, 2025-04-16 16:39:00 Hypersensitivity to the cold, especially ice cold feet, as well as a feeling of heaviness in the legs, are linked to the presence of varicose veins, finds a large study published in the open access journal Open Heart. Cold hypersensitivity is often underestimated as a subjective symptom, say the researchers. Varicose veins are…
, 2025-04-16 16:25:00 An investigational drug, currently known as AZD0780, lowers low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) to target levels in most patients whose cholesterol is still over target despite statin therapy, results from the phase 2b PURSUIT trial show. AZD0780 inhibits PCSK9, a protein that regulates cholesterol metabolism. Inhibition of this protein has proven useful in lowering…
Winston Leung , 2025-04-16 13:45:00 Healthcare systems are grappling with immense social and economic pressures, including increasing worker burnout rates, an aging population requiring more attentive care, and severe staffing shortages. This challenging landscape was not only evident during the Covid-19 pandemic but also highlights the longing need for support to stifle this harsh reality….
Michael McHale , 2025-04-16 13:16:00 Legal processes outlined in Bill could lead to ‘barriers to care and spiralling legal costs,’ consultants’ group warns Parts of the new Mental Health Bill are ‘unworkable’ and would undermine patients’ right to timely treatment if enacted, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has said. While welcoming the Bill, a…
MNB Guest , 2025-04-16 15:24:00 With one in eight people worldwide living with a mental health condition, many are still hesitant about asking for help. The condition of our minds influences how we think, feel, and interact with others — yet it is often misunderstood or ignored until problems spiral. Therapy offers a disciplined, evidence-based…
Patricia D. Franklin, MD, MBA, MPH; Brocha Z. Stern, PhD, MOT , 2025-04-16 15:02:00 April 16, 2025 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on…
Paul Knoepfler , 2025-04-16 15:00:00 Welcome to Lab Dish, a new First Opinion column on regenerative medicine from Paul Knoepfler. I’m upbeat about cell therapy development for Parkinson’s disease, but it has been a marathon. Now two new clinical trial papers published Wednesday in Nature on stem cell-based therapies for Parkinson’s are another step forward….
Elisabeth Mahase , 2025-04-16 10:36:00 An Israeli attack on Al-Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza forced critically ill patients out onto the street, killing at least one patient who relied on oxygen, and destroyed vital equipment, including the hospital’s only x ray machine, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has said.1 The attack took place at dawn…
, 2025-04-16 14:27:00 Gsdmd deficiency reduces myeloid cell recruitment to the liver during schistosome infection. Credit: PLOS Pathogens (2025). DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012108 New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis—a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm—have been revealed by researchers at Penn State….
, 2025-04-16 13:56:00 In this interview, CellVoyant founder and CEO Rafael Carazo Salas explores how AI, live-cell imaging, and stem cell technologies are converging to transform cell therapy development. He shares insights on the challenges of scaling living therapies, the role of predictive AI in clinical trials, and how spinning a biotech company out of…
, 2025-04-16 13:37:00 An American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) multidisciplinary panel has reached the conclusion that no recommendation can be made for or against the use of computer-aided detection (CADe)–assisted colonoscopy for colorectal cancer (CRC), the third most common cause of cancer mortality in the United States. The systematic data review is a collaboration between the…
Pedram Afshar , 2025-04-16 13:19:00 According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget office (CBO), 93% of non-Medicare spending goes to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). During the next 10 years, these two programs will cost more than $8.2 trillion. The proposed federal plan intends to cut $880 billion — more than 10% of Medicaid and…
Editorial Staff , 2025-04-16 12:07:00 RCSI, Dublin 2 / March 4, 2025 Photos: David Coleman / BobbyStudio The post Photos: Sphere Conference 2025 appeared first on Irish Medical Times. Source link
Karen Brown, New England Public Media , 2025-04-16 09:00:00 Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts, a small city two hours west of Boston, for about 10 years. She was happy with the care, though she started to notice it was becoming harder to get an appointment. “You’d call and you’re talking…
Michael Monostra , 2025-04-16 12:50:00 April 16, 2025 4 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process…
Torie Bosch , 2025-04-16 08:30:00 In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther all died after being infected with the same virus that has caused egg prices to skyrocket. House cats are vulnerable to H5N1, too, as Meghan F. Davis,…
Matthew Limb , 2025-04-16 11:21:00 NHS outpatient care is “archaic, disjointed, and inefficient” and needs radical reform to bring down waiting lists, the Royal College of Physicians and the Patients Association have said.1 The two organisations said in a joint report that the current approach to providing planned clinical investigations, tests, treatments, and diagnoses confuses…
