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Ever wondered why learning a new musical instrument or picking up another language suddenly seemed so much harder than it used to? Why is it that some people find it difficult to ‘act their age’? It’s all about how and when your brain ‘matures’.

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An FDA committee is recommending the addition of several peptides to the 503A bulk drug substances list.
The FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee, which has faced scrutiny for having several members with conflicts of interest, met July 23 and 24 to discuss peptides.
Owais Durrani, DO, an emergency medicine physician in Houston, previously wrote for Healio that “some of the most transformative drugs in modern medicine are peptides,” including insulin and semaglutide. While “the science of peptides is real, serious and worth pursuing,” Durrani wrote, the current system is messy: “a

The FDA approved Lytenava for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration, according to a press release from Outlook Therapeutics.
The approval of Lytenava is marks the first and only FDA-approved ophthalmic formulation of bevacizumab for the treatment of wet AMD in the United States.
Bevacizumab-vikg, a recombinant humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody specific for human VEGF, binds VEGF and inhibits interactions of VEGF with Flt-1 and KDR receptors on the surface of endothelial cells. The approved formulation of bevacizumab binds to VEGF-A and prevents interaction with VEGFR-1

The number of U.S. measles cases in 2026 has surpassed last year’s total, reaching a 35-year high, according to the CDC.
Data published Friday show there have been 2,318 cases so far in 2026 — nearly 30 more cases already than last year’s 2,289. It is the highest number of cases in 1 year since 1991, according to the CDC.
“Ongoing measles outbreaks in the United States, resulting in illness and hospitalizations, are an unnecessary and preventable tragedy given that we have a safe and effective vaccine,” William Moss, MD, MPH, executive director of the International Vaccine Access Center at

The multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak traced to Taylor Farms shredded iceberg lettuce has expanded to nine states, federal health officials said on Friday.
The outbreak, which has sickened thousands, now includes Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania, according to the CDC and FDA. Initially, health officials said the outbreak was contained to Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
“FDA will continue to work with federal and state partners to investigate this multistate outbreak and ensure products implicated in this outbreak have been removed from the market,”

A 4-year-old boy was evaluated in his family’s primary care clinic in the summer for the sudden onset of swelling of the distal penis.
His only symptom was itching, which led to scratching and some discomfort. He initially appeared normal when he came in from playing and went to bed the night before. However, when he woke up early the next morning, he presented with more itching and swelling proximal to the glans as seen in Figure 1.
His past medical history is that of a healthy boy whose immunizations are up to date. He had no preceding symptoms or complaints. His vital signs were normal, and

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The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery urged the continued use of existing CPT codes for cyclodialysis with scleral reinforcement until new policy takes effect next year, according to a statement released by the society.
While a dedicated Category III CPT code for the procedure is slated to take effect on Jan. 1, 2027, surgeons have typically used two existing codes, one for creation of cyclodialysis cleft (66740) and another for scleral reinforcement with graft (67255), according to the

[Editor’s note: The following story is part of our “Hooked on ID” series. Tell us your story by emailing infectiousdisease@healio.com, with the subject line “Hooked on ID.”]
My interest in infectious diseases can be traced back to a formative experience I had in my native country of Peru. I began my 8-year-long medical school training as an aspiring physician. During my fifth year, I enrolled in a tropical medicine course that included a field trip to the Peruvian Amazon. It was there that I encountered indigenous communities facing health challenges such as parasitic infections and inadequate

The AMA adopted policy to improve physician education on the effectiveness of low-dose computed tomography, or LDCT, at its annual House of Delegates meeting.
In the U.S., lung cancer is the top cause of cancer deaths and is the second most common overall cancer, but screening rates are still low, according to a press release from the AMA.
In the new policy, the organization “will also encourage education, technological innovation and continued research around the detection of coronary artery calcification on low-dose CT performed as a part of a lung cancer screening program,” according to an