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Overcoming Barriers in the Treatment of Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer With a Focus on Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Review

If you treat SCLC in India, this maps the real constraints — late staging, radiotherapy access, chemo logistics — that decide whether concurrent chemoradiation is actually deliverable.

Oncology · Cureus · 3h

Ayushman Bharat Data going to be gamechanger for India and Global South: Dr M Srinivas

ABDM records may soon feed AI tools you use at the point of care; know the data governance and consent rules before your patients' records are used.

General Medicine · ETHealthworld · 5h

Practo co-founder Shashank ND’s startup Cent raises $15 Mn led by Blume, acquires Medsee

Cent's acquisition of AI radiology platform Medsee signals growing investment in AI-assisted imaging in India, which could eventually reach your reporting workflow.

Radiology · Entrackr · 6h

Cent Raises $15 Mn To Scale AI-Led Preventive Healthcare Platform

A well-funded AI triage and prevention platform may soon route patients to you with pre-screened risk profiles, so expect changing referral patterns and more upstream chronic disease detection.

General Medicine · Inc42 · 6h

Using Generative AI to Support Patient Information Leaflet Development: A Descriptive Implementation Study

Free-tier ChatGPT can draft lymphoedema patient leaflets that pass institutional approval, but you still own the clinical accuracy check before anything reaches patients.

General Medicine · Cureus · 6h

Observational Assessment of a Non-steroidal Tranexamic Acid and sh-Oligopeptide-1 Serum for Topical Steroid-Damaged Face Using the Dermoscopy-Assisted Topical Steroid Score

A dermoscopy-based score lets you track recovery in patients with steroid-damaged facial skin, and this small series suggests a non-steroidal serum may help.

General Medicine · Cureus · 8h

Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma Presenting as Fetal Ventriculomegaly and Obstructive Hydrocephalus in a Newborn: A Case Report

Antenatal ventriculomegaly with postnatal macrocephaly and refractory seizures can be a rare aggressive neonatal astrocytoma, so image early rather than assume benign hydrocephalus.

Paediatrics · Cureus · 10h

Impact of Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors on Survival Associated With Androgen Receptor Pathway Inhibitor Use in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: An Analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare Database

SEER-Medicare data show ARPI survival gains in metastatic prostate cancer are uneven across demographic and socioeconomic groups — check whether your eligible patients are actually being offered it.

Oncology · Cureus · 14h

Impact of Unrestricted Artificial Intelligence Scribe Deployment in a Single Health System on Clinician Workload and Productivity : A Quality Improvement Study.

Ambient AI scribes cut documentation time, but the benefit tracked with how much clinicians actually used them — adoption, not licensing, is what buys you time back.

General Medicine · Annals · 14h

Laparoscopic Versus Open Liver Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases : An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of Four Randomized Clinical Trials.

Pooled RCT data on laparoscopic versus open resection for CRLM gives you long-term oncologic and subgroup evidence to counsel patients on the minimally invasive approach.

General Surgery · Annals · 14h

Obesity and Cancer Risk in Young Adults in Korea : A Nationwide Health Screening Cohort Study.

Reinforces weight as a modifiable cancer risk factor in patients under 40, supporting earlier counselling on BMI even in young, otherwise healthy adults.

Oncology · Annals · 14h

STAT+: HHS relaxes security, transparency rules for health record software used by hospitals

Looser vendor security and transparency standards mean the EHR you rely on for orders and records may face weaker scrutiny — worth raising with your IT and compliance leads.

General Medicine · STAT News — Health Tech · 17h

BioStack Nets $9.5 Mn To Build Training Datasets For Medical AI

Better curated Indian clinical datasets could improve the accuracy of AI tools you use for imaging and triage, though no product reaches your clinic yet.

Medicine · Inc42 · 18h

Nebulised Versus Intravenous Dexmedetomidine for Awake Fibreoptic Bronchoscope-Guided Intubation in Head and Neck Surgery: A Prospective, Double-Blind, Randomised Clinical Trial

Better 5-point intubation comfort score with nebulised (no reaction 22 vs 6; heavy grimacing 6 vs 12; p = 0.008), less coughing, and sore throat absent in 58 (90.6%) versus 16 (25.0%) with IV.

