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, 2025-05-17 16:30:00 Schematic diagram showing possible circuit mechanism for light-exercise-induced dorsal hippocampal activation. Credit: The FASEB Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1096/fj.202400418RRR Researchers at the University of Tsukuba investigated whether monoamine neurotransmitters, such as dopamine, are involved in hippocampal activation even during light exercise. Dopamine secreted from the ventral tegmental area of the brainstem and noradrenaline…
, 2025-05-16 11:26:00 SAN DIEGO — Patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) are at a significantly higher risk for nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC), although the overall risk remains low, a new retrospective database study found. Compared with patients without AD, the odds of NMSC in patients with AD were 1.53 times higher in an adjusted analysis…
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, 2025-05-16 16:28:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Findings from a recent study suggest iron deficiency anemia (IDA) independently and significantly increases the odds of ischemic stroke in young adults. The research is published in the journal eJHaem. IDA is the most common form of anemia globally. It results from iron deficiency, when there are insufficient…
, 2025-05-16 11:49:00 MANCHESTER, England — The risks for infection are broadly similar regardless of the biologic or targeted synthetic disease-modifying drug used to treat inflammatory arthritis, but different patterns of infection do exist across these advanced therapies, delegates were told at the recent British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) 2025 Annual Meeting. “There are so…
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Chris Serres and Kay Lazar — Boston Globe , 2025-05-17 15:22:00 In yet another escalation of its fight against higher education, the Trump administration has moved to terminate hundreds of research grants at Harvard University and its medical school, imperiling dozens of research projects and potentially upending the futures of young scientists. Harvard researchers studying cancer, infectious…
, 2025-05-17 11:18:00 A sign is seen outside of Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez), File) Texas’ measles outbreak shows signs of slowing, with fewer than 10 newly reported cases in the last week, but experts say it’s not fully over. “This outbreak does appear to…
, 2025-05-17 01:15:00 A new study co-led by Mass General Brigham researchers points to a promising new type of auditory brainstem implant (ABI) that could benefit people who are deaf due to Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and other severe inner ear abnormalities that prevent them from receiving cochlear implants. With further tests and trials, researchers…
, 2025-05-17 14:20:00 ORLANDO, Florida — Sotagliflozin (Inpefa) reduces A1c and body weight in people with type 2 diabetes, although the degree of improvement was attenuated in those with moderate-to-severe chronic kidney disease (CKD). “These findings highlight the importance of considering the effect of kidney function to help inform and tailor treatment decision-making for patients…
Harold I. Salmons, MD; Charles P. Hannon, MD, MBA , 2025-05-16 14:40:00 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…
, 2025-05-17 12:30:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiogram-based algorithm performed well in the early detection of heart failure among health-care-seeking individuals in Kenya, according to late-breaking research presented Heart Failure 2025. Heart failure is highly prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, where patients are often younger and face worse outcomes than in high-income countries….
, 2025-05-17 01:19:00 Intakes of dietary fiber, high-quality and total carbohydrates in midlife were favorably linked to healthy aging and other positive health outcomes in older women, according to a new study by researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University and Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
, 2025-05-16 12:00:00 TOPLINE: MRI at 7 tesla (T) and 3 T field strengths showed similar accuracy in detecting triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) and scapholunate ligament (SLL) injuries, according to a new study. Although some injuries were missed, MRI identified additional pathologies not seen on arthroscopy, supporting its complementary role in diagnosis. METHODOLOGY: This prospective…
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Jonathan Wosen , 2025-05-16 08:30:00 SAN FRANCISCO — Leading oncologists said this week that artificial intelligence will one day be as integrated into cancer care as it is in smartphones and self-driving cars — and that this is a change we should welcome. Their comments, made at STAT’s Breakthrough Summit West on Wednesday, reflected an…
, 2025-05-17 12:30:00 Immunofluorescent staining for macrophages (CD68, green) and nuclei (DAPI, blue) on the hydrogel-tissue interface seven days after artery incisions in rats. Credit: Dr. Mahsa Ghovvati University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, San Diego researchers developed an injectable sealant for rapid hemostasis and tissue adhesion in soft, elastic organs. Formulated…
, 2025-05-17 01:25:00 For the first time, researchers from King’s College London, Imperial College London and The Alan Turing Institute, have created over 3,800 anatomically accurate digital hearts to investigate how age, sex and lifestyle factors influence heart disease and electrical function. Creating cardiac ‘digital twins’ at this scale has helped scientists discover that age…
, 2025-05-16 12:00:00 TOPLINE: Undergoing cholecystectomy at a younger age (< 40 years) was associated with higher long-term mortality, potentially influenced by higher alcohol use and smoking. METHODOLOGY: This nationwide Swedish cohort study examined the long-term mortality outcomes after cholecystectomy in 159,946 adults (62.2% men) aged 20-79 years who underwent the procedure between 1969 and…
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Mario Aguilar , 2025-05-16 08:30:00 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…
, 2025-05-17 11:20:00 Credit: Karolina Grabowska from Pexels The United States on Friday approved the first blood test for Alzheimer’s, a move that could help patients begin treatment earlier with newly approved drugs that slow the progression of the devastating neurological disease. The test, developed by Fujirebio Diagnostics, measures the ratio of two proteins in…
, 2025-05-17 01:48:00 While Alzheimer’s disease is mostly considered a disorder of the brain, emerging evidence suggests that the condition also affects other organs of the body. Working with the laboratory fruit fly, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital (Duncan NRI) and collaborating…
, 2025-05-16 12:00:00 TOPLINE: A large UK cohort study found that the prevalence of women experiencing moderate to severe mental illness in the second postpartum year increased from 3.1% to 7.4% between 1995 and 2018, supporting extended perinatal mental health (PMH) services. METHODOLOGY: This retrospective cohort study analysed data of 2,132,754 pregnancies from 1,361,497 women…