, 2025-04-16 09:00:00 Mansfield Senior High School teacher Tony Davis talks to his health class about the topic of sleep Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Mansfield, Ohio. Credit: AP Photo/Phil Long Navigating bedtime with a teenager is, in many homes, a nightly battle with a constant refrain: Get off your phone! Go to bed! Research…
, 2025-04-16 11:38:00 Patients who receive an add-on medication soon after a heart attack have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive it later, or not all. This is according to a new study from researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Imperial College London. The findings suggest that treating patients earlier with a…
, 2025-04-16 11:08:00 Despite being effective, PrEP uptake in Europe remains low due to issues like cost, access, and stigma, hindering its potential to reduce HIV transmission. Medscape Medical News Source link
Samantha Liss , 2025-04-16 09:00:00 If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Overcome by worries, Lynette Isbell dialed a mental health hotline in April 2022. She wanted to talk to someone about her midlife troubles: divorce, an…
Leonard H. Calabrese, DO , 2025-04-16 09:30:00 April 16, 2025 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable…
Meghan F. Davis, Kirsten Koehler, Judy Bass, Julie Sorensen, and Gurumurthy Ramachandran , 2025-04-16 08:30:00 In a single day, 10,000 federal workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration were laid off, including 90% or more of those at the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health…
, 2025-04-16 09:10:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Years of negotiations culminated early Wednesday with countries agreeing the text of a landmark accord on how to tackle future pandemics, aimed at avoiding the mistakes made during the COVID-19 crisis. After more than three years of talks and one last marathon session, weary delegates at the World…
, 2025-04-16 08:58:00 Atelerix, a biotech company revolutionizing cell preservation and biological transport with its pioneering hydrogel encapsulation technology, today announced it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with MineBio, a leading Chinese supply chain and logistics organization. Under the terms of the agreement, MineBio will act as the sole distribution partner for Atelerix’s products…
, 2025-04-16 09:12:00 SAN DIEGO — The investigational drug AXS-12 (reboxetine, Axsome Therapeutics) is safe and effective for the treatment of cataplexy (emotionally induced muscle weakness) and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in patients with narcolepsy, a new study suggested. Reboxetine was available previously in the United States as an antidepressant, but its preliminary approval was…
, 2025-04-16 07:42:00 Walking is considered one of the best forms of exercise for heart health. Researchers now say, it’s not just how much you walk but the pace at which you stride also counts when it comes to heart rhythms. A recent study published in the journal Heart suggests that not just walking but…
brendan , 2025-04-16 07:00:00 Western Health and Social Care Trust Consultant Intensivist Location: Altnagelvin Area Hospital Salary: £106,424 – £139,920 per annum pro rata Ref No: 54891299 Closing date: Friday 9th May 2025 @ 3:30pm For full criteria, job description and application form for the above please visit jobs.hscni.net and apply online. A waiting list…
Rebecca L. Forand , 2025-04-15 17:00:00 April 15, 2025 1 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to…
Associated Press , 2025-04-15 14:51:00 WASHINGTON — U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and maybe heal. The first-of-its-kind clinical trial has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, according to pig producer eGenesis,…
, 2025-04-15 22:30:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A single daily preventer dose of inhaled corticosteroid (beclomethasone), taken at mid-afternoon, may be the best timing for effective asthma control as it suppresses the usual nocturnal worsening of symptoms more effectively than dosing regimens at other times of the day, suggest the results of a small clinical…
, 2025-04-16 06:11:00 Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, finds a new global study led by researchers at UCL and UTHealth Houston. Focal epilepsy is a condition where seizures start in one part of the brain. It is the most common type of epilepsy. Antiseizure…
, 2025-04-16 06:32:00 About two millennia ago, the Greek physicians Hippocrates and Galen suggested that melancholia — depression brought on by an excess of “black bile” in the body — contributed to cancer. Since then, scores of researchers have investigated the association between cancer and the mind, with some going as far as to suggest…
, 2025-04-16 05:51:00 What if boosting your mood was as simple as taking a daily supplement- with no side effects? Building on the well-established link between the gut and the brain, known as the gut-brain axis, a recent study suggests that probiotics, typically taken for digestive health, could help reduce negative emotions in as little…