Anaesthesiology · Cureus · 20h

Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Psoriatic Arthritis: Prevalence and Associations With Sleep, Lifestyle, and Inflammatory Markers

Anxiety and depressive symptoms are common and under-recognised in your PsA patients; screen for them alongside sleep and lifestyle rather than treating joint disease alone.

Psychiatry · Cureus · 20h

Retrospective Comparison of Epidural and Intrathecal Hydromorphone Analgesia for Hysterectomy and Cytoreductive Surgery

Pain at 12 hours was lower with intrathecal hydromorphone (mean 3.57 ± 2.43 vs. 5.35 ± 2.92; p = 0.029) and stay shorter (60.65 ± 26.83 vs. 86.26 ± 39.26 hours; p = 0.013). Later pain scores, opioid consumption and PONV did not differ.

Anaesthesiology · Cureus · 21h

UnitedHealthcare expands AI companion Avery to 21M members

A major payer is scaling an AI first-contact layer for care coordination, so expect more patients arriving with AI-triaged questions and referrals you did not generate.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 22h

Medical societies release female-specific framework for cardiovascular disease prevention, care

Pregnancy history, menopause timing and autoimmune disease are risk factors your standard ASCVD calculator ignores; this framework tells you where to look.

Cardiology · Fierce Healthcare · 1d

Utility of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Orthopaedic Surgery Patient Education Materials: A Scoping Review

If you hand patients LLM-written orthopaedic handouts, this review maps their accuracy and readability gaps — check reading level before you print or link them.

Orthopaedics · Cureus · 1d

Use of Artificial Intelligence Among Medical Students in Tbilisi, Georgia: Perceived Advantages and Challenges

Your future residents and colleagues are already using AI to learn; knowing their perceived gaps helps you supervise and teach them safely.

Medicine · Cureus · 1d

Population-Level Shifts in Cervical Cancer Stage Distribution in the United States Following Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Implementation

Supports counselling Indian parents that HPV vaccination shifts cervical cancer toward earlier, more treatable stages — reinforcing the case for catch-up vaccination in adolescents and young women.

Obstetrics & Gynaecology · Cureus · 1d

Anthropic lays out drug R&D ambitions, risks in mammoth IPO filing

A well-funded AI player building its own wet lab signals candidate-generating tools may reach trials faster, but no clinical data exist yet to judge them.

Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 1d

AI model uses face photos to estimate biological age, predict survival risk in cancer patients

A face photo-derived biological age score predicted survival in cancer patients; it is not validated for treatment decisions, so treat it as a research triage signal only.

Oncology · ETHealthworld · 1d

Magnesium Status and Its Association With Glycemic Control and Diabetes-Related Complications in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review

Lower magnesium status was commonly associated with higher HbA1c and glucose, greater insulin resistance, and retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy and vascular disease. The single randomised trial raised serum magnesium without improving insulin sensitivity or glycaemic outcomes.

Endocrinology · Cureus · 1d

Preventing Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury Through Coronectomy: A Narrative Review

For high-risk impacted third molars, coronectomy cuts inferior alveolar nerve injury versus full extraction, but you must accept retained roots and plan follow-up.

General Surgery · Cureus · 1d

Association of Lipoprotein(a) With Adverse Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

If elevated Lp(a) predicts worse outcomes in established HF, it becomes a cheap, once-in-a-lifetime test worth adding to your HF workup.

Cardiology · Cureus · 1d

Effect of Preoperative Single-Dose Systemic Dexamethasone (8 mg) on Postoperative Pain and Blood Sugar Levels in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A Randomised Controlled Trial

VAS scores were significantly lower with dexamethasone than saline (p < 0.001); random blood glucose did not differ between groups over time (p = 0.537).

Urology · Cureus · 1d

Opinion: Could long-term AI use lead to isolation? We need to find out — but researchers need better access to data

Patients increasingly confide in chatbots; without longitudinal data you cannot tell whether months of use is substituting for human contact or supporting it.

