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Ray J was recently hospitalized after experiencing another medical emergency – this time in the middle of a livestream. The 45-year-old R&B singer was at the Fab Factory recording studio in Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 1, with his mother, Sonja B. Norwood, when he had the health scare, TMZ reported. An ambulance rushed him to the hospital, according to the outlet. The "Love & Hip-Hop" star – who had been resting in the hospital as of Oct. 3 – was discharged the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 4, his rep, Melinda Santiago, confirmed to USA TODAY. Ray J, whose real name is William Ray Norwood Jr., experienced a life-threatening hospitalization in January, which he later revealed was a severe case of heart failure after contracting pneumonia. Ray J attends the 10th Annual BMI Urban Awards at the Pantages Theatre on Sept. 10, 2010, in Los Angeles. The "One Wish" star said in a Jan. 25 video that his heart is "only beating like 25%" but remained optimistic and grateful. "As long as I stay focused and stay on the right path, everything will be alright," he said.

Among cancer patients, the high financial cost of cancer care is a prevalent problem. This financial burden is also associated with potentially harmful behavioral strategies that patients might use to cope with costs, such as delaying or forgoing treatment and skipping medications. Collectively, researchers refer to this impact as financial toxicity.

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) could transform diabetes management for millions of Americans with type 2 diabetes who don't take insulin, according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The clinical trial found that adults using CGMs spent approximately five additional hours each day within their target blood sugar range compared with those receiving routine care. Nearly twice as many CGM users also achieved an A1c level below 7%, a common treatment goal for people with diabetes.

Patients who wore noise-canceling headphones during minimally invasive gynecological surgery were significantly less likely to experience postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), suggest findings from a randomized clinical trial presented at the Anesthesiology 2026 annual meeting.

“Beyond Detecting Cancer Recurrence: Can Whole-Genome Sequencing-Based ctDNA Monitoring Help Personalize Adjuvant Treatment? An exciting new study published in The Oncologist highlights the clinical potential of Signatera Genome, a whole-genome sequencing (WGS)-based, tumor-informed circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assay, not only for detecting molecular residual disease (MRD), but also for potentially informing adjuvant treatment decisions.