, 2025-05-21 05:52:00 For the first time, scientists have shown that an established blood-cleansing procedure could help rid the human body of tiny plastic particles, offering hope for new detox solutions amid rising global contamination. Study: Therapeutic apheresis: A promising method to remove microplastics? Image Credit: SIVStockStudio / Shutterstock Rising plastics use is associated with massive and…
, 2025-05-21 08:19:00 The Australian government has bet big on Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs) and is now winning over some previously skeptical general practitioners (GPs). Still, not everyone is convinced that these clinics will relieve the pressure on emergency departments. Since 2022, the government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars establishing 87 Medicare…
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-21 03:15:00 The federal government has a role in fostering scientific innovation in the United States. It’s in the law. Actually, it’s the product of several laws that created and then shaped the mission of a tiny agency with an unwieldy government name. The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National…
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Mario Aguilar , 2025-05-20 17:43:00 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…
, 2025-05-20 22:30:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Standardizing the color and branding of disposable vaping devices may deter young people who have never smoked or vaped from trying them in the first place, suggests a comparative study, published online in the journal Tobacco Control. But a potential trade-off is that there is a risk it…
, 2025-05-21 06:18:00 For the sixth consecutive year, Karger Publishers is seeking top-of-the-line applicants for its Vesalius Innovation Award. The award is aimed at early-stage startups in the Health Sciences and Publishing sectors to foster innovation in health science communications. Now in its sixth year, the Vesalius Innovation Award welcomes early-stage startups that are reimagining how…
, 2025-05-21 05:25:00 During a recent webinar hosted by the Scientific Society of General Medicine, Christophe Scavée, MD, head of the Department of Cardiology and Rhythmology Unit at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium, discussed the critical role that general practitioners (GPs) play in sports screening. He outlined the essential steps GPs should take when patients…
Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-21 03:36:00 Healthcare investors are increasingly interested in financing companies focused on specialty pharmacy, women’s health, the patient experience and more, according to a Tuesday panel of three venture capitalists at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago. However, there are some areas in healthcare investors are trying to distance themselves from. During…
brendan , 2025-05-20 07:00:00 WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST Consultant Old Age Psychiatry Location: Fermanagh. Reference No: 54817267 Salary: £106,424 – £139,920 PA pro rata Closing date: Friday 27th June 2025 @ 3:30pm For full criteria, job description and application form for the above please visit Jobs.hscni.net and apply online. A waiting list…
MNB Guest , 2025-05-20 18:51:00 Varicose veins often seem like nothing more than cosmetic issues to those unfamiliar with them; unsightly veins that mar the appearance of otherwise healthy legs. But this common perception belies an important truth: varicose veins may actually be signs of an underlying venous disease which, left untreated, can greatly impact…
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Mario Aguilar , 2025-05-20 18:25:00 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. Good morning health tech readers! Today, many health tech deals. Reach me: [email protected] Regeneron health tech deals: 23andMe…
, 2025-05-20 22:30:00 Credit: olia danilevich from Pexels By 2030, there will still be over 1 billion of the world’s adolescents (aged 10–24 years) living in countries where preventable and treatable health problems like HIV/AIDS, early pregnancy, unsafe sex, depression, poor nutrition and injury collectively threaten the health and well-being of adolescents, suggests a new…
, 2025-05-21 03:47:00 For the first time, U.S. infants saw dramatically fewer RSV hospitalizations thanks to new maternal vaccines and nirsevimab, highlighting the urgent need for early, widespread prevention each season. Study: Interim Evaluation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalization Rates Among Infants and Young Children After Introduction of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention Products — United…
, 2025-05-20 12:23:00 TOPLINE: Meal type, not sequence, affected meal duration, the number of chews, and chewing tempo, with implications for obesity prevention. METHODOLOGY: A total of 41 participants (18 men, 23 women) with an average age of 41.1 years consumed two different meal types — pizza or hamburger steak bento (includes rice and broccoli),…
Katie Adams , 2025-05-21 03:49:00 Hospitals are finding it harder than ever to collect payment for the care they provide, which is one of the many factors causing widespread financial strain among the nation’s providers. Many hospitals have invested significantly in revenue cycle optimization technologies, be it standalone tools or those integrated with EHR systems…