Psychiatry · STAT News — Health Tech · 1d

Metronidazole-Induced Kounis Syndrome Type III Presenting as Acute In-Stent Thrombosis: A Case Report

A common antibiotic triggered urticaria then in-stent thrombosis 12 hours later; consider Kounis in any stented patient with rash and chest pain.

Cardiology · Cureus · 1d

Beyond Root Canal Success: Impact of Periodontal Health and Crown Rehabilitation on the Prognosis of Endodontically Treated Teeth: A Prospective Cohort Study

Composite success was 82.4% (168/204) overall, ranging from 94.5% (86/91) with favourable periodontium and adequate crown to 57.1% (20/35) when both were compromised. Adjusted OR for failure: 5.43 (2.27-12.98) for compromised periodontal status, 3.39 (1.45-7.92) for compromised crown quality.

General Surgery · Cureus · 1d

Diagnostic Performance of Platelet Volume Indices in Thrombocytopenia: A Single-Center Observational Study in Central India

MPV, PDW and plateletcrit from a routine CBC may help you separate hyperdestructive from hypoproductive thrombocytopenia before ordering marrow studies or immune workup.

General Medicine · Cureus · 1d

AIIMS Gets Rs 30Cr Nod For Biosafety Level Three Lab

A BSL-3 lab at AIIMS means faster local diagnosis and research on high-risk pathogens like TB and Nipah, though clinical impact is about a year away.

Medicine · ETHealthworld · 2d

Nationwide Trends in Hospitalization, In-Hospital Case Fatality, and Hospital Reimbursement for Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections in Brazil, 2000-2023: An Ecological Time-Series Analysis

Shows how a high-volume, low-mortality admission like cellulitis behaves over decades — useful context when you weigh admission versus oral outpatient management.

General Medicine · Cureus · 2d

Izalontamab brengitecan for HR+/HER2- breast cancer in China (PANKU-Breast01): a randomised, phase 3 trial.

A first-in-class EGFR/HER3 bispecific ADC offers a new mechanism for heavily pretreated HR+/HER2- disease, where endocrine and chemotherapy options are largely exhausted.

Oncology · Lancet · 2d

Sacituzumab tirumotecan versus treatment of physician's choice in previously treated endometrial cancer (TroFuse-005/ENGOT-en23/GOG-3095): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial.

If sac-TMT beats physician's choice after platinum and immunotherapy, it gives your post-progression endometrial cancer patients a TROP2-directed option where few exist.

Oncology · Lancet · 2d

Lack of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 imprinting promotes Omicron sublineage BA.3.2.2 infection in children.

Explains why children without ancestral-strain exposure are catching BA.3.2.2 preferentially — relevant when advising parents on risk and interpreting paediatric test positivity.

Paediatrics · Nature microbiology · 2d

Neoadjuvant durvalumab plus chemotherapy in resectable or borderline resectable non-small-cell lung cancer: the phase 2 MDT-BRIDGE trial.

Adds a perioperative durvalumab pathway for borderline-resectable NSCLC, with MDT triage deciding who proceeds to surgery versus CRT plus consolidation.

Oncology · Nature Medicine · 2d

Single Intranasal Administration of the Psychedelic Mebufotenin for Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

A single intranasal dose with short monitoring could make psychedelic-assisted therapy feasible outside specialist centres, though you'll need to weigh the brief dissociation against durable response.

Psychiatry · JAMA · 2d

Ruzaltatug rezetecan versus chemotherapy for EGFR-mutated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer progressing after EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy (HERON-Lung01): interim analysis of a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial in China.

If this HER3 ADC beats chemotherapy after TKI failure, it gives your EGFR-mutated patients a new option before or alongside platinum doublets.

Oncology · Lancet · 2d

Advances in the management of renal cell carcinoma.

Molecular subtyping now refines RCC diagnosis beyond histology, so imaging and selective biopsy decisions increasingly depend on tumour biology rather than stage alone.

Oncology · BMJ · 2d