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The Russian Ministry of Health regularly updates standards of medical care for various nosologies.
The Russian Ministry of Health has approved a new standard for the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia in adults, new drugs and studies have been added, it follows from a document reviewed by RIA Novosti.
Thus, in addition to initial and repeated appointments with a psychiatrist, the updated standard included a dispensary appointment, as well as new laboratory tests, including analysis of high- and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, examination of C-reactive protein, determination of antibodies to hepatitis B and C, HIV and Treponema pallidum (the causative agent of syphilis).
In addition, non-drug treatment options have been expanded. Clinical and psychological training, plasmapheresis and hemosorption have been added, removing toxins, heavy metals and poisons from the blood. Group psychoeducational work with the patient’s relatives is excluded.

In China, a 35-year-old man was admitted to hospital with complaints of discomfort when urinating and blood in his urine. A CT scan showed multiple needle-shaped metallic foreign bodies in the heart, abdomen, pelvis, bladder, and penis. One 3.5 cm long sewing needle located close to the heart was surgically removed, while the others were left to be gradually removed due to the risk of injury. Doctors believe the man inserted the needles into his skin himself, which could be a form of self-harm given his mental development problems. The case is described in the journal BMC Medicine.

A study published in the European Heart Journal found that eight common food preservatives, including potassium sorbate, sodium nitrite and ascorbic acid, were associated with an increased risk of hypertension. People with high intakes of these supplements had a 24 percent higher risk of high blood pressure. The analysis is based on data from more than 112 thousand people followed for seven to eight years. Scientists emphasize that only a statistical relationship has been identified, not a cause-and-effect relationship.

Psychiatrist and narcologist Ruslan Isaev said that alcoholic fatty liver disease can begin after just a few weeks of daily alcohol consumption, but at an early stage it is reversible if you give up alcohol, otherwise it leads to hepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis, and also negatively affects the cardiovascular system, blood pressure, sleep and concentration.

Doctors from the University Clinic of PIMU in Nizhny Novgorod saved a 21-year-old student from Voronezh who received burns to 90% of his body in May 2026 in an inflatable slide fire. After treatment for burn disease, multiple organ failure, pneumonia and sepsis, including extracorporeal detoxification and autodermoplasty, the student underwent rehabilitation and was discharged, planning to complete his studies and work in his specialty.

Scientists at the University of Jyväskylä have found that a high body mass index in adolescence correlates with accelerated biological aging decades later, which increases the risk of chronic diseases.

All 60 people hospitalized with an intestinal infection after visiting the Nan Kebab N1 cafe in Kazan have been discharged from the hospital. Salmonella and E. coli were detected in the establishment, a criminal case was opened, and the cafe was sealed.