3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (730+ words) A 5-month-old girl, already malnourished, came to the doctors with a belly that kept getting bigger. Imaging showed a mass with multiple fluid-filled pockets deep in her abdomen. A biopsy turned up pancreatic tissue, so her doctors suspected a pancreatic…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (974+ words) Update Note: This article reports new recommendations from four national medical societies, issued Sept. 2, 2026, following MedicalDaily's earlier coverage of the FDA's approval of updated COVID-19 vaccines. As of Sept. 10, 2026, the CDC had not issued new COVID-19 or RSV recommendations for…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (842+ words) Most people assume the pancreas sits in front of the large veins that drain the gut and the spleen. In a small share of the population, it does not. A collar of pancreatic tissue loops behind the portal vein and…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (635+ words) For six months, a 45-year-old man dealt with foul-smelling discharge from his right nostril and nosebleeds that came and went. When doctors looked inside with an endoscope, they saw a hard white mass sitting on the floor of his right…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (746+ words) That order matters because a person who cannot breathe can suffer brain injury within minutes. The FDA warns that using a device before established protocols "could delay critical life-saving action," partly because taking a device out of its packaging and…...

4+ day, 8+ min ago   (652+ words) A patient at a German university hospital was accidentally given 12.5 grams of dipyrone in a single oral dose, roughly 132 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. That is several times the maximum amount an adult is meant to receive across an…...

4+ day, 12+ min ago   (692+ words) A 38-year-old man arrived at a urological emergency department with a metal ring locked at the base of his penis, the shaft above it swollen, congested, and turning blue. He had put the ring on roughly 24 hours earlier, after a…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (778+ words) An Indian chemical plant that supplied the active ingredients in generic Viagra and Cialis to American compounding pharmacies has recalled everything it had in US distribution after federal inspectors documented residue-covered equipment, an employee in open-toed sandals beside open production…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (470+ words) The latissimus dorsi is the muscle reconstructive surgeons reach for when they want a sure thing. It is broad, it is fed by a dependable set of vessels, and its anatomy is consistent enough that surgical planning is usually straightforward....

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (936+ words) A convenience store sandwich sold across Georgia and Florida for about two weeks in late summer was recalled because egg appeared in the ingredient list but was missing from the allergen warning most families actually read. FreshPoint of Orlando issued…...