Jennifer Byrne , 2025-04-23 15:50:00 April 23, 2025 4 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…
Brittany Trang , 2025-04-23 15:25:00 Brittany Trang, Ph.D., is a health tech reporter at STAT and writes the AI Prognosis newsletter. Follow her on Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky. You can reach Brittany on Signal at btrang.01. You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care…
, 2025-04-23 21:10:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An Israeli study has identified TRIM63 as a significant genetic contributor to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)—the most common hereditary heart disease worldwide. The findings, published in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, could transform genetic screening and treatment protocols for HCM patients around the globe. Led by Dr. Noa Ruhrman…
, 2025-04-24 01:14:00 New research reveals that young adults with higher body shame and weight concerns are more likely to consider GLP-1 medications, despite significant side effects, unless buffered by strong body appreciation. Glucagon-like peptide 1 molecule. Image Credit: ALIOUI MA / Shutterstock. Research: Body image and interest in GLP-1 weight loss medications In a recent study published in…
, 2025-04-23 12:50:00 Ahead of International Parkinson’s Day on April 11, several patient associations, including the Belgian nonprofit organizations Parkili and Action Parkinson, launched the “Dogs for Parkinson” campaign in partnership with AbbVie. This initiative, which involves dog walking events across various Belgian cities, aimed to support individuals affected by Parkinson’s disease. Characterized by motor…
Marissa Plescia , 2025-04-23 23:37:00 Global concierge health benefit World Class Health has raised $10 million in funding, which it will use to expand its global Centers of Excellence network, the company shared with MedCity News exclusively. New York City-based World Class Health supports self-funded employers and provides access to a global network of the…
, 2025-04-23 20:41:00 Nourish, a virtual nutrition counseling platform, announced it secured $70 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total raise to $115 million. J.P. Morgan Private Capital’s Growth Equity Partners led the round, with participation from Y Combinator, Maverick Ventures, Thrive Capital, Atomico, G Squared, Pinegrove, Index Ventures and BoxGroup. WHAT…
Caitlyn Stulpin , 2025-04-23 17:36:00 April 23, 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…
Anil Oza , 2025-04-23 21:22:00 Last week, at least one scientific journal received a letter from a top U.S. attorney asking it to respond to alleged bias. Now, one of the world’s leading medical journals, has received a similar inquiry as well. The New England Journal of Medicine’s editor in chief, Eric Rubin, received a…
, 2025-04-23 21:11:00 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Dupixent (dupilumab) for the treatment of adults and adolescents with chronic spontaneous urticaria. The approval is for patients 12 years and older who remain symptomatic despite histamine-1 antihistamine treatment. The approval is based on data from two phase 3 clinical studies, which included biologic-naïve…
, 2025-04-23 23:17:00 New research shows that while many cloth and medical masks fall short against tiny airborne particles, simple hacks like overmasking or using braces can dramatically improve your protection, yet only N95 and CaN99s respirators consistently keep you safest. Study: Measuring the fitted filtration efficiency of cloth masks, medical masks and respirators. Image…
, 2025-04-23 13:04:00 Although targeted therapies and immunotherapy have improved survival outcomes in many patients with lung cancer, these therapies come at a cost, not only financially but also in terms of cumulative and long-term treatment toxicities. But could patients benefit from receiving less therapy rather than more? At the European Lung Cancer Congress (ELCC)…
, 2025-04-23 22:38:00 A program to screen women for cervical cancer using AI has been launched in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Community organisation Ho Chi Minh City Public Health Association (HPHA) partnered with listed Australian company TruScreen and its local distributor Gorton Health Services to run the community-based program, which aims to screen 260,000 women in the…
Andrew (Drew) Rhoades , 2025-04-23 20:09:00 April 23, 2025 5 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…
Lev Facher , 2025-04-23 21:51:00 The director of the National Institutes of Health gave a ringing endorsement to the nation’s top addiction researcher, Nora Volkow, this week in his first public remarks on the drug overdose crisis — a potential signal that her position as leader of the National Institute on Drug Abuse is, at…
, 2025-04-23 21:17:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute, UCL, Gustave Roussy and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), have discovered that expansion of mutant blood cells, a phenomenon linked to aging, can be found in cancerous tumors, and this is associated with worse outcomes for patients. Understanding the biological interface…
