Pennsylvania health officials reported a fifth measles-associated death Wednesday as the U.S. endures its worst year for the disease since 1991.
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New research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept 28—Oct 2) and appearing in The Lancet shows that treatment with the new triple agonist ...
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More than 40% of countries worldwide have reported climate-related changes in the prevalence, severity or both of skin disease, with lower-income countries disproportionately affected, according to an international study ...
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Playing with your children or meeting a friend for coffee are everyday activities that many people move between without giving much thought to how much mental or physical energy they take.
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For millions of people around the world, managing a long-term health condition means remembering to take medicines every day, often for years. But advances in long-acting medicines mean that some treatments now need to be ...
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A real-world study of 8,391 patients found that autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) could free up enough clinical capacity to provide more than 8,500 additional face-to-face dermatology appointments across two U.K. hospitals ...
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This story began, like so many in the history of science, with something we were not looking for. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, we were studying a practical question: How do people move around in an enclosed space ...
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New data from a phase 2b study being presented at the 2026 annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept. 28–Oct. 2), show that, for people living with obesity and type ...
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Around 392 million results from decades of European food safety monitoring have been brought together in a publicly available database developed by researchers from the HOLiFOOD project.
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Almost 95% of viral Korean skin care and "glass skin" TikTok videos contained at least one potentially misleading claim, while basic safety information was largely absent, according to new research presented today at the ...
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Lower vertebral bone mineral density (vBMD) is associated with changes in brain structure and cognition among older adults, according to a study published online in Radiology.
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Matthew Holbreich was a senior in college when the swelling started. He originally thought he had injured his left leg playing squash, but the intensity of the swelling scared him. After seeing a few doctors in Boston, where ...
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The second of a Series of papers presented at the Annual Meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept 28—Oct 2) and published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women's Health ...
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Researchers from the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, found that biological aging may accelerate as early as young adulthood. In addition to lifestyle factors, environmental exposures ...
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children may be associated with problems with placental health during late pregnancy, according to a new study by University of Iowa Health Care researchers. The findings, ...
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Researchers and clinicians from Monash University and Bayside Health's Melbourne Sexual Health Centre are testing new combinations of antibiotics to treat persistent bacterial vaginosis (BV), following their discovery that ...
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Digital menstrual tracking risks causing more harm than benefit and requires greater scrutiny, experts warn in The BMJ today.
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A new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) finds that chewing tobacco use contributed to an estimated 251,000 deaths globally in 2023, with health loss overwhelmingly concentrated in South Asia.
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Two major studies by Queen Mary University of London, the University of Oxford and the University of Bristol found that robotic-assisted hip and knee replacement does not reduce the overall early risk of repeat surgery compared ...
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For adults with an increased cardiovascular risk, elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are associated with an elevated risk of incident heart failure and all-cause mortality, according to a study recently published online ...
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A new review of research from across sub-Saharan Africa found that inadequate access to food is linked to depression, suicide attempts, HIV vulnerabilities and poorer sexual and reproductive health outcomes among adolescent ...
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New research presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy, from Sept. 28–Oct. 2 examined the real-world use of GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) drugs in children ...
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New research presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy, Sept. 28–Oct. 2 and published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology shows that the small island nation ...
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New research presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy, Sept. 28–Oct. 2, and published in The Lancet shows that, for people with type 2 diabetes at increased ...
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Nail detachment is more than four times as common among people taking GLP-1 receptor agonists as among comparable people with obesity or type 2 diabetes who are not taking the drugs, according to the first controlled study ...
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New research presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy, Sept. 28–Oct. 2, and in press at The Lancet shows that trevogrumab, which inhibits a protein that ...
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For patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) may serve as a biomarker for disease activity, according to a study published online Sept. 10 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine.
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A genetic vulnerability in clear cell renal cell carcinoma, the most aggressive type of kidney cancer, may lend itself to a combination treatment strategy that causes the cancer cells to self-destruct, according to recent ...
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Federal prosecutors have charged two people in an alleged scheme to bring fake versions of the type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic from China and sell them to U.S. distributors.
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Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed a simple culture method that converts B cells isolated from human blood into cells resembling germinal center B cells, which refine antibodies after infection or vaccination.
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New research has found evidence that music can alter how the brain processes emotions in people receiving treatment for drug and alcohol addiction and reduce their cravings.
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For people living with HIV, the road to a promising cancer treatment can be longer than it should be, literally.
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Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and among the most common worldwide. Nearly 1.5 million new cases were diagnosed globally in 2024, including nearly 340,000 melanomas. Nonmelanoma skin cancers—primarily ...
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As AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude become everyday tools, more people are turning to them not just for work or education, but for companionship, emotional support and mental health advice. To help doctors navigate ...
