, 2025-05-09 02:37:00 Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal. A preclinical study has developed a precision nano-intervention strategy targeting tumor-associated nerves to destroy nerve-fueled tumor growth in pancreatic cancer. In this strategy, Escherichia coli Nissle 1917-derived outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are decorated with nerve-binding peptide for targeted delivery of co-loaded tropomyosin receptor…
, 2025-05-09 09:38:00 The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has confirmed that suicidal ideation is a potential side effect of finasteride and urged healthcare professionals to advise patients to stop treatment and seek medical advice if they experience depressed mood, depression, or suicidal thoughts. The advice follows an EU-wide review launched in February of available data…
Contributor , 2025-05-09 07:30:00 Janet Keane is a Director in DWF’s Healthcare Team based in Dublin, and is a highly experienced and specialist Clinical Negligence Solicitor, having amassed over 15 years’ experience, primarily in the Medical Defence industry, representing GPs, Consultants, and Private Hospitals A landmark shift in Irish healthcare has arrived with the commencement…
Christine Mai-Duc , 2025-05-09 09:00:00 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson anticipates that California’s sprawling Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, may need to be dialed back after Gov. Gavin Newsom releases his latest budget, which could reflect a multibillion-dollar deficit. Even so, the physician-turned-lawmaker, who was elected to the state Senate in November,…
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Brooke Hauser — Boston Globe , 2025-05-09 08:30:00 What would Harvard University be without the money the federal government has provided over decades to underwrite its vast research initiatives? That’s the existential, $9 billion question facing the Harvard community after the Trump administration’s most recent threat in its confrontation with the university: Harvard will not…
, 2025-05-09 08:29:00 Credit: Pixabay from Pexels A study including researchers from the University of Arizona Health Sciences and published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology found that firefighters had higher concentrations of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and health care workers had moderate elevations of PFAS in their blood…
, 2025-05-09 02:41:00 A landmark study shows that when babies start walking isn’t just developmental, it’s in their DNA. Genetic variants not only shape motor timing but also link to cognitive traits and brain structure. Thresholding t-statistic image at t > 0.95 (two-sided statistical test). Significant voxels were overlaid on the 40-week neonatal brain template in sagittal, coronal and…
, 2025-05-09 07:40:00 SAN DIEGO — In treating pancreas divisum, the common use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with minor papilla endoscopic sphincterotomy showed no significant benefit over a sham procedure, suggesting that patients can be spared the intervention, which can carry risks of its own. “This is a topic that has been debated for…
, 2025-05-09 06:59:00 Scientists around the world are racing to unlock the secrets of longer, healthier lives. From promoting exercise and sleep to exploring longevity-boosting diets, they have identified a range of strategies that could help slow the aging process. Now, a groundbreaking new study in mice suggests that the key to extending lifespan might…
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Associated Press , 2025-05-08 14:16:00 Cancer before age 50 is rare, but increasing, in the United States and researchers want to know why. A new government study provides the most complete picture yet of early-onset cancers, finding that the largest increases are in breast, colorectal, kidney and uterine cancers. Scientists from the National Cancer Institute looked…
, 2025-05-08 20:19:00 Graphical abstract. Credit: Environment International (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109409 PFAS are found in multiple everyday products, such as cosmetics, outdoor clothing and coated pans. This is because of their special properties. They are heat-resistant and repel water and grease. There are thousands of different PFAS compounds and they are found in the soil,…
, 2025-05-09 02:41:00 A new study puts the spotlight on the rising burden of ischemic heart disease across Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania, and calls for localized, equity-focused interventions in these regions. The researchers identified region-specific, modifiable risk factors that influence the increasing prevalence of ischemic heart disease, such as toxic air pollution in…
, 2025-05-09 05:51:00 The annual switch to daylight saving time (DST) in many parts of the world is detrimental to public health and should be abolished in favor of permanent standard time (ST), Canadian researchers wrote in a recent editorial. The policy of turning clocks forward by an hour in the spring causes “discrepancies between…
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Mario Aguilar , 2025-05-08 15:13:00 You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. Federal health department leaders have touted the potential of using patient data, including health records, to study autism, chronic disease,…
, 2025-05-08 20:21:00 Credit: Aphiwat chuangchoem from Pexels Looking at your biological age—how old your body really is—can give a clearer picture of your heart disease risk than traditional tools alone. This finding comes from a newly published multicenter study conducted in collaboration between the Universities of Jyväskylä, Tampere, and Helsinki, the Finnish Institute for…
, 2025-05-09 02:47:00 Dental caries, or tooth decay, is a common oral health condition that often causes significant pain and discomfort and may even lead to tooth loss. In severe and untreated cases, bacterial infection combined with the host’s immune response can cause bone resorption, or the breakdown of bone tissue in the tooth root….
