Healthcare staff members are finding Artera’s AI copilots helpful and easy to use after six months of real-world deployment. Artera, a digital health software company based in Santa Barbara, launched two AI agents in October. One of these copilots helps healthcare employees manage patient communications faster and more accurately. “Staffing and budget constraints continue to…
A new book of oral history of Irish nurses in the NHS documents their role and importance writes Prof Pierce A Grace Irish Nurses in the NHS – An Oral HistoryLouise Ryan, Gráinne McPolin and Neha DoshiFour Courts Press, Dublin, 2025, 232 pages ‘I walked into the dining room and sat down at this table….
Surgeons and physicians who perform clinical procedures (such as endoscopies and biopsies) receive the most co-worker complaints about unprofessional behaviour finds study. A survey of over 35,000 medics reveals that surgeons top the charts for reports of unprofessional behaviour, while paediatricians come out as the least complained about. In a research paper published late last…
Bipartisan senators introduced the Health Tech Investment Act (S. 1399), which would establish a Medicare reimbursement pathway for FDA-cleared medical devices that utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning. The bill, introduced by Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., seeks to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to “ensure appropriate payment of certain algorithm-based…
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Victor Adebowale, cross bench peer1, Parveen Kumar, emerita professor2, Liam Smeeth, director3 1House of Lords 2Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry 3London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine The announcement that NHS England (NHSE) will be scrapped may have surprised the mainstream media, but for many insiders there were indications of the…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Differences among the DNA of seven ape species—including humans—are greater than originally thought, according to an international team led by researchers at Penn State, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the University of Washington. They revealed the genetic details with “complete” reference genomes, which are standardized sequences of a…
It’s becoming increasingly commonplace for people to develop intimate, long-term relationships with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. At their extreme, people have “married” their AI companions in non-legally binding ceremonies, and at least two people have killed themselves following AI chatbot advice. In an opinion paper publishing April 11 in the Cell Press journal Trends in…
BOSTON — Sparsentan, a first-in-class, oral dual endothelin-angiotensin receptor antagonist, shows significant benefit in reducing proteinuria in the difficult-to-manage focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) compared with the angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) irbesartan, a new post-hoc analysis of the phase 3 DUPLEX trial shows. “Dual endothelin angiotensin receptor blockade with sparsentan led to partial or complete…
The world has changed dramatically in recent years, and with it, our understanding of what it means to connect with one another. In Empathy in Crisis: How Compassion Transformed Care During COVID-19, Dr. Erin Coakley explores the crucial role of compassion in navigating challenging times. One of the most important lessons we can take away…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced that payments from the government to Medicare Advantage plans will increase by 5.06%, or $25 billion, from 2025 to 2026, making many payer advocates happy. This is a significant difference from the 2.23% increase proposed by the Biden administration in January. The increase is mainly due…
if you want to practice generally writes Prof Pierce A Grace about the rise of Irish general practice Irish General Practice – The Long StoryMichael V. HannaICGP and A.A. Farmar, Dublin, 2024, 304 pages. Even though many of my 1970s classmates would devote their lives to the discipline, the one kind of doctor we never…
Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Fortunately, there are ways to slow its progression and even prevent it. Tonometry tests play an important role in monitoring eye health for risk of glaucoma. Keep reading to learn how home tonometry tools are changing glaucoma management. Glaucoma Facts and Risk Factors Glaucoma is a…
According to a study published in the European Journal of Cancer, the fairness and equity of datasets for AI-driven mammogram interpretation might be jeopardized by the underrepresentation of racial and ethnic diversity. While AI shows promise for enhancing how mammograms are interpreted, particularly in areas where resources are limited, the study’s authors found warning signs…
Arielle Zionts Rural hospital leaders are questioning whether they can continue to afford to do business with Medicare Advantage companies, and some say the only way to maintain services and protect patients is to end their contracts with the private insurers. Medicare is the main federal health insurance program for people 65 or older. Participants…
