, 2025-05-14 01:20:00 A large percentage of American children are growing up in households with at least one parent who uses alcohol or other drugs in problematic ways-raising the risk that those children will go on to do the same, a new study suggests. Using data from 2023 to give as current a view as…
, 2025-05-13 12:28:00 Whether among passengers or crew, seasickness remains one of the most frequent medical issues encountered on board ships. At the 131st Congress of the German Society for Internal Medicine, Andreas H. Leischker, MD, specialist in internal medicine, emergency medicine, aviation medicine, and sports medicine and an experienced ship physician, shared practical insights…
, 2025-05-14 00:08:00 The healthcare industry is undergoing rapid transformation, and with it comes the growing demand for support professionals who can ease the administrative burden on medical practitioners. One of the most promising career paths in this domain is that of a medical virtual assistant. Whether you’re looking for a flexible remote job or…
Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-13 23:01:00 So far, 2025 has been anything but smooth for UnitedHealth Group. The healthcare giant announced Tuesday that Andrew Witty will step down as CEO due to “personal reasons.” He is being replaced by Stephen J. Hemsley, who served as the company’s CEO from 2006 to 2017. Hemsley will remain as…
, 2025-05-13 19:44:00 Pharmaceutical and diagnostics giant Roche announced it will fund a $550 million diagnostic center in Indianapolis by 2030. The manufacturing hub will produce Roche’s continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems for diabetes management. The center will include research and development, laboratories, manufacturing, distribution, IT and administrative tasks. According to the company, the new…
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O. Rose Broderick , 2025-05-13 19:44:00 For a recent therapy session, Andria Donaghy’s insurance plan paid her psychiatric nurse practitioner only $11 on a $125 service. “To even put that on paper is insulting,” she said. “These people give their lives [to help others] and that’s what you pay them?” Andria Donaghy knows firsthand the…
Alison Shepherd , 2025-05-13 11:57:00 bmj;389/may13_13/r971/FAF1faAbdulRahman Sadeq/MSFA child with burns injuries plays in the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Atmeh, Idlib, in north west Syria.After more than 13 years of war in Syria and the fall of the Assad regime, more than 7.2 million people remain internally displaced, living in camps without basic services, such…
, 2025-05-13 22:30:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Physical activity in early childhood, especially taking part in organized sports, may ward off several mental health disorders in later childhood and adolescence, suggests research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. But there seem to be clear sex differences in the observed protective effects, depending…
, 2025-05-13 22:51:00 Just a little less meat, a little more veg: Researchers show that even small weekly swaps from red or processed meat to plant-based foods can lower your risk of heart disease. Study: Partial substitution of red or processed meat with plant-based foods and the risk of cardiovascular disease. Image Credit: Chalee2500 / Shutterstock A…
, 2025-05-13 12:38:00 An artificial intelligence (AI) model using routinely collected data predicted subsequent development of active tuberculosis (TB), Swiss researchers reported. The AI model outperformed biological tests for latent TB in identifying HIV-positive patients at high risk of developing TB. As well as immune function and sociodemographic variables, the AI model retained several biomarkers…
, 2025-05-13 19:34:00 The UnitedHealth CEO abruptly stepped down on Tuesday, six months after the CEO of UnitedHealth’s subsidiary UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, was murdered. Andrew Witty cited “personal reasons” for stepping down from the top position. He was replaced by Stephen J. Hemsley, who previously served as the CEO from 2006 to 2017. Hemsley will…
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-13 18:04:00 Galapagos believed so strongly in its work developing new cancer cell therapies that it pinned its future on them. This past winter, the Belgian drugmaker unveiled a plan to spin out the rest of the company as a standalone business, leaving legacy Galapagos to focus exclusively on its new approach…
Dr Leslie O’Looney , 2025-05-13 07:30:00 Welcome to this week’s issue of The Week in Medicine – a round-up of all the happenings in the world of Irish medicine The abysmal management of our health service has come under the spotlight once again with a conference in Maynooth being told that Ireland is a decade…
, 2025-05-13 19:53:00 Olio, a platform that links hospital teams with post-acute providers for care collaboration, scored $11 million in Series B funding led by Fulcrum Equity Partners. Mutual Capital Partners also participated in the round. WHAT IT DOES Olio’s care coordination platform allows a hospital’s care team, including doctors and administrators, to obtain information…