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We are all familiar with that dreaded sensation: whole-body achiness and fatigue, waves of both bone-chilling cold and intense sweating that cause us to pull cozy blankets closer and only moments later kick them away. A loss ...
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Noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases and cancers account for about 75% of deaths globally. Early detection is key to managing the scale of the problem. But that's ...
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Scientists have identified thousands of genetic differences that change a person's risk of disease, but working out how they actually affect biology—an important step toward creating new treatments—has been much more challenging. ...
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Patients with blood cancers often face major insurance hurdles and significant out-of-pocket costs when trying to access specialty oral anticancer medications, according to a new nationwide study led by researchers at the ...
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A team from the Plasticity of Brain Networks laboratory at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the University Miguel Hernández of Elche (UMH), has identified ...
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Immune cells can reach head and neck tumors, but once there, many stop functioning. This helps explain why immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors—which have transformed treatment for some cancers—benefits only 17%–23% ...
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Harvard Medical School researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a new pathway that regulates the production of fetal hemoglobin, a form of hemoglobin that normally gets replaced ...
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Smartphones could play an important role in the early detection of eye diseases, including in settings where specialized ophthalmic infrastructure is limited. An international team of experts led by the University Hospital ...
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The battle lines have finally shifted in the war against a deadly fungal disease.
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A new study from McMaster University suggests that common viral infections—like influenza or COVID-19—may accelerate the onset and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
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New research from University of Kentucky College of Medicine faculty member Helen Wei, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in acute care surgery, trauma and surgical critical care, is shedding light on the working relationship ...
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Cooling a home overnight may not be enough to protect older adults from the physiological effects of repeated daytime indoor overheating during a multiday heat wave, according to new research from the University of Ottawa.
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Sickle cell retinopathy (SCR), a common, potentially blinding eye condition found among some people with sickle cell disease, is caused by misshapen blood cells blocking blood vessels in the light-sensing retina. In a 10-year ...
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The outermost layer of the brain's cerebral cortex is a major meeting point for information coming from across the brain. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research have now discovered that synapses in this ...
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A team led by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers has developed a wearable wrist device powered by a machine-learning algorithm that can continuously track changes in arm movement impairment after a stroke. Monitoring ...
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A large study shows that machine-learning clocks based on speech can estimate chronological age and may also offer a window into brain aging, biological aging, cognitive health, cumulative burden and dementia.
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There's no one right way to raise a child, but different patterns of parenting are associated with how kids behave. A new study, published in the PLOS One, identified data-driven profiles of parenting practices and investigated ...
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One of the major challenges in treating the most common subtype of breast cancer (hormone receptor positive, HR+) is the emergence of resistance to treatment. In a recent study, Boston Children's Hospital researchers and ...
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For years, TFEB has been regarded as one of the most promising therapeutic targets for restoring the cell's ability to clear and recycle waste. Yet turning that promise into therapies has proved difficult because TFEB itself ...
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Researchers from Wits Planetary Health Research (Wits PHR), University of the Witwatersrand, and international partner institutions are calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) and its member states to formally declare ...
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Cranfield University researchers have developed a new method for 3D printing rubber gloves that is set to reshape the glove manufacturing industry.
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Researchers with Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, have created a framework for developing, evaluating and implementing AI tools in cancer survivorship and supportive ...
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Researchers at the University of Osaka have shown that stimulating two parts of the brain at the same time may create richer artificial touch sensations. The study tested whether simultaneously stimulating the primary somatosensory ...
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A case report led by UCLA Health researchers highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach to treating prostate cancer that returns after surgery, particularly when the disease recurs multiple ...
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New research presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept. 28–Oct. 2), and published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology shows that weekly injections ...
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Clinicians and researchers use standardized tests to assess memory and thinking ability. In one commonly used memory test, a short story is read to patients, and then they try to recall it from memory. Their responses are ...
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About 25% of lung adenocarcinomas have mutations of the gene KRAS, which drives uncontrolled cell growth. In recent years, the FDA has approved two KRAS inhibitors to treat patients with KRAS mutations. While these drugs ...
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Whether speaking, driving or playing an instrument, nearly everything we do requires precise control over the timing of our actions. When we learn new skills, we must learn not only what movements to make but how to time ...
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Many family physicians care for women throughout their lives, yet little is known about the menopause education they receive during training. A new study suggests that, although menopause education is broadly incorporated ...
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Semaglutides, or GLP-1s, can produce substantial weight loss if individuals adhere to their doctor's instructions. But a new study from the University of Georgia suggests patients aren't taking the weight loss medication ...
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For children participating in a six-minute walk test at the University of Kentucky, a trip down the clinic hallway can now become something more: a game.
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A new Yale-developed artificial intelligence (AI) platform can detect individuals at risk for amyloid cardiomyopathy, an underdiagnosed cardiac condition, using data from a quick and accessible heart test.