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After being indefinitely suspended in the first days of the Trump administration, key National Institutes of Health committees that approve research grants resumed meeting this week. It appears to be a positive step toward restoring the flow of billions of dollars in biomedical research funding to universities and medical schools that for months has been…
Jeffrey K Aronson Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Follow Jeffrey on X: @JKAronson In searching for long words, arbitrarily defined as words that are at least 10 letters and four syllables long, I have found some exceptionally long medical examples, such as: the…
Data analysis process. Credit: JMIR Medical Education (2025). DOI: 10.2196/67993 A recent study by KI-researchers Nadia Davoody and Sravya Katta reveals significant gaps related to health care professionals’ awareness of gender diversity, proper communication strategies, the specific needs of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex (TNBI) individuals, and the societal and structural challenges they face. The study…
Scientists at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria (UICOMP) were authors of a research paper published in the Journal of Acoustical Society of America Express Letters that demonstrates improved, automated screening methods for anxiety and major depressive disorders. In the project titled, “Automated acoustic voice screening techniques for comorbid depression…
People at risk of a cardiac event after a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) stent procedure who received long-term antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel were 29% less likely to die than those who received aspirin, according to data from the SMART-CHOICE 3 trial. The results showed that patients were also less likely to experience a heart attack…
Scrolling through reels, watching an episode of your favorite web series, sending a goodnight text, or checking your email before bed have all become part of a daily routine that helps many people unwind. However, these seemingly harmless habits can gradually affect your sleep. Researchers now estimate that just one hour of screen use can…
One challenge of using cell therapy to treat type 1 diabetes is that this approach requires chronic suppression of the immune system to prevent rejection of donor cells. A Vertex Pharmaceuticals therapeutic candidate designed to avoid immunosuppression has fallen short of its efficacy goals in a clinical trial, leading the drugmaker to discontinue the program….
Drug design and development company Isomorphic Labs announced it raised $600 million in its first external funding round. Thrive Capital led the round, with participation from GV (Google Ventures) and existing investor Alphabet. WHAT IT DOES Isomorphic Labs, launched in 2021 with Google DeepMind, unveiled its newest joint AI offering AlphaFold 3, an AI model…
HENRICO, Va. — Sheldon Ekirch spends a lot of time on hold with her health insurance company. Sometimes, as the minutes tick by and her frustration mounts, Ekirch, 30, opens a meditation app on her phone. It was recommended by her psychologist to help with the depression associated with a stressful and painful medical disorder….
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Janice Hopkins Tanne New York The head of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F Kennedy Jr, announced on 27 March that he would cut 10 000 employees from department agencies as part of government restructuring by Elon Musk’s Department Government Efficiency. Another 10000 HHS employees left through early retirement and buyouts.1…
Relationship between coronary plaque burden and myocardial infarction (MI). Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57457-7 Swedish researchers have identified genetic variants that increase the risk of atherosclerosis. The aim is for these new findings to enable earlier detection of atherosclerosis and improved treatment of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke. The study, published…
People with heart failure have long been advised to limit the amount of fluids they consume each day to help reduce congestion, or the buildup of fluid in the lungs and extremities, but that advice provides no benefit, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session (ACC.25). Heart failure…
TOPLINE: Dietary counseling significantly improved the nutritional status of pediatric patients with non–immunoglobulin E (IgE)–mediated gastrointestinal food allergies (non–IgE-GIFAs), regardless of polysensitization, without any negative effect on nutritional status. METHODOLOGY: Researchers analyzed 100 pediatric patients (mean age at diagnosis, 8.5 years; 58% boys) newly diagnosed with non–IgE-GIFAs in a prospective intervention study conducted in Naples,…
Experiencing memory issues and declining brain function is often seen as a natural part of aging, and it can also be an early warning sign of Alzheimer’s disease. But what if boosting memory was not as complicated as it seems? Research suggests that the key may lie in an unexpected place—the gut. Adding more evidence…
