Persistent nail separation may hide a rare melanoma
A 74-year-old man's year-long thumbnail detachment was misdiagnosed as a fungal infection before biopsy revealed subungual amelanotic melanoma, a rare ...
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Lung Cancer That Hid in the Uterus: Rare Metastasis Fooled Doctors
A 77-year-old woman's uterine tumor turned out to be metastatic lung adenocarcinoma, a case highlighting how immunohistochemistry and genomic sequencing ...
When a Stroke Is Not a Stroke: MRI and Spinal Fluid Biomarkers Untangle Fatal Prion Disease Masquerading as Ischemic Attack
A new case report details how a 76-year-old man's sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was initially misdiagnosed as ischemic stroke, with MRI ...
When Sensitive Skin Hides Nerve Damage: Real-World Data Reveal a Hidden Overlap With Peripheral Neuropathy
An exploratory analysis of health records from 2,333 people reporting sensitive skin found that one-third carried diagnoses of altered skin ...
When the Body Ignores Its Own Thyroid Hormones: Decoding RTHβ in Children
The biochemical signature that defines resistance to thyroid hormone beta—a simultaneous rise in free thyroxine and free triiodothyronine with a ...
Women With Autoimmune Disease Face Longer Waits and More Psychiatric Misdiagnoses
A study of 6,607 patients across multiple autoimmune diseases finds that women report longer diagnostic delays, more clinician visits, and ...
Children With Type 1 Diabetes Are Too Often Misdiagnosed, Major Review Finds
A scoping review of 27 studies finds that delayed diagnosis, missed recognition, and misclassification of paediatric type 1 diabetes remain ...
Rare Childhood Bleeding Disorder Traced to Two New ADAMTS13 Gene Variants
A Chinese pediatric case series has identified two previously unreported ADAMTS13 gene variants in children with hereditary thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, ...
Rare Castleman Disease Masquerading as Tuberculosis Finally Diagnosed as TAFRO Syndrome
A new case report describes a young man whose three-year illness, misdiagnosed as tuberculosis, was finally identified as idiopathic multicentric ...
Starvation Can Mimic Bone Cancer: Malnutrition-Driven Marrow Lesions Reverse with Recovery
A Japanese case report shows that severe malnutrition can produce tumor-like bone marrow lesions that fully reverse with nutritional recovery.
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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