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- medRxiv PreprintsInternational2 Oct 2026
Exploring Ensemble Selection for Model Averaging in Model-informed Precision Dosing: A Tacrolimus Case Study Extended to Cefepime and InfliximabExploring Ensemble Selection for Model Averaging in Model-informed Precision Dosing: A Tacrolimus Case Study Extended to Cefepime and Infliximab
Model averaging combines the predictions of several population pharmacokinetic models to support model-informed precision dosing, but how to select ensemble models remains unexplored. Using tacrolimus as a case study,…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational2 Oct 2026
Reliability and accuracy of medication-based performance measures for assessment of outpatient cardiology clinicians
Background: Multiple performance measures are used to assess the management of common cardiovascular conditions, such as coronary artery disease (CAD), heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and atrial…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational2 Oct 2026
Rare Germline Variants and Genetic Susceptibility to Pleural Mesothelioma: Moving Beyond DNA Repair
A minority of asbestos-exposed individuals develop Pleural mesothelioma (PM), suggesting a role for inherited genetic factors. We performed germline whole-exome sequencing of blood from 127 EPIC participants who…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational2 Oct 2026
Interaction Between Exercise Intensity and Sedentary Behavior on VO2max Change in Patients with De Novo Parkinson Disease: The Study in Parkinson Disease of Exercise (SPARX) Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial
Background Parkinson disease (PD) is associated with increased sedentary time and reduced cardiorespiratory fitness, making exercise an important component of disease management. Although exercise improves…
- FDA Press AnnouncementsUnited States1 Oct 2026
FDA Approves First Heart Valve Designed to Grow with Children
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Autus Size-Adjustable Valve, a surgically implanted pulmonary heart valve for pediatric patients with congenital pulmonary valve disease.
- arXiv — AI in Healthcare (preprints)International1 Oct 2026
Fusing Visual and Textual Representations via Multi-layer Fusing Transformers for Vietnamese Visual Question Answering
In recent decades, artificial intelligence has made significant progress in understanding and interacting with images. One of the important applications of this technology is Visual Question Answering (VQA), a research…
- FDA MedWatch Safety AlertsUnited States1 Oct 2026
Greenwich Rx Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Compounded Glutathione Due to Elevated Endotoxin Levels
IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Tomball, Texas – October 1, 2026 – Greenwich Rx, a 503A compounding pharmacy, is voluntarily recalling specific lots of its compounded glutathione to the consumer level. The product is being recalled…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
An explainable multimodal framework for exploring depression-associated speech representations in Alzheimer's disease
Depression in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is clinically challenging to characterise because affective and cognitive manifestations frequently overlap with the underlying neurodegenerative condition. This study investigates…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
A modified Delphi study to determine Australian healthcare consumer priorities and consensus for the use of genomics and precision medicine approaches in pregnancy healthcare and research
Background: Pregnancy is a uniquely complex ethical and clinical context in which precision medicine approaches, including genomics-driven risk prediction tools, biomarker-based stratification, and data-intensive…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Time-aware machine learning enables early intrapartum identification of fetuses at risk of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy from cardiotocography
Cardiotocography (CTG) is the standard of care for intrapartum fetal monitoring, yet its poor specificity drives unnecessary intervention without reducing hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Most artificial…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
An auditable multimodal agentic system for sequential decision-making across the acute stroke pathway
Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of long term disability worldwide. Although timely reperfusion can improve outcomes, realizing this benefit requires clinicians to integrate fragmented clinical and imaging information…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Impact of Daily Physical Fatigue on Inter-Limb Load Asymmetry and Joint Loading Rates During Daily Living Tasks in Unilateral Knee Osteoarthritis
Background: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by progressive joint degradation and altered gait biomechanics. Inter-limb load asymmetry during daily living tasks may accelerate joint deterioration, particularly…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Comprehensive proteomic characterization of the esophageal String Test identifies a luminal protein signature associated with eosinophilic esophagitis.
ABSTRACT Background: The esophageal String Test (EST) is emerging as a minimally invasive alternative for assessing disease activity in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), yet the molecular composition of its protein…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Modelling the influence of the duration of effectiveness and time taken to implement vector control interventions for vector-borne diseases.
