David Howard , 2025-04-29 08:30:00 Lost amid the turmoil of DOGE’s federal workforce cuts was a mid-February executive order directing DOGE to repeal regulations that impede innovation, are overly burdensome, or not clearly authorized by statute. Now it appears that DOGE and the Trump administration are taking action on that order. The administration has even…
, 2025-04-29 04:00:00 A new study identifying 56 risk factors associated with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), spanning lifestyle, physical measures, psychosocial factors, socioeconomic status, and the local environment, found that improving non-clinical modifiable risk factors could prevent up to 63% of SCA cases. Credit: Canadian Journal of Cardiology / Luo et al. A new study…
, 2025-04-29 08:27:00 Research finds that while excess stored iron may speed up aging through oxidative stress, higher blood iron and transferrin saturation are associated with slower epigenetic aging. Study: Association Between Body Iron Status and Biological Aging. Image Credit: Anas Sarfraz / Shutterstock.com A recent study published in Nutrients examines the role of blood iron…
, 2025-04-29 08:07:00 The numbers don’t lie: Colorectal cancer (CRC) has been on the rise in younger people in the United States for over two decades. While the data show a clear trend, researchers still face a glaring unanswered question: Why is this happening? A recent report in Nature may offer an important clue to…
, 2025-04-29 07:30:00 It is time to pay attention to your teen’s health. Even adolescents who look healthy and fall within a normal weight range could be on the path to heart damage if they have one hidden health condition, warns a recent study. Teens with prediabetes, a condition marked by elevated blood sugar levels…
Dr Leslie O’Looney , 2025-04-29 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 Mater Hospital Foundation has received a pledge of a €2 million gift to enhance and expand the Mater Public Hospital’s Coronary Care Unit (CCU). The…
Gabrielle M. Grasso , 2025-04-28 14:40:00 April 28, 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…
, 2025-04-29 07:00:00 Dr. Javier Briones, researcher at Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) and Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute. Credit: Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute Researchers from the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau), in collaboration with Sant Pau Hospital and the Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, have developed an innovative CAR-T…
, 2025-04-29 06:15:00 In a comprehensive Genomic Press perspective article published today, researchers from Fudan University and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine have highlighted remarkable advances in the development of positron emission tomography (PET) tracers capable of visualizing α-synuclein aggregates in the brains of patients with Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. The abnormal accumulation…
, 2025-04-28 12:15:00 The diagnosis of anaphylaxis can be tricky, especially in the absence of known triggers and when other conditions, such as urticaria and asthma, mimic aspects of the reaction. Biomarkers can help to identify this deadly condition promptly. But only histamine and tryptase have been extensively studied. Tryptase is the most frequently used…
Robert Herpen, MA , 2025-04-28 15:06:00 April 28, 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…
Ed Silverman , 2025-04-29 05:00:00 Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. For the second consecutive year, the pharmaceutical industry saw its reputation slip among patient advocacy groups, largely due to ongoing concerns over pricing issues, according to a new survey. Of…
, 2025-04-29 04:00:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to make plastic household items could be linked to more than 365,000 global deaths from heart disease in 2018 alone, a new analysis of population surveys shows. While the chemicals, called phthalates, are in widespread use globally, Africa, South Asia, and the…
, 2025-04-29 05:26:00 A highly sensitive bone marrow test could double survival rates for some groups of younger adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) by helping doctors identify if they might relapse up to three months earlier. The patient-specific molecular test can detect low levels of leukemia cells in the body, known as minimal residual…
, 2025-04-28 12:18:00 TOPLINE: In some children with myopia, repeated low-level red-light therapy for at least 1 year was associated with reduced cone density near the fovea and other subtle retinal abnormalities. METHODOLOGY: A retrospective cohort study analyzed data from 99 Chinese children (aged 5-16 years) with myopia and compared changes in photoreceptor density —…
Robert B. Den, MD , 2025-04-28 15:13:00 April 28, 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 your request. Please try…
