Cynthia Matossian, MD, FACS; Anthony DeFino , 2025-04-30 13:28:00 April 30, 2025 2 min watch 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…
Usha Lee McFarling , 2025-04-30 13:10:00 Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Usha Lee McFarling filling in for Theresa this morning, and very excited to hear about her adventures. In this space, we’ve debated potato chips (whether or not they should be flavored)…
, 2025-04-30 12:54:00 A 3D structure of an organoid formed from human bowel cancer cells. Blue marks the nucleus of the individual cell, green is a protein that sticks each cell together and red shows the cancer cells’ orientation. Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research A world-first clinical trial launched in Melbourne…
, 2025-04-30 12:54:00 A 3D structure of an organoid formed from human bowel cancer cells. Blue marks the nucleus of the individual cell, green is a protein that sticks each cell together and red shows the cancer cells’ orientation. Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research A world-first clinical trial launched in Melbourne…
, 2025-04-30 10:55:00 The Trump administration quietly restored federal family planning money to Tennessee and Oklahoma, despite court rulings that the states weren’t entitled to funds because they refused to provide women information about terminating pregnancies or abortion referrals on request. The decision by the Department of Health and Human Services to restore millions of…
, 2025-04-30 12:07:00 The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed precisely measured human fecal material to foster a new era in gut microbiome research. According to the American Gastroenterological Association’s Center for Gut Microbiome Research & Education, this critical resource will help advance the utility and reproducibility of microbiome-based diagnostics —…
Stephanie Baum , 2025-04-30 11:30:00 Want to know where your peers are seeing the biggest shifts in healthcare benefits — from rising GLP-1 demand to AI-driven decision support and growing pressure to prove ROI? Your clients count on you for strategic clarity, now’s your chance to share your perspective. The 2025 Benefit Consultant Sentiment Index…
Michael McHale , 2025-04-30 10:26:00 Sedatives and anabolic steroids represented more than one third of illegal medicines seized last year, while almost three times as many obesity treatments were detained in 2024 compared to the previous year The amount of illegal medicines seized by health authorities rose by 14 per cent last year, with more…
Michelle Andrews , 2025-04-30 09:00:00 When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo, New York, airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do. He and another bystander put her flat on her back and checked her pulse (faint) and her breathing (shallow and erratic). Then she stopped breathing altogether. Realizing that she…
Matthew Shinkle , 2025-04-30 11:00:00 April 30, 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…
Paul Knoepfler , 2025-04-30 08:30:00 Welcome to Lab Dish, a First Opinion column on regenerative medicine from Paul Knoepfler. Twenty years ago, the use of human embryonic stem cells in research was among the most fiercely debated topics at the always-crowded intersection of science and politics. As part of that, President George W. Bush restricted…
, 2025-04-30 10:30:00 Task design, histology and behavior. Credit: Zong et al. (Nature Neuroscience, 2025). As humans and other animals navigate their surroundings and experience different things, their brain creates so-called cognitive maps, which are internal representations of environments or tasks. These mental maps are eventually generalized into schemas, frameworks that organize information acquired through…
, 2025-04-30 08:30:00 A new study highlights the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of curcumin, suggesting its potential as a therapeutic agent for metabolic disorders and brain health. Study: Curcumin Modulation of the Gut–Brain Axis for Neuroinflammation and Metabolic Disorders Prevention and Treatment. Image Credit: New Africa / Shutterstock.com A recent Nutrients study explores the medicinal role…
, 2025-04-30 09:44:00 TOPLINE: Metabolic syndrome was associated with a 24% increased risk for young-onset dementia, defined as dementia before the age of 65 years, with stronger associations found in women vs men, younger vs older adults, and individuals with vs without depression, a new study showed. METHODOLOGY: This nationwide population-based cohort study included data…
Rachana Pradhan , 2025-04-30 09:00:00 The Trump administration quietly restored federal family planning money to Tennessee and Oklahoma, despite court rulings that the states weren’t entitled to funds because they refused to provide women information about terminating pregnancies or abortion referrals on request. The decision by the Department of Health and Human Services to restore…
Sara Kellner , 2025-04-29 15:48:00 April 29, 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…
Sarah Todd , 2025-04-30 08:30:00 Nearly 12% of Americans still smoke cigarettes, the leading cause of preventable death nationwide. Yet there are only two medications authorized by the Food and Drug Administration to help them quit — the more effective of which, varenicline, can come with unsavory side effects like nausea that make people less…
