Today's Healthcare News
June 12, 2025
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June 9, 2025 — Teens are diving into intense skincare routines inspired by TikTok, often slathering on six or more products daily, sometimes over ten in just minutes, chasing beauty ideals that favor lighter, flawless skin. But new research warns this digital ...
June 9, 2025 — A revolutionary STI test developed by UK-based Linear Diagnostics is on track to dramatically reduce the time it takes to detect infections like gonorrhea and chlamydia. Built on ultra-fast EXPAR DNA amplification technology, the platform can ...
June 7, 2025 — Cannabis use among older Americans has climbed dramatically, with 7% of adults 65 and older now reporting recent use. This rise isn't just in numbers but also in diversity older users today are more likely to be women, college-educated, and ...
June 6, 2025 — A diabetes drug may soon double as a treatment for liver disease. Dapagliflozin, an SGLT-2 inhibitor typically used for type 2 diabetes, significantly improved liver inflammation and scarring in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated ...
June 2, 2025 — A trial of an interactive game that trains people to alter their brain waves has shown promise as a treatment for nerve pain -- offering hope for a new generation of drug-free ...
June 2, 2025 — Researchers have synthesized a new compound called infuzide that shows activity against resistant strains of ...
June 3, 2025 — According to a recent study, in patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), epileptic seizures are significantly more common than previously known. The discovery deepens understanding of the ...
June 3, 2025 — Researchers asked patients, some of whom had experienced lower back pain for up to 40 years, if being in nature helped them coped better with their lower back pain. They found that people able to ...
June 2, 2025 — Marijuana use among older adults in the US has reached a new high, with 7 percent of adults aged 65 and over who report using it in the past month, according to a recent ...
May 30, 2025 — An international clinical trial shows an innovative CAR-T cell immunotherapy is promising against aggressive T cell cancers and has manageable side ...
May 29, 2025 — Current regulations for nanomedicines overlook the effects of the different forms of the same element, such as ions, nanoparticles, and aggregates. In a recent study, researchers developed a new analytical method combining an asymmetric flow ...
May 29, 2025 — Researchers have identified C5aR1 as a novel biomarker for metastasis risk and poor prognosis in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), the most common type of metastatic skin cancer. The new study's findings in The American Journal ...
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June 9, 2025 — A rare genetic disorder called Werner syndrome causes premature aging and devastating health complications from an early age, yet treatment options have been lacking. New hope emerges from Chiba ...
May 29, 2025 — Researchers compared their long-standing diagnostic decision support systems AI tool, DXplain, with modern large language models like ChatGPT and ...
May 29, 2025 — Immediate recovery efforts receive the most attention after severe natural disasters, yet new data from researchers at Drexel University and the ...
May 28, 2025 — Researchers have identify a set of biomarkers that could someday make it easy to spot the disease in a patient's blood ...
May 28, 2025 — New research conducted by an international consortium shows that IBD and related conditions are now spreading through developing regions in Africa, ...
May 27, 2025 — A new study reveals a concerning decline in self-reported mental health among mothers in the United States between 2016 and 2023. The study also found modest but measurable declines in self-reported ...
May 28, 2025 — Researchers have developed a way to edit the genetic sequences at the root of Huntington's disease and Friedreich's ataxia. If longer than a certain threshold length, these sequences grow in length ...
May 28, 2025 — Results from a clinical trial show that giving people with high blood pressure an injection every six months can lead to a meaningful, sustained reduction in their blood ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — There is a global shortage of omega-3 partly due to environmental factors, according to new research. This is not just a healthcare issue; it is a public health and environmental ...
May 27, 2025 — Scientists have identified microRNA able to protect small blood vessels and support kidney function after severe ...
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May 27, 2025 — The U.S. is facing a maternal health crisis with higher rates of maternal mortality than any other high-income country. Social and economic factors, including income, are recognized determinants of ...
May 27, 2025 — Taking a statin medication is an effective, safe, and low-cost way to lower cholesterol and reduce risk of cardiovascular events. Despite clinicians recommending that many patients with diabetes take ...
May 23, 2025 — Some patients with a rare form of ALS benefited from an experimental therapy, with biomarker evidence of reduced injury to neurons and even limited functional ...
May 22, 2025 — For gene therapy to work well, therapeutic molecules need to be efficiently delivered to the correct locations in the body -- a job commonly given to adeno-associated viruses (AAV). To improve the ...
May 22, 2025 — New studies reveal that both the public and healthcare providers often overlook social connection as a key factor in physical health, even though loneliness rivals smoking and obesity in health ...
May 22, 2025 — Doctors can better communicate health numbers and statistical risks to their patients. Decision psychology experts give five strategies for effective patient-physician communication on quantitative ...
May 22, 2025 — Scientists have developed a new surgical technique for implanting multiple tissue grafts in the eye's retina. The findings in animals may help advance treatment options for dry age-related ...
May 21, 2025 — An artificial intelligence technique for detecting DNA fragments shed by tumors and circulating in a patient's blood could help clinicians more quickly identify and determine if pancreatic ...