Implementing vector control interventions against infectious diseases is operationally challenging, with delivery and population uptake taking considerable time within a community. Studies have suggested that the slow…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Increasing risks of recurrence following community-associated Clostridioides difficile infection in Oxfordshire 2000-2025
Background Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) continue to cause substantial morbidity and mortality, with increasing incidence in some countries post-COVID-19. Recurrence affects 10-20% of CDI patients: whether…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Design and outcome-model estimability in doubly robust survival analysis: a breast cancer reanalysis
Doubly robust survival estimators require nuisance models that the available information can support. We examine design and estimator dependence in TCGA breast cancer data. Treatment indicators disagree for 337 of 1076…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Functional connectivity correlates of post-acute covid 19 cognitive and neuropsychiatric complications
Abstract Background The neuropsychiatric sequelae (cognitive deficits, anxiety and depression) post-COVID-19 exist as part of the spectrum of the multisystemic long COVID. People with these symptoms have been shown to…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Clinical and Radiomics Predictors of Post-stroke Longitudinal Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital in India
Background: Stroke imposes substantial mortality and socioeconomic burden in India, particularly among younger adults. However, prospective evidence on the prognostic value of baseline clinical and radiomics features…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Surgical Performance and Patient Outcomes in Robot-Assisted Esophagectomy: A Crowd-Sourced Video-Based Assessment
Background: Robust evidence linking individual surgeon technical performance to patient outcomes in complex minimally invasive surgery remains scarce. Crowd-sourced video assessment offers a scalable alternative to…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Diabetes related antibody signature highlights ZnT8 as a novel antigenic target in rheumatoid arthritis
Objective: Autoantibodies are central for pathology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and diabetes mellitus (DM) carrying high predictive and diagnostic value. Here, we explore the frequency and functional potential of…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
The Effects of a Digital Exercise Therapy Application for Patients with Shoulder and Knee Pain During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Objective: To examine changes in function and pain interference among patients utilizing a digital exercise therapy application (DETA) for knee and shoulder pain. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of data…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Hemodynamic Responses to Cold Water Ingestion During Head-Up Tilt
Purpose We examined whether drinking a small volume of cold water during orthostatic stress attenuates the fall in systolic blood pressure (SBP). Methods In a randomized crossover study, 19 healthy young adults…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Early imaging signs associated withsubsequent diagnosis of primary sclerosingcholangitis
BACKGROUND Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is characterized by multifocal biliary strictures on MRI/MRCP. However,we have observed that young PSC patients often displayed a marked intrahepatic bile duct…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
An Epidemiological Study of the Impact of Doula Care on Black Birth Outcomes in Baltimore, Maryland
This study examines the impact of various maternal factors and continuous labor support on birth outcomes among 124 birthing people in the Baltimore region of Maryland who sought and/or received doula care. The cohort…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Perspectives from EPI personnel on immunization programme performance in Kenya: a thematic, complex adaptive systems and leverage-points analysis
Abstract Immunisation system performance depends on effective service delivery and the generation of high-quality data to support planning and decision-making. With the recent scaling down of external health funding,…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
1Hz vs. cTBS Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Augment Behavior Therapy for Tics: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Background: Response to Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT), the first-line treatment for tic disorders, is suboptimal. We conducted Phase 1 of a two-phase, milestone-driven trial to determine if…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Adolescent-Reported National Norms, Psychometrics, and Clinical Considerations for the Nationwide Quality of Life Scale (NQLS)
Abstract Objective: The Nationwide Quality of Life Scale (NQLS) is a brief, public-domain, youth self-report measure designed for quality of life (QoL) reporting in measurement-based care (MBC). Preliminary psychometric…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Multivariate neural signatures of worry become more differentiated across adolescence and young adulthood: An ultra-high field (7T) fMRI study
Worry is an important contributor to anxiety and depressive disorders, particularly in adolescence. Underlying changes in brain networks are thought to drive development of pathological worry, yet the degree to which…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Exploring associations between trust in doctors and the likelihood of accessing healthcare for anxiety, depression and menstrual problems
Background Anxiety, depression and menstrual problems are conditions that significantly impact an individual's health and wellbeing yet, barriers to healthcare can prevent access to appropriate medical care. Trust in…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Methylation-associated Gene Expression (MaGE): a non-invasive, in vivo measure of cellular senescence.