, 2025-04-30 08:34:00 Credit: CC0 Public Domain The American Heart Association, committed to changing the future of health for everyone, everywhere, is standing with Arkansas health officials in their efforts to reduce sugary drink consumption in the face of fierce opposition by the soda industry. The Association has submitted written comments in support of the…
, 2025-04-30 08:05:00 AVI-4773 and related MPro inhibitors outperform existing treatments like nirmatrelvir in preclinical studies, offering a promising path toward pan-coronavirus therapies. Study: Structure-based discovery of highly bioavailable, covalent, broad-spectrum coronavirus MPro inhibitors with potent in vivo efficacy. Image Credit: H_Ko / Shutterstock.com Since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, numerous novel antiviral…
, 2025-04-30 08:00:00 Vasectomy, an increasingly popular method of male contraception, is appealing because of its simplicity, reliability, and effectiveness. However, its irreversible nature can sometimes lead to regret among patients. To address this, European experts, including Belgian teams, have developed a tool to predict potential regret following the procedure. Performed under local anesthesia, vasectomy…
, 2025-04-30 08:00:00 Vasectomy, an increasingly popular method of male contraception, is appealing because of its simplicity, reliability, and effectiveness. However, its irreversible nature can sometimes lead to regret among patients. To address this, European experts, including Belgian teams, have developed a tool to predict potential regret following the procedure. Performed under local anesthesia, vasectomy…
Stephen I. Feller , 2025-04-29 15:57:00 April 29, 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…
Elizabeth Cooney , 2025-04-29 12:00:00 Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning. Liz Cooney here taking a turn with the newsletter while Theresa’s out exploring the world. Today is officially the 100th day of the second Trump administration, a tenure marked by…
, 2025-04-29 22:30:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A higher tax on cigarettes in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) can help to reduce child mortality, especially among the poorest children, a new study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and published in The Lancet Public Health suggests. The paper is titled “Cigarette taxation and socioeconomic inequalities…
, 2025-04-30 02:28:00 Every year, some mothers die after giving birth due to heart problems, and many of these deaths could be prevented. The ability to screen for heart weakness before pregnancy could play a crucial role in identifying women who may need additional care to improve pregnancy outcomes. Mayo Clinic researchers, led by Anja Kinaszczuk, D.O., and Demilade…
, 2025-04-30 06:32:00 TOPLINE: The combination of remimazolam and ketamine for deep analgosedation during pulsed-field ablation for atrial fibrillation was associated with fewer adverse events than propofol-based methods, with the regimen significantly reducing hypoxemia and hypotension. METHODOLOGY: Czech researchers conducted a prospective randomized controlled trial involving 127 patients (mean age, 62.9 years; 35.1% women) with…
, 2025-04-30 06:02:00 You do not smoke, and you do not have a persistent cough: so you might think lung cancer is not your concern. But think again. While smoking remains the leading cause of lung cancer deaths, about 20% of people diagnosed have never touched a cigarette. Spotting early signs is crucial, yet many…
Stephanie C. Viguers; Alex Friedman Peahl, MD, MSc, FACOG , 2025-04-29 17:28:00 April 29, 2025 3 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 . “ …
Elaine Chen , 2025-04-29 13:58:00 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, we’ve got a bunch of news this morning about GLP-1 drugs, compounding, and biotechs’ interactions with the FDA. Let’s get into it. The need-to-know this morning Abeona…
, 2025-04-30 04:10:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new systematic review has found that parents and other child caregivers who have alcohol-related diagnoses are twice as likely to maltreat children in their care than parents and caregivers with no alcohol-related diagnoses. The review is published in Addiction. “Alcohol-related diagnoses” included alcohol-related hospitalization, alcohol-related service use,…
, 2025-04-30 02:31:00 Researchers at UCL have uncovered why individuals who experience anxiety and depression often struggle with persistent low self-belief in their abilities. A new study, published in Nature Communications, examined two large groups of people (230 and 278 participants) to measure their “confidence” when doing individual jobs and their “self-belief” when judging their overall…
, 2025-04-29 11:51:00 Elisa Zenni, MD, recalls the process of completing her fellowship training in Boston, while at the same time, trying to land her first job in academic pediatric medicine. The Navy had stationed her husband, also a doctor, in Bay Area, California. Some professional couples are willing to live apart, but Zenni and…
Jason Laday , 2025-04-29 17:31:00 April 29, 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…