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Megan Molteni , 2025-05-13 19:58:00 Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach Megan on Signal at mmolteni.13. Leading trade organizations representing the makers of cell and gene therapies are calling for a…
Gareth Iacobucci , 2025-05-13 12:41:00 An NHS programme designed to improve safety in maternity care and help prevent brain injuries during childbirth is set to be rolled out in England.The government said that the Avoiding Brain Injuries in Childbirth (ABC) programme would provide a nationally standardised approach for detecting and responding to fetal deterioration during…
, 2025-05-13 20:22:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Most vaccines—and boosters—are injected directly into muscle tissue, usually in the upper arm, to kickstart the body’s immune system in the fight against disease. But for respiratory diseases like COVID-19, it can be important to have protection right where the virus enters: the respiratory tract. In a new…
, 2025-05-13 19:04:00 A pioneering research study published today in Cell Metabolism details how the hormone FGF21 (fibroblast growth factor 21) can reverse the effects of fatty liver disease in mice. The hormone works primarily by signaling the brain to improve liver function. University of Oklahoma researcher Matthew Potthoff, Ph.D., is the lead author of…
, 2025-05-13 14:18:00 Mental health inpatient services in England continue to ignore critical safety recommendations, putting patients and staff at risk, according to a new report. The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) based its findings on multiple investigations into inpatient mental health care between September 2024 and January 2025. The report highlighted persistent systemic…
, 2025-05-13 17:31:00 U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. seemingly revealed Big Pharma paid President Donald Trump $100 million but added “he can’t be bought.” The president and RFK Jr. held a joint press conference in the White House on Monday to reveal an executive order that plans to dramatically reduce the cost of…
Katie Adams , 2025-05-13 19:20:00 Hospitals are under pressure to undergo a digital transformation — but success in this arena requires more than just shiny new tools. It demands cultural readiness, frontline buy-in and a clear-eyed view of what success looks like. On Monday during a panel at the Reuters Digital Health conference in Nashville,…
Michael McHale , 2025-05-13 07:30:00 Initiative unveiled at Maynooth University’s Digital Health Summer School A new initiative could ‘leapfrog’ Ireland from one the of the worst European countries for adopting digital health to one of the best, a conference has heard. The plan, entitled Mission 10X, promises to deliver healthcare in Ireland that is 10…
Georg Hafner PhD , 2025-05-13 14:00:00 Viruses are mostly known for causing diseases, but a recent study from Harvard Medical School identifies a type of virus that could be more ‘friend’ than ‘foe’. In a provocative take, Harvard scientists suggest that Beta human papillomavirus might protect us from skin cancer rather than causing it.1 When…
, 2025-05-13 18:10:00 Israeli startup PhaseV, an AI-enabled clinical development company for life sciences, has secured $50 million in Series A funding in a round co-led by Accel and Insight Partners. Existing investors Viola Ventures, LionBird and EXOR also participated in the round. The round brings the company’s total raise to $65 million. WHAT IT…
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Tara Bannow and Bob Herman , 2025-05-13 17:50:00 Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also the…
Gareth Iacobucci , 2025-05-13 13:45:00 General practice leaders in Lancashire and South Cumbria have secured an additional £14m to level up local enhanced services (LES) funding across their patch after some practices indicated that they may stop carrying out unfunded work that other practices are paid for.Lancashire and South Cumbria integrated care board (ICB) has…
, 2025-05-13 17:14:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Healthy eating supports healthy aging: Canada’s Food Guide recommends daily intake of fruits and vegetables as a way to help prevent multiple chronic conditions that typically affect older adults. We know that healthy eating is strongly influenced by our social connections and different settings. But aging often brings…
, 2025-05-13 17:08:00 Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) have developed a technique that could help advance treatments in tissue engineering. The study, published in the scientific journal Small, introduces a technique for producing tissues with precise cellular organization designed to mimic the natural structure of human tissue. Using a simple light-based…
, 2025-05-13 14:53:00 MÁLAGA, Spain — Children with a gradually increasing waist-to-height ratio trajectory (a marker of central obesity) during the first decade of life show signs of increased cardiometabolic and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk at age 10 years, according to data from Denmark. Children who showed this gradual rise in central obesity from birth…
, 2025-05-13 14:26:00 Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared photos of him and his family stopping to take a dip in a Washington D.C. river, despite the body of water having an active health warning due to sewage contamination. In the photos posted Sunday, Kennedy shared that he, his kids and grandchildren went on…