, 2025-04-23 19:34:00 The link between proximity to greenspace – including trees and parks- and healthy birth outcomes is well established. Now new data from researchers at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health adds to our understanding of these health benefits, accounting for other factors that may influence this link, such as education, income and body mass index, but…
, 2025-04-23 13:07:00 TOPLINE: Apremilast treatment for 1 year significantly reduced abdominal fat and maintained lean mass in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), alongside notable improvements in disease activity. Those with obesity experienced the most substantial fat loss. METHODOLOGY: A longitudinal, nonrandomized, multicenter trial was conducted in the Netherlands to examine the effects of anti-inflammatory…
, 2025-04-23 17:10:00 President Donald Trump seemed to elevate debunked theories linking vaccines to autism during a televised meeting with his cabinet after his administration already proposed cuts in local and state childhood vaccination programs. Trump’s cabinet met on Thursday, during which Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talked about eliminating autism…
Bartley Bryt , 2025-04-23 13:14:00 Healthcare technology advances and growth in federal and state regulations have led to an explosion of healthcare data over the years. While these advancements have been integral to improving physician care, clinical practices are often strained adhering to requirements to acquire, submit, retrieve, sort, process, and appropriately respond to this…
Dr Ray O’Connor , 2025-04-23 07:30:00 Dr Ray O’Connor continues his survey of the latest clinical articles on the subject of hypertension Hypertension (Part 2)Hypertension treatment guidelines have historically recommended initial treatment with a single blood pressure (BP)–lowering agent. However, more recently, guidelines have generally recommend starting with dual combinations for many or most adults…
MNB Guest , 2025-04-23 18:34:00 Trauma is not just a psychological wound—it leaves lasting imprints on the body as well. Research has shown that traumatic events can have profound effects on physical health, increasing the risk of chronic diseases, physical ailments, and overall well-being. Whether from childhood abuse, interpersonal violence, a natural disaster, or other…
, 2025-04-23 16:58:00 San Francisco-based Hinge Health, a digital musculoskeletal care platform, announced it is partnering with Cigna Healthcare to offer the health insurance company’s self-insured clients access to Hinge’s digital musculoskeletal (MSK) care platform. Hinge offers individuals with MSK conditions access to a multidisciplinary care team, including health coaches, orthopedic surgeons, and physical therapists,…
Michela Cimberle , 2025-04-23 18:35:00 April 23, 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…
Elizabeth Cooney , 2025-04-23 18:00:00 It starts with the ticks. These insects infect people with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease, microbes that are complicated to study, difficult to detect when they cause illness, and challenging to treat so they don’t linger in the human body. Understanding that bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, requires basic research before…
, 2025-04-23 19:40:00 Moderately elevated ambient temperature is associated with increased mortality in patients undergoing dialysis, according to a study published in the February issue of the Clinical Kidney Journal. Cécile Couchoud, M.D., Ph.D., from Agence de la biomédecine in Saint Denis La Plaine, France, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study to investigate the…
, 2025-04-23 19:23:00 A team of San Antonio-based biomedical researchers trained a machine learning algorithm to identify more than two dozen viable treatments for diseases caused by zoonotic pathogens that can jump from animal hosts to infect humans. Scientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Texas Biomedical…
, 2025-04-23 17:47:00 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Breakthrough Device Designation to Orchestra BioMed for its atrioventricular interval modulation (AVIM) therapy for patients with uncontrolled hypertension. AVIM is a pacing algorithm incorporated into dual-chamber pacemakers to treat hypertension. It delivers repeating sequences of shorter and longer atrioventricular delays,lowering blood pressure while…
, 2025-04-23 17:12:00 A 29-year-old woman has died and another is in intensive care after a nitrogen leak during a cryotherapy session at a Paris gym led to a fatal case of suffocation, prompting a criminal investigation. Cryotherapy, which exposes the body to extreme cold for therapeutic purposes, typically involves nitrogen gas to achieve ultra-low…
Frank Vinluan , 2025-04-23 17:07:00 A Bristol Myers Squibb drug whose landmark FDA approval introduced the first novel mechanism for treating schizophrenia in decades has failed a pivotal test intended to support expanding its use, a disappointing result that puts a big dent in the commercial prospects for the projected blockbuster product. The Phase 3…
Dr Leslie O’Looney , 2025-04-23 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 Dr Dermot J. Ward I have sad news to begin this week’s LOL which is that a former contributor to Irish Medical Times, Dr Dermot J….