, 2025-05-08 12:00:00 TOPLINE: Serum lactate levels of more than 4 mmol/L on admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) were associated with an increased rate of 60-day mortality in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) receiving renal replacement therapy (RRT). METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a retrospective study over a 4-year period to examine the effect of…
Gabrielle M. Grasso; Chris G. Adigun, MD, FAAD , 2025-05-08 13:28:00 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…
Bob Herman , 2025-05-08 16:40:00 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 author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09. As Republicans in…
, 2025-05-08 20:30:00 PET imaging may overcome limitations of MRI. Images show an illustrative example in which amino acid PET reveals early metabolic response to treatment with an antibody–drug conjugate (ADC), while conventional MRI findings remain stable. Credit: Nature Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03633-7 Brain metastases often occur as a result of advanced cancer, and despite…
, 2025-05-09 03:28:00 New modeling shows that without urgent emissions cuts, most children born today will live through climate extremes far beyond anything seen in human history, with the poorest hit hardest. Study: Global emergence of unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes. Image Credit: Piyaset / Shutterstock In a recent article published in the journal Nature, researchers…
, 2025-05-08 12:00:00 TOPLINE: Testing blood ketone levels before breakfast, lunch, and dinner identified a greater number of ketosis episodes than testing urinary ketone levels in women with gestational diabetes (GD). The presence of fasting blood ketones was strongly correlated with the presence of ketones before lunch and dinner, indicating the necessity for more comprehensive…
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Allison DeAngelis and Adam Feuerstein , 2025-05-08 18:11:00 Allison DeAngelis is the East Coast biotech and venture capital reporter at STAT, reporting where scientific ideas and money meet. She is also co-host of the weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Allison on Signal at AllisonDeAngelis.01. Adam Feuerstein is a senior writer and…
, 2025-05-08 22:30:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A single blood test, designed to pick up chemical signals indicative of the presence of many different types of cancer, could potentially thwart progression to advanced disease while the malignancy is still at an early stage and amenable to treatment in up to half of cases, suggests a…
, 2025-05-09 02:20:00 A study including researchers from the University of Arizona Health Sciences and published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology found that firefighters had higher concentrations of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and health care workers had moderate elevations of PFAS in their blood with significantly higher odds of two specific PFAS…
, 2025-05-08 12:00:00 TOPLINE: In a multicentre cross-sectional study, the majority of patients with solar urticaria were of European ethnicity, with Fitzpatrick skin phototypes I-III; urticaria provocation was achieved using monochromator phototesting in 94.2% of participants, and omalizumab showed the highest complete response rate at 37.5%. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a cross-sectional study at six tertiary…
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Helen Branswell , 2025-05-08 18:49:00 A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows there was a substantial drop in hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus this winter among very young children, who are at the highest risk of becoming severely ill if they contract RSV. This past winter was the first during…
, 2025-05-08 22:30:00 This graphic is a representation of how FaceAge might be calculated from a photo of a patient. The patient in this photo is AI-generated. Credit: Mass General Brigham Eyes may be the window to the soul, but a person’s biological age could be reflected in their facial characteristics. Investigators from Mass General…
, 2025-05-09 00:48:00 The host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to…
, 2025-05-08 13:25:00 The future of cardiac pacing may boil down to a single grain of rice. Engineers at Northwestern University in Chicago have developed a biodegradable pacing device so small it can be injected by needle into the heart muscle of newborn babies. The design of the tiny gadget, designed for temporary use and…
