UK patient’s sight saved in world’s first live AI-assisted brain surgery
The Independentby Ella Pickover·26 Aug 2026
A 48-year-old man has become the first patient in the world to have a brain tumour removed while medical teams utilised real-time artificial intelligence during surgery.
FDA suspends license of popular Mumbai food establishment Ayub’s after finding houseflies, unsanitary workplace
The Hinduby Yohaan Varghese·26 Aug 2026
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suspended the food license of Ayub’s in Fort on August 23, 2026, after finding food-safety violations, along with those of three other...
New study finds growing link between diabetes, obesity and liver disease
The Independentby Storm Newton·26 Aug 2026
Diagnoses of a liver condition linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes have increased fivefold over a decade, according to a new study.
Dolly Parton Hated Working Out. But She Loved 'Rejoicing Exercises'
Timeby Angela Haupt·26 Aug 2026
“If you tell me I’ve got to do an exercise routine…I dread it so bad,” she told Allure in 2021. Her workaround was “rejoicing exercises”: a freewheeling combination of gospel music, singing...
Official Trailer for Western 'A Prayer for the Dying' with John C. Reilly | FirstShowing.net
FirstShowing.netby Alex Billington·26 Aug 2026
Official Trailer for Western 'A Prayer for the Dying' with John C. Reilly by Alex Billington August 26, 2026 Source: YouTube "We need to quarantine now. The whole town!"
Infant in Pennsylvania is one of the two measles deaths reported this week
NBC Newsby Erika Edwards·26 Aug 2026
One of the two people who recently died of measles in Pennsylvania was an infant, the state health department said Wednesday.
Republicans are dismissing affordability. That could be a problem in November
US Top News and Analysisby Garrett Downs·26 Aug 2026
Voters are worried about the cost of living. Comments from the GOP this week are not likely to console them.
FDA approves once-daily pill for deadly cancer after patients' survival rates nearly double
FOX Newsby Khloe Quill·26 Aug 2026
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a new cancer treatment pill on Wednesday.
The high cost of India’s private health-care boom
The Hinduby Chandrakant Lahariya·26 Aug 2026
For crores of Indian families, the financial shock of hospitalisation — especially in a private hospital — begins even before treatment is complete.
‘Frequently fumigate the hen-houses’: how ancient Greeks and Romans tried to treat sick birds
The Conversation Australiaby Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia·26 Aug 2026
Since the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu was first confirmed in Australian wild birds in June, it has rapidly spread around the continent – and among different species.
Here’s what to keep in mind before and after an aged care assessment
The Conversation Australiaby Dan Wadsworth, Senior Lecturer in Applied Science, School of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast·26 Aug 2026
Pressure has been building on the federal government in recent weeks to scrap the algorithm currently being used in aged care assessment decisions.
Most people don't survive brain cancer. Researchers hope to change that
ABC News Australiaby Natarsha Kallios·26 Aug 2026
In short: An Adelaide research project is investigating ways to treat brain cancer while having minimal impact on healthy tissue and the human immune system.
Malaria kills German airport worker in rare outbreak
Premium Timesby Mariam Ileyemi·26 Aug 2026
A worker at Frankfurt Airport in Germany has died of malaria in a rare outbreak believed to have been caused by infected mosquitoes brought into the country on an aircraft.
FDA approves breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib nearly doubles survival
The Conversation (US)by Christopher Lieu, Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz·26 Aug 2026
For a long time, the likelihood of surviving pancreatic cancer has been extremely low. For patients who were diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer between 2015 and 2021, about 97% died within...
E. coli, Salmonella, Cyclospora: Is the U.S. Seeing a Surge in Foodborne Illnesses?
Timeby Rebecca Schneid·26 Aug 2026
This summer, it’s been hard for consumers to know what to put in their grocery cart. Recalls have affected hundreds of products, including lettuce, which was linked to a Cyclospora outbreak; eggs...
What to Do When Someone Gives You the Silent Treatment
Timeby Angela Haupt·26 Aug 2026
There’s a healthy way to take a break during conflict. Asking for space—and specifying when the conversation will resume—can protect a relationship by giving both people time to calm down.
A Game-Changing Drug for Pancreatic Cancer Just Got FDA Approval
Gizmodoby Ed Cara·26 Aug 2026
An experimental drug set to change the landscape of pancreatic cancer treatment has officially just become medical reality.
6 Products That Changed My Life This August
GQby Alyssa Bereznak·26 Aug 2026
We’re wallowing in dry triple digits here in Los Angeles, and even my hardiest cacti need a sip of water.
Cataracts drive avoidable blindness in over two million Nigerians - Ophthalmologist
Premium Timesby Premium Times·26 Aug 2026
The Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria (OSN) has revealed that more than two million Nigerians are living with avoidable blindness, largely caused by cataracts.
Starship Hospital defers less urgent cases to cope with 'flood' of kids with flu symptoms
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·26 Aug 2026
Starship Hospital defers less urgent cases to cope with 'flood' of kids with flu symptoms Starship Children's Hospital is deferring less urgent cases to cope with a "flood" of very young children...
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