John Wilkerson , 2025-04-28 08:30:00 WASHINGTON — Soon after returning from their spring break, congressional Republicans will have to start making some tough choices. How will they pay for up to $5 trillion in tax cuts? How much health spending will they cut? And just when are they going to drag Health and Human Services…
, 2025-04-29 04:10:00 Start of the Alaska Ski Classic. Credit: Robert Coker Much of the work devoted to exploring potential sex-specific differences in exercise or sports performance has been derived from laboratory-based studies. While these studies are typically well-controlled and guide an understanding of physiological mechanisms, they may lack pragmatic or practical relevance to the…
, 2025-04-29 03:55:00 Metrion Biosciences (“Metrion”), the specialist preclinical contract research organization (CRO) and a global leader in ion channel services, today announced the launch of its validated, high-throughput NaV1.9 screening assay to advance discovery and development of novel pain therapeutics. Leveraging over a decade of electrophysiology expertise, the NaV1.9 assay, alongside Metrion’s unique combination…
, 2025-04-28 12:21:00 TOPLINE: From 2000 to 2021, the incidence of pancreatic adenocarcinoma rose among all age groups in the United States, with the highest increase in those aged 15-34 years. During the same period, the overall incidence of colorectal adenocarcinoma declined, though rates increased among younger individuals. METHODOLOGY: Pancreatic and colorectal cancer are the…
Sara Kellner , 2025-04-28 15:17:00 April 28, 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…
Bob Herman , 2025-04-28 08:30:00 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. President Trump’s tariffs…
, 2025-04-28 22:30:00 Acute myelocytic leukemia (AML). Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A highly sensitive bone marrow test could double survival rates for some groups of younger adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) by helping doctors identify if they might relapse up to three months earlier. The patient-specific molecular test can detect low levels of leukemia…
, 2025-04-29 02:52:00 How your body weight influences the interaction of plant compounds with your gut: New research reveals that rutin and genistein elicit distinct gut metabolite changes, depending on BMI, paving the way for personalized nutrition strategies. Modulation of the human fecal metabolome – Effect of polyphenols depends on the BMI In a recent…
, 2025-04-28 12:34:00 Adrenalectomy significantly reduced the risk for vertebral fractures compared with conservative care in adults with mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS), according to data from a recent study. Previous research suggested that MACS occurs in approximately half of the patients with adrenal incidentalomas and may promote cardiometabolic conditions, but recovery from MACS may…
Katie Adams , 2025-04-29 01:33:00 Achieving high-quality patient care is at the forefront of every hospital’s mission. This is a tall task — one that requires collaboration across disciplines, a culture of frontline staff empowerment and the inclusion of patient voices, according to a panel of hospital executives. On Monday during a session at the…
Scott Buzby , 2025-04-28 15:29:00 April 28, 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….
Mario Aguilar , 2025-04-28 08:30:00 Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the practice of health care and the business and policy challenges to realizing tech’s promise. He’s also the co-author of the free, twice weekly STAT…
, 2025-04-28 23:10:00 In 1595 adolescents followed up from age 17 to 24 years, persistent high blood glucose and insulin resistance caused structural and functional heart damage. A higher fasting blood glucose at the prediabetes level tripled the risk of worsening cardiac damage. Credit: Diabetes Care Graphic Abstract / Andrew Agbaje. Persistently high blood sugar…
, 2025-04-29 01:13:00 Researchers at The University of Queensland have dosed 5 participants in the first clinical trial of a potentially revolutionary immunotherapy drug to treat Type 1 diabetes. Professor Ranjeny Thomas AM from UQ’s Frazer Institute has led the development of a targeted immunotherapy drug, ASITI-201, which has been designed to rebalance the body’s…
, 2025-04-28 12:51:00 A bill introduced in Minnesota attempts to criminalize vaccine technology that has been proven safe and effective, and infectious disease experts are baffled. A group of Republican members of the Minnesota House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would target specific vaccines and medical treatments for criminal punishment, according to a…
Hunter Firment , 2025-04-28 19:03:00 April 28, 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 process your request. Please try again later….
Sarah Todd , 2025-04-28 13:03:00 Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. It’s Sarah checking in with three springtime recommendations this Monday: this recipe for creamy artichokes and peas, the zippy Steven Soderbergh spy movie Black Bag, and the wildlife portraits of Amy Jean Porter….