brendan , 2025-05-20 07:00:00 WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST Consultant Old Age Psychiatry Location: Waterside/Limavady. Reference No: 54817293 Salary: £106,424 – £139,920 PA pro rata Closing date: Friday 27th June 2025 @ 3:30pm For full criteria, job description and application form for the above please visit Jobs.hscni.net and apply online. A waiting…
MNB Guest , 2025-05-20 19:21:00 Ever find yourself in a hospital, feeling more comfortable with the nurse than with the doctor? You’re not the only one. Nurses are just great at making you feel totally taken care of. They’re calm, cool and collected, and always seem to know the perfect thing to say that will…
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Mario Aguilar , 2025-05-20 21:41:00 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…
Sophie Ross, Nicolas Pinto-Sander, Collins Iwuji , 2025-05-19 12:46:00 Sophie Ross, specialist registrar genitourinary medicine1, Nicolas Pinto-Sander, consultant sexual health and HIV medicine1, Collins Iwuji, honorary consultant physician, professor of global health and HIV medicine12 1University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, UK 2Department of global health and infection, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University…
, 2025-05-20 22:30:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Trauma centers nationwide will begin to test a new approach for assessing traumatic brain injury (TBI) that is expected to lead to more accurate diagnoses and more appropriate treatment and follow-up for patients. The new framework, which was developed by a coalition of experts and patients from 14…
, 2025-05-21 02:12:00 New research presented today at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) 2025 revealed that the use of combined oral contraceptives (OCs) is associated with a threefold increase in the risk of cryptogenic ischaemic stroke (CIS) in young women. The findings add to a growing body of evidence linking hormonal contraception to vascular risk…
, 2025-05-20 12:36:00 Suicide rates among residents have remained steady since the turn of the century despite increased attention to physician mental health, a new study found. However, residents — like physicians in general — continue to be much less likely to kill themselves than nonphysicians. The suicide rate among medical residents was 4.89 per…
brendan , 2025-05-20 07:00:00 WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery with interest in Hip & Knee Surgery Location: Altnagelvin Area Hospital. Reference No: 54945497 Salary: £106,424 – £139,920 per annum pro rata Closing Date: Friday 6th June 2025 @ 3:30pm For full criteria, job description and application…
MNB Guest , 2025-05-20 19:24:00 The healthcare industry has always been very essential to our lives, but the last few years have really demonstrated how much we depend on the people working in it. Doctors, nurses, medical technicians and healthcare administrators are the glue that holds our communities together. They help keep us well, or…
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Helen Branswell and Daniel Payne , 2025-05-20 22:40:00 Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester has written a stinging letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding that he clarify whether the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has an acting director. In her three-page missive, Blunt Rochester suggested that Matthew Buzzelli, the person Kennedy said was…
Mun-Keat Looi , 2025-05-20 08:11:00 Kennedy doubles down on cuts and vaccine comments Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, Ttestifying before a US Senate committee, defended the Trump administration’s proposal to slash more than $30bn (£21bn; €27bn) from health programmes. Kennedy doubled down on discredited claims about vaccine safety—including that the…
, 2025-05-20 23:00:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scientists and medics have developed an ultra-rapid method of genetically diagnosing brain tumors that will cut the time it takes to classify them from six to eight weeks, to as little as two hours—which could improve care for thousands of patients each year in the UK. The method,…
, 2025-05-20 16:20:00 As people age, their immune systems become less efficient, posing a challenge for cancer therapies that rely on harnessing immune cells. In a new study published in Nature Cancer, researchers from the University of Lausanne (UNIL), the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de…
, 2025-05-20 12:51:00 Cataract surgeries performed in a surgery suite in the ophthalmologist’s office had significantly lower complication rates than operations performed in an ambulatory surgery center, a study of more than 1300 operations performed by the same surgeon in both settings found. Joseph Starns “Our study shows that performing cataract surgery in an office…
brendan , 2025-05-20 07:00:00 WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST Consultant Old Age Psychiatry Location: Londonderry/Strabane. Reference No: 54817289 Salary: £106,424 – £139,920 PA pro rata Closing date: Friday 27th June 2025 @ 3:30pm For full criteria, job description and application form for the above please visit Jobs.hscni.net and apply online. A waiting list…
MNB Guest , 2025-05-20 20:48:00 It’s one of those things women rarely talk about but think about all the time. A sneeze, a laugh, even a short walk to the car on a chilly morning—and suddenly, there it is. The little leak. It’s embarrassing, frustrating, and quietly life-changing. For many aging women, bladder leakage becomes…
Andrew G. Lee, MD; Michela Cimberle , 2025-05-20 19:50:00 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….