Cellular senescence is a central hallmark of aging, yet its measurement in humans remains invasive, low-throughput and tissue-specific, precluding population-scale study. We developed Methylation-associated Gene…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Triangulating population, individual, and genetic evidence for priority setting in structurally heterogeneous blocs: metabolic risk factors for stroke in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
BACKGROUND: Regional stroke-prevention priorities usually rest on what a bloc's members share. Where members span multiple Global Burden of Disease (GBD) super-regions and genetic ancestry groups, population,…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
Blood Pressure Reduction in Multiomic Digital Food-as-Medicine: a single-arm cohort study with a regression-to-the-mean-adjusted estimand
Elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) is a major modifiable driver of cardiovascular morbidity. Digital food-as-medicine and home-blood-pressure-monitoring programs increasingly support its management outside the…
- medRxiv PreprintsInternational1 Oct 2026
THE CARDIO-PAL SCORE - A NOVEL PROGNOSTICATION TOOL FOR 6-MONTH MORTALITY IN HEART FAILURE INPATIENTS
Background: Patients with heart failure (HF) experience high mortality, yet survival estimates remain challenging. Available prognostic tools commonly predict survival beyond 1-year, limiting goals of care discussions…
- gov.uk — Health and Social CareUnited Kingdom30 Sept 2026
Support for families and babies rolled out to all family hubs
Government expands Healthy Babies support, boosts adult social care workforce and backs NHS action on violence against women.
- FDA Press AnnouncementsUnited States30 Sept 2026
FDA Launches Nationwide Effort to Expand Scientific Expertise and Consumer Voices to Advisory Committees
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a broad, nationwide recruitment effort to expand the range of qualified voices and perspectives on its advisory committees— the independent bodies that inform some…
- arXiv — AI in Healthcare (preprints)International30 Sept 2026
From Knowledge to Legitimacy: A Philosophical Problem Discovery of AI Implementation Readiness in Public Health Disease Surveillance
Despite being an emerging credible means of using artificial intelligence (AI) for improving disease surveillance via early detection of outbreaks, epidemics prediction and evidence-based decision-making, there continue…
- FDA Press AnnouncementsUnited States29 Sept 2026
FDA Investigation Leads to Charges Against Two Indian Nationals Involved in Transnational Counterfeit Drug Distribution Scheme
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida and the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice today announced federal charges against Swapnadip Roy, 33, and Vicky Ramancha, 37, both Indian…
- FDA Press AnnouncementsUnited States28 Sept 2026
FDA Approves First Treatment for MCT8 Deficiency
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Emcitate (tiratricol) tablets for oral suspension to treat peripheral thyrotoxicosis (excess thyroid hormone levels in the blood that causes symptoms, such as rapid…
- FDA Press AnnouncementsUnited States28 Sept 2026
FDA intends to evaluate changes to the PMTA regulatory framework
FDA is carefully reviewing its experience implementing the Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) rule, as well as recent judicial developments, including a federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the…
- arXiv — AI in Healthcare (preprints)International28 Sept 2026
Structural Alignment for Reliable Industrial AI: Bridging Physical Reality, Data, Models, and Human Intent
Artificial intelligence is increasingly deployed in critical industrial domains, including healthcare, energy grids, subsurface exploration, where failures can have severe consequences for human safety, system…
- gov.uk — Health and Social CareUnited Kingdom28 Sept 2026
Leeds review sets out terms of reference for investigation
Independent review into Leeds maternity and neonatal care sets out terms of reference for investigation.
- arXiv — AI in Healthcare (preprints)International28 Sept 2026
Applying Language Models in Clinical Medicine: Recent Trends and Perspectives
The use and applicability of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical research and clinical practice has received increasing attention in the literature over recent years. The emergence of large language models (LLMs)…
- arXiv — AI in Healthcare (preprints)International27 Sept 2026
T-MoXAI: A Hierarchical Explainability Framework for Temporal Multimodal Data
Artificial Intelligence (AI) models for temporal multimodal data have potential in healthcare and agriculture, but their opacity can limit trust and adoption. We introduce T-MoXAI (Temporal Multimodal eXplainable AI), a…
- FDA MedWatch Safety AlertsUnited States25 Sept 2026
Angiographic Catheter Recall: Boston Scientific Removes Imager II Angiographic Catheters
Boston Scientific Imager II Angiographic Catheters removed due to a manufacturing issue leading to tip detachment; could result in procedural delays, embolism
- gov.uk — Health and Social CareUnited Kingdom24 Sept 2026
UKHSA priorities in 2026 to 2027
Letter from Health Minister Dame Diana Johnson MP confirming the UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) role and priorities for the financial year 2026 to 2027.