, 2025-04-28 23:30:00 Colorized transmission electron micrograph of Avian influenza A H5N1 viruses. Credit: Public Domain The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing eminent human and animal virologists from 80+ Centers of Excellence and Affiliates in 40+ countries, has published a comprehensive analysis and call-to-action in The Lancet Regional Health—Americas on the North American avian influenza…
, 2025-04-28 19:18:00 Arc Institute continues its work to generate and share large-scale, high-quality datasets of cell state before and after chemical or genetic perturbations to enable “virtual cell” models and other innovations. Two months after launching the Arc Virtual Cell Atlas comprising over 300 million cells, the initiative is now benefiting from new partnerships…
, 2025-04-28 13:36:00 SAN DIEGO — A 20-year initiative by Kaiser Permanente Northern California that assessed colorectal cancer (CRC) screening status and offered flexible options for screening has made a huge difference in CRC incidence, deaths, and racial disparities, an analysis showed. “The program promptly doubled the proportion of people up to date with screening,”…
Marissa Plescia , 2025-04-28 22:08:00 When digital musculoskeletal company Hinge Health launched about a decade ago, it primarily targeted employers directly. However, in recent years, it has expanded its health plan partnerships and is now the preferred musculoskeletal partner for the five largest national health plans in the U.S. by self-insured lives, following a new…
David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group , 2025-04-28 22:34:00 The Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money the government had allegedly overpaid them. Instead, the agency will default to withholding 50% of old-age, survivors, and disability…
William B. Trattler, MD; Anthony DeFino , 2025-04-28 19:30:00 April 28, 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…
Angus Chen and Matthew Herper , 2025-04-28 21:27:00 You’re reading the web edition of AACR in 30 Seconds, STAT’s guide to the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting. There’s one more day: sign up for email here. Despite the shadow cast over cancer research by recent actions in the Trump administration, cancer scientists and…
, 2025-04-28 21:16:00 Credit: Environmental Science & Technology (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c09642 A new study led by The University of Texas at Arlington, University of California Los Angeles, University of Sherbrooke, and Harvard University links metal exposure to digestive issues in children. The paper is published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. “This is a…
, 2025-04-28 19:25:00 Teams of health care providers called Accountable Care Organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program have saved Medicare between $4.1 billion and $8.1 billion from 2012 through 2019, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The study, published April 28 in JAMA, is thought to be the first…
, 2025-04-28 16:05:00 For more than 40 years, artificial sphincters have been the standard of care for stress urinary incontinence in men following prostate surgery. The iPhone age is finally catching up. Electronic devices now in development could make it easier to control urination and enable more people to use this treatment. One-year data from…
Luidgi Faubert , 2025-04-28 13:25:00 Migraines are intense, often debilitating experiences that can disrupt your entire day or week. While medication can help, many people want to know how to manage migraines without medication. Fortunately, there are natural strategies that can reduce the frequency and intensity of migraine attacks. What Is a Migraine? A migraine…
Caitlyn Stulpin , 2025-04-28 20:34:00 April 28, 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 process…
Matthew Herper , 2025-04-28 19:38:00 CHICAGO — A clinical trial run by the National Cancer Institute seems to confirm that a single dose of the vaccine used to prevent infection with the human papilloma virus is just as effective as two — and, therefore, also helps to prevent cancer. The result could transform efforts to reach…
, 2025-04-28 20:29:00 Credit: CC0 Public Domain Trinity College Dublin researchers have found that the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine may offer protection beyond its intended primary target. In a study recently published in the Clinical Immunology journal, researchers found that the vaccine not only targeted the COVID-19 virus, it also unexpectedly helped to reduce and control…
, 2025-04-28 19:29:00 Researchers have uncovered multiple new genes and genetic pathways that could lead to repurposing hundreds of existing drugs for osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis. The research, which analyzed data from nearly 2 million people in diverse populations worldwide, was recently published in Nature. It represents an extensive genetic exploration of osteoarthritis,…
, 2025-04-28 17:42:00 How many urologists are women? Ask a urologist, and you’ll get one answer. Ask artificial intelligence (AI) to draw you a picture, however, and the number will be much lower — zero, in fact, according to a new study. “Despite growing numbers of women in the field, they’re still underrepresented in media,…
, 2025-04-28 17:43:00 Despite his own history of overcoming heroin addiction, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is backing plans to end a federal Narcan distribution program credited with helping drive a steep drop in U.S. overdose deaths. Narcan, the widely-used overdose reversal drug, has played a major role in reducing opioid-related…