Sheri Rudberg , 2025-05-13 14:16:00 The average wait time for a non-urgent gastroenterology appointment in the U.S. is 48 days. That’s nearly seven weeks between the moment a woman says, “Something’s wrong,” and when someone is finally available to provide care. But for too many women, seven weeks is seven weeks too long, and sometimes,…
Michael McHale , 2025-05-13 07:30:00 Separate study finds GLP-1 medicines combined with bariatric surgery may significantly reduce risk of serious cardiovascular events Semaglutide, the groundbreaking medication found in Ozempic and Wegovy, can rapidly reduce heart attacks in overweight adults, new research has found. An international study of 17,000 people with known heart disease, overweight or…
MNB Guest , 2025-05-13 15:11:00 Creating a home gym is a thrilling move towards fitness independence. However, the selection of the right floor is key to both making it safe and effective. Most fitness enthusiasts pay little attention to the surface they train upon, which can cause discomfort as well as injury in the long…
Angela Hart and Christine Mai-Duc , 2025-05-13 13:50:00 SACRAMENTO, California — El gobernador Gavin Newsom no esperaba enfrentarse a otra crisis sanitaria. En marzo, mientras el presidente Donald Trump y los republicanos del Congreso intensificaban el debate nacional sobre la posibilidad de recortar la atención médica para los estadounidenses pobres y con discapacidades, el gobernador…
Deepika Malik, MD; Anthony DeFino , 2025-05-13 14:25:00 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…
Elaine Chen , 2025-05-13 13:13:00 Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning. Like all of you, we were trying to make sense of President Trump’s new drug pricing proposal yesterday. There are many more questions than answers, and we…
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, 2025-05-13 14:30:00 Elia Chekwa is allowed to use her tablet for one hour a day. Her parents set a time limit to protect her from the dangers of excessive screen time. Credit: The Kids Mental Health Foundation As kids spend more time on screens, a new national survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of…
, 2025-05-13 12:11:00 The results of an international study led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London’s Precision Healthcare University Research Institute (PHURI) shed new light the underlying biological mechanisms which cause differences in health risks, symptoms and outcomes between males and females. The study, carried out in collaboration with the Berlin Institute of…
, 2025-05-13 12:55:00 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a health warning regarding products containing tianeptine, which is often called “gas station heroin” because of its easy availability at gas station stores. The FDA noted that tianeptine is associated with an increasing number of adverse events, including death, and called its use…
Johnathan (John) Welch , 2025-05-13 13:23:00 After spending nearly two decades in the financial payments sector before transitioning to healthcare, I feel that I’ve gained unique insights into how principles from traditional financial services can transform the patient payment experience. This evolution is crucial as healthcare organizations seek to meet modern consumer expectations. Consumer behavior…
Dr Ray O’Connor , 2025-05-13 07:30:00 Dr Ray O’Connor continues his look at the latest clinical articles on the importance of lifestyle advice in doctor-patient consultations, including the need for regular adequate sleep, and how physical activity and exercise can prevent or ameliorate lifestyle-related diseases Lifestyle Update (Part 2)We are becoming increasingly aware if the…
Cara Anthony , 2025-05-13 09:00:00 By Cara Anthony May 13, 2025 Article HTML Cara Anthony LISTEN: KFF Health News correspondent Cara Anthony appeared on WAMU’s “Health Hub” segment on May 7 to share her reporting on community efforts to close a public health gap by teaching more Black Americans to swim. Generations of Black Americans…
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Theresa Gaffney , 2025-05-13 12:00:00 Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. “Why is everyone obsessed with food in these boxes????” That’s what my editor messaged to me on Slack when she saw my blue box note for yesterday about San Francisco ice cream….
Stuart Marshall , 2025-05-13 10:46:00 bmj;389/may13_12/r921/FAF1faFrank was born in London and attended Chigwell School, before being evacuated to Buckinghamshire, where he attended Berkhamsted School. He set his mind on becoming a doctor and applied to the London Hospital in 1943. An air raid warning interrupted his interview with the dean of the school, who accepted…
, 2025-05-13 11:30:00 ADHD stimulant meds don’t increase children’s risk of psychosis, a new study says. Analysis of stimulant prescriptions among nearly 8,400 kids with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder found no evidence that the drugs caused psychosis, researchers reported in the journal Pediatrics. “Previous observational research has suggested that stimulants may play a causal role in…