Elizabeth Cooney , 2025-04-29 19:56:00 Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. The word came down at 9 a.m. Pacific on April 14 that they were done. Marcia Stefanick of Stanford and three other leaders of regional centers that for decades have researched women’s health heard from…
, 2025-04-29 22:30:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Exercise can counter the detrimental effects of cancer treatment, such as heart and nerve damage and brain fog, suggests an overarching review of the existing pooled data analyses of the most recent research, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Exercise also seems to boost psychological…
, 2025-04-30 02:35:00 ADHD can exacerbate anxiety, and anxiety can exacerbate ADHD. Girls are particularly vulnerable to developing anxiety disorders, but researchers have recently discovered something that may help slow down – or prevent – the development of these types of disorders. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have found new…
, 2025-04-30 02:59:00 Back in 2000, health experts declared measles had been eliminated from the United States thanks to an ambitious measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination program for children. But as vaccination rates decline, measles is making a troubling comeback. As of Friday, the CDC says that nearly 900 measles cases have been reported in at least…
Emma Bascom , 2025-04-29 19:20:00 April 29, 2025 3 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…
Ed Silverman , 2025-04-29 20:00:00 Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. Gilead Sciences agreed to pay $202 million to settle allegations of paying kickbacks to doctors in exchange for prescribing several of its HIV medicines, the latest example of a controversial…
, 2025-04-29 23:20:00 Credit: Chait Goli from Pexels The likelihood of a pedestrian or cyclist being fatally injured is 44% higher if they are hit by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) or light truck vehicle (LTV) compared with smaller passenger cars, new research shows. For children there is an even larger effect, with a child…
, 2025-04-30 02:17:00 Exercise can counter the detrimental effects of cancer treatment, such as heart and nerve damage and brain fog, suggests an overarching review of the existing pooled data analyses of the most recent research, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Exercise also seems to boost psychological wellbeing and overall quality of…
, 2025-04-29 12:00:00 TOPLINE: Women with polyhydramnios faced a higher risk for postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), with caesarean section delivery and foetal macrosomia serving as independent risk factors and prophylactic oxytocin use offering protection. METHODOLOGY: This retrospective single-centre study (2015-2022) aimed to identify risk factors for PPH among pregnancies with polyhydramnios, focusing on uterine overdistension and…
Katie Adams , 2025-04-29 22:38:00 Amid market shifts and shallower pockets, health system leaders are restrategizing. Hospitals across the country are juggling new and ongoing financial pressures, increasing digital health initiatives and the need to provide high-quality care. On Monday during a session at the symplr Healthcare Operations Summit in Chicago, hospital leaders discussed how…
Robert Herpen, MA , 2025-04-29 19:32:00 April 29, 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…
Elaine Chen , 2025-04-29 20:01:00 BridgeBio’s recently approved heart drug brought in $36.7 million in sales in the first quarter, blowing past expectations as the biotech continues to see a strong demand for its first major commercial product. Analysts had estimated that the treatment, called Attruby, would bring in sales of $12 million, but Wall…
, 2025-04-30 00:00:00 Models suggest that in some cases, expanded antibiotic use could slow outbreaks and even reduce the overall risk of antibiotic resistance by decreasing the number of people infected. Credit: Sophia Friesen / University of Utah Health Cholera kills thousands of people and infects hundreds of thousands every year—and cases have spiked in…
, 2025-04-30 00:34:00 More Americans are beating cancer than ever, yet many still grapple with treatment’s long shadow – especially on their mental health. A new Northwestern Medicine study found most head-and-neck cancer survivors who underwent radiation don’t know about “survivorship care,” even as many grapple with side effects such as lingering dry mouth, swallowing…
, 2025-04-29 12:00:00 TOPLINE: More than 50% of patients with primary aldosteronism had hyperparathyroidism (HPT), primarily secondary HPT. These patients also exhibited higher rates of atrial fibrillation and hypokalaemia, in addition to experiencing more severe aldosteronism. METHODOLOGY: Researchers in Spain conducted a retrospective multicentric study to examine the prevalence of HPT in patients with primary…
Marissa Plescia , 2025-04-29 23:23:00 Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is teaming up with direct-to-consumer telehealth company Hims & Hers to offer discounted access to Wegovy, a GLP-1 manufactured by Novo Nordisk, the companies announced on Tuesday. Hims & Hers provides treatments for weight, anxiety, sexual health and other conditions. Through the partnership, consumers can now…
Andrew (Drew) Rhoades , 2025-04-29 19:52:00 April 29, 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…