Usha Lee McFarling , 2025-05-20 22:07:00 A new framework for Covid-19 vaccines announced by Food and Drug Administration leaders Tuesday suggests the agency will no longer approve new Covid vaccines for healthy individuals under 65, including babies, without data from new randomized clinical trials showing their benefit. The plan — described in a commentary in…
Siddhanth Sharma, Anand Bhopal, Angela Y Chang , 2025-05-20 13:26:00 Siddhanth Sharma, public health physician1, Anand Bhopal, postdoctoral research fellow2, Angela Y Chang, associate professor34 1Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway 3Danish Institute for Advanced Study, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark 4Danish Centre…
, 2025-05-20 21:30:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) during adolescence play an important role in the association between air pollution exposure and insulin resistance, according to a new study led by investigators from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, found that children…
, 2025-05-20 16:26:00 Special care must be taken with illnesses during pregnancy, as not all drugs are compatible for mother and child. This is why an international research team involving Empa is now developing nanomedicines that will enable safe and effective treatment of inflammatory processes during pregnancy. Pregnancy complications are often caused or accompanied by…
, 2025-05-20 20:14:00 The FDA will prioritize approval of COVID-19 vaccines which can be proven to generate antibody titers in people over age 65 or people who are 6 months or older and at high risk for severe disease, the agency announced on Tuesday. The focus on these age groups will bring the US in…
Dr Ray O’Connor , 2025-05-20 07:30:00 Dr Ray O’Connor takes a look at the latest clinical articles on stroke – the second leading cause of death globally Stroke is an acute, focal neurological deficit with no other explanation than a cerebrovascular cause. Common symptoms include hemiparesis, dysarthria, sensory deficits, aphasia, and visual deficits. The Lancet…
MNB Guest , 2025-05-20 20:49:00 Some people can’t stop talking about gut health—and maybe there’s a good reason. The idea that the bacteria inside your body are more than just hitchhikers has taken over conversations at doctors’ offices, juice bars, and late-night internet deep dives. You’ve probably heard that probiotics can help with digestion, but…
, 2025-05-20 18:15:00 Venture capital firm Abundant Venture Partners has launched Abundant Platform aimed at helping startup companies partner with providers. The platform will be offered through the firm’s Venture Studio, which helps healthcare startups gain commercial traction, connect with target buyers, form partnerships and receive strategic operations support. Abundant Venture Studio members have access to…
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Ed Silverman , 2025-05-20 18:50:00 In a notable development, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill that will allow a state board to extend its mandate for lowering prescription drug costs to all residents, not just those employed by government agencies. The move was hailed by consumer advocates who hope the Prescription Drug Affordability Board,…
Elisabeth Mahase , 2025-05-20 15:16:00 The bibliometric analytics company Clarivate has announced that citations to and from retracted articles will no longer contribute to a journal’s impact factor.1 The company, which publishes its Journal Impact Factor (JIF) annually, said the change would come into effect in its 2025 result (which is based on 2024 data)…
, 2025-05-20 19:35:00 Purple neurons with mitochondria. Credit: Melanie Leboeuf Using the gene scissors CRISPR and stem cells, researchers at Stockholm University and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) at King’s College London have managed to identify a common denominator for different gene mutations that all cause the neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)….
, 2025-05-20 16:36:00 A team of researchers from Keio University School of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, and Teikyo University, in collaboration with Atopiyo LLC, has developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI) model that can objectively assess eczema severity using smartphone images uploaded by patients. Their findings were recently published in Allergy, the official…
, 2025-05-20 13:08:00 Women diagnosed with breast cancer during a pregnancy were no more likely to experience disease recurrence or shortened survival after a subsequent pregnancy within the next 7 years than women who did not become pregnant again, according to new research. Marta Perachino, MD, a medical oncologist at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology…