, 2025-05-06 12:12:00 When picturing a “typical” alcoholic, people tend to imagine a person drinking at home alone. But that focus overlooks the social origins of many serious alcohol problems, say the authors of a new review paper in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science. “Evidence for the centrality of social motives in problem…
, 2025-05-06 12:00:00 TOPLINE: An influenza vaccine, either given alone or with a COVID-19 vaccine during the follicular phase, was linked to minor changes in the length of the menstrual cycle of less than 1 day, but the length of the cycle bounced back to normal soon after. METHODOLOGY: This global retrospective cohort study assessed…
, 2025-05-06 21:11:00 Glucose monitoring specialist Dexcom is expanding its partnership with health-tracking ring maker Oura to provide Stelo users and ring wearers with metabolic health features, including meal insights and glucose data. Stelo provides individuals 18 and up who do not require insulin with round-the-clock glucose readings and delivers personalized insights into glucose health,…
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Ed Silverman , 2025-05-06 16:55:00 Many large drugmakers are still using a decades-old test — derived from horseshoe crabs — as a go-to tool for detecting contamination in medicines and vaccines, rather than switching to a cheaper and equally effective alternative, according to a survey by environmental groups. At issue are endotoxin tests, which are…
, 2025-05-06 21:23:00 Radiographic findings. (A) Coronal T2-weighted image shows a small, ovoid right adrenal mass (white arrow) and larger, triangular left adrenal mass (black arrow) with heterogeneity and higher T2 signal intensity than the right adrenal mass. (B) Coronal T2 HASTE fetal MRI image shows a fetus with normal adrenal glands. (C) Two months…
, 2025-05-06 13:20:00 Young people with a diagnosable mental health condition report differences in their experiences of social media compared to those without a condition, including greater dissatisfaction with online friend counts and more time spent on social media sites. This is according to a new study led by the University of Cambridge, which suggests…
, 2025-05-06 12:00:00 TOPLINE: Patients with chronic hypoparathyroidism faced a significantly higher risk for cardiovascular diseases and mortality from cardiovascular causes than control individuals without the condition, with the effect being particularly prominent among women. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted this study by merging data from population-based registries in Sweden to assess the risk for cardiovascular diseases…
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STAT Staff , 2025-05-06 20:14:00 People seeking roles in government are often careful about what they say in public, or at least somewhat hesitant to freely share their opinions. It’s difficult to know exactly what’s going on in their heads. Not Vinay Prasad. The new top regulator of vaccines and gene therapies at the Food…
, 2025-05-06 19:59:00 The JYMMiN Face Active app offers millions of patients a new motivating way to train their facial muscles and improve their quality of life in the long term. Credit: JYMMiN Each year, approximately 15 million people suffer a stroke. Many subsequently suffer from facial paralysis, in which the facial muscles weaken. The…
, 2025-05-06 14:23:00 A novel health-assessment tool uses eight metrics derived from a person’s physical exam and routine lab tests to characterize biological age. It may be able to predict a person’s risk of disability and death better than current health predictors. University of Washington School of Medicine researchers describe their method in a May 5 Nature Communication paper….
, 2025-05-06 12:00:00 Niemelä J, Laitinen TT, Nuotio J, et al. Childhood 25-OH-vitamin D levels predict early cardiovascular outcomes in adulthood: The cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published online April 29, 2025. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf271 Source link
, 2025-05-06 18:21:00 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to create a national autism database was met with doubt online as users questioned if those added would have their privacy protected. Source link
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Mario Aguilar , 2025-05-06 17:31:00 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. Google’s chief health officer Karen DeSalvo announced she will retire this summer. DeSalvo, who likes to introduce herself as…
, 2025-05-06 18:18:00 HDAC11 Deficiency effects. Credit: GRENBA-IGTP A new study has identified the HDAC11 protein, an enzyme involved in cellular regulation, as a new potential therapeutic target for the treatment of sarcopenia. Published in the journal GeroScience, the study shows that HDAC11 deficiency in aged murine models reduces muscle mass loss, promotes muscle regeneration…
, 2025-05-06 14:27:00 In a compelling Genomic Press interview published today, rising scientific star Dr. Michael Wheeler unveils revolutionary findings about how psychedelics reshape communication between the brain and immune system, potentially transforming treatments for psychiatric disorders and inflammatory diseases alike. Bridging the mind-body divide As an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and investigator…
, 2025-05-06 12:11:00 For patients who already have a positive result on a screening test for primary aldosteronism (PA), confirmatory testing with the seated saline suppression test (SSST) adds little to the diagnostic work-up and may delay proper and timely care, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The SSST may…
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-06 16:40:00 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has been a tough area for drug research, but Eli Lilly has been spreading its bets in this neurodegenerative disease by striking deals with other companies. The pharmaceutical giant is adding to its stable of ALS drug candidates with a licensing agreement that brings a novel antibody…
Treasure Adenusi , 2025-05-06 16:29:00 Losing your vision can be frightening but earlier this year, Swiss scientists made a breakthrough that could change how we treat eye diseases. In this recent study, researchers bring stem cells in the human eye into sharp focus. These newly discovered multipotent stem cells in the retina could one day…
Benjamin Bakall, MD, PhD; Alex Young; Eamon N. Dreisbach; Anthony DeFino , 2025-05-06 16:28:00 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…
John Wilkerson , 2025-05-06 16:26:00 You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A horse named Journalism was favored to win the Kentucky Derby, but lost to a horse named Sovereignty. Don’t…
, 2025-05-06 16:23:00 Decentralized vs. pooled procurement institutions. Credit: Journal of Health Economics (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.102996 Pooling orders for life-saving medicines can help drive down their cost and ensure a steady supply for low- and middle-income countries, though there are trade-offs, according to a new study led by a University of Massachusetts health economist and…
, 2025-05-06 14:46:00 In this interview, industry expert Dr. Lohit Khera discusses the evolving role of microRNA in research, diagnostics, and precision medicine. He also highlights the latest RNA extraction and analysis innovations and how these advanced technologies address key challenges in small RNA research. What initially sparked the scientific interest in microRNA, and how has…
, 2025-05-06 12:16:00 TOPLINE: Clinical remission was achieved and sustained in nearly one third of patients with severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA) receiving benralizumab for up to 2 years, with better outcomes in biologic-naive patients than in biologic-experienced patients. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a real-world study to evaluate if long-term remission was viable among adult patients with…
Kristin Haluch , 2025-05-06 13:37:00 Recently, I had the privilege of chairing the virtual RISE Bedrock of Healthcare Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) event and attending their national in-person SDOH Conference. SDOH has been a hot topic in healthcare over the last several years, and for good reason. The data is clear: a very small…
, 2025-05-06 15:17:00 Copenhagen-based digital health company specializing in chronic disease management, Dawn Health secured $13 million (€11.5 million) from existing investors Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker, the export and investment fund of Denmark (EIFO) and Trifork. WHAT IT DOES Dawn Health’s platform and products are used in oncology, multiple sclerosis and for rare pediatric conditions, like…
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Elaine Chen , 2025-05-06 13:36:00 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, there’s been a lot of discussion lately about how the U.S. can stay competitive in science, biomedical innovation, and drug development. We’ve got several pieces of news relevant…
, 2025-05-06 14:31:00 Credit: George Pak from Pexels Mental health counseling (MHC) may help U.S. veterans recover and build resilience after experiencing military sexual trauma (MST), according to a new study from researchers at Penn State. “We’ve long known that MST can have devastating consequences,” said Mary Mitchell, research professor at the Clearinghouse for Military…
, 2025-05-06 13:26:00 Retail pharmacies excluded from Medicare Part D networks maintained by drug benefits middlemen were much more likely to close over the past decade, according to new research from USC published in Health Affairs. Independent pharmacies and those located in low-income, Black or Latino communities were more likely to be excluded from “preferred”…
, 2025-05-06 13:14:00 Adding pembrolizumab to standard-of-care treatment improved event-free survival (EFS) in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), according to new results of the KEYNOTE-689 trial. “This new information supports changing the current standard of care to now include neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab. For the first time in more than 20…
Pat Youngblood , 2025-05-06 13:42:00 Nearly three in four providers say payers deny treatments they prescribe some of the time. More importantly many indicate this happens too frequently, takes up too much time and a significant number have considered quitting over the demands these engagements add to their jobs. That’s according to a recent survey…
Michael McHale , 2025-05-06 12:21:00 Transfer is part of agreement with World Health Organisation, which also saw eight children from Palestinian region come here for healthcare last December A group of four children from Gaza have arrived in Ireland to receive medical treatment here. The Tánaiste and Minister for Health confirmed the successful medical evacuation…
Darius Tahir , 2025-05-06 09:00:00 Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration, is seeing something new on the job: dead people. They’re not really dead, of course. In four instances over the past few weeks, he told KFF Health News, his Schenectady, New York, office has seen people come in…
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Jonathan Wosen and Jason Mast , 2025-05-06 08:30:00 The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, billed as the nation’s largest hospital devoted solely to medical research, is struggling to carry out its mission of running clinical trials for the hardest-to-treat diseases amid growing disruptions from the Trump administration. Fewer patients are being treated, and some…
, 2025-05-06 12:20:00 by Bernard J. Wolfson, Vanessa G. Sánchez Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sumana Reddy, a primary care physician, struggles on thin financial margins to run Acacia Family Medical Group, the small independent practice she founded 27 years ago in Salinas, California, a predominantly Latino city in an agricultural valley often called “the salad…
, 2025-05-06 11:45:00 An international team of scientists led by the Medical University of Vienna has identified similarities in the mechanisms of diabetes and cancer: as the researchers show, the protein PPARγ, which is central to the regulation of metabolic processes, can also influence the growth of prostate cancer cells. PPARγ is already known to…
, 2025-05-06 11:50:00 Consuming foods high in carotenoids appeared to be modestly linked to a reduced risk for pediatric hearing loss, according to a poster presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2025 Meeting. “Pediatric hearing loss increases with age due to otitis media, trauma, ototoxic medications, and/or noise exposure, impacting behavioral and language development,”…
Stephanie Baum , 2025-05-06 11:30:00 Gaining greater insight into the patient journey from diagnosis through treatment is of great interest to drug developers as they aspire to produce more effective drugs. Using non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as an example, PurpleLab and Genentech will explore how to leverage RWD to eliminate blind spots in the…
Amy Maxmen , 2025-05-06 09:00:00 JACKSON, Miss. — Storm clouds hung low above a community center in Jackson, where pastor Andre Devine invited people inside for lunch. Hoagies with smoked turkey and ham drew the crowd, but several people lingered for free preventive health care: tests for HIV and other diseases, flu shots, and blood…
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Scott Gottlieb , 2025-05-06 08:30:00 Five years ago, U.S. pharmaceutical companies didn’t license any new drugs from China. By 2024, one-third of their new compounds were coming from Chinese biotechnology firms. Why are U.S. drugmakers sending their business to China? As in many other industries, it’s so much cheaper to synthesize new compounds inside Chinese…
, 2025-05-06 10:30:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Reproductive rights groups in Alabama wasted no time resuming their work after a federal judge ruled in early April that the state’s attorney general can’t prosecute—or threaten to prosecute—people or organizations who help Alabama residents seek an abortion by traveling to another state. One of the plaintiffs, the…
, 2025-05-06 02:16:00 A major population study reveals that diets high in ultra-processed foods are tied to poorer mental health, and uncovers biological markers that help explain the link. Study: Associations of Ultra-Processed Food Intake and Its Circulating Metabolomic Signature with Mental Disorders in Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Image Credit: Lightspring / Shutterstock In a recent study…
, 2025-05-06 09:49:00 INCHEON, South Korea — A shoe-based biomechanical intervention worn for a short time each day may achieve greater improvements in low back pain and greater reductions in the risk for total knee replacement surgery than standard physical therapy, according to two studies presented at the World Congress on Osteoarthritis (OARSI) 2025 Annual…
Rosemary Westwood, WWNO , 2025-05-06 09:00:00 When the news broke on Jan. 31 that a New York physician had been indicted for shipping abortion medications to a woman in Louisiana, it stoked fear across the network of doctors and medical clinics who engage in similar work. “It’s scary. It’s frustrating,” said Angel Foster, co-founder of…