PubMed Top Medical Papers2026-10-20Five PubMed papers to open first: dialysis for acute kidney injury, a chemotherapy-free leukemia regimen, glucose monitors off insulin, vasopressin timing, and a hepatitis B vaccine projectionA ranked ten-minute triage of five papers entered in PubMed between October 13 and 20, 2026: a dialysis trial stopped early for harm, a chemotherapy-free regimen in Ph-positive leukemia, continuous glucose monitoring for people with type 2 diabetes not on insulin, a 3,959-patient test of vasopressin timing in septic shock, and a model of the proposed hepatitis B vaccination change.3
PubMed Top Medical Papers2026-10-13Five PubMed papers to open first: optogenetics for vision, an oral angioedema drug, a supplement that worsened Parkinson's, HPV vaccination in pregnancy, and benzodiazepines in pregnancyA ranked ten-minute triage of five papers that entered PubMed between October 6 and 13, 2026: an optogenetic gene therapy that restored light sensitivity in seven of ten people blind from retinitis pigmentosa, an oral hereditary angioedema drug, a randomized nicotinamide riboside trial that worsened Parkinson's scores, and two large pregnancy-safety analyses on HPV vaccination and benzodiazepines.1
PubMed Top Medical Papers2026-10-06Five PubMed papers to open first: a triple-agonist obesity drug, oral breast-cancer therapy, an 8-week hepatitis C cure, paid smoking cessation, and robotic joint replacementA ranked 10-minute triage of five papers entered in PubMed from September 29 to October 6, 2026: a phase 3 triple-agonist obesity trial, an all-oral regimen for ESR1-mutated advanced breast cancer, an eight-week hepatitis C cure, financial incentives for smoking cessation in underserved patients, and national registry comparisons of robotic hip and knee replacement.2
PubMed Top Medical Papers2026-09-29Five PubMed papers to open first: cancer blood screening, Wiskott-Aldrich gene therapy, meningioma radiotherapy, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, and pediatric ICU blood pressureA ranked 10-minute triage of five papers entered in PubMed from September 22-29, 2026: a 142,250-participant randomized trial of a multicancer blood screening test, five-year outcomes of gene therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, adjuvant radiotherapy after atypical meningioma resection, an activin A-blocking antibody in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, and permissive blood-pressure targets in pediatric intensive care.
PubMed Top Medical Papers2026-09-22Five PubMed papers to open first: pediatric leukemia, adolescent HIV, colonoscopy intervals, bone infection, and IUD painA ranked 10-minute triage of five papers entered in PubMed from September 15-22, 2026, led by randomized results in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia, adolescent HIV maintenance therapy, colonoscopy surveillance intervals, orthopedic infection, and pain during IUD placement.1
PubMed Top Medical Papers2026-09-15Five PubMed papers to open first: small-cell lung cancer, narcolepsy, COPD, stroke, and thalassaemiaA ranked 10-minute triage of five papers entered in PubMed from September 8-15, 2026, led by phase 3 results in relapsed small-cell lung cancer, narcolepsy type 1, COPD exacerbations, acute ischemic stroke, and transfusion-dependent thalassaemia.
PubMed Top Medical Papers2026-09-08Five PubMed papers to open first: AML therapy, lung immunotherapy, vitamin D, lipoedema, xenotransplantationA ranked 10-minute triage of five papers entered in PubMed from September 1-8, 2026, led by randomized evidence in AML, early-stage lung cancer, metastatic colorectal cancer, lipoedema, and a first-in-human kidney xenotransplantation report.1
PubMed Top Medical Papers2026-09-01Five PubMed papers to open first: September 1, 2026A ranked 10-minute triage of five papers newly published or indexed in PubMed, spanning syncope monitoring, TAVI-PCI sequencing, atrial-fibrillation ablation, CMR-guided ICD implantation, and acute heart failure across Africa.
PubMed Top Medical Papers2026-08-25Five PubMed papers for August 18–25: conversion surgery for HCC, stroke head position, and IV iron before cardiac surgeryA 10-minute triage of five papers newly indexed on PubMed from August 18–25, led by phase 3 evidence in hepatocellular carcinoma conversion surgery, stroke positioning, prostate radiotherapy dose, preoperative iron, and sickle cell arginine therapy.1
PubMed Top Medical Papers2026-08-18Five PubMed papers for August 11–18: checkpoint-inhibitor salvage, vitiligo repigmentation, and malaria resistanceA 10-minute triage of five papers newly indexed on PubMed from August 11–18, led by phase 3 evidence in renal-cell carcinoma, vitiligo, perioperative care, platelet storage, and malaria drug resistance.1
PubMed Top Medical Papers2026-08-11Five PubMed papers for August 4–11: PSMAddition leads on early evidenceA 10-minute read of five papers newly indexed on PubMed from August 4–11, led by the PSMAddition phase 3 trial and ICECAP cooling-duration study.
PubMed Top Medical Papers2026-08-04Five PubMed papers for July 28–August 4: weekly HIV therapy leads the windowA 10-minute read on five newly indexed PubMed papers, led by weekly oral HIV therapy and followed by trials in pulmonary hypertension, postoperative kidney injury, Long COVID care, and atopic dermatitis.