Editorial Staff , 2025-04-15 07:20:00 Skin and wound healing research expert and entrepreneur receives the main 2025 NovaUCD Innovation Award The recipients of University College Dublin’s (UCD) annual innovation awards, which highlight successes made in areas of knowledge transfer, consultancy, entrepreneurship and the promotion of an innovation culture, by members of the UCD research, innovation…
Robert Herpen, MA , 2025-04-15 18:36:00 April 15, 2025 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to…
Mike Damiano — Boston Globe , 2025-04-15 15:24:00 A top scientist at Harvard who has spent years unraveling the mysteries of tuberculosis woke up Tuesday morning and discovered an order from the federal government telling her to halt her research. The stop-work order from the National Institutes of Health arrived hours after the Trump administration’s antisemitism…
, 2025-04-16 05:20:00 Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels Have you ever noticed yourself speeding up and getting better at repetitive tasks over time? Researchers from the Faculty of Arts at Charles University have unveiled insights into why this happens during reading tasks, revealing that it’s primarily due to genuine learning rather than mere boredom. The…
, 2025-04-16 04:14:00 Can tweaking Japan’s iconic diet beat hypertension? New research shows swapping white rice for whole grains and adding veggies might be the key, without losing cultural roots Study: Close adherence to the Japanese diet is not associated with a high prevalence of hypertension: The Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health Study. Image…
, 2025-04-15 12:00:00 TOPLINE: Treatment with glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), including liraglutide or semaglutide, for 12 months enabled patients to lose nearly all the weight they had regained after bariatric surgery. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a single-centre retrospective study to examine the efficacy and safety of 12 months of treatment with GLP-1 RAs…
Brad LaPorte , 2025-04-15 13:05:00 Cyberattacks targeting the healthcare industry are happening more frequently, and they’re becoming more sophisticated and damaging. There are many reasons for this, of course. But leading the pack are attacker (and attack) sophistication and the arrival of AI. There are also reasons that are unique to the healthcare sector, including…
Editorial Staff , 2025-04-15 07:30:00 Event was organised by Caoimhe Butterly who had worked in Gaza as an EMT A group of Irish healthcare workers held a memorial outside the Irish Red Cross office on Merrion Square last week for the Palestinian paramedics killed in Gaza. It was organised by Caoimhe Butterly who had worked…
, 2025-04-15 17:44:00 Phantom Neuro, a neurotechnology company that offers a muscle-machine interface for controlling prosthetic limbs and robotic exoskeletons, announced an oversubscribed $19 million Series A funding round, bringing its total raise to $28 million. Ottobock led the round with participation from existing investors Draper Associates, Time BioVentures, Breakout Ventures, Risk and Return, and…
Emma Bascom , 2025-04-15 18:50:00 April 15, 2025 2 min read Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ” data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later….
Tara Bannow and Anil Oza , 2025-04-15 23:13:00 Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. President Trump unveiled a wide-ranging executive order on Tuesday that aims to lower drug prices, boost transparency into fees charged by middlemen, and limit Medicare payments for outpatient services provided by hospitals….
, 2025-04-15 22:30:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, finds a new global study led by researchers at UCL and UTHealth Houston. Focal epilepsy is a condition where seizures start in one part of the brain. It is the most common…
, 2025-04-16 02:53:00 Obesity is on the rise. Among U.S. adults aged 20 or older, 4 in 10 met the criteria for obesity in the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, up from roughly 3 in 10 two decades earlier. People with obesity have a significantly greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes….
, 2025-04-15 12:00:00 TOPLINE: Severe postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) in grade 3 placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) varied significantly by country, with Italy showing the best outcomes due to standardised hysterectomy protocols. METHODOLOGY: This multicountry study compared the clinical management and outcomes of grade 3 PAS in three studies conducted across the United Kingdom (2010-2011), France (2013-2015),…
Marissa Plescia , 2025-04-15 22:01:00 There has been growing tension between health systems and Medicare Advantage plans in recent years, with some health systems cutting ties entirely with MA plans. This has partially been due to administrative challenges and high rates of claims denials. But last week, an MA insurer and a health system announced…
Michael McHale , 2025-04-15 07:30:00 HIQA to lead on development of guidelines that will encourage best practice on responsible use of AI in health and social care settings Work is underway to inform the development of a national framework for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health and social care. The Health Information and…