May 21, 2025 — A randomized trial suggests vitamin D can protect against telomere shortening, which is linked to risk of age-related ...
May 21, 2025 — If you've ever sat waiting at the doctor's office to give a blood sample, you might have wished there was a way to find the same information without needles. But for all the medical ...
May 21, 2025 — High birth weight is the main risk factor for birth injuries to the anal sphincter muscles of the person giving birth, according to a new study. This new method for predicting the risks could improve ...
May 21, 2025 — An international study has uncovered why a widely used treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) doesn't work for everyone. The findings could help doctors better match patients with the ...
May 21, 2025 — Research teams have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord with exceptional accuracy. These delivery systems ...
May 21, 2025 — Researchers demonstrated unprecedented rates of recovery for spinal cord injuries. Individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury safely received a combination of stimulation of a nerve in the neck ...
May 20, 2025 — Scientists and medics have developed an ultra-rapid method of genetically diagnosing brain tumors that will cut the time it takes to classify them from 6-8 weeks, to as little as two hours.The team ...
May 20, 2025 — Trauma centers nationwide will begin to test a new approach for assessing traumatic brain injury (TBI) that is expected to lead to more accurate diagnoses and more appropriate treatment and follow-up ...
May 20, 2025 — Experts have demonstrated that multiple sclerosis (MS) can successfully be diagnosed using an MRI scan, meaning patients no longer need to undergo a painful lumbar puncture. Experts found that by ...
May 20, 2025 — A study has used advanced genetic and genomic techniques to offer a major step forward in understanding and diagnosing infectious intestinal diseases. The large-scale study analyzed more than 1,000 ...
May 20, 2025 — Head and neck cancer researchers are reporting the development and testing of HPV-DeepSeek, a novel liquid biopsy assay. In their new study, HPV-DeepSeek achieved 99% sensitivty and specifity for ...
May 20, 2025 — Controlling blood pressure is not the only way to treat hypertension. A new study identified eight associated risk factors. Each risk factor addressed was associated with a 13% lower risk of ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- Unconditional Cash Transfers Following Childbirth Increases Breastfeeding
- Timely Initiation of Statin Therapy for Diabetes Shown to Dramatically Reduce Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
Friday, May 23, 2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- Researchers Develop Gene Therapy That Can Target Airway and Lungs Via Nasal Spray
- Social Connection Is Still Underappreciated as a Medically Relevant Health Factor
- When Doctors Skip the Numbers, Patients May Misjudge the Health Risks
- Scientists Test in an Animal Model a Surgical Technique to Improve Cell Therapy for Dry AMD
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- 'Fast-Fail' AI Blood Test Could Steer Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Away from Ineffective Therapies
- Vitamin D Supplements Show Signs of Protection Against Biological Aging
- Scientists Invent Breakthrough Device to Detect Airborne Signs of Disease
- New Method Paves Way for Fewer Severe Birth Injuries
- Why Common Leukemia Treatments Fail in Some Patients
- Scientists Design Gene Delivery Systems for Cells in the Brain and Spinal Cord
- Clinical Trial Shows Improvements for Spinal Cord Injuries
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- New Genetic Test Can Diagnose Brain Tumors in as Little as Two Hours
- How Serious Is Your Brain Injury? New Criteria Will Reveal More
- MRI Can Replace Painful Spinal Tap to Diagnose MS More Quickly, According to a New Study
- Advanced Genomics Study Improves Detection of Hard-to-Find Diarrheal Infections
- New Blood Test Shows Superior Sensitivity in Detecting HPV-Associated Head and Neck Cancers
- Controlling These 8 Risk Factors May Eliminate Early Death Risk for Those With High Blood Pressure
Monday, May 19, 2025
- After Cardiac Event, People Who Regularly Sit for Too Long Had Higher Risk of Another Event
- Don't Hit Snooze on New Research About Waking Up Each Morning
- Experimental Painkiller Could Outsmart Opioids -- Without the High
- Machine Learning Model Helps Identify Patients at Risk of Postpartum Depression
Friday, May 16, 2025
- Relieve Your Pain With a Psychologist or an App
- New Auditory Brainstem Implant Shows Early Promise
- Thousands of Cardiac 'digital Twins' Offer New Insights Into the Heart
- AI-Powered App Enables Anemia Screening Using Fingernail Selfies
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- Enzyme Identified as an Important Tumor Inhibitor in T-Cell Lymphomas
- Seeing Blood Clots Before They Strike
- People With Critical Cardiovascular Disease May Benefit from Palliative Care
- Patients With Glioblastoma Who Received Gabapentin Lived Longer, Study Suggests
- Focused Ultrasound Halts Growth of Debilitating Brain Lesions
- Shorter Radiation Therapy After Prostate Surgery Safe, Study Finds
- 'Rogue' Immune Cells Explain Why a Gluten-Free Diet Fails in Some Celiac Patients