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Andrew Joseph , 2025-05-16 11:35:00 Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.45. LONDON — Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, who led Novo Nordisk as it rode the boom of its obesity and diabetes medications to become one of the biggest players in pharma, only to…
, 2025-05-17 08:50:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A pharmaceutically produced cannabidiol formulation had a good overall safety profile, including cardiac safety, according to research presented at Heart Failure 2025. Currently, there are limited treatment options for inflammatory conditions of the heart, such as myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the membrane…
, 2025-05-17 01:53:00 A new study from Indiana University scientists may aid the pharmaceutical industry in better understanding a popular over-the-counter pain reliever: Tylenol. Michaela Dvorakova, a postdoctoral researcher at IU’s Gill Institute for Neuroscience and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Gill Institute research scientist Alex Straiker…
, 2025-05-16 12:00:00 Few primary care providers (PCPs) are testing patients with asthma who have suspected allergen triggers, which may delay treatment that could improve outcomes, new data suggested. Mridula Sree Naagendran, MBBS, internal medicine resident at UConn Health in Farmington, Connecticut, presented the information in a poster at the Society of General Internal Medicine…
, 2025-05-17 09:00:00 Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the FDA’s phasing out of fluoride drops and tablets for children on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on May 15. Click here to watch Gounder on “CBS Mornings.” KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed what Medicaid cuts could mean for Georgia on The…
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O. Rose Broderick , 2025-05-16 13:02:00 Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. I’ve been re-reading one of my favorite sci-fi series of all time, Martha Wells’ Murderbot, ahead of its TV debut tomorrow. Tell me, dear reader, what are your favorite sci-fi book…
, 2025-05-16 17:12:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Back pain, migraines, arthritis, long-term concussion symptoms, complications following cancer treatment—these are just a few of the conditions linked to chronic pain, which affects 1 in 5 adults and for which medication is not always the answer. Now, a new review study offers insight into how specific types…
, 2025-05-17 02:29:00 The United States is in the midst of the second-highest year of measles cases since 2000, when the disease was declared eliminated in this country, meaning that cases within the United States originated outside the country. As of May 8, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that in…
, 2025-05-16 12:26:00 Weight gain can lead to high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia, a metabolic disorder of abnormal lipids. As the body gets bigger, cardiac changes occur and the left ventricle — the heart’s main pumping chamber — enlarges too. The ventricle thickens and it can be more difficult to pump blood…
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Meghana Keshavan , 2025-05-16 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. Morning! Today we start with some breaking newss: Novo Nordisk’s CEO is stepping down. We also discuss a new, tailored CRISPR treatment for an infant with a deadly disease, how…
, 2025-05-16 17:43:00 by I. Edwards A new report says rice sold in U.S. stores contains toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury. The report—released by Healthy Babies, Bright Futures—found arsenic in 100% of rice samples tested from stores in 20 metro areas, including New York City, Los Angeles and Miami, CBS News…
, 2025-05-17 02:32:00 Ochsner Health proudly shares its kidney transplant program, part of the Ochsner Transplant Institute, has been awarded ELITE Status within the credentialed Programs of Excellence transplant network by INTERLINK COE Networks & Programs. ELITE Status is awarded to only a select few programs nationwide certifying delivery of superior transplant care. To earn…
, 2025-05-16 12:27:00 Orlando, Fla. — Fracture risk in people treated for obesity appears significantly lower with semaglutide (Wegovy) vs sleeve gastrectomy, new data suggest. Previous animal studies have suggested a dose-dependent effect of glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists on trabecular bone, including increased osteoblast activity, reduced apoptosis, and suppressed osteoclast activity. However,…
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Bob Herman , 2025-05-16 13:49:00 Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also the author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09. Twenty-eight Democratic members…
, 2025-05-16 17:44:00 Exposure to air pollution may worsen bone loss in postmenopausal women, according to a study published online April 24 in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. Diddier Prada, M.D., Ph.D., from the Institute for Health Equity Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and…
, 2025-05-17 03:03:00 A new study published in Science Advances reveals that a single gene plays a big role in how the liver stores energy, a process that’s critical for overall health and for managing diseases like type 2 diabetes. Led by Penn Nursing’s Kate Townsend Creasy, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science in the…
, 2025-05-16 12:28:00 The massive budget bill now being debated in Congress includes a proposal for raising Medicare pay for clinicians starting in 2026. That could be good news for physicians who in 2025 saw a nearly 3% effective pay cut in Medicare reimbursement. However, clinicians and advocates remain concerned about potentially large cuts to…
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Ed Silverman , 2025-05-16 14:14:00 Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us, and we’ll share it with others. That’s right. Send us your changes, and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going. And here is…
, 2025-05-16 17:46:00 Over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids (HAs), in which audiologists provide limited services, are effective, but do not achieve the same outcomes as HAs fitted by audiologists (AUD service model), according to a study published online May 15 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Yu-Hsiang Wu, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of Iowa in…
, 2025-05-17 03:43:00 In the largest clinical genomic profiling study of non-Hispanic Black men with metastatic prostate cancer to date, researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, University of California Los Angeles and the Veterans Affairs (VA) National Precision Oncology Program found key differences in tumor biology between non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic white veterans, but similar survival outcomes when…