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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is using a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool to improve pharmaceutical development outcomes. The SwRI-developed GAMES, or Generative Approaches for Molecular Encodings, uses ...
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Scientists have successfully used a drug to prolong the lifespan of several species of animals, in some cases by more than 25%. The study, published in Aging Cell, found strong evidence that activating a protein that governs ...
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Children ages 3 and 4 take a median of 18,542 steps a day, but their daily step counts vary widely, according to the first international reference values for daily step counts in preschool-age children, published in the journal ...
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This year, members of Seattle Mountain Rescue have been setting off into the wilds of the U.S. Pacific Northwest wearing an unusual piece of equipment.
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Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa reversed certain behavioral symptoms in a mouse model of autism by fixing a problem in the brain's blood vessels. Their findings, published in Neuron, suggest ...
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, King's College London and Complutense University of Madrid have shown that γδ T cells use adaptive immune receptors to drive rapid, innate-like responses to tissue stress, inflammation ...
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Starting Oct. 1, COVID vaccines will be free and recommended only for those most at risk of serious illness.
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A new study by researchers at City of Hope suggests eating less sugar could protect the microbiome during antibiotic treatment. The study followed patients with blood cancer undergoing an intensive treatment called allogeneic ...
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Severe pneumococcal disease requiring hospitalization, most commonly pneumonia, can be a sign of previously undiagnosed blood cancer and immunodeficiency in adult patients, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg.
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A fifth of adults ages 18–34 in the U.K. have made a health decision they later regretted based on false or misleading information, according to a report from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).
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A hospital in Japan has carried out the world's first surgery using sheets of commercially available heart muscle stem cells after the groundbreaking therapy was approved this year, one of the surgeons said.
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Even relatively small increases in fine-particle air pollution can be followed by more asthma- and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-related emergency department visits, according to a nationwide study in Singapore. ...
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Genetic markers in the blood that can signal lung cancer risk up to 10 years before a person is diagnosed have been discovered by University of Hawaiʻi researchers. The set of 31 tiny markers, called small noncoding RNAs, ...
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New research to be presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept. 28–Oct. 2), and published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Women's Health shows ...
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A healthy, balanced dietary pattern, rather than one focused on individual nutrients or foods, is key to maintaining heart health, according to a scientific statement issued by the American College of Cardiology and published ...
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In research published in the journal Nature, McGill University researchers looked at the relationship between diet, the gut microbiome and patient response to immune checkpoint blockade. To their surprise, certain diets often ...
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Researchers say they've found an incision-free way to treat the brains of people stricken with severe, treatment-resistant depression, bringing what looks to be lasting relief. It's a small study—just 20 participants—so larger ...
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A new study from the University of Missouri offers hope for those who are at significantly higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life.
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Australia will see more deaths than births by the 2060s, according to the Intergenerational Report released by the treasurer last week. Two trends are working together: Australians are living longer and having fewer babies.
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Few neuroscientists would dispute that the brain relies on prediction. From houseflies evading swatters to humans catching baseballs, living things are constantly anticipating what comes next. Understanding how the brain ...
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When people think about addiction, they usually think about alcohol, drugs or gambling-related problems, but a major international study suggests some everyday behaviors, including excessive gaming, binge eating and compulsive ...
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A new report has revealed critical gaps in the care of Australian children with a preventable pediatric disorder that can lead to premature cardiovascular disease (CVD). Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common genetic ...
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As many parents know, urinary tract infections (UTIs) can strike babies and young children, too. Recently, the nation's leading pediatricians' group issued its first update since 2011 on diagnosing and treating these infections.
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The number of prescriptions dispensed for benzodiazepines like Xanax and Valium declined in the United States over the past 10 years, potentially suggesting that doctors have become more cautious about prescribing these sedatives, ...
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First-degree relatives—parents, siblings and children—of cancer patients who received personalized support and navigation services throughout the genetic testing process were significantly more likely to receive genetic testing ...
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Omega fatty acids have long been recognized for their benefits: supporting cardiovascular health, reducing systemic inflammation, and promoting brain development and cognitive function. But scientists now warn of a long-unrecognized ...
Chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu) is an ongoing global health concern and public health challenge. Often described as a silent health threat, it can progress without the classic metabolic symptoms of kidney ...
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Researchers from Mass General Brigham and the University of Cyprus have developed a mathematical model to better understand how the tumor microenvironment affects the delivery and effectiveness of a new type of cancer therapy ...
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Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) approach that uses data from wearable devices to forecast upcoming periods of prolonged sitting in women with chronic ...
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Adults in their 60s who scored lower on tests of overall thinking ability, memory and how quickly they processed information were more likely to have a stroke years later, according to new research conducted in Sweden and ...
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