February 2026

US Data Reveal Increases in Pregnancy Mortality Compared With Abortion

February 2, 2026 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / abortion

Edited by Lora McGlade January 23, 2026 TOPLINE: Analysis of nearly 15 million births and 3.7 million abortions from 2018-2021 revealed pregnancy-related mortality is 45-70 times higher than abortion-related deaths, at least triple the previous ratio from 1998-2005 data. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional analysis included all births and pregnancy-related deaths from the National Vital Statistics System […]

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Time to Reconsider FDA Clearance of Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation for ADHD?

February 2, 2026 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / ADHD

Pauline Anderson January 22, 2026 Trigeminal nerve stimulation (TNS), which has been cleared in the US for treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), is not effective in children with the condition. Results of a large randomized, sham-controlled study showed TNS did not improve core symptoms or related clinical and cognitive features of ADHD. “This treatment is very

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New Biologic Offers Hope for Hard-to-Treat COPD Patients

February 2, 2026 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / COPD

Edited by Zeel Mehta January 27, 2026 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended dupilumab (Dupixent, Sanofi) as an add-on maintenance therapy for adults with uncontrolled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and raised blood eosinophil counts. As outlined in NICE’s final draft guidance, this self-administered biologic is the first targeted therapy for this specific population and could benefit

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Centuries-Old Longevity Elixir Reveals Gaps in Modern Medicine

February 2, 2026 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / modern medicine

Sarah Amandolare January 23, 2026 Rifling through an old herbal book, Fabien Schultz, PhD, discovered a handwritten three-page recipe. Schultz, head of ethnopharmacology and zoopharmacognosy at Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany, was intrigued by the opening lines attributing the elixir to Germes, a Swedish doctor who died at age 104 after falling off

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US Data Reveal Increases in Pregnancy Mortality Compared With Abortion

Time to Reconsider FDA Clearance of Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation for ADHD?

New Biologic Offers Hope for Hard-to-Treat COPD Patients

Centuries-Old Longevity Elixir Reveals Gaps in Modern Medicine

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