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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 · 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 · 7h

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 · 7h

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 · 9h

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 · 15h

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 · 18h

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 · 23h

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

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

One in four tribal adults in Odisha has impaired kidney function: ICMR study

A quarter of 19,703 tribal adults screened had impaired kidney function, so consider eGFR testing in Adivasi patients from these 14 districts rather than waiting for symptoms.

General Medicine · ETHealthworld · 2d

Non-prescription Antibiotic Dispensing in Community Pharmacies of Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan: A Simulated Client Study

Simulated clients were readily sold antibiotics without prescriptions in Islamabad, so assume patients arrive already partially treated and counsel on completing prescribed courses.

General Medicine · Cureus · 2d

When a Contaminant Is Not a Contaminant: A Case Report of Micrococcus luteus Causing Septic Shock in the Absence of Traditional Risk Factors

Multiple blood cultures grew M. luteus, confirming true bacteremia rather than contamination; she required fluid resuscitation, vasopressors and intravenous antibiotics, then improved with clearance of bacteremia.

General Medicine · Cureus · 2d

Invasive Infection Associated With Probiotics in Adults: Does the Pathogen Originate From the Product or the Host Intestine?

Before prescribing probiotics to ICU or immunocompromised patients, note that strain-level typing is needed to tell product-derived bacteremia from the patient's own flora.

General Medicine · Cureus · 2d

Pulmonary Embolism With Pulmonary Infarction Despite Low-Risk Prediction Scores: Atypical Pleuritic, Abdominal, and Shoulder Pain

PERC, Wells and Geneva scores all indicated low pretest probability despite CT angiography confirming subsegmental PE with pulmonary infarction; D-dimer was near-threshold

General Medicine · Cureus · 3d

Comparative Clinical Outcomes of Fractional CO₂ Laser-Assisted Topical Therapy for Nail Psoriasis: A Systematic Review

Direct comparative effects were inconsistent across studies and varied by topical agent, comparator and assessment time. Advantages appeared in selected tazarotene and methotrexate comparisons; other comparisons showed no clear incremental benefit. Meta-analysis was not possible due to heterogeneity.

General Medicine · Cureus · 3d

Visceral Leishmaniasis Presenting as Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Non-endemic Setting: A Case Report

HLH features prompted anakinra and corticosteroids; VL was then confirmed by serology, PCR and histopathology, and liposomal amphotericin B produced rapid clinical improvement

General Medicine · Cureus · 3d

Efficacy and safety of mitapivat in patients with sickle cell disease (RISE UP): a phase 3, double-blind, global, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

An oral pyruvate kinase activator that raises haemoglobin and cuts haemolysis could give sickle cell patients a disease-modifying pill instead of transfusions and hydroxyurea alone.

General Medicine · Lancet · 4d

Intramuscular Vitamin D2 in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis Not Responding to Oral Supplementation: A Retrospective Observational Case Series

If your scleroderma patient stays below 30 ng/mL on oral cholecalciferol, gut malabsorption may be the cause; IM ergocalciferol is a practical alternative worth trying.

General Medicine · Cureus · 4d

Efficacy and Safety of Revefenacin Versus Glycopyrronium in Indian Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients: A Randomized, Active-Controlled, Phase III Trial

A once-daily nebulized LAMA now has Indian efficacy and safety data, giving an option for COPD patients who cannot use handheld inhalers reliably.

General Medicine · Cureus · 4d

Centre flags data gap, regulatory hurdles in curbing hospital mark-ups

Consumable mark-ups of 100-1,000% hit your patients' bills directly, but no national margin data exists yet to justify price caps you may be asked about.

General Medicine · ETHealthworld · 5d

Microsoft develops AI tool that can diagnose 'sequentially' like a doctor

A simulated panel of specialists that sequences history, tests and orders could change how undifferentiated cases are worked up — but it is unvalidated in real clinics.

General Medicine · ETHealthworld · 5d

Ravulizumab in IgA Nephropathy - Interim Analysis of a Phase 3 Trial.

Terminal complement blockade may slow proteinuria and nephron loss in IgA nephropathy, offering a targeted alternative to renin-angiotensin blockade alone.

General Medicine · NEJM · 5d

FibriLysins disrupt Staphylococcus aureus biofilms and abscess communities.

If engineered staphylokinase-endolysin enzymes clear fibrin-encased MRSA abscesses in vivo, this offers a non-antibiotic adjunct for the recurrent skin and soft-tissue infections you already struggle to cure.

General Medicine · Nature microbiology · 5d

Interim Analysis of a Phase 3 Trial of Povetacicept in IgA Nephropathy.