- FDA MedWatch Safety AlertsUnited States24 Sept 2026
Heart Pump Controller Recall: Abiomed Removes Automated Impella Controllers
Abiomed is removing Automated Impella Controllers due to purge cassette recognition failures that may lead to prolonged delayed in mechanical circulatory support.
- FDA MedWatch Safety AlertsUnited States24 Sept 2026
Convenience Kit Correction: Becton Dickinson Issues Correction for Kits and Procedure Trays Containing Recalled Sodium Chloride Ampules
BD is correcting convenience kits and procedural trays containing recalled Huons Co. sodium chloride ampules
- FDA Press AnnouncementsUnited States23 Sept 2026
Federal Court Enters Consent Decree Against Gold Star Distribution, Inc. Following Persistent Insanitary Warehouse Conditions
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation resulted in a federal court order, dated Sept. 21, 2026, stopping a warehouse operator from distributing FDA-regulated products including food, drugs, medical devices,…
- FDA MedWatch Safety AlertsUnited States23 Sept 2026
Early Alert: Ventilator Issue from React Health
IFT cable connector on VOCSN devices may become unseated and lose communication with internal flow transducer board leading to reboots, System Fault 10 Alarms.
- FDA MedWatch Safety AlertsUnited States23 Sept 2026
Early Alert: Heart Pump Controller Issue from Abiomed
Abiomed is removing certain Impella Controllers with various hardware, firmware, and/or software updates based on a retrospective review of servicing records.
- gov.uk — Health and Social CareUnited Kingdom22 Sept 2026
Keep Britain Working review update: a national growth opportunity, September 2026
September 2026 update on implementing the independent review of employers' role in tackling health based economic inactivity and promoting healthy and inclusive workplaces to change outcomes, improve lives and drive…
- CDC Online NewsroomUnited States22 Sept 2026
Annual Report to the Nation: Progress Against Lung Cancer Drives Down Cancer Mortality
Learn the latest U.S. cancer trends, including falling death rates and lung cancer progress.
- CDC Online NewsroomUnited States21 Sept 2026
CDC Data Show Encouraging Progress in Youth Health
CDC Data Show Encouraging Progress in Youth Health
- FDA Press AnnouncementsUnited States21 Sept 2026
FDA Updates Regulations to Advance Innovative Alternatives to Animal Testing
The FDA today issued a direct final rule that updates its regulations to clarify that non-animal methods can be used where appropriate for testing the safety of drugs and biological products intended for human use…
- gov.uk — Health and Social CareUnited Kingdom21 Sept 2026
Thousands invited to register for public panel for independent commission on adult social care
Baroness Louise Casey's independent commission on adult social care is inviting people to join public panels as part of the Big Conversation on Care.
- FDA MedWatch Safety AlertsUnited States21 Sept 2026
Par Health Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Two Lots of Dexmedetomidine HCl in 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection Due to the Presence of Particulate Matter
ROCHESTER, MI– September 18, 2026 –Par Health is voluntarily recalling two lots of Dexmedetomidine HCl in 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection 400 mcg/100 mL (4 mcg/mL) to the hospital level. The product is being recalled due…
- FDA MedWatch Safety AlertsUnited States21 Sept 2026
Convenience Kit Correction: AVID Medical Issues Correction for Kits Containing Huons Sodium Chloride Ampules
AVID Medical is correcting convenience kits containing recalled Huons Co. sodium chloride ampules.
- FDA MedWatch Safety AlertsUnited States21 Sept 2026
Otsuka ICU Medical LLC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP Due To a Product Mix-up with 10 mEq Potassium Chloride Injection
Otsuka ICU Medical LLC is issuing a voluntary recall for one lot of 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE Injection, USP, 100mL single pack to the user level due to a potential mix-up. The affected lot of 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE Injection,…
- FDA MedWatch Safety AlertsUnited States21 Sept 2026
Ventilator Recall: CooperSurgical Removes INCA Infant Nasal CPAP Sets
The cannula sets may exhibit a loose connection between the flexible tubing and the nasal cannula resulting in reduced effectiveness and decreased oxygenation.
- gov.uk — Health and Social CareUnited Kingdom20 Sept 2026
Expert team to drive improvements in cancer care
Government announces new National Cancer Board, whose first meeting is today (21 September 2026).