadol, a strong opioid prescribed to millions worldwide, may cause more harm than good. A large review of existing clinical trials has found that the drug offers only minimal pain relief while...
Medical News: Tamiflu Use Surges as H3N2 Cases Rise
As H3N2 influenza cases climb globally, concerns are growing over how the antiviral drug oseltamivir, widely known as Tamiflu, is being prescribed. In countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, reports indicate that some doctors are hastily prescribing the drug even for mild or moderate flu symptoms. In several cases, p...
Medical News: Legionnaires’ disease is a serious form of pneumonia that continues to worry doctors and public health officials worldwide. Caused by Legionella bacteria found in contaminated water systems, the illness can be life threatening, especially for older adults and people with weak immune systems. Now, new research from Spain suggests that an existing antibiotic may offer a safer and...
Medical News: A Heart Medication Shows Unexpected Brain Benefits
A groundbreaking new study has uncovered that nebivolol, a commonly prescribed heart medication, may also offer vital protection for the brain during a heart attack. Researchers from Istanbul University and the University of Health Sciences in Türkiye conducted the study, which explored how nebivolol can reduce brain inflammati...
Medical News: NAD and Aging - A Closer Look at Cellular Decline
Researchers from the Center for Nutraceutical and Dietary Supplement Research at the University of Memphis and CalerieLife in Irvine, California, have reviewed how certain dietary supplements may help fight aging and improve health. The focus is on two compounds, nicotinamide riboside (NR) and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), which ...
Medical News: New Study Reveals Post COVID Impact on Esophageal Muscles
A new medical study has revealed that COVID-19 infection may worsen a specific type of swallowing problem known as ineffective esophageal motility (IEM), even in patients who had only mild symptoms of the virus. The findings are especially important for people who had preexisting issues with esophageal movement, as the infect...
Medical News: A major new study by researchers from Celcuity Inc., Minneapolis USA is offering fresh hope for men battling advanced prostate cancer that no longer responds to hormone-blocking treatments. Their work shows that combining two drugs—gedatolisib, which targets the PI3K/AKT/mTOR cell-survival pathway, and darolutamide, a well-known androgen-blocking therapy—can work together...
Medical News: Hidden Risk in Common Gastric Reflux Medications
A new study from multiple leading U.S. institutions has revealed that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)—commonly prescribed for acid reflux and stomach issues—may significantly raise the risk of dangerous gut infections in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medic...
Pharma News: Biotech Breakthrough Targets Amyloidosis at its Roots
In a major development for amyloidosis research, San Diego-based Protego Biopharma has announced a successful $130 million Series B funding round to advance a potentially game-changing drug targeting light-chain amyloidosis (AL amyloidosis). The company’s lead candidate, known as PROT-001, takes a unique approach—stabi...
Medical News: Chronic Cough Emerging in Users of Newer Weight Loss and Diabetes Drugs
A concerning new health finding has emerged from a major U.S. study involving adults with type 2 diabetes. Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, along with experts from Mayo Clinic Arizona, Stanford University, and Cedars Sinai Medical Center, have identified a li...
Medical News: Persistent Gut Issues Still Affect Survivors
A major two-year study by Brazilian researchers at the University of the State of Amazonas, Fundação Hospitalar de Hematologia e Hemoterapia do Amazonas, and Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado has found that many people hospitalized with severe COVID-19 continue to experience gastrointestina...
Medical News: A Potential Natural Combo Against Dangerous COVID-19 Microclots
New research by Thailand Medical News is shining light on the potential of two well-known supplements—Serrapeptase and N-Acetylcysteine (NAC)—to help dissolve stubborn microclots that form in the bodies of people infected with COVID-19 or suffering from Long COVID. These clots are not ordinary ones. They are...