, 2025-05-08 23:20:00 President Donald Trump’s newly announced nominee for US Surgeon General, Dr. Casey Means, is facing backlash from within the MAGA movement after right-wing activist Laura Loomer accused her of being a “MAHA grifter” for previously receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Loomer shared a screen recording allegedly documenting Means — then using the handle…
, 2025-05-08 23:36:00 $1M grant awarded for wearable X-ray project University of Queensland researchers are creating an X-ray detector that can be worn in hoodies or blankets to get a quick, accurate scan of children’s lungs. Their project is adapting patented quantum dot hybrid glass into thin film strips that conform to the contour and…
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Ed Silverman , 2025-05-08 19:38:00 Medicare drug plans significantly boosted coverage of biosimilar versions of the Humira rheumatoid arthritis medicine this year, but nearly all of them failed to take steps that would encourage greater use of these alternative treatments, a new government watchdog report finds. The report found that 96% of the Part D…
, 2025-05-08 22:30:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Women are around 50% more likely than men to develop COPD, the umbrella term for chronic lung conditions, such as emphysema and bronchitis, even if they have never smoked or smoked much less than their male counterparts, suggests observational research, published in the open access journal BMJ Open…
, 2025-05-08 23:09:00 Cancer is on the rise in people under 50, but not all types and not all age groups. This comprehensive study uncovers where and why cancer rates are climbing, laying the groundwork for earlier prevention and smarter detection. Study: Trends in Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates in Early-Onset and Older-Onset Age Groups…
, 2025-05-08 13:40:00 In the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma with CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, baseline kidney function did not appear to be associated with an increased risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI) from the treatment. However, other key factors, including low albumin, showed a link. “Our study is the largest to…
, 2025-05-08 20:52:00 Trump defended his nomination of Dr. Casey Means as Surgeon General by acknowledging that he barely knows her, but that, “Bobby thought she was fantastic.” Source link
Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-08 20:41:00 Withings Health Solutions and Babyscripts announced a partnership Thursday that aims to address hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, which are among the leading causes of maternal mortality. This includes preeclampsia, which is high blood pressure that develops during pregnancy or after. Washington, D.C.-based Babyscripts offers a virtual maternity care program that…
Dilraj Grewal, MD, MBBS; Anthony DeFino , 2025-05-08 21:14:00 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 try again later. If you…
Katie Palmer and Casey Ross , 2025-05-08 21:06:00 Katie Palmer covers telehealth, clinical artificial intelligence, and the health data economy — with an emphasis on the impacts of digital health care for patients, providers, and businesses. You can reach Katie on Signal at palmer.01. Casey Ross covers the use of artificial intelligence in medicine and…
, 2025-05-08 21:00:00 Saliva samples are inserted into a reader that transmits cortisol measurements to a smart phone. Credit: Andrew Higley University of Cincinnati engineers have created a new device to help doctors diagnose depression and anxiety. UC College of Engineering and Applied Science Distinguished Research Professor Chong Ahn and his students developed a “lab-on-a-chip”…
, 2025-05-08 17:45:00 The Department of Health and Human Services’ mass dismissals of workers who release government records “raise grave transparency, accountability, and privacy concerns,” Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said Thursday. In a May 8 letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. provided exclusively to KFF Health News, Wyden, the top Democrat on the…
, 2025-05-08 20:02:00 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval of combination avutometinib and defactinib (Avmapki Fakzynja Co-pack, Verastem, Inc.) for the treatment of certain patients with KRAS-mutated recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC). Specifically, approval is for adults who received at least one prior systemic therapy, including a platinum-based regimen,…
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-08 20:43:00 A rare type of ovarian cancer that grows slowly and responds poorly to chemotherapy now has its first FDA-approved treatment, a combination drug developed by Verastem Oncology to address a pathway that drives tumor progression. The approval announced Thursday covers the treatment of low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC) driven by…