- Infant With Rare, Incurable Disease Is First to Successfully Receive Personalized Gene Therapy Treatment
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Mindfulness Course Effective in People With Difficult-to-Treat Depression
- New Study Raises Concerns About the Safety of Long-Term ADHD Medication Treatment in Children
- Vision Loss, Damage Could Be Tied to Eye Pressure, Study Finds
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy
- 'Sweet Spot' For Focused Ultrasound to Provide Essential Tremor Relief
- MRI Scans Could Help Detect Life-Threatening Heart Disease
- Combining Laboratory Techniques Yields Wealth of Information About Deadly Brain Tumors
- The Risk of Death or Complications from Broken Heart Syndrome Was High from 2016 to 2020
- Got Data? Breastfeeding Device Measures Babies' Milk Intake in Real Time
- New Generation of Skin Substitutes Give Hope to Severe Burns Patients
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- Higher Success Rate Using a Simple Oral Swab Test Before IVF
- New Light Shed on Health Differences Between Males and Females
- Combinations of Chronic Illnesses Could Double Risk of Depression
- New Approach to Treating Aggressive Breast Cancers Shows Significant Improvement in Survival
Monday, May 12, 2025
- Measles Virus Detected in Houston Wastewater Before Cases Were Reported
- Drug to Slow Alzheimer's Well Tolerated Outside of Clinical Trial Setting
- Addressing Hearing Loss May Reduce Isolation Among the Elderly
- ChatGPT Helps Pinpoint Precise Locations of Seizures in the Brain, Aiding Neurosurgeons
- Different Anesthetics, Same Result: Unconsciousness by Shifting Brainwave Phase
Friday, May 9, 2025
- Antibiotics from Human Use Are Contaminating Rivers Worldwide, Study Shows
- Improving Newborn Genetic Screening
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- AI Tool Uses Face Photos to Estimate Biological Age and Predict Cancer Outcomes
- Lab-on-a-Chip Devices Take Public Health Into Home
- Health Care Workers, Firefighters Have Increased PFAS Levels, Study Finds
- Important Step Towards Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Metastases
- Music Therapy Helps Brain-Injured Children
- Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of a Smallpox Vaccine for Preventing Mpox
- HIV Drugs Offer 'substantial' Alzheimer's Protection, New Research Indicates
- Reactivity to Tumor Antigens Is Important for TIL Therapy
- MRI Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Diagnosis of Common Heart Problem Aortic Stenosis
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Removing Ovaries and Fallopian Tubes Linked to Lower Risk of Early Death Among Breast Cancer Patients With BRCA Cancer Genes
- Researchers Identify Measure of Pulse Rate That Can Predict Faster Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
- Insights on Preventing Organ Transplant Rejection
- Obesity a Leading Cause of Knee Osteoarthritis
- Transforming Hospital Sanitation: Autonomous Robots for Wiping and UV-C Disinfection
- New Algorithms Can Help GPs Predict Which of Their Patients Have Undiagnosed Cancer
- Specialized Face Mask Can Detect Kidney Disease With Just Your Breath
- AI-Human Task-Sharing Could Cut Mammography Screening Costs by Up to 30%
- Teens Driving Older Vehicles Have Increased Risk for Fatal Crashes
- AI Model Improves Delirium Prediction, Leading to Better Health Outcomes for Hospitalized Patients
- Researchers Restore Antibiotic Effect in the Event of Resistance
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Accelerating Drug Discovery With a Single Carbon Atom
- Breakthrough Discovery Uses Gut Bacteria and AI to Diagnose a Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Most People Say They Want to Know Their Risk for Alzheimer's Dementia, Fewer Follow Through
- New Chronic Pain Therapy Retrains the Brain to Process Emotions
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Evidence Review Raises Concern About Cannabis Use in Pregnancy
- Topical Gel Relieved Ear Infections in Animals After Just One Dose
- Structural Barriers May Prevent Cancer Care for People Living With HIV
- Liver Cancer Survival Rates Reflect Income Disparities
- AI Could Help Improve Early Detection of Interval Breast Cancers
Friday, May 2, 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Is your Heart Aging Too Fast?
- Zinc-Transporting Protein Contributes to Aggressive Growth of Brain Tumor
- Treatment Regimen for Aggressive Blood Cancer
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Engineers Develop Wearable Heart Attack Detection Tech
- Lower Screening Age Calls for More Tailored Bowel Cancer Surveillance
- Artificial Intelligence Tools Make Education Materials More Patient Friendly
- Researchers Find That Increase of 'CLU' Protein Promotes Brain Resilience and Could Provide Protection from Alzheimer's Disease
- Mindfulness Therapy Reduces Opioid Craving and Addiction, Study Finds
- Novel Rat Model Paves the Way to Advance COPD-Associated Cor Pulmonale Research
- New Drug Shows Promise for Treating Bronchiectasis
- New Model to Study Hypertension and Aortic Aneurysms Developed
- New 'hidden in Plain Sight' Facial and Eye Biomarkers for Tinnitus Severity Could Unlock Path to Testing Treatments
- Nursing 2025: No Relief in Sight as Burnout, Stress and Short Staffing Persist