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Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a Danaher company and a global leader in clinical diagnostics, today announced that it has received the CE 2797 mark under IVDR for the Access MeMed BV assay. This enables widespread use of high-throughput host response tests that allow clinicians to differentiate between bacterial and viral infections in about 20 minutes. Image credit: Beckman Coulter Diagnostics Validated for use across the installed base of Beckman Coulter’s DxI 9000 and Access 2 immunoassay analyzers, the Access MeMed BV assay enables rapid and reliable identification of infections while leveraging a laboratory’s existing infrastructure and workflow. Beckman Coulter has partnered…

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved Kerendia® (finerenone), a non-steroidal selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (nsMRA), for the treatment of symptomatic chronic heart failure (HF) with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥40% in adults in the UK. The new indication covers both heart failure phenotypes: heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Dr Fozia Ahmed, Consultant Cardiologist at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, said: “Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction are among the most difficult forms of heart failure to…

The Medical Society of the District of Columbia (MSDC) Health Physicians Foundation has announced the recipient of the 2026 Dr. Cesar A. Caceres Medical Innovation Award and the award of a $250,000 grant to Mary’s Center, a community health center serving more than 65,000 people of all ages, incomes, and backgrounds in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Mary’s Center will use this award to implement remote patient monitoring technology that allows patients facing barriers to care to securely share health information with their health care team from home. This infrastructure can support patients managing chronic medical, behavioral health, or maternal…

Medicine is complex. Fragmentation, rising costs, and constantly evolving regulations are challenges across health plans, patients, partners, and providers. With this complexity and increasing volume of medical insurance claims, improper insurance payments show no signs of slowing down. In fact, the 2025 Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program showed an improper payment rate of 6.55%.Payment alignment may be one of the biggest cost control levers for health plans, but some organizations continue to struggle to bring their programs to a point where they can scale and grow toward year-over-year value gains. Prepaid and postpaid connections Achieving future-proof payments integrity requires…

Recent research published in personality and individual differences presents evidence that public perceptions of the lawyer’s character have changed significantly over the past 120 years. After analyzing millions of books, researchers found that while lawyers are highly honest and open to new experiences, society tends to view them as increasingly lacking in warmth. These findings suggest that the way we write about the legal profession reflects broader cultural and historical changes in the workplace and society. Throughout history, the legal profession has held a complex place in the public imagination. People often expect them to act as defenders of justice,…

New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Istanbul, Turkey (12-15 May) reveals distinct patterns of cardiac, metabolic and inflammatory health risks among men and women with obesity and provides insights into how clinicians can tailor their management approaches. A study led by researchers at Turkey’s Dokuz Eylul University found that obese men were more likely to have abdominal (visceral) fat, a key factor contributing to major heart and metabolic health risks, and elevated levels of liver enzymes, an indicator of liver damage. In contrast, obese women appear to be more likely to develop…

People who have cancer as teenagers or young adults have twice the risk of developing most types of cancer later in life, according to research published in Alberta. CMJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.251381. Primary neoplasms (new cancers that develop after an earlier cancer) are known as late effects from previous cancers and are often caused by the effects of treatment. ”Combined with the relatively high survival rate of approximately 86% in this age group, there is a growing population of young cancer survivors who are adversely affected by cancer diagnosis and treatment even decades later.,” wrote Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaudia,…

Regeneron is turning its attention to radiopharmaceuticals as the latest anti-obesity measures start to pay off. The New York-based biopharmaceutical company is paying Australia’s Tellix Pharmaceuticals $40 million upfront to initially work on four solid tumor programs. Regeneron selects specific targets based on its proprietary antibody portfolio. The idea is to leverage Telix’s radiopharmaceutical manufacturing platform to advance these four programs. According to the April 13 release, Regeneron also has the option to expand the partnership to four more programs in exchange for a larger upfront payment. If a product is brought to market, Telix and Regeneron will split global…

New research published in addictive behavior Studies suggest that struggling to control your social media habits can impair your sleep quality and negatively impact your mental health. This study provides evidence that screen time, which interferes with the night, tends to be a major pathway leading to symptoms of depression and anxiety. Protecting your sleep habits may be one of the most practical steps we can take to protect our mental health. Previous studies examining the relationship between frequent social media use and mental health have yielded mixed results. Some studies suggest a clear association with later depression and anxiety,…

What influences how long we live, and how much of that influence is written into our genes? Scientists long believed that genetics played only a modest role. Previous estimates suggest that genetic factors explain about 20 to 25 percent of the difference in lifespan, and some large studies even put the number at less than 10 percent. New research from the Weizmann Institute of Science reveals that sciencecalling into question that long-held view. Researchers report that roughly half of the variation in human lifespan can be attributed to genetics, at least twice as much as previous estimates. The research was…