Lauryn Doherty , 2025-04-23 17:29:00 Could your dark chocolate dependence protect against diabetes? According to anew article published in the BMJ, that sweet tooth may finally come in handy.1 Sitting at astaggering 462 million, the global burden of type 2 diabetes continues to grow,2 andwhile we know that lifestyle changes can help, tackling the issue at…
, 2025-04-23 17:46:00 Healthcare data company ConcertAI announced a multi-year agreement with pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant Bayer to utilize ConcertAI’s Translational360 and AI SaaS offerings. The offerings use AI and machine learning-acquired insights to speed up clinical development in precision oncology. The agreement aims to utilize ConcertAI’s Translational360 offering, an integrated research-level longitudinal clinical molecular…
Justin Cooper , 2025-04-23 17:20:00 April 23, 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…
John Wilkerson , 2025-04-23 16:49:00 WASHINGTON — The health official who helped convince President Trump during his first term that it’s possible to end the HIV epidemic in the United States is now imploring the president to stay the course, as funding cuts threaten to undo progress toward curbing the virus. “Trump ’47 should not…
, 2025-04-23 16:46:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Community health centers (CHCs), a cornerstone of New York City’s health care safety net, are being hamstrung by inflexible grant funding structures that limit their ability to provide comprehensive, equitable care, according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health researchers published in BMC…
, 2025-04-23 16:35:00 Researchers from the University of Skövde, the University of Gothenburg, and the Sahlgrenska Academy have significantly advanced early detection of gynecological cancer. They have identified biomarkers that can indicate if someone has cancer. This discovery enables faster healthcare responses, thereby increasing the patient’s chances of survival. Each year, approximately 325,000 women receive…
, 2025-04-23 15:00:00 TOPLINE: Rilzabrutinib, an oral inhibitor of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK), demonstrated a rapid and substantial alleviation of symptoms in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) unresponsive to antihistamines at a dosage of 1200 mg/d compared with placebo. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a 52-week phase 2 trial comprising a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled period followed…
, 2025-04-23 14:50:00 A man says ChatGPT saved his life after the AI chatbot urgently advised him to go to the hospital—where doctors reportedly told him he “would’ve lost an organ.” On April 18, X user Flavio Adamo shared his experience with ChatGPT after experiencing unusual pain. Initially dismissing the discomfort as minor, he went…
Bob Farrell , 2025-04-23 13:58:00 In today’s healthcare landscape, organizations that communicate effectively with their patients positively impact both satisfaction and outcomes. In fact, quality communication between patients and healthcare stakeholders influence health outcomes, such as enhanced patient motivation and involvement in treatment decisions. However, the last several years have marked a shift in trust. Between…
Michael McHale , 2025-04-23 07:30:00 Researchers hope MAGIC-I project will lead to every child and adolescent with cancer here receiving deep genome analysis to determine best way to manage their illness A major step towards the genomic sequencing of all children with cancer is set to get underway from today. Researchers have launched ‘MAGIC-I’, a…
Mike Dennison , 2025-04-23 09:00:00 Mike Dennison HELENA, Mont. — As Republican legislative leaders in Montana girded for this year’s battle over whether to extend Medicaid expansion in the state, they took aim at one of the program’s biggest backers: hospitals. If Montana’s hospitals wanted to extend the government health insurance program that cost taxpayers…
James H. Brien, DO , 2025-04-23 13:46:00 April 23, 2025 3 min read What’s your diagnosis? 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 …
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, 2025-04-23 14:30:00 by I. Edwards At least three medical journals have received letters from a top federal prosecutor questioning whether they mislead readers or allow political bias to influence what they decide to publish. The letters were signed by Edward Martin Jr., a Republican activist who now serves as interim U.S. attorney in Washington,…
, 2025-04-23 14:08:00 People with Alzheimer’s disease may retain their ability to empathize, despite declines in other social abilities, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers. The researchers found that people with Alzheimer’s disease scored slightly higher on a measure of empathy than peers of the same age with mild cognitive…
, 2025-04-23 13:17:00 Both endoscopic ultrasound–guided rendezvous (EUS-RV) and precut sphincterotomy are equally effective salvage techniques for patients with benign biliary obstruction and difficult bile duct cannulation, new data suggest. Selective deep cannulation of the common bile duct remains the key rate-limiting step in successful endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), especially in benign biliary disease. In…
Luidgi Faubert , 2025-04-23 13:25:00 Reliable analytical instruments like spectrometers are essential for advancing health care research and diagnostics. However, budgetary constraints often require cost-effectiveness without compromising quality. Discover where to buy affordable spectrometers for lab use and explore key considerations for choosing the right supplier. Where Can I Buy Affordable Spectrometers for Lab Use?…
Editorial Staff , 2025-04-23 07:30:00 RCSI’s seventh annual National Healthcare Outcomes Conference welcomed expert health professionals to explore the evolving landscape of digital healthcare ‘Better outcomes from digital health?’ saw an expert line-up of speakers discussing issues ranging from AI applications in fertility treatment, utilising digital solutions within trauma and orthopaedic surgery and the national…
Don Thompson , 2025-04-23 09:00:00 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice as many people as New York and more than three times as many as Texas — the two states with the largest number…