Medical News: Statins are among the world’s most widely used medications, relied upon by more than 200 million people to lower cholesterol and prevent heart attacks and strokes. But for years, millions of patients have complained about muscle aches, weakness and, in rare cases, dangerous muscle breakdown. Researchers from the University of British Columbia and the University of Wisconsin&nda...
Medical News: A Surprising Old Drug with New Infection Fighting Potential
A widely used Parkinson’s disease medication may offer hospitals a powerful new weapon against one of the world’s most dangerous superbugs. In a discovery that could reshape future infection treatments, scientists found that tolcapone, a long-approved drug, can block a key protein used by the hospital-associated...
Medical News: A Promising New Direction for CNS TB Treatment
A major new study from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) has revealed that doxycycline—an inexpensive and widely available antibiotic—may help save the lives of patients suffering from central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS-TB). This severe form of tuberculosis affec...
Medical News: A Nationwide Flu Epidemic Takes Hold
As November 2025 unfolds, Japan is grappling with an unusually aggressive influenza season that began five weeks ahead of schedule. Health authorities declared a nationwide epidemic in early October after cases spiked dramatically, overwhelming hospitals and prompting school closures across the country. This early onset marks the second-earliest f...
Medical News: Natural Power of Black Chokeberry
A team of researchers from the A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry at the Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, has discovered that tannins extracted from the fruits of Aronia melanocarpa—commonly known as black chokeberry—can effectively protect the body from oxidative stress and immune dysfunction c...
Medical News: In a remarkable medical case from Brazil, doctors have reported the world’s first known infection of a COVID-19 patient by a rare fungus called Sarocladium implicatum. This uncommon organism, usually found in plants, has now been identified as a surprising and dangerous opportunistic pathogen capable of infecting humans when their immune systems are severely weakened as a resul...
Medical News: A Hidden Powerhouse Against Deadly Superbugs
Chemists from the University of Warwick in the UK and Monash University in Australia have made a stunning discovery — a hidden compound that’s 100 times stronger than a widely known antibiotic. This new molecule, called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, has shown remarkable ability to kill deadly drug-resistant bacteria like MRSA ...
Medical News: Massive Recall Sends Panic Among Hypertension Patients
A shocking recall has been announced after the discovery that one of the most widely used blood pressure medications may be tainted with cancer-causing chemicals. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, a major drug manufacturer based in Parsippany, New Jersey, has voluntarily recalled more than 580,000 bottles of its Prazosin Hydrochloride c...
Medical News: A surprising discovery about common pain medications
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, along with collaborators from several U.S. institutions, have discovered that two FDA-approved drugs—bupivacaine and rimegepant—may do more than just relieve pain. They might also slow down the growth and spread of osteosarcoma, a rare but aggressive for...
Medical News: New Hope for Early Breast Cancer Patients
A groundbreaking international study led by researchers from Eli Lilly in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center has revealed that the drug abemaciclib (brand name Verzenio) significantly improves survival rates among patients with high-risk early-stage breast cancer. This large-scale clinical trial marks the first ti...
Medical News: Older Adults Face Hidden Dangers from Common Antihistamines
A large-scale study by researchers from the University of Toronto and Women’s College Hospital in Canada has uncovered a troubling link between the use of common antihistamines and delirium in older hospital patients. These widely used drugs, especially first-generation types like diphenhydramine (Benadryl), are often...
Medical News: A Common Drug with Hidden Power
Ibuprofen, a familiar household painkiller used for headaches, cramps, and fevers, is now drawing scientific attention for an unexpected reason—it may help protect against certain types of cancer. Recent research suggests that this inexpensive over-the-counter drug could have powerful anti-cancer effects, opening new conversations about how infl...
Medical News: Mounting Legal Storm Over Pfizer’s Contraceptive
More than 1,000 women across the United States are suing American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer after developing brain tumors allegedly caused by its long-standing birth control injection, Depo-Provera. The lawsuits claim that Pfizer knowingly failed to warn users about potential neurological risks linked to the drug, which has be...
