Prednisone may impair bone health in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy - News-Medical

Sixty Surrey fire fighters tapped into a generous public and collected $25,000 for Muscular Dystrophy Canada (MDC) this year, bringing the Local’s lifetime donations to the charity to $266,000. The effort earned the Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society the 2026 Dr. David Green Award for Fire Department of the Year, which recognizes its fundraising and longstanding support for the charity.

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.