3-year data shows positive vision, fluid status maintenance for faricimab in wet AMD
Eamon N. Dreisbach , 2025-05-04 21:12:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when…
Molecular profiling can safely reduce radiation for women with endometrial cancer: Clinical trial results
, 2025-05-04 21:00:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological cancer in highly-developed countries, most often affecting women after menopause. The majority of women are diagnosed…
The Policy Trends the Business Group on Health Is Watching
Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-04 21:19:00 There is no shortage of recent policy announcements affecting healthcare, from potential Medicaid cuts to changes in the administration. Several of these announcements have major…
New radiotherapy technique aims to protect the heart during lung cancer treatment
, 2025-05-04 21:00:00 Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study presented at ESTRO 2025 introduces the RAPID-RT study, which uses an innovative rapid-learning approach to evaluate the impact of treatment…
Sulfur hexafluoride tamponade linked with cell loss in DMEK
Alex Young , 2025-05-04 20:25:00 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…
The MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris,’ as RFK Jr has claimed: Here’s the science
, 2025-05-04 19:00:00 Credit: National Cancer Institute Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the United States' top public health official, recently claimed some religious groups avoid the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)…
Undiagnosed AMD prevalence in urban setting higher than national average
Alex Young , 2025-05-04 18:01:00 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…
Hospitals’ Costs Are Soaring: 3 Stats to Know
Katie Adams , 2025-05-04 17:20:00 As hospitals brace for rising costs tied to President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs, a new report from the American Hospital Association reveals that drugs and…
What are the symptoms of measles? How long does the vaccine last? Experts answer 6 key questions
, 2025-05-04 15:00:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain So far in 2025 (as of May 1), 70 cases of measles have been notified in Australia, with all states and territories except…
So What’s the Deal with ICHRA?
John Syme , 2025-05-04 14:01:00 Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements, colloquially known as ICHRAs, have entered the zeitgeist. ICHRAs allow employers to provide employees a fixed amount of pre-tax money…
A comprehensive look at what happens in the brain when we’re reading
, 2025-05-04 13:00:00 (a) The functional reading network (n = 163) across all experiments, with contributions of the cerebellum. (b) The functional reading network for individual processing levels, including the main effect…
Investor Caution Leads to Dip in Biotech Financings, GlobalData Report Shows
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-04 12:30:00 The numbers for first quarter 2025 biotech financings are in and they show a downturn in investments. A total of $6.5 billion was raised in…
B-cell targeting therapies may break ‘evolving cycle’ of lupus
Rob Volansky , 2025-05-04 09:30:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
US researchers seek to legitimize AI mental health care
, 2025-05-04 09:15:00 Researchers at Dartmouth College, seen here, believe they have developed a reliable AI-driven app to deliver psychotherapy, addressing a critical need for mental health care. Researchers at…
NIH use of old vaccine method for universal flu vaccine questioned
Helen Branswell , 2025-05-03 20:13:00 When word broke this week that the Department of Health and Human Services was investing half-a-billion dollars on a National Institutes of Health project to…
Scientists introduce new engineered drug candidate for Mycobacterium abscessus, a dangerous cousin of TB
, 2025-05-02 14:55:00 Rifamycin screening cascade and optimized leads. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2423842122 In a classic example of scientific problem solving, scientists from…
Genetic analysis of all-women extreme divers finds changes linked to blood pressure and cold tolerance
, 2025-05-02 15:00:00 Divers haul the day's catch out onto shore. Credit: Melissa Ilardo A new analysis of a group of all-women extreme divers off the coast of Korea has…
Editing Parkinson’s disease—discovery of an inflammatory RNA editing enzyme
, 2025-05-02 15:00:00 Schematic diagram of the inflammatory RNA editing model in Parkinson's disease. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp8504 Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder in which the…
Medicaid unwinding linked to disruptions in opioid addiction treatment
, 2025-05-02 15:00:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The massive national effort to return the Medicaid enrollment process to its pre-pandemic rules starting in April 2023 may have disrupted the care…
Lactate mediates training of our innate defenses, research shows
, 2025-05-02 15:04:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The BCG vaccine protects against tuberculosis, but by inducing trained immunity it also protects against many more respiratory infections. International research led by…
Pertussis vaccination during pregnancy found to increase quantity and quality of antibodies protecting the baby
, 2025-05-02 15:19:00 Longitudinal changes in frequency of pertussis-specific IgG-secreting memory B-cell responses according to infant group and study timepoint. Credit: The Lancet Infectious Diseases (2025). DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00072-6 Researchers at…
Object recognition shaped by prior experience as brain adapts to new visual information, study shows
, 2025-05-02 15:27:00 Illustration based on figure from the paper. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2406684122 Our brains begin to create internal representations of the…
New research maps similarities and differences between insomnia, anxiety, and depression
, 2025-05-02 15:39:00 Associations of brain morphology and severity of insomnia, depression and anxiety symptoms. Credit: Nature Mental Health (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44220-025-00412-8 Insomnia, depression, and anxiety are the most common…
The future of brain activity monitoring may look like a strand of hair
, 2025-05-02 15:54:00 The lightweight and flexible electrode, which looks like a strand of hair, attaches directly to the scalp and delivers stable, high-quality recordings of the brain's signals. Credit:…
Sun safety declining in Canada amid rise in skin cancer cases
, 2025-05-02 15:55:00 Credit: Photo By: Kaboompics.com from Pexels Despite decades of public health messaging, Canadians are spending more time in the sun and using less sun protection—raising alarms among…
Springing into action after a sedentary season? Here’s how to protect your heart
, 2025-05-02 16:01:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Around the world, people are starting to engage in outdoor activities after a winter spent largely indoors and perhaps with less physical activity…
How does consciousness work? Dueling scientists test two big theories but find no winner
, 2025-05-03 16:40:00 Credit: cdd20 / Unsplash "Theories are like toothbrushes," it's sometimes said. "Everybody has their own and nobody wants to use anybody else's." It's a joke, but when…
US Attorney alleges medical journals are biased, including CHEST
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Early transcatheter aortic valve replacement reduces cardiovascular events in asymptomatic aortic stenosis patients
, 2025-05-02 16:03:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New analysis from the EARLY TAVR trial showed patients between the age of 65 and 70 years old derived the most benefits of…
Deep learning AI model improves decision-making on indeterminate thyroid nodules
Michael Monostra , 2025-05-02 12:46:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
Balloon-assisted procedure found safe and effective for patients undergoing transcatheter mitral valve replacement
, 2025-05-02 16:04:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New data from a large, international registry showed balloon-assisted anterior mitral leaflet modification (BATMAN) was safe, effective, and resulted in shorter procedure times…
RNA editing enzyme found to trigger neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s
, 2025-05-03 05:33:00 Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder in which the α-synuclein protein abnormally aggregates within brain cells, causing neuronal damage. Through international collaboration, researchers at KAIST have…
Health care systems tap AI to screen populations for primary immunodeficiencies
Richard Gawel , 2025-05-02 12:52:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
Skin-to-skin contact improves breastfeeding but not cognitive outcomes in very preterm infants: Clinical trial
, 2025-05-03 13:50:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers led by the Trondheim University Hospital in Norway report that two hours of immediate skin-to-skin contact between mothers and very preterm infants…
New gene editing tool enables precise control of mitochondrial mutation load
, 2025-05-03 05:51:00 Mitochondrial diseases affect approximately 1 in 5,000 people worldwide, causing debilitating symptoms ranging from muscle weakness to stroke-like episodes. Some of these conditions result from mutations in…
Spanish Healthcare Slowly Recovers From National Blackout
, 2025-05-02 07:25:00 On April 28, the Spanish Iberian Peninsula experienced a general blackout starting at 12:33 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST). Despite the disruption, hospitals across the country…
Novel device improves quality of life in women with urinary incontinence
Andrew (Drew) Rhoades , 2025-05-02 13:24:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when…
Two decades of research lead to treatment for rare, painful skin condition
, 2025-05-03 14:00:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Patients with severe dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, or EB, have skin so fragile, the slightest touch can lead to blistering and, eventually, large, open…
New research maps neural overlap in insomnia, depression, and anxiety
, 2025-05-03 06:26:00 New research from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience maps the similarities and differences between the three most common brain disorders. Insomnia, depression, and anxiety are the most…
Nearly One Third of Dementia Cases Tied to Hearing Loss
, 2025-05-02 07:48:00 TOPLINE:Audiometry-measured hearing loss in older adults accounted for up to 32% of incident dementia cases over 8 years in new research, significantly larger than previously reported estimates.…
ACG guideline embraces ‘global concept’ of malnutrition in liver disease
Jennifer Byrne , 2025-05-02 13:48:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
Researchers call for changes in Scotland’s care system following largest study of its kind
, 2025-05-02 16:09:00 Credit: Kindel Media from Pexels The University of Glasgow-led study, run in partnership with the NSPCC and other universities, looked at improving the mental health of almost…
National initiative boosts heart failure treatment across US hospitals
, 2025-05-03 06:48:00 About 6.7 million adults in the U.S. are living with heart failure, and that number is expected to increase to more than 8 million by 2030. A new…
What Drives Readmission After CRC Surgery?
, 2025-05-02 07:51:00 TOPLINE:Almost 12% of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) had unplanned readmissions within 31 days after surgery. Multiple risk factors were identified, including older age, comorbidities, advanced tumor…
Single antiplatelet therapy linked to reduced mortality after TAVR vs. dual
Erik Swain , 2025-05-02 13:51:00 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…
Meta-analysis links intimate partner violence among sexual minority men to mental health outcomes
, 2025-05-02 16:20:00 Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Sexual minority men on the receiving end of intimate partner violence also have worse mental health outcomes including depression, suicide ideation, and suicide…
Medicaid unwinding may have put opioid recovery care at risk
, 2025-05-03 07:00:00 The massive national effort to return the Medicaid enrollment process to its pre-pandemic rules starting in April 2023 may have disrupted the care of people receiving treatment…
One in Four Report Errors in NHS Medical Records
, 2025-05-02 08:03:00 Almost 1 in 4 adults in England have found inaccuracies or missing information in their medical records, new research has shown. The findings come from a nationally representative…
AF recurrence after LAA closure may not confer significant embolic, bleeding risk
Scott Buzby , 2025-05-02 14:22:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
AACR Recap: STAT reporters capture cancer meeting’s highlights
Angus Chen , 2025-05-03 09:00:00 Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science…