It’s no secret the opioid crisis remains a major public health concern in the United States. It was declared a public health emergency in 2017, and for multiple years following, nationwide overdose deaths continued to rise. It wasn’t until 2023 that the country finally saw a downtrend in the number of drug overdoses for the…
HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s small, independent pharmacies say they’re getting increasingly squeezed on reimbursements by pharmacy benefit managers — and are pushing an ambitious bill to rein in what they say are unfair practices by the powerful industry negotiators known as PBMs. “Who in their right mind would subject themselves to this sort of treatment…
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Heart disease has long been the leading killer of adults, but beyond that stark fact, men and women diverge. From differences at the cellular level of the heart to circulatory structure to symptoms of distress and treatment, researchers are finding new manifestations of gender differences in cardiovascular disease. Heart attacks look different in women than…
St Bartholomew’s medical school had only been accepting female students for eight years when Coral Sharpe (née Knight) began studying in 1955. Sharpe was not an obvious trailblazer, but in her quiet, resolute way she was determined to study medicine and keep working as a doctor when society might have expected her to concentrate on…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain While everybody’s heart has an absolute chronological age (as old as that person is), hearts also have a theoretical “biological” age that is based on how the heart functions. So, someone who is 50 but has poor heart health could have a biological heart age of 60, while someone aged 50…
While more people than ever are running marathons in the U.S., the risk of dying from a heart attack during a run has fallen dramatically in recent years. That’s a key conclusion from a new study by Jonathan Kim, associate professor in the Emory School of Medicine. Kim’s research is a follow-up to a study…
For patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), subcutaneous (SC) administration of pembrolizumab works just as well as standard intravenous (IV) administration, phase 3 data indicated. Importantly, SC pembrolizumab saves time “potentially streamlining treatment center workflows and lowering healthcare resource utilization,” said Enriqueta Felip, MD, PhD, in a presentation at the European Lung Cancer…
Summarize this content to 100 words An organ transplant procedure turned tragic for a Michigan resident who unknowingly received a kidney from a rabies-infected donor, leading to a fatal infection, a recent report revealed.Health officials revealed that an unidentified patient, who received a kidney from a rabies-infected donor in December 2024, tragically died in Ohio…
Summarize this content to 100 words It’s well known that private equity has been staking its claim in healthcare. Private equity acquisitions of U.S. physician practices increased six fold from 2012 to 2021. A new report reveals private equity’s impact on a more vulnerable area of healthcare: intellectual and developmental disability services (IDD). The report…
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Summarize this content to 100 words At least five states have active measles outbreaks as of Friday, and Texas’ is the largest with 400 cases. Already, the U.S. has more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Other states with outbreaks — defined as three or more cases —…
Summarize this content to 100 words Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scientists have found another reason to put the phone down: a survey of 45,202 young adults in Norway has discovered that using a screen in bed drives up your risk of insomnia by 59% and cuts your sleep time by 24 minutes. However, social media…
Summarize this content to 100 words A groundbreaking algorithm exposes how much hidden sugar is lurking in your food—and shows which countries and products meet the mark for healthy carbs. Study: Predicting carbohydrate quality in a global database of packaged foods. Image Credit: New Africa / Shutterstock Carbohydrates contribute approximately 70% of daily energy intake in the…
Summarize this content to 100 words CHICAGO — Extended therapy with reduced-dose apixaban is just as effective as the high dose in preventing recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with active cancer who completed at least 6 months of anticoagulant treatment after a clot, and results in a lower rate of clinically relevant bleeding, the…
Summarize this content to 100 words Demand for mental health services remains high, despite long wait lists and a massive shortage of providers. Last week, mental health care startup Two Chairs announced a major expansion to help address this need. The San Francisco-based company, which offers hybrid behavioral health care, expanded its presence from three…