Cancer care sees significant AI innovation, but access still unequal
Elizabeth Cooney , 2025-05-07 15:29:00 Innovation in cancer detection, treatment, and prevention is stirring excitement today, accelerated by advances in artificial intelligence and other technological tools wielded by scientists, physicians,…
Neuroscientists pinpoint where (and how) brain circuits are reshaped as we learn new movements
, 2025-05-07 15:00:00 Neuronal activity traces reveal how brain circuits evolve as mice learn a motor task. Left: example field of view recorded during behavior; each color marks a different…
Mental health disorders tied to growing number of cannabis-related hospital visits
, 2025-05-07 14:55:00 More people are landing in the hospital with cannabis-related problems-and for many, a mental health condition is the primary issue, according to a new study published in…
Muscle Mass May Presage CAR T Outcomes
, 2025-05-07 13:25:00 TOPLINE:Sarcopenia, a hallmark of cancer cachexia, is associated with poor outcomes in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, which can exacerbate muscle loss through inflammatory responses. The…
Comprehensive Autism Diagnostic Evaluation: A Guide for Medical Professionals on Supporting Families
Nicole Clark , 2025-05-07 14:11:00 A comprehensive autism diagnostic evaluation (CDE) is a critical step in accurately identifying Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It is required by Medicaid and most other…
AI framework should ensure that doctors don’t become ‘liability sinks’
Michael McHale , 2025-05-07 07:30:00 MPS said that AI must be integrated in health systems in a ‘useful and safe’ way for both patients and clinicians Guidelines for the use…
Trump Policies at Odds With ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Push
Stephanie Armour , 2025-05-07 09:00:00 In his March address to Congress, President Donald Trump honored a Texas boy diagnosed with brain cancer. Amid bipartisan applause, he vowed to drive down…
Tobacco-related heart disease deaths rising, especially in some racial, geographic groups
Erik Swain , 2025-05-07 13:13:00 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…
NCI budget cuts, fentanyl deaths, Vinay Prasad
Theresa Gaffney , 2025-05-07 13:09:00 Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning, and happy Wednesday. I’m seeing…
NC bill to allow non-prescription use of ivermectin reignites COVID controversy
, 2025-05-07 13:00:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A drug that gained international attention for its controversial off-label use during the COVID-19 pandemic could soon be available in North Carolina without…
Progesterone-only contraceptive pill linked to increased asthma attacks in some women
, 2025-05-07 12:44:00 A major study of around 260,000 women shows that taking the progesterone-only contraceptive pill can increase asthma attacks in some women. The research, published in ERJ Open…
Uterine Cancer Survival Varies Widely by Race Across US
, 2025-05-07 12:25:00 TOPLINE:A study of 162,500 patients with uterine cancer found that survival rates varied significantly by race and geographic location, with Black patients experiencing the worst survival outcomes…
Get a Snapshot of the Early Stage Life Science Startup Landscape
Stephanie Baum , 2025-05-07 11:30:00 It is a challenging time to be an early stage medtech or biopharma company. With the federal government funding cutbacks, entrepreneurs have to be resourceful…
LOL: May 7, 2025
Dr Leslie O'Looney , 2025-05-07 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…
As Republicans Eye Sweeping Medicaid Cuts, Missouri Offers a Preview
Bram Sable-Smith , 2025-05-07 09:00:00 CRESTWOOD, Mo. — The prospect of sweeping federal cuts to Medicaid is alarming to some Missourians who remember the last time the public medical insurance…
No difference seen in RG, RGB imaging in assessing diabetic retinopathy severity
Alex Young; Eamon N. Dreisbach; Anthony DeFino , 2025-05-06 13:28:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on …
Flatiron Health veterans raise $25 million for AI tool to forecast drug toxicity
Allison DeAngelis , 2025-05-07 11:00:00 Allison DeAngelis is the East Coast biotech and venture capital reporter at STAT, reporting where scientific ideas and money meet. She is also co-host of…
Conversion therapy might harm a young person’s long-term heart health, new study says
, 2025-05-07 10:55:00 Young adults assigned male at birth were nearly three times as likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure if they'd been exposed to conversion therapy, a…
Study reveals insights into mental health of healthcare providers in Ecuador during COVID-19
, 2025-05-07 06:20:00 A recent study conducted by researchers from Universidad San Francisco de Quito and Johns Hopkins University has revealed critical insights into the mental health of healthcare providers…
Sling and Botox Comparable for Mixed Urinary Incontinence
, 2025-05-07 10:18:00 OnabotulinumtoxinA (Botox) injection and midurethral sling surgery yielded comparable symptom improvement in women with mixed stress-urgency urinary incontinence (MUI) at 6 months, a multicenter randomized study found.…
Ireland has lowest rate of new cancer medicine availability in Western Europe
Michael McHale , 2025-05-07 08:38:00 Just one-in-four new cancer treatments licensed since 2020 are currently available in Ireland Ireland has the lowest rate of availability for new cancer medicines in…
Watch: How the FDA Opens the Door to Risky Chemicals in America’s Food Supply
David Hilzenrath and Hannah Norman, KFF Health News and Oona Zenda , 2025-05-07 09:00:00 Lining the shelves of American supermarkets are food products with chemicals linked to health concerns. To…
In complex cases, patients ‘entitled to as many diagnoses as they damn well please’
Rob Volansky , 2025-05-07 09:30:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
The U.S. is losing a generation of young scientists
Daphna Shohamy , 2025-05-07 08:30:00 I recently sat with a young scientist in my office, tears in her eyes, who was asking for advice: Her grant had been canceled by…
New algorithms can help GPs predict which of their patients have undiagnosed cancer
, 2025-05-07 09:00:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Two new advanced predictive algorithms use information about a person's health conditions and simple blood tests to accurately predict a patient's chances of…
New consensus on clear aligner treatment aims to improve orthodontic outcomes
, 2025-05-07 06:29:00 Malocclusion affects nearly half of the global population, impacting oral function and aesthetics. Clear aligners have gained popularity due to their discreet appearance and ease of use,…
Do GLP-1s Lower CRC Risk in Patients With Obesity and T2D?
, 2025-05-07 07:53:00 SAN DIEGO — Patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes treated with glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists had significantly reduced rates for colorectal cancer (CRC) risk…
More than 1.6 million drivers opt-in to organ donation
Michael McHale , 2025-05-07 07:30:00 New Human Tissue Act will see establishment of ‘opt-out’ register for organ donation More than 1.6 million drivers in Ireland have registered as potential organ…
Addressing the mental, social impact of hyperhidrosis in teens
Regina Schaffer , 2025-05-06 13:38:00 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…
During aging, people with Down syndrome may face a higher risk of cardiovascular disease
, 2025-05-07 07:10:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Because life expectancy for individuals with Down syndrome has increased dramatically, investigators assessed the risk of age-related cardiovascular diseases in this population. As…
Gastrointestinal cancer patterns vary across diverse Asian and Pacific Islander populations
, 2025-05-07 06:45:00 The incidence of gastrointestinal cancers varies across Asian American, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander communities, according to a study published March 15 in the journal Gastro Hep Advances. …
Limited Awareness and Uptake Gaps of RSV Vaccine in Seniors
, 2025-05-07 06:39:00 TOPLINE:Only one tenth of hospitalized adults aged 60 years or older received the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine during its first season. Sociodemographic differences were observed, with…
You Probably Do This Every Day- But Experts Warn It’s Harming Your Child’s Development
, 2025-05-07 06:52:00 You ask your child to put the phone down, concerned about the effects of too much screen time on their developing brain. But what if the problem…
Outcomes in nonischemic cardiomyopathy vary by sex, type of implanted device
Scott Buzby , 2025-05-06 13:44:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
Brain networks rewire to compensate for difficulty hearing speech in noisy environments, study finds
, 2025-05-06 20:35:00 Age vs. Mean Pure Tone Thresholds. The scatter plot displays a steady increase in mean hearing loss (125–8000 Hz) with increasing age for the subjects. The age…
Precision medicine approach improves treatment for soft tissue sarcomas
, 2025-05-07 05:58:00 A study conducted by researchers from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration…
Limited Access to Cardioprotective T2D Meds in Medicaid
, 2025-05-07 05:15:00 TOPLINE:Medicaid enrollees with type 2 diabetes (T2D) continue to face restricted access to newer cardioprotective diabetes medications — sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1…
Education, training can boost home dialysis uptake for pediatric patients
Shawn M. Carter , 2025-05-06 13:54:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email…
Cannabis-related hospital visits rising, often tied to mental health conditions: Study
, 2025-05-07 05:00:00 Credit: Kindel Media from Pexels More people are landing in the hospital with cannabis-related problems—and for many, a mental health condition is the primary issue, according to…
Waters integrates Multi-Angle Light Scattering Detectors with empower software for improved biologics quality control and simplified regulatory compliance
, 2025-05-07 04:29:00 Waters Corporation today announced that its Empower™ Software now supports biologics data acquisition and quality control (QC) analysis from Multi-Angle Light Scattering (MALS) and differential Refractive Index (RI)…
Trump Team’s $500M Bet on Old Vaccine Tech Baffles Experts
, 2025-05-07 04:42:00 The Trump administration’s unprecedented $500 million grant for a broadly protective flu shot has confounded vaccine and pandemic preparedness experts, who said the project was in early…
Path to being a successful neurology influencer ‘a marathon, not a sprint’
Omar A. Danoun, MD; Robert Herpen, MA , 2025-05-06 14:10:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on …
NIH Clinical Center, wildfire deaths, etc.
Theresa Gaffney , 2025-05-06 12:47:00 Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning, I’m back! It seems like…
Nanoplastics are all around (and inside) us
, 2025-05-06 20:36:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Each year, more than 400 million metric tons of plastic are produced globally from petrochemicals derived from fossil fuels. Only 9% of this…
NCCN hosts Oncology Policy Summit to bridge primary and cancer care
, 2025-05-07 02:58:00 The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) hosted an Oncology Policy Summit in Washington, D.C., today, focused on improving care coordination between primary care and oncology providers. The…
Hormonal IUDs Not Linked to Melasma Risk
, 2025-05-07 03:01:00 TOPLINE:Hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs), unlike oral contraceptives, were not linked with an increased risk for melasma in women with menorrhagia, this study found.METHODOLOGY:Researchers analyzed data from the…
What Does HHS’ Restructuring Mean for Interoperability In Healthcare?
Katie Adams , 2025-05-07 00:01:00 Healthcare leaders are continuing to express their concerns about the changes that President Donald Trump’s administration is making to HHS. Just this week, 20 state…
Optometric surgery association expands list of procedures that could qualify fellows
Justin Cooper , 2025-05-06 17:16:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
Trump order seeks to boost U.S. drug making, FDA official leaves
Ed Silverman , 2025-05-06 13:04:00 Top of the morning to you. Gray skies are hovering over the Pharmalot campus right now, but our spirits remain sunny, nonetheless. Why? We will…
Half of US adults acknowledge health benefits of eating a plant-based diet
, 2025-05-06 20:37:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Half of U.S. adults say they know eating a plant-based diet can improve their health and help prevent chronic diseases, according to a…