Dual BAFF/APRIL blockade targets the B-cell drivers of IgA nephropathy; if proteinuria falls durably, it becomes a disease-modifying option beyond renin-angiotensin blockade.

General Medicine · NEJM · 5d

Diagnostic Tools Used for Tuberculous Pleural Effusion and Their Association With Treatment Outcomes

In paucibacillary TPE, your choice of pleural fluid biomarker, molecular assay or biopsy — not just availability — tracks with treatment outcome, so escalate diagnostics early.

General Medicine · Cureus · 5d

Sentara Health deploys new AI case management tool co-developed with Regard

An AI tool claiming 90,000 staff hours saved in acute care signals where hospital case management is heading — worth watching if your ward's discharge and follow-up load is the bottleneck.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 5d

STAT+: FDA has finalized its guidance on apps related to drugs

If you prescribe apps or device-linked software with a drug, the FDA's final rule now fixes who regulates it and what claims you can rely on.

General Medicine · STAT News — Health Tech · 5d

Declining Leprosy-Related Hospitalization Rates and Increasing In-Hospital Case Fatality in Brazil: A Nationwide Ecological Time-Series Study, 2008-2023

Fewer leprosy admissions but higher in-hospital death signals delayed presentation; watch for late-stage disease in your own referrals.

General Medicine · Cureus · 5d

TN conducting India's first dengue vaccine pilot study, says Minister Arunraj

If the Brazilian-schedule vaccine proves feasible here, dengue hospitalisations in your paediatric and adult practice could fall; watch for pilot safety data before advising families.

General Medicine · ETHealthworld · 5d

Stricter diagnostic lab rules for CGHS fuel double standards charge

If you refer CGHS patients, tighter lab categorisation may change which tests are covered where, so check empanelment before sending samples.

General Medicine · ETHealthworld · 5d

Case Mix and Protocol Constraints in Diagnostic Language Model Conversations: A Secondary Analysis of Released MedR-Bench Outputs

Benchmark scores for diagnostic AI partly reflect the test protocol and simulator, not clinical reasoning — so don't read a leaderboard as readiness for your ward.

General Medicine · Cureus · 5d

CureBay Bags ₹100 Cr To Scale Rural Clinics Network, Enhance AI Screening Offerings

If you refer patients in underserved districts, this funds more rural clinics with AI-assisted screening — worth knowing where your patients can get checked closer to home.

General Medicine · Inc42 · 6d

Sibeprenlimab in IgA Nephropathy - Final Phase 3 Trial Analysis.

Final phase 3 data on APRIL inhibition give nephrologists a clearer picture of proteinuria and eGFR benefit before deciding where sibeprenlimab fits alongside standard IgA nephropathy care.

General Medicine · NEJM · 6d

Rituximab vs Azathioprine for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis Maintenance Therapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Direct head-to-head data on which maintenance agent keeps EGPA patients in remission longer, where guidelines currently offer only weak recommendations.

General Medicine · JAMA · 6d

Atacicept in IgA Nephropathy - Phase 3 Trial Final Efficacy Analysis.

Final ORIGIN 3 results confirm atacicept's proteinuria reduction in biopsy-proven IgA nephropathy, giving nephrology a targeted option beyond supportive care for patients at risk of progression.

General Medicine · NEJM · 6d

BCG at 100: The Paradox of an Indispensable Vaccine.

Reinforces that BCG at birth protects infants from disseminated TB but not adult pulmonary disease, so adolescent and adult TB control still depends on case-finding and treatment.

General Medicine · Indian pediatrics · 6d

Ianalumab for the Treatment of Patients with Sjögren's Disease.

Sjögren's has no approved targeted therapy; a B-cell depleting BAFF-receptor antibody could finally give you a disease-modifying option beyond symptomatic care.

General Medicine · NEJM · 6d

Doximity adds UpToDate to Ask in push to become doctors’ go-to AI platform

If your hospital or app stack uses Doximity Ask, answers will now be grounded in UpToDate content rather than generic model output — worth knowing before you trust it at the bedside.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 6d

Persistent Sleepiness After Effective Positive Airway Pressure Therapy Deserves Independent Clinical Evaluation

When a patient on PAP still reports daytime sleepiness despite good adherence and control, work it up separately rather than escalating pressure or dismissing it as treated OSA.

General Medicine · Cureus · 6d

HHS launches national kidney care plan focused on disease prevention, dialysis care and reforming the transplant system

A US policy blueprint, not Indian guidance — but its prevention-first framing and transplant reform signal where nephrology capacity debates are heading.

General Medicine · Fierce Healthcare · 6d